Top Lip Care Secrets

As Valentine’s Day quickly approaches, all attention is on the lips. The last thing you want is to cope with dried and cracked lips during your Valentine’s date, so these tips can help you ensure your lips look perfectly kissable.

Balance Out Your Balm

It’s easy to think you are doing the right thing for your lips, when you are actually hurting them more. The wrong formula, like cooling lip products that encourage lip plumbing, will dry your lips more than they moisturize them. If the only chapstick you apply contains menthol or camphor, you might find yourself in a vicious cycle in which your lips never really unchapped. Try switching to a more basic formula that encourages healing instead. At the same time, just be sure you don’t rely too heavily on your chapstick or lip balm. Applying lip balm constantly will block your lip’s own oil production signals, and they will become chapped because of so much balm.

Try Not to Lick Your Lips

We have all been there, with chapped lips, stranded without any chapstick or lip balm, and desperate to lick your lips for just a bit of relief. But remember, licking your lips only makes the problem worse and dries them further. Instead, try to stash lip balms strategically in your purse, car, bedroom, and laptop case so you will never be without.

Plump Your Lips For Natural Results

If you have thin lips and are really craving a plumper pout, there are different dermal fillers that can provide the volume you want. Have a careful discussion with your aesthetician to convey the results you want and understand your different options. Lip injections can look completely subtle and natural, and nobody other than yourself needs to know why you look so rejuvenated. Restylane Silk, for example, is known as a gentle dermal filler that provides volume using small molecules of hyaluronic acid for very smooth results.

With the right preparation and care, your lips will be irresistible on Valentine’s Day, and every other day for that matter.