Dealing with dry lips in winter

17 May, 2019 - 00:05 0 Views
Dealing with dry lips in winter Chapped lips

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WITH the cold, dry winter season, the presence of chapped lips tends to increase. Your lips don’t have oil glands, so they are almost always exposed to the elements. Exposure to sun, wind and cold, dry air can contribute to chapped lips.

People have chapped lips throughout the year, but it can get much worse during winter months. The dry air indoors, wind and rough weather outside contribute to worsening conditions.

Apply lip balm daily, especially at night, when you start to experience dry lips. The base of the product should be petroleum gel, mineral oil or dimethicone. Those are the three big ones.

The lip balm should have a sunscreen, year-round, even in the winter when you feel like there may not be that much sunlight. This will help to protect your lips from the sun and burning.

Some people get irritated by products that have a lot of additives. Common irritants are eucalyptus oil, camphor and menthol. Be cautious of using lip balms with a lot of additives.

If someone has dry, irritated lips and they’re noticing that sting, it may be the product in their lip balm and they should choose something that does not have that added in.

Home products, such as olive oil and coconut oil, also work. However, you want a product that stays on the lips. For this reason, petroleum gel really tends to stand out as a good product to use.

It seems there is no season that is good for avoiding chapped lips. In the summer, they are sun burned. In the winter, they are wind-chilled and dry, and throughout fall and spring… well, let’s be real, we’re probably dehydrated.

Stocking up on lip balm seems like the easiest route to go when battling dry, cracked lips, but it’s not the only or even most effective remedy. Try one or all of these brilliant chapped lip cures instead.

The 10 best winter lip balms, period

  1. Before you wash your face, apply a balm to your lips. Your cleanser may actually be drying out your lips— both salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide disrupt your pH balance and can cause chapping.
  2. Use almond oil. The hypoallergenic moisturiser pops up in Kiehl’s Lip Blam #1, which also contains free radical-fighters, vitamins A and E.
  3. Turn on a humidifier at night it helps keep your lips (and skin) moisturised.
  4. For chapped and sore lips, slice up a cucumber into thin pieces and leave them over lips for five minutes (try it while you are watching television). It helps rehydrate your lips and feels fantastic.
  5. Exfoliate, exfoliate, exfoliate! Use a lip exfoliator like ILIA Balmy Nights Lip Exfoliator, or make an at-home paste with sugar and honey. For sensitive lips, use a clean, soft toothbrush and brush back and forth.
  6. Don’t lick your lips. We lick our dry lips to add some moisture, but it actually dries them out even more. Your saliva contains acids that break down food, but they also irritate your lips. Plus, continuously licking will remove any natural oils you have on your lips.
  7. Breathe through your nose. Something as little as breathing through your mouth can actually dry out your lips.
  8. Got flaky lips? Resist the urge to pick at them. Instead, soften them with lip balm and exfoliate the flakes off.

Expert tips for refrigerating your beauty products

  1. Use sunscreen to prevent burned, chapped lips. Already chapped? Skip the SPF so it doesn’t irritate the sensitive skin.
  2. Another ingredient to look for: Shea butter, which nourishes and moisturises. Try Eraclea Ever-moist Lip Balm, which gives lips a silky smooth finish and subtle shine.
  3. Chapped lips will heal best when they are moist, so stick to lip balms and skip lip waxes. —STYLECASTER.

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