3 Simple Remedy For Dry, Cracked And Dark Lips

Dry, Cracked And Dark Lips

Maintaining a perfect, plump, beckoning and pink lips that add beauty to your face requires you to follow a lip care regimen. The reason is that a mere lip balm cannot remedy a dry and dark lip, the only remedy would be sticking to a lip care routine.

Below are a few things you should know to be able to keep your lips exactly the way you want them to be – soft, pink and beckoning.

Reasons why your lips are dark and dry

A lot of factors contribute to making your lips dark and dry. It is important you know these factors before adopting a lip care routine. Some of the factors include:

• Dehydration 

Dehydration

This is a major culprit of cracked lips. Symptoms of dehydration include dry lips and skin. To counter the effects of dehydration you need to hydrate – take in a lot of water on a daily basis. if you’re plagued with dark lips, consuming caffeine or caffeinated drink is one thing you should avoid.

• Smoking

Smoking

This is one major cause of dark and dry lips. So you’d want to avoid this if you’re serious about getting rid of them. Nicotine and tar transfer unto the lips while inhaling the smoke from the cigarette. This makes the lips discoloured.

• Sun rays

sunray

Exposure to UV rays from the sun can lead to serious issues for the lips. One way to avoid this is to apply sunscreen lip balm. 

• Licking and smacking

Licking and smacking

At some point, I thought that licking and smacking soften the lips. Well, I was wrong. Each time the lips are licked, chemicals in the saliva are transferred unto the lips.

This causes a breakdown of protein on the lip skin subsequently leading to excess dehydration, cuts and bleeding. To avoid this you’d need to apply a lip balm or drink water whenever you feel your lips are dehydrated or when you feel the need to lick your lips.

• Diet 

Fresh vegetables, fruits, and nuts

Diet is important not just in keeping healthy but also maintaining perfect skin texture. Eating vegetables, fruits, nuts and foods that are nutrient or vitamin-rich would go a long way in ensuring the health and amazing texture of the skin.

Best Natural lip care routine for dry and dark lips

The following steps show a remedy for dry, parched, cracked and dark lips 

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1. Cleanse

Lip Cleanse

This is the first step in a lip care regimen or routine. This involves cleansing the lips. It helps remove makeup, dirt, bacteria, grime and pollutant from the lips.

Your lips are daily exposed to environmental pollutants, bacteria, dirt amongst a list of not so good things. Facial washing removes and stops dead skin, bacteria and dirt from entering the mouth.

2. Scrub

Lip Scrub

The best way to remove impurities, dead, dry and flaky skin is by exfoliating. Exfoliating goes a long way in reducing dark spots on the lips.

It makes the lip soft, pink, healthy and attractive. Using harmless home ingredients which are effective is the best way to go about exfoliation.

Ingredients:

• Sugar-1 tablespoon
• Honey -1 tablespoon
• Castor Oil- 1/2 tablespoon
• Vanilla extract-1/4 Tablespoon

Preparation 

Mix all the ingredients in a container. Apply the mixture to the lips and exfoliate the lips. Wash off after a while.

3. Lip Balm

Lip Balm

When going for a lip balm choose one that contains SPF (Sun Protection Factor) and protects your lips. Lip balms that contain beeswax, sugar, natural extracts, natural or essential oils and other natural ingredients are perfect for use.

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