How to Get Luscious Lips?

A beautiful smile immediately draws attention to the face and the first thing that you notice are a pair of luscious lips. But, no matter how full and shapely your lips may be, but if they are dry and parched it can easily spoil the look. Healthy diet plays an essential role in keeping lips supple and moist. Apart from it, your lips need regular care and attention to maintain its pink look. Let's check how you can do so...

Tips to Get Luscious Lips
Every morning, you may consider brushing your lips softly with a baby brush. Alternately, you can also massage your lips with finger tips in gentle clockwise and anti-clockwise directions. These help in improving circulation and in removing dead skin. After this, you can apply a lip balm to keep your lips moist.

Before going to bed, you may apply a good lip moisturizer on your lips. This helps in arresting moisture throughout the night, keeping your lips supple and soft.

If you want to go herbal you may consider applying equal quantity of coconut and almond oil on your lips, before going to bed. Wash it off in the morning with lukewarm water.

Also, if you are staying in a cold and dry climate, you might consider applying half a teaspoon of glycerin mixed with half a teaspoon of castor oil. You can apply this mixture once regularly before going to bed to help your lips stay supple and smooth.

You may like to avoid exposing your lips to too much sunlight to prevent dryness of lips. But if you need to spend time in outdoor activities, just make sure that you guard your lips with a good quality moisturizer coupled with sunscreen protection.

If you want pink lips, then you might apply fresh beet root juice on your lips regularly before going to bed. It is considered an effective remedy for dark lips.

Always invest in quality cosmetics as cheap products might contain leads and other harmful ingredients that can darken and dry your lips. Using cheap quality cosmetics can also affect your health permanently.

Avoid intake of caffeine and smoking. This can cause dehydration and skin darkening, thereby affecting the way your lips look.

To avoid dryness of lips, you might stop licking your lips.

Also, do not forget to drink plenty of water everyday. Water helps in keeping your body hydrated and lips moist. Also to maintain a radiant look, there is no substitute for fresh fruits and vegetables.


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