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Health And Beauty Tips
Lip Care
A beautiful smile lights up a day. It makes
your face more beautiful and lively. Your lips are the most
important and exquisitely sensitive part of your body. And
therefore you have to take special care of your lips.
The common lips problems are:
Dark Lips
Cracked lips
Dark Lips.
You will be surprised to know that our lips unlike most part of
our body do not have any melanin pigment to protect them. Lips
are covered on the outside by a thin layer of skin and on the
inside by virtually transparent mucous membranes. Therefore it
is necessary to take care of our lips and to eat well-balanced
food and lots of fruits.
If you have dark lips you have to do the following.
Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables.
Stop smoking.
Avoid lipstick.
Apply a layer of oil and leave it on for several hours. Best
apply before going to bed.
Mix coconut oil and almond oil in equal quantity. Apply a coat
of this on the lips and leave on overnight. This has to be done
daily for at least two weeks for best results.
Massage lips: Every night with a mixture of 1/2 tsp. Glycerine
and 1/2 tsp. Castor oil with 1/2 tsp. Lemon juice and leave
overnight.
Apply cream from curds with saffron on your lips.
Cracked Lips.
Lips do not produce oil like our skin, because they have no oil
producing glands. The skin on our lips is actually mucous
membrane, so for them to remain smooth and chap free is a bit of
a challenge. The most common cause of cracked lips are allergic
reaction to cosmetics, skin infections, extreme weather
conditions like excess sun and wind exposure, biting of the lips
or a vitamin B deficiency.
If you have cracked lips you have to do the following.
Protect the lips from weather by applying heavy plain cream.
Avoid licking your lips.
To cure dry chapped lips apply peanut butter or coco butter to
your lips before going to bed.
Grind rose petals with cream on the top of milk and apply on
lips to cure the cracked lips
Take vitamin B, C foods in diet.
Mix 2 drops of glycerine with 1 tsp of cream on the top of milk
and apply to lips to cure the chapped lips and keep overnight to
get smooth and shiny lips.
Mix equal quantities of nutmeg, turmeric, and fresh butter and
apply to lips.
Hot water fomentation, followed by a mixture of Vaseline and
honey applied on the lips at least thrice a week will prevent
lips from chapping.
Lips should be moisturized and exfoliated. Exfoliate lips with
your gentle facial scrub using a toothbrush or just the tips of
your fingers. You can make a paste using baking soda and water
to exfoliate lips as well. Work it for a minute and then rinse
with lukewarm water.
General Care for lips.
Apply cold cream or moisturizer or lip balm before applying
lipstick.
To get natural pink lips apply beetroot juice before bed.
Grind rose petals and apply on lips to get smooth pink lips
Apply menthol based lip balm and take an old brush and brush
gently on lips (don't rub too hard, because lip are very
sensitive) to get rid off chapped lips.
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