Your Lip Balm May Create Drier Lips!

Recent studies show that prolonged over-moisturizing of lips thwarts their ability to self-moisturize. Products used for moisturizing lips may block skin cells and stop secretion of natural moisturizing factors (called NMF) from the lips, irritating them further and making them drier.

Don’t Use These on Your Lips

You must avoid applying certain ingredients on the lips. They include camphor, phenol, and menthol. They may render a cooling effect on the lips; but these ingredients are known irritants of lips. They dry out the lips and make you use more balm, creating a vicious cycle and harming your pout in the long run.

Stay away from those fragrant balms too since they may trigger allergic reactions and increase dryness. Salicylic acid is also good for the lips. Although it removes dead skin cells from the surface, there is a risk of lip irritation.

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Apply lip balms or moisturizers only when needed. If your lips are well hydrated naturally, you need no products. Chapped lips require lip balm. Once they are treated, you can stop using it.

For extremely dry lips, choose a balm rich in petrolatum. According to skin experts, this is one of the best ingredients for lips. Nowadays, you can get moisturizing lipsticks and glosses. Check their ingredients since they are basically cosmetic products.

Many women love their lip ‘plumpers’. They cause a substance that irritates lips mildly and causes slight swelling, leading to a plump pout. You can also buy lip products that contain collagen-boosting ingredients.

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