Winters are cold, harsh and windy, a perfect formula for getting your lips dry and chapping during the season. The skin on the lips is thin, sensitive, lacks sweating glands and has natural coverage to protect them from the cruel weather. Therefore, the lips become dry, flaky, painful or sore in extremely cold weather making it painful to talk, eat and to look your best during the season.
Factors like dehydration and excessive use of different chemical products on the lips can make it worse. Everyone desires to have soft as well as moisturized lips in the winters. Hence, for smooth lips, you should take preventive measures and proper lip care for winter to treat your dry lips in the most effective manner.
If you're looking to keep your lips smooth and healthy this winter, follow these effective winter lip care tips:
Exfoliate Your Lips
Removing dead, dry skin is essential for keeping lips smooth. Exfoliate your lips once or twice a week. It removes the dead skin cells of the lips keeping the lips plain and even. Natural remedies for chapped lips like sugar and honey can be used to scrub your lips.
- Mix some sugar and honey in a bowl.
- Then rub your lips gently for 10 seconds
- Leave the scrub over the lips for 5 minutes.
This simple DIY remedy reduces the dry cells and hydrates the lips, leaving your lips feeling soft and fresh.
Moisturize Your Lips Regularly
The best way to prevent chapped lips in the winter is to moisturize them from time to time because the air is drier in the winter season than in any other season. Make sure to carry a lip hydrator like Stillman’s Pure Petroleum Jelly to hydrate your lips as it’s the best lip balm for dry lips. Keep the petroleum jelly in your pocket or purse for easy access. Petroleum jelly is the best way to prevent and treat dry, chapped lips. You can also put Stillman’s Petroleum Jelly on your dry knees, elbows, hands or feet.
The sun is also harmful in the winter that can burn your lips. So, a lip balm with SPF would be a very good choice to apply when going out.
Avoid Matte Finish Lipsticks
Try to avoid matte finish lipstick shade on the cold days and be careful about the dyes, because the matte color is slightly dry. You can take moisturizing lipsticks. It will be best to apply less lipstick in the winter season. You can apply lip balm under your lipstick to make a protective barrier. It also lets your lipstick stay longer by moisturizing the lips. If you like fragrant products, you can get Stillmans Blossom Petroleum Jelly to hydrate your lips. Also, be careful the dyes of lipstick may cause irritation to the skin.
Don’t Lick, Peel or Bite Your Lips
It is really tempting to lick or bite dry lip skin. When you bite the skin, it can cause bleeding if your lips are already heavily chapped. The licking puts the saliva on your lips that break down the thinner skin more. Rather, always keep an ointment with you. When your lips get to feel the dryness, just wear Stillman’s Petroleum Jelly on your lips. It helps to prevent chapping of the lips.
Drink Lots Of Water
To get smooth and glowing silky skin, there is no alternative way, but to drink plenty of water or other watery based foods. Water hydrates the skin inside out. It takes out the waste and toxins from your body that freshens up your skin. Drink 6-8 glasses of water daily or have some fruits that are rich in water, like pineapple and watermelon among others.
Chapped lips don’t have to ruin your winter. Following the above-mentioned steps with Stillmans range can give you soft, smooth lips this winter season.
