Healthy lips is easy as 1, 2, 3! Protect, exfoliate and hydrate. Find out why these steps are important to maintain healthy lips and a few of our favorite products to try. Let’s take a deep dive into lip care!
Steps Toward Healthy Lips:
#1. Protection
Did you know? UV rays can also effect your lips! Creating signs of early again alongside hyperpigmentation. Well don’t worry, you can avoid aging lips by lather on that protection! Applying a lip balm with SPF 30 or higher is a safe bet for guarding your lips from the sun! It’s a bit tricky finding a lip product with SPF, but not impossible. Here’s a few to help you get started.
Coola Liplux SPF 30
Aquaphor Lip Protectant Plus Sunscreen
Vanicream Lip Protectant/Sunscreen
#2. Occasional Exfoliation
There are exfoliants just for lips! And trust us when we tell you, your lips will feel oh-so-silky-smooth afterwards. That’s because dead skin easily piles up on our lips, and by using a sugar scrub or lip product with soft grainy particles, it can help to smoothen out our lips. But don’t exfoliate too often, just once in a while! Not sure of any lips scrubs off the top of your head? No worries, we have a few suggestions.
ELF Cosmetic Lip Exfoliator
Kopari Coconut Lip Scrubby
Burt’s Bees Conditioning Lip Scrub with Honey
#3. Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate!
This one is a no-brainer! Hydration, of course, is key to keeping lips plump and healthy. Always follow up with a good moisturizer, especially after exfoliating. Here are some of our OG lip hydrators. You can use some as a sleeping mask or for daily wear.
Vaseline Lip Therapy Rosy Lips
Laniege Lip Sleeping Mask
Be Picky
On the Picky app you can sort through tons of different lip care products, just click on the Lip Care category to search through all the options! Not to mention, you can browse through Discuss for any posts about lip care or start your own discussion and get inspiration from the Picky skincare community! Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and check out our YouTube channel!
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