In my first post Lip Color Tells Our Health Condition, various conditions related to lip color changes are highlighted. I noticed that there’re quite a number of visitors looking for information about pale lips.

They asked if there’s any remedies to darken or redden their upper lip or lower lip. From the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) point of view, yes there are.

Before I go into it, let me restate the possible causes of pale upper and lower lips: (more…)

Let’s talk about lipstick today.

Every lipstick has its characteristic complement with trait of a person. How do we know if a lipstick suit us perfectly based on its color, texture and brand? Test and trials are always the basic of learning and understanding. Before you manage to know your favorite lipstick, here are some quick tips for you to pick up a suitable lipstick and to apply it nicely:

1. Pick the most attractive color

If you have great lip shape with nice white teeth and you would like to be the focus in an event, go for the most attractive lipstick color among rolls of lipsticks displayed on the shelve.

2. Try it yourself!

A lipstick color might look good on the shelve or catalog but not on your lips. So, try it before you pay for it for the first time.

3. Choose the most ordinary color

Looking at so many colors of shelved lipsticks, sometimes you may get confused. Then, why not choosing the most ordinary or unattractive one? It would look natural and comfortable on your lips. Believe it or not? Try yourself then.

4. Don’t simply pink up your lips

During autumn and winter, skin color may turn yellowish or pale brown, don’t go for pinkish shade then. Your skin would look more yellow and ill. Alternatively, warm color range matches well.

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What is the first thing you do in the morning? Brushing your teeth? Washing your face? That’s normal but I wish you could break the routine at times by studying the color of your lips once you drag…… your body out of the bed in the morning.

As stated in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), changes in lips color or texture indicate changes of health status. (Yes, lip observation is a way of diagnosis in TCM). Healthy people have reddish , averaged moist and shiny lips. If you’re getting exhausted easily or your health condition is flashing red light, ya… your lips would signify you through the following color and texture changes.

(Angelina Jolie’s lips are so plump and inviting. If this is her natural lip colors her health status is good but if it’s barely a makeup effect, we gotta have a sneak peak on the original color …and wait…overly fat lips could be an indication of sexual disorders as well  ) (more…)