Dry and chapped lips are quite common in cold and dry countries. Besides using lip balm to lock the moisture of lips, have you ever considered to pamper your lips with a cooling yogurt mask?

As we know yogurt is as nutritious as skim milk as it contains protein, calcium, magnesium, vitamin B besides its active culture. Your drying lip cells crave for these nutritions. You wouldn’t know how it does wonder to your lips until you see the result with your own eyes.

Just follow the steps below:

1. Mix 1 tbsp of yogurt with 3 drops of lemon juice.

2. Refrigerate it for 15 mins.

3. Take it out and apply on your lips with cotton bud.

4. Cover your lips with cling wrap, leave it for 15 mins.

5. Unwrap and wash your lips with warm water.

6. Lastly, apply lip balm on your lips.

Take a peek on your revitalized fine and smooth lips.

This lip care natural remedy is especially useful to clear dry chapped lips. Stand the cooling sensation on your lips and do it on a regular basis. Well, the problems of dryness, peeling and chapping on lips should be able to leave you soon.

Again, consistency is a must on the application of natural remedy. Severe case of dry chapped lips however should seek specialist’s advice before applying any natural remedy.

To your healthy and kissable lips,

Zing

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Lips portray the healthiness of our body and healthy lips are always smooth, saucy and glossy. Thus, to look good and sexy on your lips, common problems on lips have to be checked. Just go through the list and understand the causes before we select the right remedies to fix it.

1. Dry And Chapped Lips
   Commonly found among people living under dry and humid weather condition or staying long hours in centrally heated or air-conditioned room. Those who suck or lick habitually on their lips are at risk too. According to Dr. Elsenberg of University of Connecticut Health Center,the over-wetting with saliva of the outer lips due to chronic lip licking can actually lead to harmful dryness or even infection of the lips, with peeling, cracking and discomfort. Chapped lips are exposed to the risk of sunburn too.
   Causes: Dry air, humid condition, winter, hot sun, habitual licking and sucking on lips. (more…)

As what I see, a pair of healthy lips appears to be kissable by itself. As I mentioned in my last post on lip color change, healthy people have reddish, averaged moist and shiny lips, isn’t it a picture of sexy and inviting pouts too?

As health problems could reveal on our lips, when we try to work out a healthy and kissable lips, close attention has to be paid on daily diets, body workout, lifestyle besides direct care and protection of our lips. Let us start with things to avoid.

1. Do Not Be A Night Owl
   Research has shown that we need 7-8 hours of quality sleep per night to maintain good health. 11pm-2am are especially crucial for healing of damaged cells and rejuvenation of skins according to TCM. As lips skin is much thinner compared to facial skin, the effect of sleep deprivation could be more prominent on it. Lack of sleep is a form of stress which leads to lower body immunity. So, don’t be a night owl and overworked to avoid darkening, drying and infections of lips.
2. Stop Smoking
   Nicotine in cigarette stains our lips besides teeth. The longer we smoke the darker our lips become. Smoking risks our health and in turn affect the appearance of our lips too.
3. Avoid Outing Under Hot Sun
   UV rays in sun is a major cause of aging and burn on lips. Avoid sun bathing or outing under hot sun but UV rays present even in cloudy days, so, wear a lip balm or daily conditioning treatment for lips with sunscreen before you step out of your house. (more…)