Lips, Reconsidered - A Guide to Lucious and Luxurious Lip Care
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The most romantic thing in the world might be a first kiss.
The least romantic thing in the world is probably a pair of dry, cracked, uncared-for lips. Apologies for the unpleasant visual.
Lips are one of the most overlooked parts of skincare and beauty, yet they are a very sensitive part of our faces. Lips dehydrate, too. They age, they are affected by sun exposure, and they play a significant role in the overall shape of our expressions. Lips are important and deserve all the love.
We are past the stage of simply slapping on lipstick.
There are lots of little treatments you can do at home to keep your lips smooth and moisturized. Peptide lip treatments are popular, for example. They are more than adding color or plumping effects - they provide barrier repair. They are an excellent layer to your daily beauty routine, easy to apply before using the color of your preference.
Personally, I like to do a gentle lip scrub when I’m in the shower. Something simple, like Fresh Sugar Lip Polish, Versed Cloud Polish Exfoliating Lip Scrub, or the ever consistent Burt’s Bees Conditioning Lip Scrub. Be gentle and use when the skin on your lips is softened by water for safest and best results.
Like exfoliating any other part of your body, follow up moisturizing. At night, that is always going to be vaseline. Sorry, nothing beats that. But in the daytime, when I’m about to go out, I do like to jeuge things up a bit. This is where the peptide treatments come into play.
Allies of Skin has a little line of Peptint Tripeptide & Goji Cells Plumping Lip Treatment in 3 shades. They are excellent for layering other colors on top. They are quite glossy, so following up with another gloss or something not matte is going to be your best choice. They go on buttery smooth, no mint or tingle or anything extra, just sheer hydration.
According to their website:
Peptint is an ultra-concentrated plumping lip treatment
supercharged with Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Rose Cells, and Goji Berry Cells
that visibly restores lip volume and smooths lip lines for instantly fuller, plumped lips.
I am not opposed to that. I’ve used the three tints now for about a month and have been enjoying them sincerely. For a lip plumping tint that protects your skin, not agitates, I highly recommend the Allies of Skin plumping lip treatments.
If you're keen to try some other products of a similar type, I can recommend the following:
A very serious favorite of mine! I was gifted this from the brand when I was living in Seoul. I have adored it ever since. It goes on sheer but really livens up your lips, like elevating your natural color.
Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Lip Protectant Stick SPF 15
Look at Elizabeth go - 8 hours, protecting and with SPF. Have to love a multi-tasker.