Beauty Tips Tuesday: Lucious Winter Lips.

Lips can be lucious, they just have to be cared for. I have a few great tips to keep your lips looking their best, all season long.

Exfoliate

It's a fact. Lips will just not look good if they are dry, flaky or chapped. Every week, use a lip scrub to slough away dead, dry skin. You can buy a great lip scrub like BLISS Fabulips™ or Fresh Brown Sugar Lip Scrub, but I like to make my own. I mix a small amount of olive or almond oil and mix it with just enough brown sugar to make a paste. I scrub it over my lips for about a minute and rinse off.

Moisturize

Lip balm should be a part of your regular routine, not just when lips feel dry or chapped. The last thing I do before I get into bed is apply a lip balm to my lips to keep them soft and smooth overnight and beyond. Whether you use a tube of Chapstick or a jar of LaMer Lip Balm, it doesn't really matter. Keeping them moist and hydrated, especially overnight will get the job done.

Use a Humidifier

I use a room size humidifier in my bedroom every night in the winter. The extra bit of moisture seems to help my lips absorb lip balm better than if I don't use one. The added moisture is also essential to keeping them plumper.

Comments

[Laura Wilson]

I'm going to try that sugar mixture tonight to exfoliate my kisser! Great tips.

[Amanda]

Just stumbled upon your blog reading through Wordpress help forums actually. I love it! I am going to subscribe to the newsletter. Awesome tips. I have horrible "winter lips". No matter how much Chapstick or moisturizing lipgloss I put on, they still look cakey and chapped. I have heard about lip "scrubs" like Fresh Brown Sugar, but didn't really realize that could be the solution to my problem :) Again, I love your site, so happy I stumbled upon it!

[Teri Cosenzi, Editor]

Laura -

I do the little sugar scrub once a week at least. I hope it worked out well for you!

[Teri Cosenzi, Editor]

Amanda -

Thank you for the kind words and welcome to BMS! I love the Fresh Brown Sugar scrub and have used it myself. That's when I decided to make my own.