Don`t lick your lips: It`s a common instinct to lick your lips when they are dry. However, this dries them further and causes cracking.
Carry a lip balm in your beauty arsenal: Since you tend to use your lips all through the day what with talking, eating, etc., applying lip balm frequently should become a habit.
Scrub: Loading chapped, cracked lips with lip balms and chap sticks serves no purpose. Exfoliate lips regularly to slough away dead skin cells and promote cell turnover. It also makes your lips absorb the lip balm better.
Use sun protection: Do not ignore the lips while slapping sunscreen on the rest of the body.
Hydrate: Ensure you are having enough water as this will keep your lips hydrated.
Remove the last traces of lipstick: Not removing makeup completely each night leads to product build-up. This also leads to drying. Use a makeup remover and gently wipe the lips starting from the outward corners to the middle.
Add colour: Use tinted lip balms. They serve the dual purpose of adding colour while repairing your lips.
BDST: 1318 HRS, NOV-28, 2012
Edited by: Sharmina Islam, Lifestyle Editor
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