Everyone wants a soft, and attractive pretty pink lips because it is part of a good looking facial feature, particularly for ladies. Yet, most suffer from dry, chapped and dark lips, feeling uncomfortable and find it difficult to go out or even take nice pictures randomly without make-up.
If you think the only solution to this is constant application of stick on lips, trust me, you are absolutely wrong. There are several home remedies I am going to list below that only cost going to the kitchen and boom! You’ll get those naturally luscious lips you’ve always wanted without buying costly product. But before I do that, I would like to list some agents and habits you need to abstain from to get result in a jiffy because they make your lips dull and dark.
Avoid:
- Licking or sucking your lips
- Smoking
- Excess alcohol
- Overuse of fluoride
- Poor diet
- Low quality cosmetics
- Chlorinated water
- Leaving make-up overnight
- Too much caffeinated beverages
- Sun exposure to lips or humid temperature
Here are home remedies for natural pink lips.
Moisturize Lips
If you really want your lips to be pink and want to maintain it, you’ll have to constantly moisturize them.
Always apply a hydrating lip balm or little petroleum jelly on lips before going out and inside to keep your lips moisturized especially during very hot or cold weather because these period cause lips to become dry and broken.
Exfoliation with Toothbrush
Exfoliation of lips with soft bristled toothbrush is one of the best ways of getting smooth, soft and natural pink lips because it would help you shed off dry and dead cells on the lips.
Gently scrub your lips with a soft bristled toothbrush after brushing your teeth at night.
You can either dampen the brush or moisturize your lips before exfoliation. Exfoliate at most four times in a week.
Apply Cucumber Juice
Cucumber is well known to lighten dark spot on the face. Application of cucumber juice on the lips can help lessen darkness on them and bring out the natural pinkness of the lips.
Slice the cucumber and rub against your lips for no less than five minutes on a regular basis.
Apply Beetroot Juice
The use of beetroot leaves red stain on your lips and lightens the lips due to the presence of vitamin C.
Apply beetroot juice on your lips for as long as you want. Provided you don’t mind it taste.
Use Pomegranates Seeds
Another way you can lighten your dark lips naturally is through the use of pomegranate. It contains punicalagins that hinders the production of melanin and inhibits your lips from getting darker.
Blend the pomegranate seeds, use cotton wool to apply the juice on your lips and refrigerate the rest. Or grind the seed and mix it with cold milk cream to form a paste and apply the paste on your lips several times a week.
Apply Honey and lemon
Lemon is popularly known for its natural bleaching and lightening properties while honey is a natural moisturizer and softens your lips.
Mix lemon juice and honey well. Apply the mixture, leave for above 20 minutes and wipe it away thereafter.
Application of honey on lips before you sleep is also very effective. Wash off with warm water the next morning.
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