The makeup box contains all lipstick shades and, many of them are expiring soon. Unfortunately, you can not try them in winter because cracked lips spoil the final look. How scary are these winter-related dehydration problems! Cracking is not the whole story and further includes bleeding lips as well.
Where you care for your body’s skin, you should also take care of the lips. When the body gets dry, it may crack but don’t bleed initially. Lips are extra sensitive and start bleeding shortly. Dermatologists recommend using lip moisturizers or winter lip masks to avoid such issues.
What are the essential ingredients of lip masks?
Lip masks are essential in getting rid of lip dryness. Above all, lip masks should include moisturizing ingredients. These include essential oils (any), omega fatty acids, and linoleum acids. Consider other necessary ingredients in the below bullets.
- Occlusive Ingredients: Nobody likes applying moisturizer now and then. We all are lazy enough and want at least a 6-8 hours break between applications. Considering this, you must check for occlusive ingredients. These ingredients are specialized to lock moisture content in the lips to allow penetration in the deep layers. It also allows other lip masks ingredients to penetrate deeper into the lips. These ingredients include petroleum, waxes, and shea butter.
- Collagen: Collagen is a treasury protein essential for body growth and healing mechanisms. It is not an essential ingredient but a worthy addition to lip masks. It reinvented the lip skin and made them look younger.
- Humectants: Such ingredients are specialized to suck moisture (water) from the deep skin layers and environment. These ingredients include Honey, Glycerin, and Hyaluronic Acid.
- Skin Exfoliators: What do you understand by exfoliation? The simple concept behind this term is ‘removing dead skin’. When the skin exfoliates, dead skin cells are removed and, a fresh layer of skin appears on the surface. In this case, the applied mask will penetrate deeper and thus benefit more than usual. These ingredients include sugar and pumpkin extracts. Here, I should remind you of a common practice. You might be advised to brush your lips if they are cracked. What is the purpose behind it? When you brush your lips, dead skin is removed and, you feel relief. But this relief is short-lived. So you require long-term solutions, like winter lip masks.
- Antioxidants: To look younger, you need enough intake of antioxidants. None of us is sincere with dietary intake. We are not eating a balanced diet and, hence the body lacks sufficient antioxidants to heal skin regularly against UV damage and aging problems. When you use masks containing antioxidants, you are doing your lips a favor.
Why Not Lip Balms?
Both the formulas have the same effect, they heal and hydrate the lips but, they differ in many scenarios. The texture of lip balms is light and can also be applied over the lipstick. Lips masks are vicious and serve greater benefits than lip balms. When lip balms fail to control cracked lips, their lip masks make the difference. Lip masks should be applied to the lips for hours instead of 10-15 minutes applications. Along with using Chapsticks for the lips, continue using lip masks and enjoy hydrating results. Lip masks are recommended to use regularly.
Take Away!!
Use winter lip masks to moisturize the lips for smooth looks. Your smile looks more beautiful with moisturized and contoured lips. Lip masks are not necessary to be rinsed off. You can apply for 20 minutes and then massage to absorb the serums. Some masks should only be used twice or thrice a week or when needed.