How to
exfoliate lips
Why should you learn
how to exfoliate your lips?
Removes dead skin which helps to prevent chapped and dry lips
- Smooths lips
- Evens out lip tone to minimise the appearance of discolouration
- It's quick and easy, not to mention cheap!
- Lips will feel sore less often
- Helps to achieve a winning smile
Say goodbye to
chapped lips
How to
exfoliate your lips
DIY lip scrubs for
exfoliating your lips at home
These natural exfoliants are cheap and effective in exfoliating your lips. Find the perfect one for you:
This is the classic DIY lip scrub, it effectively exfoliates and also nourishes!
Ingredients:
- 1/4 of a teaspoon of brown sugar
- 1/4 of a teaspoon of honey
- 1/4 of a teaspoon of coconut oil
This lip scrub effectively exfoliate and is refreshing!
Ingredients:
- 1/4 of a teaspoon of brown sugar
- 1/4 of a teaspoon of coconut oil
- 1/2 a squeeze of lime
This lip scrub is extra moisturising, and is perfect for winter weather!
Ingredients:
- 1/4 of a teaspoon of brown sugar
- 1/10 of a teaspoon of shea butter
- 1/10 of a teaspoon of walnut oil
- 1/4 cocoa powder
All of these lip scrubs can be created in larger quantities and stored in glass containers for extra ease next time you use them.
The importance of
our lips
Along with the fingertips, the lips have the highest number of touch receptors in the entire body. When touch receptors are concentrated in a certain area, it heightens your sense of touch, which is why lips can be so sensitive and why it's so important they're cared for in the right way.
It's obvious that the skin on your lips is different to the rest of the skin on your face because your lips have a very different role to play.
Firstly, the upper layer of skin on your lips is much thinner and more delicate with just 3-4 layers of skin, compared with 15-16 layers on the rest of your face. The reason that our lips have a rosy tint to them is because lip skin doesn't contain many melanin cells, so the blood vessels behind become visible.
One big difference between the skin on our lips and the rest of our skin is that our lip skin does not contain any sweat glands or hair follicles. This can mean that the lips don't get as much moisture or oils and dry out much more quickly. Using a moisturising lip balm like NIVEA Lip Original Care on a daily basis will help replenish this moisture and keep lips looking beautiful.
What to do to get lips that
look and feel beautiful
- Avoid smoking and alcohol, which can both dehydrate the lips
- Don't forget your lips when you're out in the sun – always use a lip balm with SPF
- Try very gently exfoliating your lips using your toothbrush
- When you press your lips together, blood rushes to them, giving you instantly fuller lips
- Eat a diet rich in fruit and veg to give lip cells the nutrients they need to stay beautiful
There are a range of different lip products available to suit your individual needs.
Lip balms like NIVEA Soothe & Protect Caring Lip Balm absorb into your lips quickly with their light formula and keep them soft and smooth.
If you're looking for a slightly richer formula, lip butters like NIVEA Coconut Lip Butter contain extra ingredients like shea butter and almond oil and provide intense moisture to dry lips.
Alternatively, when the evening comes around and you're looking for a bit of colour, why not try a multipurpose product like NIVEA Poppy Red Crayon – a lip balm and lip tint in one!