Soft and pink lips are something we all desire. Not only does it improve your appearance, but also is a sign that your lips are healthy. Chapped lips are unsightly and can cause bleeding in severe cases. Chapped or dark pigmented lips are a concern to many, but with simple remedies, you can easily lighten your lips, make them soft and pink.
There’s no doubt — naturally rosy lips are an appealing feature of a woman’s beauty or a man’s good looks. So, many people who have dark lips want to lighten them.
Some of the main causes of dark lips are excessive exposure to direct sunlight, an allergic reaction, use of low-quality cosmetics, chewing tobacco, excessive smoking, high caffeine intake, and hormonal imbalances. There are many ways to lighten dark lips that don’t require buying expensive products or treatments. Natural home remedies can effectively lighten your lips. The time it takes for these remedies to work varies, so use them as long as needed to achieve the results you want.
What Makes Your Lips Go Dark?
Like I mentioned earlier, your lips are more sensitive and delicate than you think. The skin on your lips is thinner when compared to your face. Your lips do not have any sweat glands, so they require special care on a daily basis to keep them moisturized and looking healthy. The main causes for chapped and discolored lips are attributed to the following reasons
An unhealthy lifestyle that includes smoking, a bad diet and stress
Dehydration – not drinking enough water
Excessive intake of caffeine
Using expired lip products
Using cheap quality products
Not removing your makeup at night
Anemia
Exposing yourself to the sun and pollution
Definitely, you should take care of these factors to protect the true color of your lips. However, without taking appropriate and consistent lip care methods, you won’t be able to maintain the natural pink color of lips.
Powerful Ways To Get Soft Pink Lips Naturally
To get natural pink lips, there are both natural and artificial ways. Artificial ways include plastic surgery, scrubbing, or peeling, which can seriously harm your lips in the long run. Therefore, this article will not focus upon artificial techniques to get pink lips at all, but will only focus on getting pink lips naturally.
Here are some simple DIY remedies for naturally soft and pink lips that you can do in the planned of your home. Do them religiously, and in time, you will achieve what you desire!
METHOD 1:Lip Balm And Wash Cloth/ Tooth Brush Comb
This is one of the most basic and effective ways to get rid of dry, flaky and chapped lips. I swear it works wonderfully, every time! If you leave the lip balm on your lips, overnight, it’s even better.
What You Need
1. A good quality lip balm of thick consistency
2. A soft tooth brush or wash cloth
Step by Step Process
1. Start by applying a thick layer of lip balm all over your lips. The best time to do this is at night before you go to bed. It acts as a much-needed intensive night treatment.
2. Once you wake up and the lip balm seems to have been absorbed by your lips, use a damp tooth brush to gently massage and exfoliate your lips to remove dead skin.
3. You can also use a damp wash cloth instead of a tooth brush.
4. Wipe off any excess balm to reveal fresh, moisturized lips.
How Often Do You Need To Do This?
Just like moisturizer for your skin, a lip balm is essential, and you can use the wash cloth method every morning. Applying a thick layer of lip balm at bedtime only has its benefits! You will wake up to soft, smooth lips. The Body Shop Vitamin E Lip Balm is a great option as it contains some amazing ingredients.
How It Works?
Regular exfoliation in its gentlest form that is by using lip balm helps in efficiently removing the dead and flaky skin on the surface. It helps to store and replenish moisture and heals cracks as well. It’s a win-win!
METHOD 2: Rasberries, Aloe Vera and Organic Honey
Berries contain vital minerals and vitamins which are highly essential for keeping your lips healthy and vibrant. Both raspberries and strawberries also can turn dark lips into rosy pink lips. So you can use any one for preparing this remedy.
The ingredient honey used in this remedy is a natural moisturizing agent that can soften your lips and help restore their natural pink color.And aloe vera is a soothing ingredient, which helps with chapped and irritated lips. It also stimulates the growth of new skin cells and helps to lessen skin damage caused by the sun
And aloe vera is a soothing ingredient, which helps with chapped and irritated lips. It also stimulates the growth of new skin cells and helps to lessen skin damage caused by the sun
A lip scrub made from raspberries, aloe vera, and organic honey, can really help to make your lips pink naturally. Let’s see how to prepare this natural scrub:
How To Apply: Take equal proportion of few raspberries, aloe vera gel, and organic honey in a bowl. Blend them well to make a paste. Apply this paste to your lips with a gentle massage. Leave it for about 20 minutes before you wash it off. Wash of with cool water and pat dry.
METHOD 3:Pomegranate Seeds Mask
Pomegranate as a fruit in itself has extensive health benefits. I’d suggest you make some juice and drink it down. But if you ask me what to you do with the left over seeds, here’s my tip. Use them to make your own fruity exfoliator! It does wonders for lightening dark lips and giving them a rosy touch.
What You Need
1. Crushed pomegranate seeds
2. Cold milk cream (malai)
Step by Step Process
1. Slice open a pomegranate, get the seeds out and crush them up.
2. Mix the crushed seeds with cream to form a good old paste.
3. On clean lips, apply this paste and leave it on for ten minutes.
4. Wash off with warm water.
How Often Do You Need To Do This?
This mask could be used 2-3 times a week as it will gradually help with any kind of discoloration and pigmentation.
How It Works?
Pomegranate contains a compound named ‘punicalagins’ that inhibits melanin production and prevents your lips from getting darker.
METHOD 4:Cocoa and Chocolate Lip Therapy
Can you think of a more mouth watering lip treatment than actually using chocolate on your lips? Well, good news – chocolate is perfect for dry, dehydrated lips. This remedy is simply delish!
What You Need
1. One teaspoon cocoa butter
2. Two squares of unsweetened dark chocolate
3. One vitamin E capsule
Step by Step Process
1. Start by melting the chocolate squares and cocoa butter in a double boiler.
2. Add the oil from the Vitamin E capsule to this mixture.
3. Pour the mask into a container, allow it to cool.
4. Once it’s cool, apply a good layer of the mask onto your lips.
5. Leave it on for 10-15 minutes.
6. Wash it off with lukewarm water.
How Often Do You Need To Do This?
Whenever your lips feel dehydrated or feel like they lack any moisture in them, just dab this yummy mask onto your lips and say hello to soft, lush lips!
How It Works
The ingredients in dark chocolate help in improving hydration and thickness. Cocoa is rich in antioxidants. This lip therapy is great to nourish and repair dry, lifeless lips.
METHOD 5:: Lemon and Almond Oil
Lemon is a wonderful skin-lightening agent. A natural bleach and skin toner, lemon juice is safe to use on many skin types. Lemon is an effective way to undo the sun damage on your lips and lighten them naturally.
To prevent your lips from drying out, a good moisturizer like sweet almond oil is needed. Sweet almond oil hydrates your lips from within and helps even out their complexion as well.
How To Apply: Squeeze the juice from half a lemon into 1 tablespoon of sweet almond oil. Mix the two thoroughly with a spatula or your finger. Take a little of the almond oil and lemon juice mixture and lightly massage it on your lips. For best results, leave the mixture on your lips overnight.
Repeat this process every night for 3 to 4 weeks to notice a significant change.
METHOD 6:Milk and Turmeric Exfoliator
If you want to make your lips looking naturally pink and fresh, then cold milk with a little turmeric is an ideal remedy to treat discoloration and pigmentation. This formula helps to brighten up your lips, giving them the natural sheen that you’ve always desired.
What You Need
1. One teaspoon cold milk
2. Half a teaspoon turmeric powder
Step by Step Process
1. Mix the cold milk with some turmeric powder to form a paste.
2. Apply this paste on your lips and leave it on for about 5-6 minutes.
3. Gently scrub it off once it sits.
4. Wash with warm water and dab some lip balm on.
How Often Do You Need To Do This?
This can be done every alternate day, and in time, you will see a huge difference. It will help in improving the overall health of your lips.
How It Works
Turmeric contains healing properties and milk is a natural moisturizing agent. These two miracle ingredients clubbed together will work wonders for pigmented lips and will help you get soft and pink lips.
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