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Just like the eyes, our lips also enhance the attractiveness of our face. Due to pollution and due to rampant use of cosmetics, lips tend to turn dark and lose their natural beauty over time.

When most people think about their beauty routine, they usually think about looking after the skin on their face. But our facial skin is not quite that simple – the different areas can have very different needs.

While you might include an eye cream into your routine if you’re really beauty-savvy, it’s all too common that another area of delicate skin is neglected – your lips. Here’s why you should be paying your lips some much-needed attention.

Extra Care

In some areas on your body, your skin is thinner and more delicate, with increased nerve endings and blood supply. Your lips are one of these important areas, and are a beautiful feature that is often remembered when it comes to makeup but forgotten when it comes to skincare.

Prone to splitting, dryness, cold sores, and other conditions, your lips take a lot of care to have them looking their best. The occasional swipe of lipstick isn’t going to impart the hydration they need – for that, you’ll need to find a special place in your beauty routine.

Choosing your Products

Your lips need special care when it comes to the ingredients that you put on them. While gentle, plant-based ingredients are great for your skin as a whole, they’re especially important for the skin on your lips.

Not only do natural ingredients help protect and nourish your skin, you need to consider that you are far more likely to accidentally ingest your skincare products when you lick your lips. Unlike other areas of your skin, it’s possible that your lipcare could find its way into your body, so you want to be confident you’re choosing a brand that prioritises quality ingredients – like Bioten.

Your lips benefit from hydrating ingredients such as plant oils, shea butter and cocoa butter which enrich the skin while helping to create a protective barrier against the damaging elements that come into contact with your lips, such as the wind, sun, and general dryness.

Your lips don’t have pores, so you don’t have to worry about congesting them with thick products. Most lipcare products will be much heavier than those you use on other areas of your face. Bioten’s SOS lip balm is specially formulated with intensely hydrating ingredients to moisturise and protect your lips, if they are in need of some extra care.

Looking After your Lips

Keeping your lips luscious means expanding your routine to include products and techniques that work to improve softness and hydration.

• Inside out. If you haven’t been drinking enough water, your lips are going to be one of the first places to show your dehydration. Not only is it essential for a healthy body in general, keeping well hydrated protects your lips from the inside out.
• Gentle scrub. As lips are prone to dry skin, a gentle scrub can help resurface them and avoid pieces of skin that are too tempting to roughly bite. While there are plenty of specialised lip scrubs, you can make your own with a mixture of coconut oil and brown sugar, or simply dip a soft toothbrush into coconut oil and use a gentle scrubbing motion.
• Hydration. You’ll need a way to add moisture to your lips, and lock it in. Bioten’s range of intensely hydrating lip balms add moisture and lock it in, creating plump, hydrated lips.
• Protection. Once you have created soft, hydrated lips, it’s important to protect them from further dryness and chapping. Bioten’s range of lip balms include natural oils and waxes, which protect the skin and lock in moisture. They also offer protection against harmful UV rays through UVA and UVB filters, keeping your lips safe in the sun.