There are many things that can darken your lips. Smoking, pollution, sunlight, for example can damage the appearance of your lips. Fortunately, there are many home remedies that can help brighten your lips.
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Method 1 of 3: Prevent Dark Lips
Step 1. Moisturize your lips
Dry and damaged lips will appear dark.
- Use a quality lip balm.
- Choose lip makeup products that contain moisturizers such as shea butter, cocoa butter, and almond oil.
- Shea butter has been used for hundreds of years and is known for its antioxidant and moisturizing properties.
- Cocoa butter is often used to fight darkening of the skin due to wounds.
- Almond oil is considered one of the best oils for improving skin health and appearance.
Step 2. Use sunscreen
Protect your lips from the sun just like your skin.
- Lips won't brown like skin, but they can get sunburnt and dry out, causing them to darken.
- Make sure your lip balm contains SPF 20 or higher.
- Use a lipstick that contains SPF 20 sunscreen as well.
Step 3. Quit smoking
Smoking can darken your lip color.
- Cigarettes contain nicotine which can darken the color of the lips.
- Tobacco and tar can also darken lips.
- The heat from cigarettes can stimulate the production of melanin (which protects your skin from the sun) in your body and darken your lips.
Method 2 of 3: Massaging and Exfoliating Lips
Step 1. Massage your lips
Massage can increase blood flow and brighten your lips.
- Massage your lips with almond oil every night before going to bed to deeply moisturize them.
- Massage your lips with an ice cube to moisturize them and make them appear plumper and pink.
Step 2. Exfoliate your lips
Remove dead skin cells with a sugar scrub.
- Make a sugar scrub by mixing a tablespoon of granulated sugar or brown sugar with a little honey or olive oil to form a paste.
- Apply the scrub to the surface of your lips.
- After a few minutes, clean your lips with a damp washcloth.
- Follow up by applying a soothing lip balm.
- Repeat twice a week. If you experience irritation, reduce the frequency of exfoliation in one week, or use a more gentle scrub.
Step 3. Use a pomegranate lip scrub
Pomegranates can make your lips appear pink.
- Puree 1 tablespoon of pomegranate seeds and mix with milk to form a paste.
- Apply to lips.
- Leave it for a few minutes, then wash it off with water. Repeat as often as you like.
- Stop using pomegranate if your lips become irritated.
Method 3 of 3: Brighten Lips with Food
Step 1. Use lemon juice
Lemon juice is widely known to lighten the skin.
- Rub a few drops of lemon juice on your lips before going to bed every night.
- Use freshly squeezed lemon juice.
- Rinse the lemon juice from your lips in the morning using warm water.
Step 2. Use potatoes
Potatoes have long been used to lighten the skin, as well as to fade scars.
- Potatoes contain catecholase, a natural enzyme that is widely known to be beneficial for lightening skin tone.
- Rub potato slices on your lips before going to bed.
- Let.
- Wash in the morning with warm water.
Step 3. Use beetroot juice
Beetroot will make the lips pink.
- Apply 2-3 drops of beetroot juice to your lips.
- Let.
- Repeat every day.
Step 4. Use pomegranate as lip color
Mix pomegranate with pomegranate juice to make a natural lip color.
- Puree 1 tablespoon of pomegranate seeds.
- Mix one part beetroot juice with one part carrot juice.
- Apply to lips.
- Let it color your lips.
- Repeat every day.
Warning
- Consider allergens when using any of the methods above.
- If irritation occurs, discontinue use and seek medical attention if necessary.
