How to Get Luscious Lips

Here are some fabulously simple, delicious all-natural ways to keep your lips moist, soft, and lusciously kissable. Since our lips contain no sebaceous glands, they can’t moisturize themselves, and the small amount of saliva that reaches our lips via tongue-tip is often not sufficient to prevent our lips from becoming dehydrated.

After all, it’s nearly Valentine’s Day: here are some helpful hints for luscious lips. Pucker up!

1. Slick on a bit of cocoa butter for a moisturizing, chocolate-flavored lip treat. It’s colorless and not too shiny.

2. After brushing your teeth, GENTLY brush your lips as well. This will exfoliate and take away chapping, and will also plump up the lips temporarily.

3. Keep hydrated! Be sure to drink lots of water throughout the day.

4. A dab of honey on your lips will act as a humectant, drawing moisture from the air to your skin, keeping your lips soft, plump, and kissably sweet.

5. A dab of vegetable glycerin mixed with vitamin E or wheat germ oil makes an effective, nourishing moisture barrier. (Pure vegetable gycerin is available in natural food centers.)

Read more: Life, Make-Up, Skin Care, Valentine's Day

Adapted from 50 Simple Ways to Pamper Yourself by Stephanie Tourles (Storey Books, 1999). Copyright (c) 1999 by Stephanie Tourles. Reprinted by permission of Storey Books.
Adapted from 50 Simple Ways to Pamper Yourself by Stephanie Tourles (Storey Books, 1999).

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Jennifer C.

12:22AM PDT on Mar 27, 2012

Thanks for sharing.

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june k.

6:29AM PST on Dec 17, 2011

i love these tips !!!

May H.

2:20PM PDT on Oct 30, 2011

Michele W.

3:18PM PDT on Jul 7, 2011

Thank you

Ioana M.

2:45AM PDT on Jun 20, 2011

cool :)

Reem D.

4:17PM PDT on May 2, 2011

nice tips , thanks =)

Zarka M.

8:34PM PST on Jan 30, 2011

Thanks so much for the ideas!! They are much apprieciated.

Lenora S.

9:08AM PST on Jan 28, 2011

Thanks will give it a try

Santanita G.

5:46PM PST on Dec 6, 2010

I have used carmax for right around 25 years. I recently realized I use the carmax often. If I dont my lips split. Hate it. I am trying to move into something natural. Having a hard time finding recipes. I want to make my own. So I know whats in it.

Donna B.

10:13AM PST on Feb 13, 2010

My lips were badly chapped. I dabbed on honey and two hours or so later, the chapping was gone and they felt great.