Chapped lips is my once-in-a-while lip problem that doesn't seems to go away completely. It just keeps happening from time to time. In fact chapped lips can happen to anyone and usually we will just realize it when they get really chapped or bleeding. It doesn't help if you have the habit of bitting your peeled skin, just like me.
Dry lips especially chapped lips will have a negative impact for our overall appearance as in today's world, where ladies lips should be plump, soft, and kissable. Our lip product won't sit well on chapped lips as well. They will crack and look bumpy, giving uneven color, and unnatural finish. No matter how expensive or beautiful the color of our lip products are, chapped lips will bring those down to nothing.
Well, the big question:
Why is our perfectly soft lips be chapped the next day?
There are couple of reasons for that according to my experience:
• Lack of Moisture/Dehydration
Lips doesn't contains oil glands like other parts of the skin. Oil glands is actually needed to lock the moisture in to our skin. The absent of oil glands on our lips skin tissue has actually caused it to be more prone to losing moisture, dry out, and be chapped.
Furthermore, based on my observation from time to time, my chapped lips occurs when I do not drink enough water. Our body consist of mainly water (72%) and the lack of water has actually have a large impact on our body mechanical system. Drinking water will ensure that you have enough moisture to maintain the needs of our whole body (which includes our lips).
• Lips licking habit
I saw a lot of article saying that you are not suppose to lick your lips but I personally never take that into consideration until two year ago when I got the confirmation from a dermatologist who
told me not to lick my lips as our saliva will do more harm than good. Licking lips will cause more persistent dryness. It will only moisture your lips for a while but then the saliva will actually eats away the thin skin layer on your lips and caused more dryness! In a long run, it will caused a darkening lips! which is a big NO-NO. Our lips should be pinkish.
• Consumption of certain drugs/medication
I have actually experienced this during those time when I was on dr. Kun's acne medicine. I am sure if you are living around Jakarta area, you would know him. He is a very popular doctor (dermatologist/acne specialist) and he treated many patients who suffered from mild to severe acne.
Some acne medication which helps to control sebum in your face does affect your lips involuntarily as a side effects. I was once given an oral medication (pill) and facial ointment (face cream). After I consumed the pill and apply the face cream for around a week, my whole face which was usually oily, dried out. That indirectly affect my lips. My lips chapped no matter how many glasses of water I drank. I have to use a heavy consistency lipbalm to keep it from peeling and bleeding.
After those 'tragedy', I used my lipbalm even when I sleep, which leads me to discover the potential to use the lipbalm as a "sleep-mask". I think rather than buting a separate mask for your lips, it is better to just use your lipbalm. Save your money for new attire.
You can use honey or royal jelly as well for more natural options, but considering that I move a lot on my sleep, I do not want the honey or royal jelly to smear all over my bed cover and invites unnecessary insects.
You can use any lipbalm you have. I just happen to own the EOS lipbalm.
I first found out about the EOS lipbalm from Hillary Duff's "Chasing the Sun" music video.
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| Hillary Duff's "Chasing the Sun" Music Video + EOS Lipbalm |
Isn't it eye catchy? Not to mention a hell lot of celebrities are caught using the lipbalm. I owned the cute pink EOS lipbalm in Strawberry Sorbet. It has a nice sweet scent as well.
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| EOS Lipbalm in Strawberry Shorbet |
I usually just apply the lipbalm on my lips and sleep with it over night. The result is pretty amazing.
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Before: Chapped and Dry Lips
After: After applying the EOS Lipbalm. It looks more moist (of course)
The next day: I let it set overnight. The results on the next day is more distinct. The chapped parts are smooth out and it actually turn more healthy and pinkish. |
See the difference? I was wearing the lipbalm on 8 PM to 5 AM the next morning (Next day picture). My lips are actually looking softer and healthier. The peeled skin was somewhat healed and it was glowing pinkish-ly. I usually continue wearing it as a sleeping-mask for 2-3 days to ensure that the chapped lips gone away. Until it comes again. *sigh
Review:
Price: $ 3.29 on the website (here)
Pros:
• Cute packaging
• No coloring and sweet scent
• Deeply moisture without being too sticky.
• Convenient to bring a long (in your bag)
• The egg shape (round) easy application
• It is on a hype, so why not?
Cons:
• It last too long (LOL)
• Aside from the hype, I do not see too distinct features that will make me want to continue buying it.
Repurchase: Probably not. One EOS lipbalm will last for God knows when. I think I will be so bored by that time comes.
Recommend: Yes, you should try it. It is a overall good lipbalm.
