KESEHATAN
Pretty pink lips are an attractive facial feature, particularly for girls and women. Many people are not lucky enough to have naturally pink lips instead having lips that are pale and dark which is not appealing. There are a number of reasons but darker lips are one of the common problems affecting people of all ages. Dark lips can tarnish personal image and can cause embarrassment. Your lips just need a little love and attention. Here's how to get pretty and rosy pink lips naturally.
19. Natural Ways to Get Rosy Pink Lips
1. Pomegranate seeds
Use pomegranate seeds. One popular home remedy for lightening dark lips and giving them a rosy pink color is as follows. Crush up the seeds of a pomegranate, mix the crushed seeds with some cold milk cream to form a paste, then apply this paste to the lips.This should be repeated several times a week to gradually increase the pinkness of your lips.
2. Olive oil, Honey and lemon juice
Olive oil mixed with honey and lemon juices makes lips red and gives it a seducing effect. Olive oil is rich in vitamin E and moisture that make lips glowing and soft. Apply this oil to lips before sleeping and repeat it for some days. Soon you will notice that your lips are turning pink.
3. Raspberries and Strawberries
Berries such as raspberries and strawberries have many benefits that are great for solving the problem related to dark lips. All you need to do is make a paste using raspberries and mix it with some aloe vera juice and pure honey. After applying this homemade paste, leave it on for five minutes before rinsing it off and replacing it with a lip balm that is homemade. This is effective because raspberries have many vital vitamins and minerals that can keep your lips healthy and therefore vibrant.
4. Strawberry and Petroleum jelly
For naturally smooth and pink lips, use one tablespoon of strawberry juice with two tablespoons of petroleum jelly on your lips. Use this mixture as lip balm daily on your lips.
5. Rose Petals
Try crushed rose petals. Crushed rose petals will give your lips a naturally rosy color! Simply rub the freshly crushed petals (from red or pink roses) onto your lips for a pretty pink flush.
6. Milk Cream
Milk cream is full of nutrients and moisture that make it one of the best remedy for lightening the complexion of lips. Take some milk cream and add rose petals to it. Now allow it to cool in refrigerator for 20 minutes. Remove it and gently massage it to the lips. Now let it rest on lips for 15 minutes and then wash it. Milk and rose petal mixture will make your lips pink in a few days.
7. Honey
Honey is another natural home remedy to treat dark lips. Apply honey on your lips every night, let it dry and remain there overnight. It will not only lighten your lips, but also soften and give them a pink glow.
8. Mustard oil
Apply mustard oil to the belly button. This may seem somewhat bizarre, but one ancient home remedy holds that a little mustard oil placed in the belly button at night time will result in naturally soft, pink lips.
9. Ice cubes
Massage your lips with ice cubes. It will keep the lips nourished, moisturized and fresh.
10. Turmeric powder and milk cream
Mix raw turmeric powder and milk cream to achieve great results. You can also try mixing turmeric powder and gram’s flour to light your lips. Just keep in mind that gram’s flour dries out lips making it a poor option for those whose lips are already dry. If you do use this mix, be sure to use a heavy double cream designed to moisturize your lips after you remove the mix.
11. Beetroot juice
Use beetroot juice. Beetroot juice acts as a natural lip stain which will temporarily turn your lips a bright cherry red. Some people also claim that beetroot juice helps to gradually lighten dark lips, when applied on a regular basis. You can use beetroot juice from fresh or pickled beetroot - as long as you don't mind the taste
12. Cucumbers
Cucumbers are rich in skin lightening properties and lots of water that help to make lips moist and pink. Take cucumber slice and keep it on lips daily for 15 minutes.
13. Castor oil and almond oil
Apply the mixture of castor oil and almond oil to massage your lips to make them pinkish naturally.
14. Mix Honey, Almond Oil and Sugar
Another remedy is to mix sugar, honey and a little bit of olive or almond oil. Apply this to your lips, massaging it in for ten minutes.
15. Lemon
Since lemon is a natural cleanser, it cleans the dirt on lips, making it look rosy. Citric acid in lemon acts as a bleaching agent for skin. Take fresh lemon juice and rub it to your lips. This will help to clean your lips and vitamin C present in lemon lightens the lips making it pink. Orange juice and peels are also rich in vitamin C which is useful in lightening dark lips.
After learning so many tips, it’s time to put them to practice follow these tips regularly and see how your lips bloom like a rose.
16. Hydrate yourself
Hydration brings out a pinkish tinge and a juicy look to the lips, while dry lips look exactly the opposite, dark and dull. Keeping yourself hydrated will combat the dryness on the lips irrespective of
the season. Only external application of Moisture is not sufficient, internal hydration is important as well.
17. Saffron for Dark Lips
Applying a few strands of saffron with butter (clarified) and yogurt on the lips keeps them fresh and pink eliminating any discoloration. After learning so many tips, it’s time to put them to practice follow
these tips regularly and see how your lips bloom like a rose.
18. Lip balm with 15 SPF
Avoid direct contact of sun. Constant exposure of U.V rays results in dull and dark lips. Lip balm with at least 15 SPF should be applied to lips in case you are out in the sun.
