Lip Makeup: Our Anti-Aging Tips

Between laughter, pouting mud and cigarettes, the lips are a privileged area for wrinkles. Result: treacherous little furrows appear. It's time to organize the fight.

Hygiene and anti-wrinkle cream

First emergency measure: avoid smoking. It is one of the major causes of wrinkles around the lips. Other factors are stress, pollution or the sun. These factors are also the ones that affect the beauty of our skin.

The lips therefore also obey the makeup- an exfoliation-hydration triptych. Particularly fragile, this area, therefore, has points in common with that of the eye contour. This is why it is possible to apply anti-wrinkle creams around the eye contour to the lip contour. The good rhythm: morning and evening.

Exfoliating the lip contour

Once or twice a week, exfoliating the lips helps to revive microcirculation, reduce fine lines and get rid of dead skin.

Specific products exist commercially, but it is possible to use homemade recipes, provided that they are not based on aggressive products. The sugar-honey or sugar-olive oil combinations work very well.

For those who are used to using a dry toothbrush, it is better to give up. Because this type of scrub is too abrasive.

Once the exfoliation stage is complete, hydrate the area. You can use a face mask to apply thickly on the contour of your lips. Rinse after a 20-minute exposure. And finish the treatment with the application of the Kailijumei lipstick. The most effective formulas contain shea butter or beeswax.

Make up your lips

Indispensable: the silicone-based pencil that prevents lipstick from spinning into fine lines. The advantage is that it is totally invisible. For those who make up their lips with gloss or light-colored lipsticks, this is a great tool.

If you prefer the colored lip pencil, draw your lips, but do not mark the corners too tightly, because you risk creating a "falling lips" effect. The choice of color is crucial. Some shades make white teeth appear while others accentuate yellow teeth. We must, therefore, avoid orange hues and colors too frank like fuchsia, purple, bright roses like chewing gum, and beige too bland.

Choose pleasant textures

The gloss has its unconditional ones. For those with thin lips, because it gives volume. To wear it without fear, it is necessary to apply on the contour of the lips a line of silicone pencil. It is also advisable to choose it without glitter effect, in shades of rosewood, raspberry or grape, with a creamy texture that will have the effect of shaping.

Satin reds are a very good option in the evening because they maintain a proper moisture level. On the other hand, the dull reds are to be avoided, because they card the lips and draw the attention to the wrinkles.

Finally, a tip for glamorous lips: put a touch of gloss in the center of your lower and upper lips to catch the light and bet on a delicately "mouth to heart" effect.