How to Fix Scaly Lips in one day - Two best trick for soft and smooth lips

Our lips do not contain any oil glands, so they are more susceptible to drying out and becoming scaly and cracked. Dry skin is bad, but dry scaly lips is even more worse. Scaly lips is so painful and looks bad. It reflects that you don't take care yourself properly.

Main causes of scaly lips are-
Weather, wind, sun exposure, licking your lips, allergy, dehydration, lack of moisturization, medication etc. Scaly lips is very common problem during winter season due to lack of humidity in the air. Most common cause of dry and scaly lips is lack of self-care.

So, take care of you skin properly and get rid of these skin problems. Skin care is not so difficult task to do, it is very easy and simple. But one thing is important that you should follow skin care regime on daily basis. One time in a week or in a month does not shows you a effective result. Besides daily skin care routine, you should take good diet and hydrates yourself. 

Today, I share my two do-it-yourself tricks with you. Here is the two best tricks for scaly lips, these tricks are so easy and makes your lips baby soft, smooth and beautiful.

How to Fix Scaly Lips in one day - Two best trick for soft and smooth lips

Coconut oil

Coconut oil is very effective in treating dry scaly lips. Coconut oil is a natural moisturizer that can heel your crack lips. 

• Apply coconut oil on your lips and massage them in a circular manner. After massaging 5 min., rub warm wet soft cloth on you lips. It exfoliates all dead skin and scale from your lips.
• Take some drops of coconut oil, apply on your lips several times daily. Coconut oils provides relief from soreness and itching on your dry cracked lips.

Vaseline 

Vaseline petroleum jelly is the perfect choice for lips with any type of lips problem. I always use petroleum jelly as a lip guard through out the year. It available in different flavors and variety like rose lips, coco butter, aloe-Vera Vaseline. It forms protective layer and lock the moisture on my lips. It protect the lips from the dry-cold air and re-hydrates the skin of the lips.

• Apply Vaseline petroleum jelly on your lips and massage in a circular motion with the help of soft tooth-brush. It exfoliates your lips and make them extra soft. 
• Repeat this trick a couple times a day until your lips are no longer scaly.  

If you have Chapped lips problem, than try these home remedies on my this link- http://diethealthfashion.blogspot.com/2015/04/how-to-get-rid-of-chapped-lips-natural.html

I hope you will try there diy tricks and if you have other lip care tips than share with me.

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Best 3 Daily skin care routine for dry skin of your face - Save your skin from dry and cold weather

As you all know that all environmental conditions have their own affects on our body. We want to keep our body as well as our skin happy, healthy and good looking. Skin is the largest part of our body that mainly effected by the weather, skin is our outer shell that we present or show to the world each and every day in our life. In any season, our skin has huge effect either it is hot or cold. We always struggling with the different cosmetics and beauty products to achieve perfect skin. 

Winter season brings dry and rough conditions that strip skin of its natural moisture. Cold and harsh winds mostly irritates our delicate skin of face, lips and hands. This is also leads to red patches, dead skin, clog pores, acne. If you do not care it properly than age effects or wrinkles can seen early on your face.

I also experience the worst winter when my skin becomes dry and rough. It feels so uncomfortable

flaky and itchy skin. I often spends a lot of money and time on my skin products but it really not works. Only buying a good product is not enough, you should follow a proper skin care regime throughout the year. If you want maintain your skin glow, healthy and charming than you should develop a daily dry skin care routine. 

So, if you feels tight, dry, flaky, itchy, sore and uncomfortable dried out, its means your skin is dry skin. You always had a dry skin or its any beauty products effects or winter effects that makes your skin flaky or dry, there is no need to worry. By follow this dry skin care regime in your daily routine that helps your dry skin and make your skin soft and glowy. 

I share my daily dry skin care routine which help me out. I have divided my daily routine into 3 simple sections in a day that makes my skin clean and soft. These three simple parts in a day are:-

1. Morning section

2. Day section

3. Night section

I try to describe all steps clearly to keep your dry skin healthy and prevent it from drying. 

Best 3 Daily skin care routine for dry skin of your Face - 

1. Morning section

In morning section, you should follow these steps and include them in your daily skin care regime.

First, you should always wash your face with lukewarm water, do not use cold water because it constricts your skin pores. This will freshen you up. 

On wet face, use a mild cleanser which is suits your dry skin, massage it on your wet face for a minute.Than wash off with Luke warm water. Always avoid harsh or chemical cleansers. 

After cleaning, now you can use a mild or organic skin toner. If you not like market bought skin toner than you can use rose water. I always used it, it gives coolness and freshness on my face . 

Now, Apply a thin layer of moisturizer which is for dry skin. Mild and Milk cream or moisturizer is best for your dry skin. Than massage it in circular motion, leave it for 5 -8 minutes. 

If you are going to step out in sun, than use sunscreen or day cream on your face and neck. It will keep your skin hydrated throughout the day and protected from the sun. 

If you want to wear a foundation, then you may use it after applying your day cream or sunscreen. Mineral foundation is good for your dry skin. 

2. Day section

Only morning section is not sufficient for your skin type, do not forget to take care of your skin during the day. For Day section you should follow these simple steps -

Always carry your moisturizer or day cream, lip balm or moisture rich lipstick, Vaseline in your bag. 

If you feel your skin tight or dry than during your first morning break or coffee break, just walk to the wash room and use another thin layer of moisturizer which is used in the morning. keep your skin hydrated. 

If your lips becomes dry than apply a good lip balm, gloss or lipstick. 

Drink a lot of water and fluids, this will naturally keep your skin hydrated from inside. 

3. Night section

Before going to bed, it is very important to follows these steps-

First wash your face with lukewarm water, on wet face use a good dry skin makeup remover to clean your face properly.  

If you feel that there is some traces of makeup on your skin than use your mild cleanser.  

Apply mild scrub on your wet face and slowly massage it in circular manner.This will helps you to remove flaky and dead deposition of cell on your face and make your skin smooth and clean. You can use scrub once or twice in a weak. 

Now apply a thick creamy moisturizer or a good night cream. This will help to nourish your skin while you sleep, making your skin more smooth and soft. 

I hope this can be the best dry skin care routine for dry skin and this will help you too!!!!

Try these simple steps at your home and do tell me, what will you experience.

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How to cure dry and dark elbows at home ?

Mostly, we all are focusing on our facial skin and do proper care of it but forget about our elbows. An even fair skin tone adds to your beauty and having dark dry  elbows can detract from it. This is very embarrassing situation especially for women, this makes you self conscious and decrease confidence about wearing short sleeves or sleeve less dresses.

The skin of our elbows is usually thicker and folded more than its surrounding skin. The elbow skin tends to be drier due to absence of oil glands in it. These dry elbows already serve up discomfort and becomes dark due to deposition of dead skin cells on it. In this situation , never neglect to cure these dark and dry elbows as this will not harmful but it will spoil your beauty and affects your personality. 

While dry elbow skin is thin and serve up discomfort. Disposition of dead skin cell become darken over time and even exposed to the sun. This problem needs proper care and nourishment. If you do gentle treatment and daily moisturisation. This will remove dead skin cells and makes your elbows softer , lighter and even skin tone again. 

How to cure dry and dark elbows at home ?

Home treatment requires a proper care of skin on regular basis.

This treatment includes these following steps:-

• Scrubbing 
• Cleansing 
• Moisturizing  
• Lightening.

Scrubbing or Exfoliation :-

Exfoliation or scrubbing is helps you to remove dry and dead skin cell from your elbows. 

First, take a little amount of scrub and apply on each elbow. Gently rub in circular motion for 5 minutes. Rinse with water.

You can purchase a fine-grained scrub from a market or your made it at home by using natural ingredients.

Take 1/2 tbsp wheat germ, 2 tbsp oats, 1 tbsp coconut oil, 1/4 cup of cream in a bowl and mix it well. Apply this scrub on your elbows. Use a scrub twice a week before showering for best results.

Cleansing :-

For providing hydration to your elbows skin, cleanse your elbows skin with a nourishing shower oil on a shower puff to soften elbow skin. Rinse with warm water.

Add fragrance free hydrating cream to your cleansing routine for maximum absorption. You can use petroleum Jelly or creams on dry elbows which provided hydration. Coat your elbows with a thick layer of petroleum jelly or cream while dry and rinse it off in the shower to help lock in the moisture from your creamy cleanser. 

Avoid creams with chemical moisturizers and heavy fragrances, they can irritate the skin.

Moisturizing :-

Moisturization of skin is also very important, lack of moisture in skin causes dryness or flacky skin. Elbow skin is generally hard from our other skin, So use of regular moisturizer not very effective. You can use moisturizer which contains Sunflower-seed oil and lanolin emollients. Creams with Emollient create a barrier on your skin to keep hydration intact and protect it from drying skin. 

Take a small amount of thick emollient cream and apply over each elbow while damp, to allow it to absorb deeply. Apply moisturizer daily after showering and at night before bed.

Lightening :-

Dryness and deposition of dead skin cell cause of black and dark skin of elbows. You  can   choose a skin lightening serum which   contains vitamin C, glycolic acid, kojic acid or licorice extract. 

Take a quarter-sized amount of lightening serum into each elbow and massage it on circular manner. These help to remove dead and dry skin and prevent over production of melanin pigments.

Always use a sunscreen on elbows when going out for the day, it keep sin exposure.

Note :- If you still find dry, patchy dry elbows after a couple weeks of this treatment, see your dermatologist.

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