With the thinnest skin on our face and sans sebum glands, lips are pretty much defenceless against dry climates, pollution, or just your own bad habit of licking them. When a regular lip balm won’t cut it, these heavy duty remedies promise to hydrate, repair and soothe.
Intensely hydrating with a host of sophisticated anti-ageing ingredients such as apple stem cells and a bioengineered growth hormone, it promises to tackle fine lines, volume loss and dehydration for a fuller, more defined lip contour.
A creamy, minty emollient serum that repairs and hydrates. Plus, the combination of mangosteen, baker’s yeast extracts, rice germ and rose hip oil reportedly increases collagen and blood production to brighten skin. Lips are said to look plumper and rosier with regular use.
The silky gel-cream texture melts into skin with a refreshing, cooling sensation, and delivers a blend of peptides, red algae and plant extracts promising anti-wrinkle and hydrating benefits.
The brand’s fabled algae ferment is combined with a lipid complex and a protein derived from Arctic marine life to create this luxurious, comforting balm, which promises to strengthen lips’ delicate moisture barrier, soften roughness and protect from extreme conditions.
Infused with acacia honey, beeswax and rose hip seed oil, this rich salve helps to heal, hydrate and maintain lips’ moisture barrier. Plus, vitamin E and the brand’s signature anti-ageing ingredient Pro-Xylane supposedly plumps and reduces the appearance of fine lines.
Boasting the antioxidant-rich extracts of eight different types of berries, this delicious-smelling night-time treatment works while you sleep to gently soften dry, flaky skin.
The combination of shea butter and eucalyptus oil strengthens lips’ barrier function and restores elasticity. It also makes a great lipstick primer, thanks to the hyaluronic spheres that not only provide long-lasting hydration, but also plump and smooth surface imperfections.
Petroleum jelly, the key ingredient in this emollient, satiny balm, forms a protective layer to prevent moisture loss. Aloe, wheatgerm extract, squalene and soya bean oil reportedly soothe and repair damaged skin.
An adapted version of this appeared in Female‘s June 2016 issue.
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