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This is How You Get Beautiful Lips

Lips are always a sign of healthiness and beauty. This is way the lip fillers market size is expanding over the years. “In 2024, the valuation stands at US$ 518.3 million. Instagram reels and TikTok videos have made changing beauty standards unavoidable. With these shifts, lip augmentation procedures are in more demand” – Future Marketing Insight Inc. This shows how people really care about their lips’ appearance. In fact, if you are dreaming of having flawless lips, then lip fillers are not the one you go for, because it’s temporary and fillers are not therapeutic, perhaps it may cause you some side effects in case you don’t know the material used or the doctor wasn’t professional enough. Other unknown side effects may appear while aging. This is why I don’t recommend any type of injections in my articles. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying they are bad or something, but they are really sensitive and we have to be extra cautious.

Is Laneige Worth the Hype?

Laneige is a Korean skincare brand who invented the first-ever cream toner to reimagining how skin can retain optimal moisture levels during sleep through barrier-boosting skin care. The company creates multi-tasking products that make caring for your skin easy. They focus on how better hydrate skin and lips, and are dedicated to continuing to research the latest and greatest ingredients while using innovative technology to create formulas that deliver visible results.

Laneige lip sleeping masks have been all over the social media, but they were not trendy for a short period of time, as people keep using them and have positive reviews. What’s the difference between lip balms and lip masks? A lip balm contains waxes that help to provide hydration and restore dry skin. The waxes, like beeswax, help to seal in moisture and prevent evaporation and protecting lips from dryness. While lip masks are a concentrated dose of hydration for skin. A lip mask deeply replenishes hydration, softens the look and feel of the skin, and can oftentimes give lips a juicy, plumped appearance. The formula is usually comprised of rich butters, like cocoa butter, healing oils, and additional healing ingredients, like hyaluronic acid.

Lanegie Lip Masks

A leave-on Lip Sleeping Mask that delivers intense moisture and antioxidants while you sleep with Berry Fruit Complex™, Murumuru seed and Shea butter. It’s the #1 lip treatment brand in the US. Based on combined global unit sales from 2023 for Lip Sleeping Mask  and Lip Glowy Balm, one Lip Sleeping Mask  and Lip Glowy Balm sold evert 2 seconds.

Lip Sleeping Mask

It comes in six different flavours, but all have the same goal. The berry was the first one in the collection, then vanilla, watermelon, candy, gummy bear and so on. This lip mask is rich in antioxidants to help reveal smooth and supple looking lips. It contains coconut oil, shea butter and murmurs seed butter. These ingredients work beautifully at night, so you wake up the next day with nourish and moisturized lips.

Based on a 1-week clinical study on 32 women ages 25 to 35, women noticed 8-HR hydration, in addition to:

– 135% increase in hydration immediately after use

– 93% agree lips feel softer and look less flaky

– 93% agree lips feel hydrated for a long period of time

– 90% agree lips look healthier

– 87% agree lips feel firmer

How to Use Lanegie Lip Sleeping Mask?

After you finish doing your night skincare routine, apply a generous amount of lip sleeping mask on your lips and jump on your bed. The next day when you wake up, wipe the lip mask with a clean tissue to remove the product completely. Et viola! Enjoy your day with you hydrated, nourished and naturally plumped lips.

Lip Glowy Balm

A lightweight, moisture-rich lip balm with shea and murumuru Seed butters for extra soft, hydrated, kissable lips throughout the day. Lip Glowy Balm is pocket sized for easy, on-the-go application. These subtly tinted glossy balms. They also come in the same flavours as the lip sleeping masks.

Dos and Don’ts for Your Lips

Do: moisturize your lips every day with high-quality lip balms.

Don’t: moisturize your lips every day with low-quality lip balms.

Do: use lip balm with at least 15 SPF during the day to avoid sun damages.

Don’t: use regular lip balm during the if you don’t have one with SPF, as it will give counterproductive results. Regular lip balms are not made to protect your lips from sun. They also contain chemical ingredients that may reacts badly with chemicals.

Do: drink water regularly, because if you aren’t hydrated from the inside, external support will not be enough to get healthy lips.

Don’t: avoid sugary drinks as much as possible, for your health first of all, as your lip get affected by sugar in a bad way.

Do: exfoliate your lips gently with soft lip scrubs to get soft and smooth lips.

Don’t: over exfoliate your lips or use exfoliators with hard pieces to avoid hurting your lips.

Do: use high-quality lipsticks with certified ingredients and read about the company before you purchase.  

Don’t: cheap and abrasive ingredients that mostly contain high percentage of lead, as lead is bad for your health in general and your lips in specific.

Tips for Flawless Lips:

  • Stay hydrated all the day long.
  • Don’t lick or bite your lips as these two bad habits will affect your lips badly.
  • Use high-quality ingredients and avoid cheap and unknown ingredients.
  • If your lip balm doesn’t have SPF, then you could apply regular sunscreen on your lips before the lip balm.
  • Use the best lipsticks and gloss in the market to maintain the health and beauty of your lips.
  • Never ever peel your lips wit your fingers to avoid irritation and pigmentation.  
  • Healthy gut = healthy lips.. In fact, healthy gut is healthy life.

How do you take care of your lips?