Instead of using baking soda, this is a way to lighten dry black lips, just use a scrub made from 1 food ingredient

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Dark and dry lips can disrupt facial appearance

Brilio.net - When you are fasting, your lips can become black and dry. These two conditions naturally occur when you fast. The reason is that when someone is fasting, the lips lack moisture. Lack of moisture can also occur due to dry weather and dehydration or lack of water intake.

It's not just the skin on your face or body that you have to take care of, your lips also need to be treated so that they don't turn black and dry . Routine care, such as using lip balm and/or exfoliating regularly, can be very helpful. By exfoliating the lips, dead skin cells can be removed completely.

You can exfoliate using natural ingredients. Usually the natural ingredient used is baking soda. Indeed, baking soda can help brighten and treat dry lips. However, using baking soda too often is not recommended for lip skin. This is because baking soda has abrasive properties which can irritate your lips.

Don't worry, there are safer substitutes for baking soda, namely honey and granulated sugar. These two ingredients are also used by YouTube user @siskavalentina.

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As is known, granulated sugar has a coarse texture which can help remove dead skin cells from the lips. When rubbed, granulated sugar can stimulate blood circulation in the area, thereby helping improve dark lip color.

In addition, honey contains natural moisturizing properties that help keep lips moist and prevent dryness. Honey also contains antioxidants, which can protect lips from damage due to exposure to free radicals. The enzyme content and antimicrobial substances in honey can help lighten dark lip color over time.

Those are the benefits you can get from these two ingredients. So how do you make a scrub from these ingredients? Here are the steps you can follow as summarized by briliobeauty.net from the YouTube channel @siskavalentina:

Material:

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- 1 tablespoon honey

- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar.

How to create and apply:

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1. Pour honey into a plate.

2. Add granulated sugar.

3. Stir all the ingredients until evenly mixed.

4. Apply to lips.

5. Rub your lips slowly.

6. Rinse your lips using plain water.

7. Dry using a towel or tissue.

8. Continue by using moisturizer or lip mask.

9. Use this treatment regularly, so that your lips become bright and naturally red again.

10. Do the treatment before bed.

Disclaimer: This translation from Bahasa Indonesia to English has been generated by Artificial Intelligence.