DIY : How To Lighten Dark Lips?

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How to lighten dark lips

Do you want to lighten your dark lips? Well, who doesn’t? Many of us or maybe all of us want to achieve a pink lips or at least a light-colored lips. Unfortunately it is not something that you can buy in the beauty bar and stick it on like what a lipstick does. Probably, lips is one of the area in the skin that most women are concerned about because it is so sensitive that it always get affected by anything artificial. Darker lips tend to be genetically inherited and are most common on dark complexion individuals. However, lifestyle does contribute a very huge factor to having darker lips. Smoking, makeup, unhealthy food are only few of the culprits that can be blamed for this.

Can Darker Lips Turn Lighter?

Yes it can but the only thing is, it does take time. Don’t expect it like some kinda magic or a potion that could take effect in seconds. It requires consistency, patience and perhaps a little hard work. There are many commercially available lip lighteners in the market that you could try on which may cost you a bit but you can also try this DIY lip lightener consist of anything but all natural ingredients which you can find right in your pantry. Are you ready?

How To Make a DIY lip lightener?

Here is an easy DIY project you can use to lighten your dark lips. You’re going to need the following:

Milk
Turmeric
Toothbrush

What are these used for?

Milk – is a natural whitener. It is used widely in almost all DIY skin whiteners.

Turmeric – is a potent natural antioxidant and is very good on skin.

Toothbrush – is a very good exfoliator used especially on sensitive parts of skin like lips. It’s small and soft bristles mildly scrub off the dead skin cells allowing new healthy cell to resurface.

How to use

1. Make a paste from the mixture of milk and turmeric.
2. Dampen lips with water and scrub off gently with toothbrush.
3. Apply the turmeric paste on your lips and let it sit for 3-5 minutes. Don’t leave it too long. Exfoliate again using the toothbrush very gently.
4. It should not take more than 3-5 minutes to avoid scraping off the healthy cells and should be done lightly.
5. Pat dry your lips and apply your favorite lip balm to add extra moisture.

It might take few weeks before you will start to notice a difference on your lips but don’t worry because anything natural wont harm your skin so it’s okay to keep on doing this until you achieve your goal or to at least lighten your dark lips. If you don’t like to use toothbrush, you can use granulated brown sugar instead.

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