10 tricks to watch your lips and not be addicted to Carmex (or any other lip balm)

Avoid glycerines and paraffins the fact that a lipstick treatment can generate some rebound effect is linked, as Gamarra explains, to the composition of the product and to the percentage of glycerins and paraffins it contains. "the more these ingredients, the greater occlusivity occurs on the lips and therefore the hydration that apparently is kept would not be real and there would be a greater rebound effect, leaving our skin of the lips dry and unprotected," he explains. On the other hand, if the product is natural, "it doesn't have to create a bouncing effect," adds Marta Vives.

Watch the toothbrush trick. How many times have you been told to use a toothbrush to exfoliate your lips? Well, you should know that this is not the best option because, as slow life House expert explains, "it can be too aggressive a gesture for an area as sensitive as the lip mucosa." There are specific brushes and products to do so but, in any case, if you want to put into practice the brush trick you must choose one used, with soft sows, massaging it slightly and only once a week.

And if your balm is too rich... How many times have you bought a lip balm for its taste? Although it's an added value, that can make you make a mistake that can bill your lips hydration: that you store them to moisten them with your saliva more than the bill, a gesture that would dry them out too much because of the effect of saliva.

Exfoliation: how and when, as Ana Lostao explains, the lips, by the nature of the skin in this area, do not accumulate dead cells. Although this statement may make exfoliation unnecessary in this area, the reality is that it can be a solution in a timely manner to treat the typical pellejitos that accumulate in this area. Hence eve Lom's expert recommends doing it with small, circular movements, without pressing, just one or two minutes. As for how much, Gamarra is clear: once a week on very damaged lips and every 15-20 days on healthy lips. "it is very important after exfoliation to apply a moisturizing recovery treatment," says the expert.