Keeping lips feeling and looking their best is challenging during harsh winter weather as well as extreme summer heat that can dry and chap them.…
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Keeping lips feeling and looking their best is challenging during harsh winter weather as well as extreme summer heat that can dry and chap them. In fact, many of us have a perpetual dry lip problem that makes us unable to get through a day without our lip balm. Current research estimates that around one in four adults in America experience this particular problem with dry and flaky lips. However, here is how to get soft lips and maintain them to disrupt that dependency and cycle of suffering from excess dryness, cracking, peeling, and chapping once and for all.
Importance of Protecting the Lip Moisture Barrier

The outer layer of our skin is the epidermis that is protected by a dead layer of cells called the stratum corneum to make up the moisture barrier for our skin. This barrier is vital for protecting the skin from incoming germs and substances, free radicals while keeping the water within the skin intact. Consider this protective layer of skin as the first line of defense. However, unlike the rest of our skin, the skin barrier of the lips is extremely thin, which makes them prime candidates for dehydration.

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