Moisturizing Lip Balm is a Skincare Essential – Here’s Why
You’re not imagining it. Your lips are often the first area of skin to show signs of dehydration, including dryness, peeling, and chapped skin. There’s a scientific reason why you should always keep a moisturizing lip balm in your bag, and it may surprise you. Read on to learn why hydrating lip balm is a must in every skincare routine.
Why Lips Crave Hydration
While lower humidity levels, cooler air, and frequently licking your lips can all contribute to dry, chapped lips, there’s a reason why these environmental stressors affect your lips so dramatically.
Unlike the rest of the skin on your face, your lips lack oil glands, which means it’s up to you to keep them moisturized.
The skin all over your body relies on its natural oils --- or sebum – to lock hydration into the skin and keep it healthy. While there are indeed oil glands around the edges of the lips, the lip skin itself doesn’t have oil glands, making this area susceptible to dehydration.
5 Signs of Dehydrated Lips
When lips run low on moisture, the natural moisture barrier can become damaged and allow essential hydration to evaporate into the surrounding environment, causing lips to become dehydrated. Signs include:
- Lines becoming visibly more pronounced
- An uncomfortable tight feeling
- Dryness
- Peeling
- Cracking
Essential Ingredients for Healthy Lips
The best moisturizing lip balms contain ingredients that plump lips by infusing skin with hydration while also locking in nourishing moisture.
Our Pro-Peptide Lip Perfector goes a step further to triple-treat your lips with a trifecta of cutting-edge ingredients for instant and lasting moisture and plumping:
Pro-Peptide - Our lip-specific tripeptide with 3x the power to visibly enhance lip health for fuller, smoother lips
Micro-encapsulated hyaluronic acid – Our upcycled vitamin E capsule deeply delivers an ultra-hydrating, high weight hyaluronic acid for ultra nourished lips
Squalane – Our sugarcane-derived super ingredient supports lips’ moisture barrier by adding and locking in hydration
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Benefits of Pro-Peptide Lip Perfector
- Delivers intense 24-hour moisture
- Plumps and smooths the look of lips instantly and over time
- Supports lips’ moisture barrier
- Available in clear and two sheer shades to enhance lips’ natural color
How to Use Pro-Peptide Lip Perfector
Apply Pro-Peptide Lip Perfector as the final step in your morning and evening skincare routine, or over lipstick for a boost of moisture and shine. The simple routine below is suitable for every skin type:
Step 1: Cleanse with Amino Aloe Gentle Cleanser – Dissolves makeup and impurities while visibly improving enlarged pores
Step 2: Balance with Hyaluronic Acid Facial Mist – Instantly hydrates while prepping skin to receive active ingredients
Step 3: Treat Undereyes with Marine Algae Eye Cream – Instantly and visibly lift while delivering deep moisture
Step 4: Hydrate with Copper Peptide Rapid Plumping Serum – Plumps and hydrates on contact while visibly reducing fine lines over time
Step 5: Moisturize with Omega Repair Cream – Support the skin’s moisture barrier while reducing the look of fine lines and wrinkles
Step 6: Treat lips with Pro-Peptide Lip Perfector – Instantly plump and smooth lips while delivering deep moisture
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As a lifestyle writer and journalist, I love sharing my passion for ocean conservation and obsession with clean beauty. I’ve tried almost every trend and ingredient, and Biossance’s science-backed formulas are the only ones that consistently calm my reactive skin and make it smoother, clearer, and healthier. I’m so excited to be on this journey of skincare innovation with Biossance, and to share it with you!
