Summer is harsh weather for your skin, body and hair. With the onset of this season, you have to be extra careful and take protective measures to reduce damage. While you wear sunscreen, stay hydrated, wear a hat, or carry an umbrella to protect yourself, you often miss caring for a few delicate areas like your lips.

The skin on your lips is thin and delicate; this means the rays of the sun can damage your lips and cause darkening, dryness and peeling. Here are a few ways to protect lips in summer.

 

Apply lip balm with SPF

Apply lip balm with SPF

Your lips need protection from the UV rays, and it also needs nourishment all year long, not just in winter as most people think. You can apply sunscreen and lip balm separately, but you can also get two benefits at once by using an SPF infused lip balm. The Lakmé Lip Love Chapstick offers intense moisturisation that lasts up to 22 hours and contains SPF 15 that helps protect lips from the sun’s harmful rays. The product comes in various shades to make your lips look naturally tinted.

 

Avoid licking

Avoid licking

If you want to know how to protect your lips in summer, here’s a tip that will help — avoid licking it. When your lips get dry, you tend to lick them to keep them moisturised. This may offer relief for a minute or so, but as soon as the saliva evaporates from your lips, it leaves the skin drier. Therefore, avoid licking your lips and carry a lip balm with you at all times to coat it with a layer of moisture every few hours.

 

Clean your lips

Clean your lips

Those who wear makeup know it's necessary to remove every bit of product from your skin at night to prevent infections and breakouts. The same rule applies to your lips too. Your lips gather dust, bacteria and sweat during the day. So, whether you wear lipstick or not, it is essential to cleanse your lips before going to bed at night. Cleanse your lips to remove product residue, food particles, dead skin cells, etc. and then apply a layer of lip balm to seal the moisture in.