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Have Dark Lips? Try These Easy Home Remedies From Your Kitchen

If your lips are dark and chapped, then try these natural beauty remedies to tackle the issue

Have Dark Lips? Try These Easy Home Remedies From Your Kitchen
Reduce dark lips with these natural ingredients from your kitchen

Do you think your lips are getting darker day by day? Have they lost that natural softness and subtle pink hue they used to have? Many of you might be facing this problem. Dark lips can be a result of an unhealthy lifestyle, choice of diet, smoking and health issues too. Other than that UV rays, cosmetics and dry lips are few more common reasons for dark lips. As dreadful as it may seen, dry lips can be tackled by taking care of your skin. There are many amazing natural ingredients which are great to lighten your lips. But before applying anything to your lips make sure they are exfoliated so that dead skin cells are removed. So, check out these amazing home remedies to lighten dark lips naturally.

(Also read: Goodbye Dry Feet! Try These 4 Natural Home Remedies For Beautiful Skin)

Home Remedies To Tackle Dark Lips Naturally

Here is the list of home remedies you can try to reduce dark lips.

1. Turmeric

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Turmeric has a lot of benefits. It contains a vital nutrient called curcumin which helps in boosting you skin's natural colour. So to use this, you have to mix half teaspoon of turmeric powder with the same amount of rose water to make a thick paste. Now after exfoliating your lips with sugar and honey, apply this paste and keep it for half an hour. Do it twice a day to get a better result.

2. Coconut Oil

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Coconut oil is not just great for hair problems but it has ample skin benefits too. If your dark lips are accompanied by dryness and rough texture, you should go with coconut oil always. It has a natural moisturising power which is good to keep your skin away from dehydration. After exfoliation, you should apply coconut oil to your lips and leave it on. You can use it 2-3 times daily. But please note, exfoliation of your lips should be done once in a day.

3. Pomegranate

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If you are missing your pretty pink lips, you can try pomegranate to lighten your dark lips. It has vital nutrients which may reduce tyrosinase activity and melanin production. That is why, to use this, you have to add one teaspoon of pomegranate juice and beetroot juice in a bowl. Apply this liquid to your lips regularly, twice a day, for better result.

4. Aloe Vera

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There is nothing that aloe vera can't do. It has aloin which is good to remove skin pigmentation naturally. That is why, to use this on your lips, you have to extract fresh aloe vera pulp into a bowl and apply it to your lips directly. Leave it dry for a few minutes and then wash. Try this process 2-3 times in a day.

5. Lemon

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We all know that lemon has natural bleaching properties. It removes tan from the skin like nothing else. So, to use lemon on your lips, it is better not to exfoliate your lips before. You can simply wash your mouth and towel-dry the lips. After that, add one teaspoon of lemon juice and half teaspoon of honey in a bowl and mix them. Apply this to your lips and rinse it off after giving a gentle massage to your lips.

If you are tired of dark lips and majorly miss those pretty pink lips, try these home remedies right away.

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