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Lipstick sales may be suffering in our masked-up world, but the opposite is true for lip balms and treatments. The moisture-sapping powers of surgical masks have sent their sales soaring.
A new wave of super-salves and creams promises not just an end to chapped, flaky ‘mask lips’, but to make them significantly younger-looking too.
Mother nature certainly gave lips a raw deal. With barely any oil-producing glands and skin three times thinner than that on your face, they have limited natural ability to hold on to moisture and really do need our help to stay in prime condition.
Like skin everywhere else, lip skin is a layer cake of volumising collagen cells, moisture-binding molecules and nourishing lipids, the body’s production of which tapers off with time. Replenishing them is key to keeping lips in the state of plumpness you took for granted in your 20s.
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1 Givenchy Prisme Libre Skin-Caring Glow Foundation (£40, harrods.com). More like hydrating skincare with pigment added than just a base, I love this foundation. Moisturising and lightweight, it also has capucine extract to boost cell oxygenation – essentially it helps your complexion look even more glowing. The slightly matt finish leaves skin perfected. Full marks. Available in 30 shades.
2 The Inkey List Succinic Acid Blemish Treatment (£6.99, theinkeylist.com). Blemish treatments have been booming as many of us suffer from breakouts due to mask wearing (aka maskne). This Inkey List offering focuses on a lesser-known ingredient: succinic acid (though it’s well known in medical circles), which helps to clear blemishes and pores quickly but is kind to skin. It also includes salicylic acid, good for exfoliating, sulphur powder to reduce excess sebum without drying skin, and a chlorophyllin-copper complex that reduces inflammation and gives the treatment its unusual gree