STOP. PEELING. YOUR. LIPS.

stop immediately.

Peeling your lips is amazing. No jokes now. No catfishing. I speak from experience when I tell you it's the best feeling your lips can have. While you're at it, it creates that subtle pain on your lips that just makes you giddy. It's painful, but not THAT painful. It's good painful. Right?

But sometimes, just a few times, the pain is truly painful. But that's just a handful of times. And those are mistakes. Maybe you peeled your lips while angry and you angrily yank that scaly skin off. But even that pain can be quite soothing. Right?

Many people who peel their lips will agree with me.

But… (of course, there'll be a but)

Here at Raysgloss, our biggest clamor is healthy lips and anything that doesn't contribute to that, WE TRASH IT. The first one we trashed was licking your lips. I hope we're past that now. If you're not, cover your face, but keep reading.

Now, when your lips are exposed for a long time without moisture, they get dry and scaly, dry skin forms on top. The speed of this formation depends on how dry the weather is, so you can imagine what the harmattan period does.

When this happens, the instinctive thing to do is peel them off. It even seems logical. Almost, but not quite.

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Why Shouldn't You Peel Your Lips?

Peeling your lips can have several disadvantages on your lip care processes. When you peel your lips in the midst of a lip care routine, it's like you're building a house and you pull it down and you start building and you pull it down again. Just like that!

First of all, peeling your lips reduces your steeze. It's a really dirty process, because sometimes your fingers get stained with your lipgloss and the scaly skin you peel off stick to it. Ewww! Where's your aura?

Asides that, it damages the lip tissue. Forcefully peeling your lips causes irritation, bleeding, and damage to delicate lip tissue. This will strip your lips of natural oils, and lead to increased dryness and flakiness. This means once you start or continue peeling your lips, you're bound not to stop because it will get increasingly dry and you'll be back at it again.

Open sores or cuts from peeling also create entry points for bacteria that potentially lead to infections. This explains why a high percentage of people with lip concerns are lip peelers. Continuously peeling lips disrupts the natural healing process, so the lips become more sensitive and prone to irritation.

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What Can You Do Instead Of Peeling?

Easy! Whenever you feel the urge to peel your lips or you even catch yourself in the act (it's an addictive habit), stop immediately.

If, peradventure you're outside, get your balm and apply gently. Just your balm should do for that time. However, if you're indoors, consider gentle exfoliation with your lip scrub and then apply your balm.

If you can keep up the habit for just a week, you'd find the scaly skin falling off by themselves, without your input!

So what's your mantra?

I WILL STOP PEELING MY LIPS.

Great! Let's say no to peeling the lips the same way we rose against lip licking. Neither is demure. Or cutesy. Or mindful.

If your lips have suffered or are still suffering the effects of lip peeling, there's a solution. And it's our mini (or midi) kit.

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SAY HELLO TO GLOSSIVERSARY

You know I won't say goodbye without telling you about the biggest event of the year. 🥳🥳🥳.

The Raysgloss team and her sponsors are ready for you. We know you're ready, too? But the question is, HOW READY ARE YOU?

14 days to the countdown! Spread the word! It's Glossiversary o'clock. ❤️.

Do ensure to write back to me.

With all my love,

Eni of Raysgloss.