Wanna Kiss??

Ok I know it sounds tacky but how many of us this time of year go to kiss our loved ones, husband, wife or partner and all of a sudden, you realize that you have the dreaded sandpaper lips and not the soft supple lips that your beloved is accustomed to any other time of the year. I know that my family is plagued by this problem due to the dryer air inside and outside our home here in the Atlanta area. The skin on our lips is much more sensitive to the temperature and weather changes than you may think. This is the reason why you NEED to you a good petroleum free lip balm to help keep them moisturized and protected from wind damage as well. There are also a few things that you need to remember if you want to have kissably soft lips next time you want to give that heart-pounding kiss to your darling:

1. Moisturize those babies with petroleum/chemical free lip balm
2. STOP licking your lips!!! This makes it worse and dries them out even faster
3. Use a straw if you can to keep the moisture off your lips from drinks when outside so the wind does not abuse them.
4. If they do get chapped use olive oil on a terry wash cloth to remove the dead skin gently instead of pealing it off this is not to be done on broken skin
   

These few tips and tricks will make it to where you can keep on kissing under the mistletoe all season long or just because you want to give a well deserved smooch. Let us all take care of our lips so our partners will still want to kiss our soft lips and not the sandpaper that happens this time of year.