Rough, cracked dry lips don’t have to come as part and parcel of colder weather. In fact, it's very much possible to make your way through the entire winter without so much as a single flake – as long as you know how to look after your lips.
Unfortunately for those who like a simple routine and an easy life, keeping dry lips at bay isn’t as straightforward as smoothing on your best lip balm and hoping for the best, as the skin on our lips needs a little extra TLC. “The lips are only three layers thick, which is a real contrast to the skin on our faces which is made up of around 15 layers,” says aesthetics doctor and lip expert Dr Tijion Esho. “They also don’t have any sebaceous glands, so can’t produce their own moisture, leaving them completely reliant on you to provide moisture via skincare.”
