How to lighten dark lips & lip pigmentation. Firstly, dark lips are beautiful & you don’t have to treat any hyperpigmentation on your lips! I call mine natural lip liner sometimes 😂 For those who want to however, here are my top tips: 1) SPF! Just like your face, it’s key to use lip balms with SPF 30 and above. 2) Keep your lips hydrated. Vaseline and petrolatum based lip balms are not moisturisers! Use your face moisturiser to hydrate then seal it in with a lip balm. 3) Avoid scrubbing lips too much. Although this will initially give a lightening effect, your lips will overtime darken as it recovers. 4) You can sparingly use soft ingredients such as niacinamide & alpha arbutin. You do not want to use AHAs, BHAs or strong retinoids on your lips. The skin is very thin and this will eventually darken your lips & cause you a world of problems. (I tend to use my eye creams on my lips, with active ingredients such as retinyl & vitamin c too, as eye creams have smaller percentages of actives. The under eye is also very thin like the lip area so these are mostly safe) I know there’s a common remedy of using lemon scrubs to lighten your lips but this will honestly leave your lips dry and the results will be temporary. 5. Finally, (I haven’t included this in the video as this route is via a dermatologist), you can seek treatments with hydroquinone and melanin inhibitors such as kojic acid. This can also be achieved through reputable lip kits that contain these ingredients and regulated percentages of other ingredients such as retinol (though I have found lip treatments to be quite expensive!) #Skincare #skincareroutine #skincareproducts #skincaretips #skincareknowledge #skincarejunkie #blackskincare #beauty #acne #hyperpigmentation #dryskin #oilyskin #skincarememe #skincareuk #skincareaddict #skinfiltrator #skintips #skinfiltratorapproved #darklips #lippigmentation