Winter may look mild to some, but your lips feel every degree of cold, dry air, indoor heating, and dehydration. Unlike the rest of your skin, lips are uniquely vulnerable — and often misunderstood.

Here are five surprising facts about lips, and how to care for them properly during winter (and beyond).

Your Lips Don’t Have Oil Glands

Unlike facial skin, lips cannot produce their own protective oils. That means once moisture is lost, lips have no built-in way to replenish it — especially in dry winter air.

This is why lips crack, flake, and feel tight faster than any other area of the face.

Winter Lip Solution:
Gentle exfoliation followed by targeted hydration is essential. A sugar-based exfoliant with nourishing oils helps remove dead skin without stripping what little moisture remains.

→ This is where a hydrating sugar lip scrub with jojoba oil and shea butter becomes a winter essential, not a luxury.

Lips Lose Moisture Faster Than Any Other Area

Lips have some of the thinnest skin on the body — up to five times thinner than facial skin. Cold temperatures and wind dramatically increase transepidermal water loss.

Translation?
Your lips dehydrate faster than you can apply balm.

Winter Lip Solution:
Look for ingredients like hyaluronic acid to draw water into the lips, combined with soothing agents that support recovery.

→ A high-performance lip hydrator with hyaluronic acid, arnica, and antioxidants helps restore moisture and calm winter-stressed lips.

Chapped Lips Make Lip Color Look Worse

Dry, uneven lips don’t just feel uncomfortable — they also affect how lipstick sits. Flaking can exaggerate fine lines, cause patchy colour, and make matte formulas look harsh.

This is one of the biggest winter lip myths:
“Matte lipsticks are drying.”
In reality, it’s unprepared lips that cause the problem.

Winter Lip Solution:
Proper prep changes everything. When lips are exfoliated and hydrated correctly, modern matte formulas can look smooth, plush, and polished.

→ ARMÉE’s non-drying Matte Liquid Lipsticks are designed to deliver pigment and comfort — especially when paired with good lip care. Check out this season's favorite shade: Athena Dust.

Lips Need Recovery Care Too

Just like skin after a facial or aesthetic treatment, lips benefit from intentional recovery — especially in winter when healing can take longer.

This includes everyday wear-and-tear, dryness, or post-procedure sensitivity.

Winter Lip Solution:
A collagen-infused lip mask delivers concentrated hydration, seals in moisture, and restores softness in minutes — perfect for travel, handbags, and winter routines.

→ A compact collagen lip mask used with a lip hydrator creates the ultimate at-home (or on-the-go) winter lip treatment.

Lip Bruising Has Stages (And Can Be Corrected)

Few people realise that lip bruising — whether from cold sensitivity or aesthetic procedures — changes color as it heals. What starts dark can shift to yellow tones, making traditional makeup ineffective.

Winter Lip Solution:
Targeted colour correction works with the healing process instead of masking it.

→ A dual-ended correcting concealer (found in all ARMÉE Lip Care Kits) neutralises bruising at every stage, especially in areas lipstick doesn’t fully cover.

Winter Lips, Done Properly

Winter is not the time for guesswork. Lips require a system — one that exfoliates gently, hydrates deeply, supports healing, corrects imperfections, and finishes beautifully.

That’s why ARMÉE’s Lip Care Kit was designed to work before, during, and after lip treatments — and just as powerfully for everyday winter lip health.

Because when lips are cared for properly, everything else just looks better.