Lip Service: The Best Lipsticks and Glosses

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Soften Up

The skin on your lips has a lot working against it: thinness, very little protective pigment (that redness you see is actually how blood flow looks through a translucent barrier), and few oil glands. This combination, says Chicago ­dermatologist Amy Derick, MD, leaves lips particularly vulnerable to parching. "That skin is often wet because you lick your lips, so there's consistent evaporation and ­dehydration in progress."

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