How to beat red wine stains on the lips ?

Red wine at its best, but also its bad - like that of don't go well with cheese —. Every wine lover knows it, we are all affected by the curse of red wine stained lips. It was not for nothing that grape juice was used in the composition of lipstick at the beginning of the 17th century.

All good things have limits. La force d’Anakin Skywalker, coffee that stains teeth or love that lasts three years, in short, you must always be wary of good things. Red wine is no exception to the rule of good things that have a dark side. If lipstick can hide this effect for women, men are not, and tannin-stained lips are not sexy - especially if this is your first date —.

In addition to rotting your rencard Tinder making any desire to kiss you impossible, stains can be stubborn until the next day despite your desperate attempts to remove them with your toothbrush, pumice stone and other sandpaper. In addition to messing up your date, your colleagues or friends will laugh at you the next day. — and that, it's really not cool about red wine ! —

To avoid the inconvenience of red wine, you can opt for several solutions :

Before tasting a wine : moisturize lips

Don't wait for the damage to be done to fix the problem. By applying lip balm - type Labello —, the thin layer will form a protective film preventing the tannins in the wine from settling on the lips. Red wine leaves traces more easily on chapped lips in winter or dry in summer, so you might as well use this kind of moisturizing lip balm regularly..

While you drink red wine : open the mouth

I admit the title can be confusing, but we always talk about wine. It may sound silly, but the best way not to have red marks on the lips is still not to put the wine in contact with your lips. So, open your mouth more than usual when you drink your glass of red wine. — I admit that this advice is more or less good for your date, but at least you won't have any spots —

What you should not do…

After : erase traces

I do not recommend following this step if you did not follow the first one to hydrate your lips. By applying a slice of lemon to your lips, the citrus fruit will act on the tannins and remove a good part of the red traces. So it's time to order a lemon Perrier during your Tinder date and run the lemon wedge on your lips - while looking your date straight in the eye —. This technique also works on teeth reddened by wine.

If you have chapped lips, I advise you to use sugar instead, which will also act on the traces as an exfoliant.

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Jean-Nicolas Mouretin