Lips Appreciation Day

Categories:: Special Interest
Tags:: Appreciation Health
Where:: United States
Date change rule:: Every March 16
Holiday emoji:: 👄

Lips Appreciation Day arrives every March 16, dedicated to honoring the vital role our lips play in communication, expression, and overall health. Take time to moisturize, protect, and appreciate your lips today. Share your favorite lip care routines and spread awareness about lip health.

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Expected Lips Appreciation Day Deals

While we await official 2027 promotions, history shows that beauty retailers and cosmetic brands often roll out special offers for lip care products. Look for discounts on lip balms, masks, scrubs, and treatments from brands like Sephora, Ulta Beauty, and Kiehl’s. Dental and dermatology clinics may also offer specials on lip-related services. Brands such as Laneige, Fresh, and Burt’s Bees are likely to feature promotions on their popular lip lines. We will update this page with confirmed live deals as March 16 approaches.

Platform Guide for Lips Appreciation Day

Instagram

Tag @nationaltoday_ and use #LipsAppreciationDay. Share your favorite lip care routines, bold lipstick looks, or fun facts about lip health with engaging visuals.

TikTok

Tag @www.nationaltoday.com and use #LipsAppreciationDay. Create short videos showcasing lip care hacks, DIY lip scrubs, or transformation challenges with different lip products.

Facebook

Mention National Today (facebook.com/nationaltoday) and use #LipsAppreciationDay. Share articles on lip health, host a Q&A with a local dermatologist, or run a poll on favorite lip products.

Lips Appreciation Day Hero

Dr. Albert Kligman

Dr. Albert Kligman (1916–2010) was a pioneering American dermatologist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is widely recognized for his significant contributions to dermatological science, including his work on retinoids and skin aging. His research indirectly advanced understanding of lip skin health and protection, influencing product development for conditions like sun damage and dryness.

History of Lips Appreciation Day

Lips Appreciation Day owes its creation to Thomas and Ruth Roy of Wellcat Holiday. While the purpose for the creation of the day is obvious — to appreciate the lips as an attractive feature of the face — no one knows for certain which year this appreciation day was first celebrated.

A visible part of the faces of humans and numerous mammals, the lips form an important feature of the visage. Coming in different shapes and sizes — thin, thick, pouty, and plump — the human lips are the two dainty fleshy folds of tissue surrounding the mouth and covering the teeth. The lips are naturally mobile and play a role in eating, sucking, whistling, and the articulation of sound and speech. Particularly in humans, the lips are a pinkish, hypersensitive sensory organ that forms an integral part of facial gestures like pouting, smiling, scoffing, and grimacing. Thanks to their suppleness, the lips are also used for erogenous and intimate acts like kissing.

The skin of the lip comprises three to five cellular layers which are uniquely more tender than the normal facial skin. Since the lips lack the security layer every other part of the face has, they dry out quicker and chap out, especially during extreme temperatures. It’s also possible for the lips to lose up to ten times more moisture than every other part of the face because of their vulnerability. This is why it’s important to take great, exceptional care of the lips to keep them moisturized, and looking attractive. Nowadays, many aesthetic products exist to care for the lips and protect them from chapping. Some of them include lip balms, moisturizing creams, and lipsticks.

Lips Appreciation Day timeline

40 B.C.

Cleopatra’s Cosmetic Pack

Cleopatra and other pharaohs of Ancient Egypt use beeswax, olive oil, and animal fat for skin and lip care.

1650

A Bill to Abolish Lipstick

The British Parliament proposes to ban lipstick.

1915

Lipsticks Get Sleek Packaging

Lipsticks in cylindrical containers are invented by Maurice Levy.

2007

A Shocking Finding

A U.S. consumer group discovers lipstick contains trace amounts of lead exceeding the Food and Drug Administration standard.

2018

Cannabis-Laced Lip Balms

Companies begin to add cannabis to lip balm for added benefits.

How Businesses Can Celebrate Lips Appreciation Day

Local beauty salons and spas can offer special lip treatments, hydrating masks, or complimentary lip scrubs with other services. Cosmetic dentists might highlight services related to lip aesthetics or oral health. Retailers specializing in beauty products can create themed displays featuring lip balms, lipsticks, and serums, perhaps offering a ‘buy one, get one’ deal on lip care items. Dermatologists can share educational content on preventing sun damage to lips or managing conditions like chapped lips, positioning themselves as experts in overall lip health.

Lips Appreciation Day FAQs

When is Lips Appreciation Day?

In 2027, Lips Appreciation Day falls on Tuesday, March 16. It’s a perfect mid-week reminder to prioritize lip health and acknowledge the aesthetic and functional roles our lips play every day.

What is the average size of human lips?

Research indicates that the ideal ratio for lip aesthetics is often considered to be a lower lip that is slightly fuller than the upper lip, typically around 1:1.6. However, beauty standards are diverse, and natural variations are celebrated.

How many people use lip balm regularly?

The global lip care market is a multi-billion dollar industry, reflecting the consistent demand for products that protect, moisturize, and enhance lips. This market continues to grow, driven by both health and beauty trends.

What is the difference between lip balm and lipstick?

While lip balm’s main function is therapeutic, addressing dryness or chapping, lipstick’s core purpose is cosmetic enhancement. Many modern products, however, blur these lines, with tinted balms offering both care and a hint of color, and hydrating lipsticks providing moisture.

Lips Appreciation Day Activities

Protect your lips from dryness
The lips are tender and deserve utmost care from dryness. Protect your lips with a lip balm or lipstick containing sun protection factor (SPF) ingredients that can protect them from carcinogenic UV rays.
Exfoliate
Get rid of chapped lips by exfoliating away the dead skin cells. Get some quality lip scrub from the store, you can just DIY with honey, brown sugar, and coconut oil.
Massage your lips
Another great way to appreciate your lips is to massage them for five minutes on Lips Appreciation Day and every other day. Apply nourishing oils — like almond oil, coconut oil, or olive oil — which provide valuable nutrients for your lips.

5 Fun Facts About The Lips

Unique for everyone
Just like fingerprints, no two individuals have the same lip impressions.
More sensitive than the fingernails
The lips have more than a million different nerve endings, and are, therefore, 100 times more sensitive than your fingertips.
No sweat
Lips don’t sweat because they don’t have sweat glands.
They get thinner with age
As we get older, the volume of collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid in our skin depletes, making the skin — including our lips — thin out.
There’s a name for the outline
The outline of your lips — where the lips meet the surrounding skin — is known as the ‘Vermilion’ border.

Why We Love Lips Appreciation Day

Gratitude for our lips
Our lips perform many functions, especially the amazing job of protecting our mouths. Lips Appreciation Day reminds us that we should take at least one day of the year to thank them.
Information for better health
This day allows us to better understand the anatomy of the lips. Overall, they are delicate organs that deserve special treatment.
Caring for the lips
On Lips Appreciation Day, we learn amazing ways to treat our lips right. This is how we know how to give them the best care and attention to keep them in the right shape, look, and color.