Pucker up for National Kissing Day!

Today is National Kissing Day. So, better get those lips ready for some smooching then! And for that you’ll need some of the most amazing lip balm I have used –  Lanolips 101 Ointment (£11.22. www.boots.com) – containing Ultra Pure Medical Grade Lanolin for ultimate softness.

If you want a hint of colour in your balm, there is also a Lanolips Ointment with Colour and SPF 15 (£8.16). Both are in dinky little tubes!

And now for some facts about Kissing! Did you know the average person spends two weeks of their life kissing!?

That’s 336 hours! You’ll need a lot of lip balm for that! With each kiss lasting around one minute, that works out at 20,160 kisses!

Kissing is good for you! Here’s the proof!

1. It prevents tooth decay, because it stimulates the saliva flow, bringing down plaque levels and your dental bill!

2. It also uses 30 facial muscles in each kiss which helps prevent facial sagging.

3. Passionate kissing can burn up to 6.4 calories a minute or as many as 600 calories an hour!

And, it seems we really should kiss the frogs to find our Prince! Sexual therapists say that the first kiss is a good way to work out whether there is any chemistry between potential couples, because kissing releases pheromones – chemical messengers that signal sexual attraction – and if these pheromones aren’t ‘in unison’ then you aren’t likely to hit it off.

Time to try the next frog ladies!