Chapped and dry lips, natural remedies. Chapped and dry lips, you can easily solve the problem thanks to natural remedies and some ingredients that you may already have on hand in the pantry or in your eco-friendly beauty-case.
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Chapped and dry lips, you can easily solve the problem thanks to natural remedies and some ingredients that you may already have on hand in the pantry or in your eco-friendly beauty-case.
Among the most suitable ingredients for lip care we find shea butter and cocoa butter. You can also use extra virgin olive oil or sweet almond oil and whole brown sugar to create a gentle lip scrub.
These natural remedies can protect lips, feed them or help remove dead cells. In addition to treating your lips with natural remedies, try to find out the causes of dry and chapped lips.
Perhaps you have been exposed to wind or cold, or you have frequented environments with a dry climate or you have not yet sufficiently hydrated your body.
Here are some natural remedies to evaluate for dry and chapped lips.
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Do-it-yourself lip balm
Lip balm, also commonly called lip balm, is one of the simplest DIY cosmetics to make. In fact, just a few ingredients are enough, starting with shea butter and cocoa butter. You can then add a small amount of essential oils and natural extracts to perfume your homemade lip balm. Try our DIY lip balm recipes.
Shea Butter
Il shea butter is a truly valuable ingredient for lip care. You can use it as a common lip balm and apply it on the lips with your fingers both to protect the lips from the cold before leaving the house and to nourish dry and chapped lips. Try making a shea butter wrap before going to sleep. Here more info.
Eco-friendly lip balm
In herbal medicine and natural product stores you can easily find lip balms suitable for both protection and hydration based on natural and ecological ingredients. Pay attention to the most common lip balms and lip balms that may contain ingredients that are not friendly to the environment and health such as paraffin and synthetic fragrances that risk causing allergies in those with sensitive skin. Always check the INCI of the products you buy
Aloe vera gel
If your lips are dry and irritated and if there are cracks and cracks also on their contour, you can intervene using the aloe vera gel. The aloe vera gel in fact it is very useful for combating redness thanks to its soothing properties and it is also moisturizing and helps heal chaps. Here is an article on how to extract and use aloe vera gel.
Sugar lip scrub
A small amount of XNUMX/XNUMX cup sugar to prepare an exfoliating scrub suitable for the lips and useful for removing cuticles. The secret is to apply it on the lips very gently. Just mix 1 teaspoon of sugar and 1 teaspoon of oil at the moment. The extra virgin olive oil you have in the kitchen will be fine or you can use sweet almond oil. Here are more DIY lip scrub recipes
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Extra virgin olive oil
To soften chapped lips you can apply a few drops of extra virgin olive oil and massage them. Then you can continue the treatment by applying the scrub we talked about in the previous point, rinse your lips and finally massage them again with a drop of oil to finish the treatment.
Read also: 23 alternative uses of olive oil
Honey
Those who are not vegan can choose the honey as a remedy for chapped lips. Honey is one of the most popular remedies for taking care of chapped lips. If there are small cuts on the lips, honey will help heal them and perform a healing action, thanks to its antibacterial properties. Just apply it on the lips in small quantities.
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Coconut oil
To protect your lips from chapping, you can keep a glass jar in the refrigerator in which you have poured somecoconut oil. When cold, coconut oil will tend to solidify and take on a consistency similar to that of shea butter. This way you can use pure coconut oil as if it were a normal lip balm.
Also Read: Coconut Oil: 10 Amazing Alternative Uses
Yogurt
If you don't have other chapped lip remedies handy, you can try using it yogurt, vaccine or vegetable. Mix small amounts of yogurt and honey for an easy-to-apply lip treatment. For example, add a teaspoon of yogurt and one of honey. Mix a teaspoon of yogurt and two teaspoons of whole brown sugar to get a lip scrub instead.
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Sweet almond oil
Finally, here is a useful remedy for dry and chapped lips. You can join thesweet almond oil aloe vera gel in very small quantities - a few drops for each ingredient - to prepare a quick pack for dry and chapped lips or mix a teaspoon of almond flour and a teaspoon of sweet almond oil to obtain a delicate exfoliating scrub.
Marta Albè
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