Lip Scrub | Cure for Chapped Lips

It’s a recipe… for your face! I have a huge problem with dry lips — in fact, I spend a *lot* of time trying to keep my lips healthy and un-chapped.  There’s nothing more annoying than lipstick that’s flakey or blotchy because your lips are dry and uneven, and sometimes chapstick alone doesn’t do the job. The trick is to get rid of all the dry flaky skin before you moisturize, the same way you’d exfoliate your face (although never use this lip scrub on your face — it’s much too harsh).  Sugar is a terrific natural exfoliant — which is one of the reasons it’s an ingredient in many much more expensive scrubs (I like DIY lip scrub one for the body).

How to make lip scrub at home

Just mix together a packet of sugar in the raw, 1/4 tsp of lip balm, and a few drops of olive oil, and rub them vigorously on your lips for about 60 seconds.  Then wash it all off and put on a layer of plain lip balm.  Do this two or three times a week and you’ll see a huge improvement, winter or summer! And if you want a lip scrub you can carry around on the go, I use disposable mascara wands for this too.  I buy packages of 50 or so wands for about $5 and use the wand as an exfoliator to slough off any pesky dead skin. Quick, easy, and you won’t believe what a difference it

Homemade Lip Scrub Recipes

So, if you’re experiencing dry, flaky, and chapped lips this winter… use this super easy recipe of homemade lip scrub to make your very own Sugar Honey Lip Scrub. Your lips (and kissing partner) will thank you! Best part is that you probably have all the ingredients at home already, so get started now!

How To Make Homemade Lip Scrub?

• Sugar: 1 tablespoon
• Honey: 1 tablespoon
• Olive Oil: 1 teaspoon
• Vaseline or Shea Butter: 1 teaspoon (Coconut oil and jojoba oil are also good alternatives)
• 1 small container

1. Mix 1 tablespoon of honey with 1 tablespoon of sugar together.
2. Add 1 teaspoon of olive oil and mix well.
3. Add 1 teaspoon of Vaseline or softened shea butter and mix well. * If shea butter is not soft, soften by warming or use a spoon to whip/beat the shea butter before adding to the homemade lip scrub mixture.
4. Spoon into a container and use within 1-2 weeks.

How to use:

• Take a dime size amount of homemade lip scrub and rub gently onto dry lips.
• Gently rub until some of the sugar has dissolved.
• Rinse well with warm water.
• Apply lip balm (Make your own! Click here for details).
• Use twice a week and your lips will be silky soft.

Now that you have soft exfoliated lips, moisturize them with your very own homemade lip balm!~ Click here for the easy step by step tutorial! Until next time, stay pretty… inside and out!

DIY Organic Lip Scrub

Although I love to pamper my lips, I’m not a big fan of commercially-made lip scrubs–not only do many of them not work as well, they’re full of weird ingredients I don’t want on my lips. Instead, opting for a homemade, DIY organic lip scrub works best for me: Not only is it effective, it’s also really cheap and organic!

Homemade lip scrub for winter

When you go out in the evenings, are you more of a dark eyes or dark lips kind of woman?

Generally, I choose my eyes.

But occasionally, when I feel like being totally vintage glam and changing it up a bit – I like to rock a bright, red lip.

For me, doing a smokey eye is carefree.  I know how to do it.  It’s a look that works.  I like my eyes.

But the red lip creates a bit more stress … will I leave lip marks on all my drinks?  Will the lipstick end up on my teeth?  Will I eat off part of the lipstick leaving a strange red lip-liner looking ring around my lips?

And most of all … where did all these little flakes on my lips come from?!

Flaky lips? What?

Your lips can get rough at any time of year – but it seems to happen especially in the dry air of winter, and during the hot summer months.  It makes sense – your lips are always out there, exposed to the elements.  And if you exfoliate the rest of your body (do you??) to keep it smooth and fresh … why not your lips?

I’ve heard from a lot of readers that you want anti-aging solutions.  Well, it may not be revolutionary, but exfoliation is a great place to start!

As we age, our skin regenerates more slowly (you may notice that your hair and nails grow more slowly, cuts take longer to heal, and your skin doesn’t have that same glow… that’s because our skin cells have slowed down a bit!).

By exfoliating, we gently scrub off the top layer of dead skin cells to reveal the new, fresh skin cells underneath.  This gets rid of gray, dry, flaky skin anywhere on your body.  In this case – on your lips!

Homemade Lip Scrub Recipe

This homemade lip scrub is so super simple.  It only uses 2 ingredients, which you probably have in your cupboard already.  (If you’re already in the coconut oil fan club, that is.  And if you’re not in love with coconut oil yet – go buy yourself a jar of it and get ready to love the tasty food & skincare options it provides, including my Coconut Lime Deodorant!)
I’ve seen other recipes that make lip scrubs like body scrubs, using liquid oil with sugar inside.

But wouldn’t it be convenient to have a more travel-friendly homemade lip scrub? Something with a good, creamy texture that wasn’t going to melt everywhere?

Enter: Coconut Oil & Brown Sugar Lip Scrub.

As you know, Coconut oil is solid at room temperature. (At least, at room temperature here in London!  If you live in a hot climate, you may get different results.  In that case, just store this lip scrub in the fridge!)

Love coconut?  Use organic, cold-pressed coconut oil so you maintain that gorgeous coconutty fragrance.

Hate coconut?  Use ‘deodorized’ coconut oil, which has no smell!  (Or simple substitute for a different oil, and have a liquidy scrub – ie, Olive Oil or Sunflower Oil.)

Sugar is a gentle exfoliant.  I used brown sugar in this recipe, but you could also use white sugar (or any kind of edible sugar you have on hand.)

This recipe is completely edible, which is a good thing, since it’s going on your lips!

DIY Sugar Honey Lip Scrub

Get super-soft lips with this DIY-friendly sugar honey lip scrub

DURING THE COLD WINTER MONTHS, my lips are always dry and chapped. No amount of lip balm could provide relief. Then I recently started to exfoliate my lips twice a week and what a difference it’s made! My exfoliated lips are able to absorb the moisture from the lip balm so much better than before. No more dead skin cells to get between my lips and they have their much needed moisture! The best part is that I was able to make an effective lip scrub using ingredients already in my kitchen.

If you’re experiencing dry, chapped lips, try this super easy recipe to make your very own Sugar Honey Lip Scrub. Your lips (and kissing partner) will thank you!

Sugar Honey Lip Scrub You Can Make At Home

What you’ll need:

• 1 tablespoon of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of honey
• ½ teaspoon of olive oil
• ½ teaspoon of Vaseline
• 1 spoon to mix
• 1 small container

Directions:

Mix the honey and sugar:

Add Vaseline and mix well:

Add olive oil and mix well:

Put into container to store:

Each batch should be good for 1 week.

How to use:

• Take a dime size amount of sugar honey lip scrub and rub gently onto dry lips.
• Gently rub until some of the sugar has dissolved.
• Rinse well with warm water.
• Apply lip balm as necessary.
• Use twice a week and your lips should be silky soft.

Honeysuckelle: Sugar Smack

We’re finally coming out of a long, dry winter and the evidence is all over our dry chapped lips!  This sugar smack is not good for all the bright-colored lips that are so en vogue sugar smack Spring.  But luckily, we can all head over to our kitchens or grocery stores and tackle sugar smack head on.  Here are two solutions, depending on how bad the damage is.  If only there were chocolate in them…

Pretty Sweet (Lightweight Formula)

One teaspoon Brown Sugar

One teaspoon Honey

One teaspoon Olive Oil or Petroleum Jelly

Mix the brown sugar and honey together to create a paste and thickly coat your lips.  Leave it on for a few minutes then start gently scrubbing with your finger until all the dead skin has been buffed off.  Immediately dab on olive oil or lip balm to moisturize.

Oh So Coco (Extra Moisture Formula)

One teaspoon Sea Salt (you can save some that is left over from Lauren’s body scrub post!)

One teaspoon Coconut Butter or Coconut Oil (available at your local health food store)

Mix the two together then pat on your lips and gently scrub in circular motion until it’s as smooth as a baby’s…

Now your red lipstick will glide on as it should!  Repeat daily until you feel your old pout is back.

All Natural Lip Scrubs

I love using body scrubs, and I really want to try a lip scrubs. The only problem is that I’m really tired of paying for them! Body scrubs can get pretty expensive, especially when you want the really good stuff that smells great too. So, I searched around for some recipes to make homemade scrubs, and I thought I’d share.

1. Homemade Sugar Scrub To make this scrub, use equal amounts of brown sugar and white sugar. (For a 6 oz. jar that equals about 1/4 cup of each.) Then, fill the jar to the top with olive oil. It should cover the sugars and then add an extra half inch of oil. Finally, just add about 1-2 tablespoons of vanilla extract and stir.

2. Lemon Sugar Hand Scrub To make this hand scrub, start by mixing 2 1/2 cups of sugar with 1 cup of extra virgin olive oil. Add 4 tablespoons of lemon juice (or scented essential oils). Mix until it is gritty. This is enough to fill a 12 oz. jar.

3. Homemade Salt Scrub For this scrub, you need to mix 1 1/2 cups of sea salt with 6 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil together. Then cut 3 large lemons in half and squeeze the juice all over the salt mixture. Stir it until it’s well blended. This makes 6 mini salt scrubs. You can store them in the refrigerator for up to a week.

4. Homemade Sensual Sugar Scrub To make this scrub, mix together 1 1/2 cups of sugar, 1/4 cup of olive oil, and add a little bit of massage oil for a sensual scent.

5. Yummy Lip Scrub To make this lip scrubs, pour 1 teaspoon of sugar into a small container. Add 2 tablespoons of honey (or olive oil). Then add a squirt of Vaseline and mix them all together. Using your finger, rub it on your lips and let it exfoliate. Then wipe this lip scrubs off and you’ll have softer lips.

And now you can make homemade scrubs. Be prepared to have super soft hands and lips, and a smooth body. I can’t wait to try out some of these scrubs!