Has winter left you with Freddy Krueger lips? Ugh, me too. So when my chapstick wasn’t cutting it, I took the opportunity to DIY myself a good lip scrub. A lip scrub helps gently remove dead skin and freshen your lips so you can reboot your pout. I didn’t even have to go shopping—everything I needed was in my pantry or medicine cabinet! It took me all of two minutes, and now my lips are baby soft. And as an added bonus—all that massaging left my lips pink and plump! Here’s how to make your own:

DIY Sugar Honey Lip Scrub

INGREDIENTS

• 1 tbsp. Vaseline (a natural salve or balm can be substituted if petroleum’s not your bag) • 1 tbsp. Honey • 2 tbsp. Sugar (I prefer white—it’s grainier) • Flavor (here’s where you can get creative—I mixed in a squirt of chocolate syrup, but feel free to use maple, caramel, strawberry, or even a drop or two of your favorite essential oil)

Then scoop a silver dollar-sized amount onto your lips (try to resist the urge to eat it!) and slowly massage it in for 1-3 minutes. You can massage with an old toothbrush for extra exfoliation. Then rinse the mixture off your lips and smooth on your favorite lip balm. This sugar honey lip scrub is very useful to you. Now go kiss someone!

How to Make an Exfoliating Lip Scrub

Want smooth, sexy, supple lips?  Lips need more that just a balm or gloss to keep them silky, kissable, and hydrated.  Exfoliate!  Say goodbye to dry flaky lips with these easy lip scrub recipes that use some simple ingredients from your kitchen pantry.

What is Exfoliation?

In a nut shell, exfoliation is the removal of old dead skin cells from the surface of the skin.

Why Exfoliate?

Since lip skin does not have hair, nor does it have sweat glands or sebaceous glands, lips do not have the usual protection that keeps skin smooth and supple.  This explains why the lips have a tendency to become more easily chapped and dehydrated.  Just like our face, lips need to be properly cared for if you want a smooth lip color application that is going to last.

Lip Exfoliation Benefits:

• Properly exfoliated lips are less prone to chapping
• Lip color goes on more smooth
• Lip color stays on better

Benefits to making your own Lip Scrub

• Less expensive than pre-made lip scrub or lip exfoliant
• Always fresh!  Make only what you need!
• No harmful chemicals; use natural ingredients from your kitchen!

 Best Lip Scrub Recipe for Smooth, Kissable, Luscious Lips!

 Things You’ll Need:

• Small Bowl
• Spoon
• 1 tsp Brown Sugar
• ½ tsp Olive Oil or Coconut Oil
• Toothbrush with “soft” bristles (optional)

How to use lip scrub?

 Step by Step Instructions:

1. In the small bowl, mix brown sugar and olive oil (or coconut oil) together using a spoon.  The mixture should be a paste-like consistency.
2. Using your index finger and your middle finger, scoop some of the lip scrub mixture onto your fingers; gently pat the mixture onto your lips.
3. Using a circular motion, move your fingers gently around your entire lip area for approximately 10 seconds.  Note:  for advanced exfoliation, use a soft bristled toothbrush and “lightly brush” the mixture in a circular motion around your lip area.  Don’t brush too hard!
4. Let the mixture sit for 2 minutes.
5. Rinse mixture away from your lips with warm water.
6. Immediately apply olive oil or coconut oil to soothe your lip area.  Use weekly.

Salt or Sugar?

Although salt scrubs are great for the body, we do not recommend the use of salt as a substitute for sugar when making a lip scrub.  Sugar tastes more yummy, but most importantly, salt can be irritating to your lips.

Caution!

Don’t over exfoliate!  Lip scrub should only be used once per week.  Lip tissue is extremely sensitive and the use of lip scrubs too often can result in damaged lip tissue.

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DIY Sugar Lip Scrub Recipe

Chapped lips are not just a look-killer; they hurt, bleed and look plain bad.  But there is no problem to which we don’t have a solution! The tenets of lip care: Exfoliate and moisturize. And can it get any easier if all you need to make your own sugar lip scrub is just an arm’s length away from you? It’s cheap, easy to make and the best part is you know what goes into it. Pure organic stuff that’ll give you lovely, soft smackers. Your lips will love you for the pampering you are about to shower on them.

You will need:

1 tbsp brown sugar (white will do too)
1 tbsp honey
½ tbsp olive oil
½ tbsp petroleum jelly
A few drops of vanilla essence (Optional)
A non-metallic bottle or jar to store your sugar lip scrub

Steps To Follow:

Step : 1

Start by adding the sugar to the honey. Don’t fret if you don’t have brown sugar. White sugar is just its refined cousin, and totally useable in this case.

Step : 2

Add the petroleum jelly, give it a mix and then add the olive oil. Olive oil is packed with moisture that chapped lips need.

Step : 3

In goes your vanilla essence, or basically any flavor you want to infuse in your scrub. Give it a good mix till everything is properly mixed.

Step : 4

And voila! That’s your very own sugar lip scrub, ready in less than 10 minutes.

Step : 5

Plop this heavenly gooey scrub into a plastic or glass jar, an airtight one and it will stay in the refrigerator for around 2 weeks.

Tip:

Bring it to room temperature before you use it. Apply the scrub on your lips, leave on for a minute or two- this way it will soften up your dead cells. Then using your index finger, scrub with light pressure and wash and wife off with a napkin. You lips are oh-so-ready-for-red lipstick! Don’t forget to moisturize them every night.

DIY Vanilla Lip Scrub

My lips get so dry in the winter, so I use a DIY vanilla lip scrub to keep them kissably soft.  Not only is this scrub easy to make, but it is also very effective at loosening dead skin.  Use this easy vanilla lip scrub once or twice a week to keep lips soft.

DIY Vanilla Lip Scrub Recipe

What You Need

2 teaspoons white sugar (can use all or part brown sugar for a gentler scrub)
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons olive oil (can substitute jojoba oil or almond oil)
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)

Directions

1.  Mix all ingredients in a small bowl.
2.  Apply to your lips with your fingers or a toothbrush.  Gently scrub in small circles for 10 seconds.
3.  Rinse well.  Follow with your favorite lip balm.

This recipe makes enough vanilla lip scrub for several uses.  Store up to a week before discarding.

Best Lip Scrub Recipe for Smooth, Kissable, Luscious Lips!

DIY Sugar Lip Scrub

Although this sugar lip scrub recipe has little nutritional value, it will help to de-flake your pucker for a perfectly kissable pout. This DIY exfoliating sugar lip scrub will invigorate and plump your kisser for a lip-gloss ready look. This sugar lip scrub includes brown or white sugar as an exfoliant, honey for hydration, our beloved olive oil for added moisturizer and powdered cinnamon as a quick plumper. Along with a quick weekly rub down, don’t forget to drink plenty of water everyday, as it is necessary for lips to be hydrated for them to actually look full and juicy. Happy scrubbing!

DIY Sugar Lip Scrub Recipe

Ingredients

1/2 teaspoon of brown or white sugar
1/2 teaspoon of honey
1/2 teaspoon of olive oil
a pinch of powdered cinnamon

How to use

• Mix ingredients together in small bowl or even on the palm of your hand.
• Using your index finger, rub on dry lips gently, in small circular motions.
• Scrub for 2-3 minutes.
• Wipe with a warm washcloth.
• Apply chap stick/lip balm to lock in moisture.
• Uses once-twice per week (Over exfoliating can cause damage to sensitive skin cells)