Beauty Tip Tuesday - How to Make a Lip Exfoliating Scrub At Home

How to Make a Lip Exfoliating Scrub At Home

In the chilly months the air gets dry, and our lips suffer for it. As they get chapped, they often get covered in a layer of crusty, peeling, annoying dead skin that usually ends up getting bitten or tugged off-and that doesn’t do anybody any favors. Now your lips are bleeding and they’re sore and they are raw and soon they will be crusty again. It’s certainly a debacle, but one that I have found can be avoided by making a simple lip exfoliator. I used to purchase my scrub, and then I realized it’s actually the easiest thing in the world to make.

You will need…

-A teaspoon of brown sugar or cane sugar or coconut sugar

-A teaspoon of coconut oil

-A teeny tiny little drop of vanilla (it makes it smell yummy, but isn’t necessary.)

-A small container

Directions

1.       Mix a tablespoon of brown sugar with just enough honey (or olive oil) to get it to stick together. Once a week (twice at the very max) rub the scrub onto your lips, vigorously enough to loosen the dead skin.

2.       Let it sit for 1 minute, and then wipe off with a damp washcloth. Apply lip balm after use.

Again, don’t overuse this, but it is a great tool when it comes to dealing with chapped, peeling, lips. If you like you can combine the different sugars, but any will do the trick.