If you suffer from extremely dry and
chapped lips, you need some special care. You will need to add a little bit of
extra moisturizing ingredients to your homemade lip care products. If you are
making a homemade lip care product, nothing like it. You will have the choice
to put in nourishing ingredients like butter and oils.
Making lip care products at home has its
own advantages. For one, they are cheaper than what you get in the store and
the next thing is that you can customise the lip balm according to your tastes
and preferences. You can modify these recipes and add in your own twist too!
Here are 3 moisturizing lip balm recipes that are quick and easy to make at the comfort of
your home.
- Buttery Shea Lip Cream
For those who suffer from severely cracked
and peeling skin on their lips, a regular lip bam will not do the trick. You
will need an extra creamy lip butter to heal your lips. Here is a rich shea
butter lip cream that is the perfect cure for severely cracked lips.
What you need
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Organic shea butter - 1
small cup
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Beeswax - half a cup
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Coconut oil - 1 tablespoon
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Few drops of cocoa
essential oil
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Few drops of honey
How to make it
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Take a clean container,
add in the shea butter and beeswax and whip it as much as you can. A good whip
will give you fluffier cream.So, whip till it gets nice and creamy.
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The beeswax acts as a
binding agent and brings everything together.
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Once you get to a good
fluffy consistency add in a few drops of coconut oil, cocoa essential oil, honey
and mix together.
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Transfer the contents
into a clean and dry lip butter container for later use.
2. Avocado and castor oil lip balm
Both avocado and castor oil have very
hydrating properties. When you are making an oil lip balm, you can add one 1
cup of any oil, a combination of oils and an equal proportion of wax. Wax will
make your lip balm more firm.
What you need
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Half cup avocado oil
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Half cup castor oil
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1 cup beeswax
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Dried beetroot powder
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1 vitamin E capsule
How to make it
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Put the beeswax over a
double boiler and then add in the oil. Mix well so that all the ingredients
combine well.
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Take the container off
the heat and add in the beetroot powder for colour and the vitamin E capsule.
Vitamin E acts as a preservative.
3. Coconut Butter Lip Cream
Another great
recipe for dry lips is the coconut butter lip treatment. This can be applied
and left overnight. You will wake up with the softest lips.
What you need
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1 cup organic coconut
butter
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1 tablespoon coconut oil
How
to make it
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Whip the coconut butter
till you get a nice creamy and fluffy consistency
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Add in the coconut oil
and continue whipping
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Store in a dry and clean
lip butter container
