Contents:
- Medical Video: 15 SIMPLE WAYS TO GET THE LIPS OF YOUR DREAMS
- Is it important to use lip balm?
- Why should you make your own lip balm?
- How to make natural lip balm
- 1. Lip balm with honey and essential oils
- 2. Lip balm with shea butter
Medical Video: 15 SIMPLE WAYS TO GET THE LIPS OF YOUR DREAMS
Dry lips and even cracks are certainly unpleasant and sometimes make you less confident. This condition can be overcome by using lip balm or lip balm. However, it may be difficult for you to find a lip balm with the formula that best fits your lips. Take it easy, you can make your own lip balm at home, you know. See the way here.
Is it important to use lip balm?
Human skin is very thin. The blood supply is very close to the surface of your lips, which is why lips look pink or red.
In addition, your lips do not contain oil glands, so the skin of the lips does not produce natural oils like your other skin. As a result, the lips become dehydrated or dry and cracked faster than your other skin.
To improve this condition, you may add moisture to your lips by licking so that the lips become wet and not dry anymore. However, this only has a temporary effect.
After saliva dries, it takes natural moisture on your lips and even your lips will be drier than before. The more you lick your lips, the more dry your lips will be.
Effective lip balm needs to be a natural oil for the skin of your lips so that your lips remain moist and protected from dry environmental conditions.
Therefore, using lip balm or lip balm is important to maintain the health of your lips. Lip balm helps moisturize your lips and make your lips more supple. Lip balm also helps prevent the lips from damage such as cracking to injury.
Why should you make your own lip balm?
Making your own lip balm at home is no less beneficial than the lip balm products on the market. In fact, homemade lip balm generally does not contain artificial chemicals.
The skin on your lips tends to be sensitive, especially when it's cracked. Many people have bad reactions to hard chemicals and preservatives in commercial lip balms. Homemade lip balm contains only natural ingredients, and is much softer on your lips.
What's more, in some factory lip balms contain ingredients such as phenol, menthol, and salicylic acid which can make the lips drier. So when you wear it you have to put more on your lips, and it will continue every day.
In addition, these ingredients often cause irritation to some people. It's best if you want to buy lip balm on the market, avoid these ingredients.
How to make natural lip balm
1. Lip balm with honey and essential oils
Necessary materials
Homemade lip balm contains several ingredients such as honey, beeswax(beeswax), and essential oils. Honey is important for making natural lip balm because it has natural humectant properties that attract moisture from the air to keep your lips supple and moist.
Beeswax provide stability to the lip balm. Meanwhile, essential oils keep the lip balm from spreading and provide an extra level of protection. The choice of effective essential oils for lip balm includes almond oil, apricot kernel oil and sesame oil. Besides grapeseed oil and olive oil can also be a good choice.
How to make
- Heat two ounces of essential oil and 1/4 ouncebeeswax, arrivedbeeswaxmelt and blend with essential oils.
- Transfer the material to a glass container, then add one teaspoon of honey.
- Beat the ingredients with a mixer at low speed, until you reach the consistency you want (until it's soft enough).
- Move the natural lip balm in a small container that can be tightly closed.
- Store in a dry and cool place.
Note: Do not heat the beeswax directly on the flame. You should melt beeswax by steaming it.
2. Lip balm with shea butter
Necessary materials
- Lanolin and olive oil, protect lips from damage.
- Shea butter, containing vitamins A and E, can soothe and moisturize broken and dry lips.
- Beeswax
How to make
- Melt down beeswax by steaming.
- Melt the shea butter and lanolin in another container until they melt, for about 2-3 minutes while stirring.
- Transfer the melted shea butter and lanolin to another container, and add 1 tsp of olive oil, mix well.
- Add it beeswax which is melted into the mixture. Stir until smooth.
- Transfer the shea butter lip balm to a plastic container, and let it cool for at least 4 hours.
- Store lip balm in a cool, dry place.
