Because it's the middle of February and we are all likely suffering the effects of wind-blown, scaly lips, I've decided to remind everyone of The Best Lip Exfoliating Tip of All Time, which I learned from a teen magazine in my youth and have been practicing ever since.
If you have scaly lips, simply lather on Vaseline, rub it in well, then take an old toothbrush and massage with the toothbrush the Vaseline into your lips in a circular motion. You'll find the toothbrush exfoliates, while the Vaseline moisturizes. Wipe mouth with a warm, damp washcloth and voila! No more scales! Repeat a couple times a day until lips are soft and smooth.
Try this and you will love me forever.
Extra tip: Everyone knows at least one Carmex user who is obviously addicted. But is lip balm really addictive? I answer that here.
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I have used Aloe Lips lip balm by Forever Living and Vaseline Petroleum jelly all my life. They’re inexpensive, yes. However, it’s very drying and it makes you reapply frequently. I have just purchased Chanel SOIN TENDRE LEVRES and what a find! I only get to apply once a day and my lips are so relax, less wrinkled, soft, supple and it’s not drying. Check out the website above.
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hey yeah these are really good tips im going to cosmetology school and this should help me out thank you
Excellent tip… It works…
If your lips are in poor shape or sensitive, try vaseline and a washcloth first. If they survive that, later that day, use the toothbrush. Clean the brush after every use with liquid soap and hot water.
Sometimes I do lips and cuticles together after I get out of the shower. I vaseline them up and pluck my eyebrows or whatever and then I lightly scrub my lips and then the cuticles and push them back with the cloth. I use the cloth then to scub itself clean as I clean my fingers of vaseline. Then I apply cream. I have never had to trim my cuticles because of it.
The Rosebud lip balm that you turned me onto a few months ago cleared up my cracked lips in a week. I abosultely swear by it the keep a can upstairs, downstairs and in my purse. It’s a shame that more places don’t carry it.
I’ve sent a recommendation for Trader Joe’s and Mother’s Market to look at it!
Thank you, Thank you!
The Vaseline does work. To keep my lips from scaling, I use the Blistex in the white tube. I have one in every purse, the bathroom, gym bag and car. I have to use it under my lipstick or gloss; otherwise, those things make my lips scale too.
another trick that works is vaseline and sugar mixed together. The Body Shop sells this fancy stuff, and if you read the ingredients…that is all it is!
If your lips are in poor shape or sensitive, try vaseline and a washcloth first. If they survive that, later that day, use the toothbrush. Clean the brush after every use with liquid soap and hot water.
Can you do an article on how to minimize lip lines/lip wrinkles?
Every time I wear matte lipstick the lipstick settles into the lines in my lips. The lipstick does not feather or bleed but makes my lips look very old and deceives my younger age.
Thanks in advance if you choose to do an article about this!
Hi Judi, have you tried applying a lip balm first? Burt’s Bees makes balms that are lovely. You then apply the lipstick over the balm. This way the balm settles into the wrinkles, not the lipstick.
I did not apply balm for this particular look but I did line and fill my lips with a nude lip liner first.
I think it may be the lipstick itself. It was a MAC lipstick but in a matte finish. I think the matte formula is what caused my lips to look prune-y and exaggerate lip wrinkles. I don’t have that issue with Rimmel lasting finish lipsticks, for example.
I will definitely try a balm with it next time and update you! Thank you Julyne!
Hi ok so I know u recommended using burtsbees b4 lip stick but I have one major problem IM ALLERGIC TO BEES WAX my lips get itchy n swollen BC I’m allergic to bees so I have to use things that are petroleum jelly based .. that being said if I do that b4 I put on my lip stick it makes it to glossy n the lip liner bleeds .. any advice in preventing the lipstick from setting in my lip lines????
Have you tried Chapstick?
Well done friend that’s excellent