Chapping happens when your lips can’t produce natural oils to
moisturize themselves. Vitamin deficiencies, dehydration, smoking, allergic
reactions, sun and wind exposure, harsh weather changes, and skin disorders can
all cause chapped lips, and chapped lips can lead to other health problems,
like cold sores and bacterial infections.
1. Rose Petals
Rose petals provide your lips with natural moisture and color.
Process:
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Wash a handful of fresh rose petals.
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Soak them in milk for 3 hours.
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Crush them to make a paste.
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Massage the paste into chapped lips and leave on.
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Repeat 3 times daily and night before going to bed.
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Note: if you can’t have milk,
replace it with glycerin.
2. Sugar
Sugar exfoliates to remove dry, dead skin cells, encouraging the
growth of new, healthy skin.
Process:
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Mix 2 teaspoons of sugar with 1 teaspoon of honey.
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Stir well to make a paste.
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Apply to the copped lips and leave for few minutes.
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Massage the paste into lips for 1 minute.
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Rinse with warm water.
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Repeat regularly to get rid of chapped lips.
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Note: You can add 1 teaspoon of olive oil instead of sugar and
follow the same process.
3. Milk
Cream
Full fat cream provides your lips with the natural moisture they
need to heal.
Process:
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Massage milk cream into your lips, leave it on 15 minutes.
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Rinse with lukewarm water.
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Do this 3 times a day to get relief from chapped lips.
4. Honey
Honey is a natural moisturizer and it is naturally
antibacterial. It will keep cuts and splits from becoming infected.
Process:
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Rub pure, raw honey into your lips 5 times a day.
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Or mix honey with glycerin, leave it on overnight.
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Rinse it off in the morning.
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Repeat regularly to soften lips.
5. Castor
Oil
Castor Oil is a natural moisturizer.
Process:
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For even better results, mix 1 teaspoon of castor oil, 1
teaspoon of glycerin, and ¼ teaspoon of lemon juice.
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Rub it into your lips before bed, leave it on overnight.
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Rinse with lukewarm water in the morning.
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Repeat regularly.
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Or Rub castor oil into your lips several times a day.
6. Aloe Vera
Aloe vera is a natural moisturizer and it has anti-inflammatory
properties. It will heal and soothe the pain of chapped lips. It also has
hygroscopic properties, which means it will attract and hold moisture.
Process:
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Cut open a fresh aloe vera leaf and squeeze to extract gel.
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Massage the gel into chapped lips and leave it on 15 minutes.
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Rinse with lukewarm water.
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Repeat regularly to heal chopped lips.
7. Cucumber
Cucumber is a natural moisturizer, and it contains vitamins and
nutrients that keep skin healthy.
Process:
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Cut a fresh slice of cucumber.
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Rub it all over chapped lips.
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Let the juice absorb into your lips.
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Leave it on 15-20 minutes.
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Rinse with lukewarm water.
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Repeat regularly to treat chopped lips.
8. Coconut
Oil
Coconut oil is one of the most effective natural moisturizers
available. It soothes and heals cracked, dry lips and provides nutrients skin
needs to stay healthy.
Process:
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Apply organic coconut oil to your lips several times a day.
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If you need a substitute for any reason, mustard oil and coconut
oil also work.
9. Mango
Butter or Oil
Mango butter and oil are effective emollients because they are
rich in oleic and stearic fatty acids, which act just like sebum, the oil your
skin is naturally supposed to produce to moisturize itself.
Process:
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Apply organic mango butter or oil to your lips.
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Leave on until dry.
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Wash with water and repeat regularly to get relief from the dry
and chapped lips completely
10.
Petroleum Jelly
Petroleum jelly is one of the most economical over-the-counter
solutions for chapped lips. Use in combination with honey, it is also one of
the most effective.
Process:
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Rub a thin layer of raw honey onto chapped lips.
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Cover with a thin layer of petroleum jelly.
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Leave on 15 minutes.
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Gently remove both layers with a clean, dry cotton ball.
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Repeat 2 times a day.
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