• Always apply a natural lip balm to protect your lips. Applying it before applying lipsticks will prevent your lips from dryness and exfoliation.
• Massage your lips with a soft toothbrush twice a day. Finish with lip balm or olive oil.
• Eat plenty of veggies and fruits. Also, make sure you take enough A, E and B vitamins.
• Keep yourself well hydrated by drinking plenty of water.
• Give up licking your lips.
• Once a week apply exfoliation scrub on your lips:

Brown sugar lip scrub recipe
1 tsp brown sugar
1 tsp olive oil
Mix and massage into lips for about 30 seconds, rinse and finish with lip balm.

• Once a week, make a mask that will nourish and soften your lips:

Carrot and sour-cream mask recipe
1 tsp carrot juice
1 tsp sour-cream
Mix and spread this mixture on your lips for a few minutes, rinse and finish with lip balm.

• This mask is a great remedy for cracked, chapped and dry lips:

Apple and butter mask recipe
1/2 grated apple
1 tsp unsalted butted
Mix and spread on your lips for 15-20 minutes. Rinse with cool water.

• Occasionally, apply honey on you lips for at least 5 minutes. Then, if you wish, just lick it off

Get your skin ready for summer and pamper yourself on a budget using one of these homemade exfoliating body scrub recipes.
Three main ingredients of the body scrub are: exfoliators, carrier oils, and essential oils. An exfoliate could consist of sugar, sea salt, ground almonds or wheat bran. You can use either form of sugar, just make sure that with the brown sugar, you’re keeping a careful eye on the liquid ingredients so your scrub doesn’t dissolve into a thin paste. A carrier oil could be olive, grape-seed, hazelnut, or almond oil. The essential oils used here are for fragrance and healing. Grapefruit and orange essential oils gently stimulate and refresh. Lavender oil can help heal minor inflammations, and relieve day-to-day stress. Some other skin friendly oils include rose, rosemary, mandarin, jojoba, and chamomile. Do not use “fragrance oils” – they are chemical fakes that can cause irritation or even allergic symptoms. Try any of these recipes, or make your own, mixing your favorite exfoliate with carrier and essential oils.

Recipe 1:
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup carrier oil
10 drops vitamin E
10 drops essential oil

Recipe 2:
2 cups of ground coffee
1/2 cup sugar or sea salt
2-3 tablespoons of carrier oil

Recipe 3:
1/2 cup of poppy seeds
1/2 cup of carrier oil
10 drops orange essential oil

Recipe 4:
1 cup fine sea salt
1/2 cup carrier oil
10 drops grapefruit essential oil

Recipe 5:
2/3 cup sugar
2 mashed strawberries
6-8 drops rose/jojoba oil

Recipe 6:
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons ground oats
2 tablespoons aloe vera gel
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon carrier oil

Recipe 7:
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 cup carrier oil
a shot of rum

Combine all the ingredients in a small bowl and stir thoroughly. While taking a shower, scoop up some, not more than a teaspoon at a time, and massage gently using circular motions. Rinse and voila! Your skin is totally smooth and silky.
You can use these scrubs once a week. Keep in mind though, if you have rashes, acne, or sunburned skin, scrubs might make the condition worse.
I hope you enjoy these body scrub recipes!

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