Most of us don’t pay very close attention to our lips in our daily skin care routine. Even if you use chapstick regularly, you might need a little more help. Sugar scrubs are a great way to take better care of dry or chapped lips! The best part, you can easily make your own homemade lip scrub!
It won’t cost much and will last forever! I’ve used them a few times when I got samples, and they make a big difference. It can be challenging to put on lipstick or lip liners when your lips are dry and cracked. Ensure that your lips are smooth as butter with these DIY lip scrub recipes!
What You Need to Know About Lip Scrubs
You might not think there is much point to a lip scrub. But the truth is, they can be a huge help! It’s super easy to make your own DIY lip scrub. It’s really affordable and will last forever. You could honestly get all the ingredients and have enough to make some for yourself and friends! You only need to use it about once a week. Anything more than that is overkill. Unless it’s wintertime, then you could get away with two times per week.
The Benefits of Lip Scrubs
DIY lip scrubs are easy to make and have a lot more benefits than you might think. I wanted to include all the individual benefits to help you understand just how great they can be!
- Moisturize and hydrate your lips
- Gently exfoliate lips and rub away dead skin
- Soft and smooth lips
- Flawless lipstick application
- Improves blood circulation in your lips
- Coconut oil is an antibacterial ingredient that exfoliates and moisturizes
- Affordable
- Only need to be used once or twice a week
- They make a fun gift
All of these are great benefits. You might not realize just how dry your lips are until you use a lip scrub and see the difference. Your lips can become dry from simple things. Such as drinking caffeine, UV rays, smoking, hormonal imbalances, licking your lips, or even from chapsticks that contain alcohol! Most of the things we do on a daily basis can have a huge impact on our lips. Since we’re so used to the damage we cause, we don’t think twice about it. Maybe it’s high time for a change! I know it is for me anyway!
How to Exfoliate Lips with a Lip Scrub
It’s honestly as simple as it sounds. All you have to do is wet your lips and scoop up a minimal amount of the lip scrub. Then you can use your fingers or rub your lips together. You’ll need to gently exfoliate like that for 2-5 minutes to get good results. Then you just have to wash away the product and make sure to apply a moisturizer after every use. Also, keep in mind that you won’t need to do this more than once a week in most cases.
How to Make a Lip Scrub
Since I’m praising how affordable and straightforward a DIY lip scrub recipe can be, I wanted to give you a few options! Homemade stuff is the best because you know what is going into your products. You are in total control, which is a great way to avoid any unwelcome chemicals!
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Peppermint Mocha Lip Scrub
This is a homemade lip scrub that you might already have all the ingredients for! At least you’ll probably have most of them. This is a DIY lip scrub without honey, which I thought would be one good extra option because most others are typically made with honey.
Ingredients:
- 2 ½ teaspoons of coconut oil
- ½ teaspoon of coffee grounds
- ¼ teaspoon of cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon of granulated white or brown sugar
- 2-3 drops of peppermint oil
All you have to do in combine the ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly. Super easy and simple. The coffee grounds and coconut oil will act as your mild exfoliants!
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Coconut Honey Lip Scrub
This is another incredibly simple lip scrub recipe! It only calls for four ingredients. It is also really nice because it has a lot of antibacterial and moisturizing properties. It also tastes fantastic, so I don’t think I’d blame you at all if you ended up licking it off. It is all natural after all!
Ingredients:
- One teaspoon of honey
- One teaspoon of sweet almond oil
- One drop of peppermint oil
- ½ teaspoon brown sugar
The instructions are the same for this one. All you have to do is mix well in a bowl. Then just store in an airtight container. I also would recommend storing these lip scrubs in the refrigerator to keep them from spoiling.
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Strawberry Margarita Lip Scrub
We all might think we only need to take good care of our lips in the winter. But that’s definitely not true; we just think we can get away with it. But we need to take care of them year round if we want to have beautiful soft lips all year! So I wanted to include this fun summer lip scrub recipe!
Ingredients:
- Three tablespoons of coconut oil
- ¼ Cup granulated sugar
- 3-4 drops of strawberry flavoring
- 6-8 drops of lime essential oil
- ½ tablespoon of lime zest
- Two drops of vitamin E oil
- Optional – ¼ teaspoon of tequila (acts as in antiseptic)
Not only is this a cool summer sugar scrub, but it is also super easy. It might take a few more ingredients than some of the others. But it will certainly last a long time. It also has the added benefit of vitamin E oil which is a fantastic addition to skin products! I would recommend putting that in anything, whether it calls for it or not. Why not get those extra benefits?
Let Your Journey to Luscious Lips Begin!
So maybe you think these are ridiculous. But if you have all the ingredients for any lip scrub recipe, I would absolutely recommend giving it a try! You might be surprised just how good your lips will feel after using something like this. I will definitely be making some so I can wear lipstick a little more often without being self-conscious about how terrible it looks. Either way, I hope you enjoyed these sugar scrub recipes. You’ll have to test a few out to decide which is the best lip scrub for you!
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