How to exfoliate your lips – Homemade lip scrubs

We all are concerned when it comes to beauty products, especially women. We love to put lipstick on our lips or lip balms. We all often ignore our own lips but it really is true that skin around or mouth also needs exfoliation just as any other part of or face/body. Exfoliation is very important to remove dead skin that could make the lips dry out and flaky as our lips do not have oil glands.

There are usually many top scrubs available in the market but you can make your unique lip scrub in your home using all natural ingredients which are definitely compound free. We will look for some homemade lips scrubbers which are beneficial to exfoliate your lips.

Benefits of sing homemade Lip scrub

  • Prevents chapped Lips
  • Makes your lips tender and even
  • Enhances the lip color and makes it last long

Sugar Lip Scrub

Here are usually few uncomplicated recipes pertaining to yummy lip scrubs:

Sugar can often be used in body scrubs and we will use it in this lip scrub as well. You may make a salt scrub but it really won’t taste good as a lip scrub. However, honey can give a nice scent and make the scrub tasty.

Ingredients:

  • 1 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 tbsp essential olive oil

Mix the all ingredients in a small bowl till it gets into a thick consistency. Now apply this mixture on your lips. Gently stroke the scrub along with your finger on your lips. Wash with hot water and promptly apply a lip balm to secure the moisture.

Coffee Lip scrub

That is a gentle exfoliate than sugar. Coarsely grounded coffee can be used in this particular recipe.

Ingredients:

  • 1 tbsp coarsely grounded coffee
  • 1 tbsp essential olive oil

Mix the two ingredients very well and apply it on your lips. Lightly rub it on your lips and leave it on for 5 minutes. Wash with water and apply coconut or essential olive oil to help make your mouth area soft.

Another excellent tip is using toothbrush to remove dry skin from lips. Wet your lips with water or apply olive oil and with the help of a soft bristle toothbrush apply gentle strokes on your lips for five minutes. You should follow this tip twice a week because excessive exfoliation removes moisture and ends up with painful chapped lips.

Lime honey lip scrub

Ingredients

  • ½ tsp of lemon
  • 1 tsp of honey

Squeeze ½ lemon and mix 1 tsp honey into it. Mix both the ingredients together and then apply it on your face. Leave to get dried and wash it off after ½ an hour.

Customized Flavored lips scrub

The customized lips scrub making is very easy. You can choose any of the flavors with your lip balm. The combination is very much easy to make and great for your lips too.

Homemade Natural lips Scrub

It is true that sugar is important for scrubbing your lips. But, everyone is confused about which scrub is to use? Take brown and white sugar 1:1, add honey into it and mix them well. Apply this mix on your lips and rub it well. Leave it for sometimes, after 20 to 30 minutes rinse it off.

Vanilla and Brown Sugar Lips scrub

The ingredients are just as the recipe of your vanilla cup cake. But, no, it is the recipe of the vanilla lips scrub. This is a sweet and sweet combination to make your lips gorgeous and beautiful.

Ingredients

  • Vanilla
  • White sugar 1 tsp

Take 1 tsp of white sugar and some droplets of vanilla. Mix them together and apply it on your lips. Rub your lips with this scrub and wash it off after 20 minutes.

Lemon, coconut, Honey Homemade scrub

Lemon contains citric acid, so it can clean your lips very well. Coconut has proved itself as a great scrubber.

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp grated coconut
  • Some drops of honey
  • ½ tsp lemon

Take 1 tsp grated coconut in a bowl, add few drops of honey into it, and squeeze half lemon into the mix. Apply the mixture on your lips, rub it well. Leave this mix for overnight and then wash it off.