How to make a lip scrub at home

Lips are considered to be the sexual part of the female body. They attract the eye, make you want to kiss. However, the above can be achieved if you care for the skin of the lips in a complex. One of the common ways is the use of scrubs based on honey, coffee, almond, cottage cheese and other available ingredients. Consider the actual recipes in order, we highlight the main aspects, we give practical recommendations.

Contraindications to the use of scrubs

• bleeding lips as a result of winding;
• individual intolerance to the components;
• active phase of herpes;
• recovery period after lip augmentation.

Lip Peeling Rules

Scrub will act much more efficiently if you follow the elementary rules and do not violate the technology.

1. Preparation is very important during lip scrubbing. Before the immediate procedure, steam the skin by putting a cotton towel dipped in hot water over it. Such a move will soften the epidermis, with the result that the cornified particles will be removed many times faster.
2. After softening the dermis, select the composition you like. Apply it exclusively on dry lips, otherwise the mass can spread and lose its properties.
3. Scrubbing should be done with massage movements. Do not press on the lips, do not try to tear the skin flakes. It is enough to scoop a little of the composition on the tips of the fingers, and then with light circular motions to walk over the lips and the area around them.
4. The following recipes can be used not only as scrubs, but also as masks. Some girls prefer to first maintain the tool for about 5-10 minutes, and then start peeling.
5. After the procedure, you do not need to wipe your lips, gently blot them with a towel without friction. Then apply a caring balm, hygienic lipstick or any natural oil.
6. To protect the skin from cracking and drying in the winter season, use scrubs based on nutritional ingredients.These include natural oils, chocolate, aloe vera, cream. In this case, the tool must be used before bedtime, and then flush.
7. The recommended frequency of peeling varies from 2 to 3 times a week. Already after 10 days the skin will become soft, without scales, cracks, excessive dryness.
8. To protect the skin of the lips from direct exposure to ultraviolet radiation in the summer and when visiting a tanning salon, scrub with sugar or coffee, then use hygienic lipstick.
9. If, for certain reasons, you are forced to go outside after applying the scrub, be sure to protect your lips from weathering and dryness. For these purposes, suitable nourishing balm or cream.
10. Apply the scrubbing compound exclusively on clean lips. Remove lipstick, both hygienic and cosmetic. Remove the balm and any other means. Otherwise, it will not work as efficiently as possible.

Features of the preparation of lip scrubs

1. Do not prepare the peeling compound in advance. Such a move degrades the quality of the product and reduces efficiency.
2. If you use sugar peeling for lips, do not allow the granules to dissolve.The same applies to honey, do not let it spread.
3. Do not add large salt to the mixture, it damages the epidermis. Prefer fine sea or food grade salt.
4. If the composition of the scrub includes citrus fruit juice, we are talking about freshly squeezed self-made product, and not packaged drinks.

Lip Scrub Recipes

1. Citrus fruit. To prepare the composition, you will need to dry a third of the lemon peel and a quarter of the orange peel. You can leave the product to dry in the sun or put it in the oven. After drying, chop the zest in a convenient way (coffee grinder, blender). Then mix with olive oil in such a way as to obtain a thick pasty mass. Apply to her lips, massage the skin for about 20 seconds.
2. Honey and grapefruit. Squeeze the juice out of the grapefruit; take 15 ml. composition, add 25 gr. thick honey 20 gr. cane sugar. Immediately carry out the scrubbing procedure, without waiting for the moment when the sugar granules completely dissolve. The peeling duration is 10 seconds, after which the skin should be smeared with a balm.
3. Cottage cheese and flakes. Take 10 gr. honey, 5 gr.oatmeal medium grinding (can be replaced with flaxseed), 10 gr. fat cottage cheese. Mix all ingredients, distribute the mass on the skin of the lips, massage for 1 minute. Wash off the composition, apply a nourishing cream.
4. Coffee. Mix 30 gr. coffee grounds or unprocessed powder with 25 ml. corn oil, add 20 grams. liquid honey, mix everything thoroughly. Spread the composition on the lips, leave for 5 minutes. Then begin to rub the mixture for 1 minute.
5. Granulated sugar. Combine in one mass 2 ml. castor oil, 1 ml. geranium ether, 10 ml. vegetable oil. Sprinkle cane sugar in such a way that the mass is thick. Apply it on the lips, rub 2 minutes.
6. Acetylsalicylic acid. Crush between two tablespoons or another convenient method of 1 tablet of acetylsalicylic acid. Add in powder 10 gr. beet sugar, 2 ml. glycerin, 10 ml. burdock oil. Make a lip mask, leave it for 5 minutes, then rub into the skin and rinse.
7. Almond. Crush 2 almonds in a coffee grinder, add 3 ml. glycerin, 20 gr. rye bran, 10 ml. kefir or yogurt. Apply the mixture on the skin, peeling lips for 1 minute.
8. Honey. Effective scrub is candied honey without the addition of foreign components. Scoop half a teaspoon of the product, apply on the lips, massage the skin for 3 minutes.
9. Grape seeds. Dry and chop 30 grape seeds in a coffee grinder, add 10 gr. ground coffee, 1 gr. cinnamon or poppy, 5 drops of rosemary ether. Pour in the vegetable oil to make the mixture thick. Spread over the skin of the lips, scrub for 3 minutes.
10. Drinking soda. Combine in one mass 7 gr. baking soda, 10 gr. thick honey, 20 ml. olive oil. First apply the product as a mask, wait 5 minutes. Then remove the mass in a circular motion.
11. Vaseline. Take 25 gr. Vaseline, add 7 gr. crushed sea salt without fragrances and 10 grams. honey, add 3 oz. wheat bran. If the mass turned out to be dry, add more petroleum jelly. Massage lips with a mixture for 2 minutes, rinse, lubricate the skin with hygienic lipstick.
12. Semolina. To prepare the scrub, you will need to mix 20 gr. honey and 10 gr. semolina. Spread the composition in a thick layer over the skin of the lips, wait until the mass is partially swelling, rub in a circular motion for 2 minutes.
13. Mint. Apart from the fact that menthol perfectly removes dead cells, it also makes lips fluffy. To prepare the composition, mix together 5-7 gr. candied honey, add 2 drops of peppermint ether and apply on the skin. Wait 10 minutes, then rub in the mixture with massaging movements, rinse.
14. Chocolate and zest. Melt in a convenient way 2 cubes of bitter chocolate (water bath, microwave, etc.). Grind in a blender the skin of a quarter of a lemon, combine the components. Coat the skin, peel, then leave the mixture for 10 minutes, remove with water.
15. Aloe vera. Peel part of aloe stalk, chop it into porridge. Mix with the coffee grounds so that the mass is pasty. Make a mask, affecting not only the lips, but the skin around them. Wait for about 5 minutes, then gently begin to rub the mixture with massage movements.
16. Orange. Squeeze the juice out of the orange in such a way that you get 7 ml. Add granulated sugar, drip 0.5 ml. grape seed ester or tea tree. Cover the lips with mass, wait 5 minutes, then exfoliate.
17. Vanillin. Mix 5 gr. coffee grounds with 7 ml. liquid honey, add a pinch of vanilla sugar, mix. Lubricate the composition of the lips, leave for 7 minutes.Massage the skin, do not press hard, rinse. After the procedure, it is mandatory to cover the dermis with balsam or cream.
18. Peanut. To prepare the scrub, take 4 pcs. peanuts or hazelnuts, then fry the nuts in a pan without butter. Grind in a blender to a fine abrasive state, then add wheat flour at the tip of a knife, add a chocolate cube melted in a water bath. Apply the scrub on the skin of the lips, wait 7 minutes, remove.
19. Cream. Especially effective scrub removes dead particles from sensitive skin. Take 10 gr. fat cream, add cane sugar in such a way as to obtain a mass of thick consistency. Place the mixture in the fridge for half an hour, then remove and use for its intended purpose.
20. Walnut. In order to make a scrub, you need to peel 3 walnut kernels and crush them into powder. Then add 10 ml to the composition. fresh grapefruit juice and 2 ml. corn oil / vegetable oil. The mixture is distributed over the skin of the lips in a thick layer, then aged for about 10 minutes.

It is easy to prepare a lip scrub at home, if you follow the practical recommendations.Use recipes based on mint, oatmeal, coffee grounds, zest of citrus, soda, or Vaseline. Do not violate the rules of the procedure, observe the duration of exposure and proportions.

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