DIY Sugar Cookie Lip Scrub Recipe (Great Gift Idea!)

While everyone knows that the sugar in conventional sugar cookies is detrimental to our well being, you possibly can nonetheless get the entire taste of home made cookies with this enjoyable lip scrub recipe. It tastes and smells similar to a sugar cookie. Even higher although, it is going to exfoliate and nourish your lips, with out placing a dent in your wholesome life-style.

I by no means used to pay a lot consideration to lip scrubs. During the winter when dry lips would hit I’d attain for some home made lip balm, like this peppermint one. However, lip scrubs actually assist to exfoliate the construct up of useless pores and skin that offers lips that crusty, gummy really feel. Not solely are you eliminating the gunk in your lips, however the oils and honey on this assist to nourish the fragile pores and skin on this facial space. I nonetheless wish to comply with it up with some home made lip balm for additional moisture throughout the winter months.

How to Make Sugar Cookie Lip Scrub

The first ingredient on this lip scrub recipe is virgin coconut oil. Coconut oil has plenty of makes use of for pores and skin and hair, and it’s additionally a wholesome addition to your food plan. In this lip scrub it offers moisture, antioxidants, and helps thicken the product. If you’re on the lookout for extra methods to include this superfood into your life, then attempt making some tooth remineralizing chews.

Sweet almond oil is the liquid service oil right here, because it helps to easy all the pieces out. You can substitute one other liquid service oil of your alternative, nevertheless the candy, nutty odor of candy almond actually provides to the sugar cookie vibe. The fatty acids, and nutritional vitamins A and E make candy almond oil the right option to nourish lips.

Like the service oils, uncooked honey helps so as to add moisture to the lips. It additionally has therapeutic properties to revive and rejuvenate broken lips. It’s so highly effective that naturally antibacterial uncooked honey is even used to hurry therapeutic of wounds and burns. Raw honey can also be barely emulsifying, so it helps to bind the substances on this lip scrub recipe collectively. You can learn extra concerning the therapeutic makes use of of uncooked honey right here.

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Sugar Cookie Lip Scrub Recipe

A vanilla-scented sugar lip scrub that is ok (and pure sufficient) to eat!

Instructions

• In a small glass bowl mix the entire substances. Mash and stir them along with a spoon or rubber spatula till effectively mixed and somewhat creamy.

• Store your lip balm recipe in a ½ ounce glass jar.

Notes

• Use your finger to scoop a small quantity of lip scrub out and gently rub it in your lips to exfoliate, then rinse off with a wash material soaked in heat water.
• Make certain you’re leaning over a sink once you use this, because it’s pretty messy to make use of.

A Note About Vanilla…

Vanilla extract provides this lip scrub recipe a real sugar cookie odor and style. I like making my very own home made vanilla extract (get the recipe right here), however for this it’s greatest to make use of a glycerin based mostly vanilla extract. If you solely have entry to alcohol based mostly vanilla extract, you possibly can nonetheless use it since there’s sufficient moisture within the different substances to make up for it.

Glycerin acts as a humectant so as to add moisture to the lips, whereas alcohol is extra drying. It is a typical ingredient in even many pure toothpastes, however I purposefully keep away from it in my home made toothpaste. While glycerin is believed to coat the enamel and promote tooth decay, it’s truly very soothing to pores and skin and lips so it’s nice for skincare.

What is your favourite lip product? Do you wrestle with dry lips within the winter?