Ingredients: Olive oil, Vitamin E oil, Aloe Vera or Cocoa Butter stick
Instructions: I've used vaseline as a cure for chapped lips for... More...
Ingredients: Olive oil, Vitamin E oil, Aloe Vera or Cocoa Butter stick
Instructions: I've used vaseline as a cure for chapped lips for over ten years. You know what? It temporarily feels better, but in the long run it does nothing to actually heal the lips. It offers relief at first, but if I put it on before going to sleep, my lips are chapped again in
the morning. I've been experimenting with different oils now, as well as cocoa butter. The only negative thing about them is that I tend to break out easily, so I have to be careful using any type of oil (vaseline doesn't cause breakouts). But my lips feel much better.
Vaseline also doesn't offer any protection from the sun or wind during daylight hours, so I use a moisturizer with spf. Some good ones that actually do moisturize (no chapstick brand has ever worked for me) are Neutrogena and Softlips. Also, be very careful with the type of lipglosses and lipsticks you use. I've found that any type of lip gloss with a sponge applicator always, always, always dries my lips out. They made my lips feel like they were about to fall off, from MAC to Cover Girl. Even though the best colors are always that type. Certain lipsticks do to. But I've long quit lipsticks because of my lips chapping so easily. I now make sure I always have a protective coat on my lips, then use a clear or slightly tinted lip gloss from a tube (after much experimentation with cheap and expensive ones, the best so far has been Sally Hansen ones). Roll on lip glosses are also ok - no benefits but also no negatives for me. But please stay away from the spong applicator glosses. I still keep a little tub or tube of vaseline around, mostly out of habit, but the oils have actually started healing my lips. I've finally found a solution.