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Want to Know How to Keep Your Lips Super Soft and Hydrated During Winter?

Fri, 11 May 2012 9:00AM

Along with hot chocolates, bed socks and Saturday nights in, winter is also the season for dry, chapped lips. So… unless you’re a super human with a weatherproof pucker, here are some clever pointers to help you tackle winter’s number one beauty woe.

Alexa Chung proves that even celebs aren’t immune to the curse of dry lips…

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1. Ditch the petroleum. Like Yesterday. I want you to dig out your current lip balm from your handbag this minute and take a wee moment to inspect its ingredients list. If you detect that it contains Petroleum, I suggest you do yourself a favour and ditch it, like now, in favour of this 100% nasty-free, dry-lip wonder. Cah-peesh?

The name is: Suvana Paw Paw & Honey Organic Lip Balm and she’ll set you back around 9 clams from most major pharmacies.

 

Suvana Paw Paw & Honey Organic Lip Balm

 

2. Find yourself a soft-like-butter toothbrush.

Although lips scrubs can be fun (The Body Shop make a great one called The Body Shop Lip Scuff, $19.95, that comes in a lipstick-like bullet that makes it extra hygienic) a soft toothbrush will also do the trick. Just make sure you wet the brush properly before using it to create small circular motions to help buff away at the dead skin.

3. Got a cracking pucker? If your lips are feeling off-the-charts chapped, it could be a sign your body is low in essential fatty acids. The good new is, you can boost your intake by stocking up on deep-sea fish, nuts, free range eggs and fish-oil capsules. Essential fatty acids do a stellar job at helping skin cells to retain moisture more easily, which is important for keeping skin soft and hydrated.

And last but not least, it doesn’t hurt to give your pout a lipstick or lip gloss free day every once in a while – once a week would be great! If the idea of leaving the house lip-product-free leaves you feeling a little unsettled, try giving your lips a quick treatment before applying your lipstick in the morning. All you need to do is slather on a bit of said petroleum-free Paw Paw ointment and leave it on for 10-15 minutes while you finish the rest of your makeup before removing it using a damp washcloth.

What’s your top tip for fighting dry lips?

Have you tried Suvana?

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  • Posted by: KJ // Fri, 11 May 2012 09:35am

    My mum taught me about the benefits of using Bepanthen for lips. It’s actually a nappy rash cream but does a great job in soothing chapped lips!

  • Posted by: Elmo Enthusiast // Fri, 11 May 2012 10:07am

    I know it’s shameful to say – but I just haven’t been able to get on board with the Suvana Paw Paw – I tried it once a few years ago, and it was lumpy, no matter how much I massaged the tube etc :( Completely agree on avoiding petroleum where possible – I standardly use Burt’s Bees Lip Balm (Mango Butter is my current fave!) but now that the weather has REALLY dropped in Melbourne, I’ve been slathering on my Lanolips 101 Ointment like nobodies’ business – and let me tell you, that stuff is the real deal. It will transfer dry and cracking lips in like 24 hours. LOVE!

  • Posted by: Elmo Enthusiast // Fri, 11 May 2012 10:09am

    Oh, and recently bought some manuka honey for my face – so I’m going to test out the honey lip facial thing Zoe Foster always used to talk about :)

  • Posted by: Kj_44 // Fri, 11 May 2012 10:10am

    I haven’t been able to find the Suvana Paw Paw in Melbourne pharmacies, waa! Have any Primpettes seen it around?

  • Posted by: Kate // Fri, 11 May 2012 10:23am

    Sad to say, I love Suvana but it isn’t enough for me. Having recently changed jobs and attempting to lose weight (therefore putting myself at risk of nutritional deficiencies), I developed horribly cracked lips that even Suvana couldn’t fix.

    After a month of trial and error, I developed a 2-stage lip cure: slather on some sort of oily lip moisturiser, and then some lip barrier to keep the moisture in. I use U Little Beauty’s “Kiss me quick”, which is basically just a jazzed up olive oil, and then after it has sunk in I put on lanolips to seal in the moisture. Both are petroleum free.

    I have also started taking multivitamins and adding chia seeds to my breakfast to make sure I’m getting all the right nutrients.

  • Posted by: Elmo Enthusiast // Fri, 11 May 2012 10:38am

    @Kj – I’ve def seen them around, but can’t think where sorry! You can buy online from a variety of places though. And I know a lot of chemists put Lucas Paw Paw with baby products so it could be in that section if you haven’t tried looking there already?

  • Posted by: Rebecca-1314689428 Enthusiast // Fri, 11 May 2012 11:25am

    Kj_44 I’m having the same problem in Sydney! It seems to be very hard to come by.

    I always get awful dry lips in winter. If I go without lipbalm for even a few hours they get all dry and cracked and flaky……..gross.

  • Posted by: Hayley Bennett Enthusiast // Fri, 11 May 2012 12:00pm

    Try calling 02 8213 9388 or email info@suvanabeauty.com and they can point you in the right direction for a stockist in your state xH

  • Posted by: glossed Master Fan // Fri, 11 May 2012 12:04pm

    Just used the toothbrush exfoliation trick today, works a treat!

  • Posted by: louweeez Master Fan // Fri, 11 May 2012 12:08pm

    Ayrtons Antiseptic Cream – or as some call it magic pink cream, i have used it since I was kid, my granma use to paste it on any cuts or bruises we had. Best for dry lips, literal overnight cure.
    http://www.pharmacydirect.com.au/product_details.aspx?invpid=434

  • Posted by: meedee Master Fan // Fri, 11 May 2012 01:35pm

    I always used to use Rawleighs Medicated Ointment which was wonderful but sadly i havent been able to locate any for a while now so i depending on Burts Bees Honey lip balm and also the Baby Lips.

  • Posted by: lovefashionangel Master Fan // Fri, 11 May 2012 06:49pm

    Nude by nature have a new paw paw ointment too!

  • Posted by: Becca Master Fan // Mon, 14 May 2012 06:41pm

    My top tips include using organic lip balms (Suvana Paw Paw didn’t do much for me) and doing lip exfoliation once a week with my lip scrub from Lush.

  • Posted by: Tina-1291133452 Master Fan // Thu, 17 May 2012 03:49am

    ah alexa looks so stunning and glowing in that pic <3 i havent tried suvana, but definately am going to :)

  • Posted by: strawbsundae Master Fan // Thu, 17 May 2012 09:33pm

    I love using Lucas Paw Paw and Blistex as they condition dry and chapped lips very very very well!

  • Posted by: Bantam Master Fan // Thu, 17 May 2012 11:14pm

    Tips that everyone can use. I just make sure I have some lip balm on me at all times so I have no excuses.

  • Posted by: p3charmed Master Fan // Tue, 22 May 2012 02:58pm

    lanolips lemon aid as it smells like a lemon calippo and the lemon oil exfoliates lips naturally and it lasts and stays super glossy for ages.

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