Sunday, August 5, 2012

Pucker Up - Naturally

Soft, kissable lips.  We all want them.

There are so many lip products out there all claiming something.  I've been making my own lip gloss for years and I haven't had chapped, dry lips since I started.  Of course, my lip gloss has simply been....coconut oil.  Of course.  I've sung the praises of coconut oil in my other posts and I'll do so again.  Coconut oil is, quite simply, Mother Nature's miracle.

Coconut oil is easily absorbed into the body.  Unlike other lip products, using coconut oil does not cause your lips to NEED more.  When I was a teenager I used Chapstick and Carmex.  I found that after using them to help my dry, chapped lips I needed to continue using them if I wanted to keep my lips soft.  Most lip products have drying agents incorporated into them so you have to continue to buy and use their product because your lips go right back to being dry and chapped without them.  Of course, with so many different chemical agents on their ingredient list how could you possibly know exactly what you are putting on your lips?

My Lava Lip Gloss contains coconut oil, flavoring, vegetable glycerin and color.  The vegetable glycerin and color are to make the "lava".

My Lip Gloss contains coconut oil, flavoring and less than a pinch of gold dust (for shimmer).  That's all.

The flavoring used in both types of lip gloss I make is very high quality, kosher flavor oil.  It is extremely concentrated so less can be used to achieve the same results.  Just a couple drops of flavor does the job.

Now, as much as I'd like to sell my products I will be completely honest with you.  All you really need to do in order to have soft, kissable lips is dab some coconut oil them and pucker up.