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Winter can be hard on your lips.
Chapped-lip sufferers hate the cold, dry air that can make smiling an act of sheer torture during winter. But before you reach for some petroleum jelly or your favorite lip balm, consider which kind of lip remedy is the best way to heal your chapped lips and which to avoid.
This: Petroleum Jelly
Pros: The fact that petroleum jelly has been in use since 1878 seems to attest its effectiveness as a salve for dry skin. While studies have found that the substance doesn't have an actual healing effect, it does create a seal on your skin, preventing air from drying it out and protecting it from the elements.
Cons: Petroleum jelly is made from just that—petroleum, a nonrenewable resource that may be contaminated with cancer-causing agents called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Furthermore, ingesting too much of it (which is easy to do when you slather it on your lips in winter) can lead to upset stomachs and diarrhea.
That: Beeswax
Pros: Beeswax works like petrolatum by creating a seal on your lips that protects them from air and other elements that can dry them out. Plus, it's made by bees, so there's no worry about depleting nonrenewable resources and there are no adverse health effects associated with licking too much beeswax off your lips.
Cons: If the current decline of honeybees continues, beeswax-based lip balms may not be around for us to enjoy forever. Plus, the cost of the ingredient tends to raise the price of the lip treatment.
This or That?
Go with…That. Beeswax. Since beeswax does everything that petroleum-based ingredients do, without any health or environmental downside, the decision is an easy one once you compare the two types, says Mindy Pennybacker, editor of GreenerPenny.com and author of Do One Green Thing: Saving the Earth Through Simple, Everyday Choices (Thomas Dunne Books, 2010). "Rather than paraffin or petrolatum [two other names for petroleum jelly] waxes, I like products that use beeswax, cocoa butter, and/or shea butter as a base," she says. "For sheer soothing, you can't beat pure shea butter in tins."
Keep these things in mind when shopping for lip balms:
• Look for the seal. "The vague terms 'green,' 'organic,' 'natural,' and so forth are not regulated," Pennybacker says. Companies can slap those terms on any product, regardless of what's inside. Instead, rely on seals signifying a product has been certified by an independent third party, such as the "USDA Organic" seal or the "Natural Products Association Certified" seal, "both of which restrict the use of unhealthy synthetic ingredients," she adds.
• Read the ingredients label. Petroleum jelly is also labeled as paraffin, petrolaturm, and mineral oil, so avoid those ingredients when shopping. Also watch out for "fragrance," a code word for synthetic chemicals that may include hormone-disrupting phthalates, salicylic acid (which can interfere with reproductive health), or any other ingredient whose name you don't recognize. Not all natural ingredients are benign either. "Some plant oils, particularly citrus and lemon verbena, are highly irritating and potentially allergenic," she notes, and can crop up as scents in some lip balms.
• Raid your kitchen cabinet. If your lips are parched and you aren't in the mood to hit the store, or you just prefer a DIY approach, use a little cooking oil to soothe an irritated pucker, suggests Pennybacker. "Any cheap cooking oil will soothe chapping, including safflower, canola, and corn oils." Plus, you know it's edible so it won't upset your stomach, she adds. "I keep a bottle of coconut oil in the fridge, where it hardens into kind of a waxy texture, and it cools lips as well as soothes!" Just don't put any kind of cooking oil on sunburned skin. "It can irritate and prolong the sensation of burning," she says. Also, she notes, cooking oils can stain clothes and bedding, so best not to use them when wearing expensive clothing or before you hit the sack.
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great tips
these are some really great tips. I always have chopped lips.
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The said information here
The said information here does help me. I just knew this one that petroleum jelly does the trick on protecting ones lips from frost bite. I never knew this till now. Thank you so much for sharing this info it does really help me.
Cheers,
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Allergic to Beeswax
When I try using beeswax based lip balms my lips dry out and crack, apparently I'm having a reaction to the beeswax in the lip balm. Are there any other suggestions what I can use? I already drink several quarts of water a day.
re: thanks
I can usually last the day without needing to use anything else, if I use shea butter consistently every night. But when the weather gets really cold, dry, and windy (like it is now--20s where I am), I usually have to use something during the day. Burt's Bees, I find, works better for me than the other natural lip balms made from oils (olive, hemp, etc.), which just make my lips feather and dry out. I also really like Chapstick Naturals, but finding it can be hit-or-miss.
question
Sorry, another thought after posting a reply...
do you use anything during the day, or does this stuff work well enough that you don't have to?
thanks
Thanks. I'll looks into the shea butter.
re: not everyone reacts the same
I was the same way--addicted to vaseline because nothing else worked. Then one day just for kicks bought a small tin of raw shea butter (there are a few different brands but I like the stuff from L'Occitane). I put it on at night before I go to bed and it works better than anything I've ever tried, even vaseline.
petroleum jelly
Petroleum jelly fixed my chapped hands and feet every childhood Illinois winter (slather, cover with white cotton gloves/socks, wear overnight while sleeping). So something does get affected by the jelly. No other lotion or balm has done the trick, but I never tried vegetable cooking oils...
P.S. Don't you use Spellcheck? ADDIQUT?! Try "adequate".
not everyone reacts the same
I've tried so many different things, more water, beeswax, softlips, lotion... the only thing that seems to even make any difference for my lips has been vaseline. but maybe I'll try a little oil.
Bag Balm
Actually it contains some lanolin plus a lot of plain old petroleum jelly and a bit of 8-Hydroxyquinoline as an antiseptic.
chapped lips
I find more relief from the olive-oil based lip balms than either petroleum jelly or beeswax. The olive oil fats are absorbed to help heal, and the small amount of wax provides a seal.
alternative
What about BagBalm? It is lanolin, which I believe is natural, and I have found it to work wonders on dry chapped skin.
chapped lips
Try drinking more water. Addiqut amounts of liquid provide the foundation of keeping your lips from drying out. Lip protection is good before they chap. But keeping hydrated from inside out is the key.