In my neverending, lifelong fight against extremely chapped lips* I did some reading which indicated that coconut oil was the miracle ingredient I needed in a lip balm. Unfortunately, coconut oil is totally rock-solid at winter room temperature, so it's hard to apply, and when you do apply it, it melts to total liquid at body temperature and all ( Read more... )

I love winter, don't get me wrong. It's my favorite season, mainly because of the snow.

But with winter also comes very dry air, and when you have long hair, that means static electricity... What this usually means is that my hair, in any tiny gust of wind, will billow up, then immediately leap forward to engulf my face, then stick there thanks to ( Read more... )

I've had it with store bought lip balms and have read that they're actually habit forming and not particularly good for your lips. I read that coconut oil is better... however at the temperature our house is kept at, coconut oil has the texture of a candle. Can't exactly put it on my lips easily. I actually already talked about this back in this ( Read more... )

Every winter, for as long as I can remember, I get really bad chapped lips. Last night I was over at Thursday night gaming night that a friend of mine hosts every week (EVERY week--holidays included) and my chapped lips split further and started to bleed. I had to keep a napkin with me and constantly, like a couple of times every minute, blot the ( Read more... )

So according to my mom and my lj friend and other web sources coconut oil on my lips is a better solution than lip balm. I have a big jar of coconut oil because I'd heard it was good for the skin in general... the problem is, at room temperature (Massachusetts room temperature that is!) coconut oil is a solid. Not even a smushy semi-solid, but a ( Read more... )

It's the time of year when I have chapped lips 100% of the time. Winter is my favorite season, but this is the price I pay for it. I've tried all different kinds of things on my lips, from Chapstick and other waxy lip balms to Carmex (I'm allergic--it made my face swell up and I had to go to the emergency room) to Blistex (ointment)... they all ( Read more... )