Ask HN: Best Solution for Chapped Lips?
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I have a lot of lip chapping problems, partly because it's quite dry in Northern Colorado, but I seem to have worse problems than those around me as well.
What I've found best, after trying quite a few options, is: It's hard to beat making your own. For ~$20 you can get "lip balm container tray" (you want the tray, you need to overfill the tubes because they shrink when they cool). For around another $20-40 (but that'll make ~200-400 tubes) you can get bees wax, cocoa/shea butter, and coconut oil. Optionally add some lanolin and essential oils. Try a half cup bees wax, half cup cocoa butter, and a cup of coconut oil.
I just heat this mixture in the microwave, heat for 30 seconds, stir, heat again, until it's liquid.
Really easy, affordable over the long term, great to give out to friends and family with chapped lips, and it's been more effective than anything else I've used.
You may want to make your mix, let it cool and try it for thickness. If it's too hard, add some coconut oil or shea butter, if it's too thin add some bees wax. Do this before your final fill of the tubes to get the exact composition you like.
What I've found best, after trying quite a few options, is: It's hard to beat making your own. For ~$20 you can get "lip balm container tray" (you want the tray, you need to overfill the tubes because they shrink when they cool). For around another $20-40 (but that'll make ~200-400 tubes) you can get bees wax, cocoa/shea butter, and coconut oil. Optionally add some lanolin and essential oils. Try a half cup bees wax, half cup cocoa butter, and a cup of coconut oil.
I just heat this mixture in the microwave, heat for 30 seconds, stir, heat again, until it's liquid.
Really easy, affordable over the long term, great to give out to friends and family with chapped lips, and it's been more effective than anything else I've used.
You may want to make your mix, let it cool and try it for thickness. If it's too hard, add some coconut oil or shea butter, if it's too thin add some bees wax. Do this before your final fill of the tubes to get the exact composition you like.
Very interesting, thank you!
I've been using unscented "Dr. Bronner's - Organic Lip Balm" for years. I have cripplingly sensitive skin, and this was the only brand that doesn't irritate it (love their bar soap too). I have basically bought a stick for every jacket I own, so I can reliably whip it out and apply whenever my lips feel chapped.
Seems to have very similar ingredients to the DIY solution from another poster. Essentially bees wax and some kind of oil and/or butter. I’ll give it a try, thanks!
Apply coconut oil to your lips and drink plenty of water.
Pure coconut oil is one of the things that actually make my lips more flaky. I feel it might help in hot and dry climates but not so much in cold climates.
Apply some ghee (clarified butter), drink water.
Cheers