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Any over the counter remedies I can use for dry lips?
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ghostings
Changed the title of the thread from “Any over the counter ingredients I can use for dry lips?” to “Any over the counter remedies I can use for dry lips?”. -
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Vaseline I put a shit ton on my lips before I go to bed and use it throughout the day too, but not as much because it makes your lips shiny
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kiss more often
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Vaseline always helps me
Also, Burts Bees is really helpful for dry lips. It's not exactly a "remedy" but it helps. It's more of a lip balm
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Drink lots of water, it helps with dry lips to make them not seem as chapped
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I use a thing called mentholatum
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I've done a lot of research due to developing lip eczema and I've tried a lot of lip products. Honestly, most lip balms on the market are terrible for you. What you want to avoid is damaging your moisture barrier and using products with irritants, which A LOT of lip balms have.
Vaseline is occlusive, so it's not really going to be absorbed into the skin. It's more of a lip protectant. While it's not going to give you any additional moisture, it will prevent moisture loss, which is especially good for when you're sleeping. Aquaphor is also a good occlusive product.
If you need more more moisture than just what your lips have naturally, which you probably do, you can apply your regular moisturizer or hydrating serums to your lips, let it fully absorb into your lips, then apply an occlusive product on top to seal it in.
As for during the daytime, there are A LOT of lip balms that are terrible for you. Stay away from anything that's "medicated", with menthol, camphor, phenols, peppermint, alcohol, salicylic acid (which is exfoliating, but drying). All these things are irritants and/or drying. They'll give you a feeling that it's working, but it's really just doing slow damage to your skin.
Stay away from Blistex, Chapstick, Carmex, any of the Burt's Bees lipbalms that have peppermint oil (some of the flavors don't, and they're fine), etc.
Personally, the best one I've used is La Roche Posay. Totally clean, no fragrance, but it's a bit on the pricier side.
Otherwise Jack Black is also good and they have ones with SPF, which is good during the daytime when you're out in the sun. Uriage is a good dermatologist brand if you can find it, and Nivea is definitely the cheapest and most accessible choice. These all have fragrance, but I personally haven't found any of them irritating.
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Vaseline help me when my lips get chap and dry especially during the winter time.
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vaseline and burts bee !!
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pawpaw
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Carmex make some really great products, I have to say! I would also like to recommend that you check out some vitamins like those from Canadian pharmacy, for example. I am pretty sure that you will find them interesting and working for your skin/lips. Good luck with it, hope I was helpful to you here
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VASELINE IS MY LIFE SAVER
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Vaseline. It’s great for lips, eye bags and my eyelashes.
Another great lipbalm is Burt’s Bees.
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Water.
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