diy : peppermint sugar lip scrub

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Vaseline Petroleum Jelly : Chemist | Sugar Cubes, mint flavour and food colouring : Local grocer | Bowl, spoon : Kitchen | Jar : Old lip balm

After trial and error, I discovered that regular sugar was too chunky and castor sugar was too smooth for a scrub. Sugar cubes give you the best gritty texture to really get rid of all the dead skin. Use any heavy object you find to help crush the sugar cubes (I used two cubes)

Add about half a teaspoon spoon of Vaseline to the crushed sugar and mix. Add more if you feel the need. This lip scrub isn’t really about specific portions, but going along with what texture you want (how smooth / grainy) and how big your jar is.

This step is completely optional. If you don’t want the colour or the strong mint flavour, feel free to avoid it completely.

If you do, be sure to go slow. Add a drop at a time of each and sample as you go along. If you don’t have a dropper, dip a toothpick in the bottle and wait for a drop to form at the end.


Mix well with a spoon (Don’t use your fingers unless you want them to be pink for a week after. The food colouring really stains) and add to a lip balm jar.



Ta-dah! 

Your new lip scrub is easy to tote around, costs close to nothing, is completely edible and barely took any time away from being fabulous!

photography : ankita phalle 

 

Bold lips have always been my beauty signature. And I’ll let you in on a little secret : the key to owning the look is starting off with a smooth, debris-free canvas.

The solution, I found, is in a tiny pot of lip-smacking deliciousness I call the Peppermint Sugar Lip Scrub. The best part about it? I made it myself. Even better, it took a total of five minutes!

Here is the lazy girl’s answer to a pout worth shouting about.

 

Bisou bisou,
Anushka

Comments

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/03118846239903036577 Shanaya Sinner

    Great post, I have a tutorial on this :- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjoMGbcRVoU

    xoxo

    http://www.littlemisssinner.com

  • http://livemodish.wordpress.com/ livemodish

    Love it

    http://livemodish.wordpress.com/

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/02810058946818481805 JewelsnGold

    Great post. Can’t wait to try!
    XX
    http://www.jewelsngold.blogspot.in

  • http://www.qatarloving.com/ Shruthi

    Nice post :-)
    Very helpful for us.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/11730060880642995250 Ila Johari

    is the diy lip scrub fever on?! I had tweeted this noon about how excited i am to do my own scrub!Well, i have a slightly different recipe :)
    Like that pink color, but doesnt that stain ur lips?

    -Ila

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/13567247322728703913 Frankie Trumper

    That’s really useful!
    Your new follwer, Frankie

    Frankiessay.blogspot.com

  • http://beautifour.wordpress.com/ beautifour

    LOVE this!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/00063120689092734571 Rajvi Bhow @ Straight talk

    loved the DIY.. but when applies the scrub one will have to touch it? then what about the staining?

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/10759220212949738401 Rosh S

    Amazing DIY! Thanks!

    http://everythingthatclicks.blogspot.com