Winter Skin Care Blog

Several people may try to avoid the less organic variety of lip balm and opt for those beeswax-based or carnauba-based lip balms. Beeswax is a form of natural wax produced by young worker bees used to build honeycombs. Carnauba is also a natural wax but produced by palms Carnauba. The wax derived from the leaves is also known as the queen of waxes and comes in hard yellow-brown flakes.

Unfortunately, there are some people who have allergic reactions to beeswax or any other products that come in touch with pollen. People should take extra precaution when handling these “natural” lip balms.

Using Lip Balms has several advantages

a)      Main types of lip balms that include those derived from petroleum products such as Vaseline or mineral oil are common and inexpensive.

b)      Some types of lip balm contain sunscreen, good for protecting those puckers against lip cancer. (Yes, there is such a thing!)

c)       They are easy to customize. Eg. For a matte lipstick, mix lip balm and eye shadow to appropriate proportions. A glossy lip tint can be achieved by mixing cherry Jell-O powder with lip balm.

d)      Drawing out lines on the skin around the lips helps protect against inevitable fine lines that appear later on.

Several disadvantages are:

a)      They rarely provide striking intense colors.

b)      Shine appears immature rather than polished in the professional world.

c)       Like lip sticks, they are sure to leave marks on every surface that your lip touches.

d)      Be prepared to make the wind your mortal enemy as you combat flyaway hair plastering to your face every day.

e)      They don’t provide precise applications and it is very easy to look like someone who just forgot to wipe their mouth after eating ice cream.

f)       Avoiding these series of problems requires one to buy the higher end lip glosses.

Whether it be for the skin, for the lips, for the nails…(yes, for the nails), petroleum jelly has become a part of our winter skin care cosmetics set. Obviously, most of us have used petroleum jelly for the lips at one point in time or another. It is also great for softening feet and is a major component of most lotions.

People wonder what role petroleum jelly plays in helping nails cope with winter. Well, for starters, we all know that our cuticles, even though they’re made up of dead cells, are still sensitive to that harsh winter wind. So here’s a tip to avoid weak, splitting nails. One, get enough water intake. Not too much, but not too less either. Two, make a nightly routine of massaging petroleum jelly into your nails. This will soften them up and make your nails more fresh and alive.