Valentine's Day ~ DIY Lip Scrub

My husband and my BFF share a birthday that happens to be the day before Valentine's Day.  My BFF recently moved back to California after years away, and we are so happy to live in the same area again!  We celebrated both hers and my Husband's birthday last night at our favorite Chinese restaurant, Taiwan, in Willow Glen.



Me and my hunny

My gorgeous friends and me, birthday girl in the middle


I wore lipstick last night and noticed my lips weren't quite as smooth as they should be.  I've been wanting to try a lip scrub, one I could use on my daughter as well because her lips have been pretty chapped lately.  So this morning I thought, what better day than Valentine's Day to make a lip scrub to give me soft, (kissable), lipstick ready lips?!

I had some baby food jars I'd been wanting to repurpose so I decided to use those for the scrub.  I had peeled the stickers off, but there was still sticky residue on them.  So I filled the jars with hot water. This makes the sticky stuff a little easier to get off.  Then I just used a sponge with a dab of olive oil to rub it right off!






before




after

I painted the lids with chalkboard paint.

I have seen several different recipes for DIY lip scrub so I concocted a few different recipes using these ingredients:

I didn't like the clumpy-ness of the brown sugar nor the runniness and strong taste of the olive oil so here's my final recipe:
2 Tbs Coconut oil
2 Tbs Granulated sugar
1 Tbs Honey

1. My coconut oil was pretty firm so I just put it in the jar in a bowl of hot water until it was soft enough to stir.

     2.  Next just stir all the ingredients together and your scrub is ready to use!

     3. Use your finger to scrub your lips with it.
     4. Wet a washcloth with warm water, and wipe off your lips.
     5. Apply some kind of lip moisturizer.
     6. Enjoy the silky smoothness of your lips!

And now your lips are smooth enough for lipstick too!