Tired of being addicted to lip balm!!! - Page 2

[sunnysandiegan]

Originally Posted by rainbowmoon

dry, chapped lips is a sign of dehydration too.

I asked her about my skin (body, face, lips) because I drink plenty of water every day. (I was wondering if perhaps I needed to up my water intake for awhile.) The only dry body parts are my lips and cuticles and neither are all THAT dry. She thinks it is the weather.

[MoonWillow]

I go back and forth with my lip gloss addiction. Right now I am using Weleda's Everon. Its a great thick consistency.
I am looking at those other links and that tangerine one sounds too yummy too pass up. Must.Not. Spend.Money

[rainbowmoon]

Originally Posted by MotherWren

I go back and forth with my lip gloss addiction. Right now I am using Weleda's Everon. Its a great thick consistency.
I am looking at those other links and that tangerine one sounds too yummy too pass up. Must.Not. Spend.Money

it's SO worth it (I swear!)

[MoonWillow]

Originally Posted by rainbowmoon

it's SO worth it (I swear!)

Lol just after I posted that I remembered that I have a bunch of lip glosses coming from a Badger co-op. I believe one of them in tangerine flavored.




I'm not addicted though

[rainbowmoon]

one can never have too many lip balms!

Originally Posted by MotherWren

Lol just after I posted that I remembered that I have a bunch of lip glosses coming from a Badger co-op. I believe one of them in tangerine flavored.




I'm not addicted though

[DanishMom]

Originally Posted by LionTigerBear

Anemia can also chap your lips, or also chapped lips could be related to a vitamin B deficiency. Just something to look into.

Thanks for posting the info. I could have anemia and I have big problems with chapped lips this winter. Never had problems with it before. It has always been my experience that lips gets less dry and chapped if you don't use anything on them at all. Seems to ruin the natural moisture balance.

[AfricanQueen99]

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I'm the President of the club.

[marimara]

Ok, I have been addicted to lip balms since I was 14. I have used almost everything under the sun. Since going natural, here's what I use (and I do sleep with mine, always have it in my pocket, panic if I don't have it, have to run out and get some--where's my lip balm???????)

I slowly weaned myself off the petroleum based products, they are bad, bad, bad. I went from blistex to minty chapstick. Then to Burt's Bees minty stuff. Now I use (and love it) Alba Hawaiian lip balms (in Pineapple quench and coconut cream). For gloss, I use Burt's Bees Lip GLOSS in every shade. I got away from the mint, but if you have to have it, use Burts. Blistex is the absolute worst offender. Once you wean off, dont' ever ever ever ever go back. Don't ever do it, you'll regret it!

[TzippityDoulah]

hmmm well then I guess I am addicted to Burts Bees...b/c I use it a LOT. I have one in my purse, my coat pocket and my dresser by my bed. My lips are always dry in winter. (in summer i rarely use it) and I'm not dehydrated as I drink water all of the time. (though my lips get WAY worse in the dry heat in our house)

[MoonWillow]

Originally Posted by tumblingstar

Ok, I have been addicted to lip balms since I was 14. I have used almost everything under the sun. Since going natural, here's what I use (and I do sleep with mine, always have it in my pocket, panic if I don't have it, have to run out and get some--where's my lip balm???????)

I slowly weaned myself off the petroleum based products, they are bad, bad, bad. I went from blistex to minty chapstick. Then to Burt's Bees minty stuff. Now I use (and love it) Alba Hawaiian lip balms (in Pineapple quench and coconut cream). For gloss, I use Burt's Bees Lip GLOSS in every shade. I got away from the mint, but if you have to have it, use Burts. Blistex is the absolute worst offender. Once you wean off, dont' ever ever ever ever go back. Don't ever do it, you'll regret it!

Worst offender as far as what, petroleum?

[ZippyGirl]

This is my absolute FAVORITE lip balm!!!!!! It's from Earth Mama and is totally organic and vegan.

[UptownZoo]

I seem to be "addicted" to lip balm when I'm at home in the high desert southwest. Strangely, when I travel to humid areas, my "addiction" goes into remission.

[ReadingMama]

Originally Posted by MotherWren

Lol just after I posted that I remembered that I have a bunch of lip glosses coming from a Badger co-op.

OOOHHH! I want to try the coffee-ish and cocoa butter versions! But I'm too cheap to pay for postage for 2 lip balms! Do you like them?


I unapologetically love lip balm. I love the texture. I love the scent. I like Burt's Bees, but can do without the peppermint in winter. I use petroleum-based lip balms even though I'm not "supposed" to. Cherry Chapstick and Vaseline Intensive Care Cherry Lip Therapy.

[elizaMM]

I love all you gals. But the title of this thread is "I'm so sick of being addicted to lip balm" and so far all I see is recommendations for, well, MORE LIP BALM!!

I, too, am a lip balm addict, and I think I just found a new MDC forum I'll be addicted to by next week.

And really, I'm greatful for the Burt's Bees advice. I'm wondering if its just the fact that its made with beeswax and any beeswax based one would be just as good (moisture-wise-- scent, flavor, and tingle are a whole 'nother topic...)

But I have another problem: When I try to wean off, my lips get really dry (of course) and then I start BITING the hunks of dry skin that are hanging off and I yank on them until my lips start BLEEDING! Ouch! Really, its only like a spot of red, but its bad. I'm working on it (:anyone else?).

I honestly believe my lips PRODUCE LESS NATURAL MOISTURE because I always use the junk. I can't even stop in summer when its humid. Also, I think I tend to lick my lips more when I have (especially tastey) lip balm on, and the wetness helps facilitate the evaporation of the natural moisture (oils?) away. I have been addicted to facial moisturizer this way too.

If some of this stuff actually dries our lips out more, what ingredient does this exactly, and how?

Is petrolatum really BAD for us, or is it just that its from petroleum which (though natural-- coming from deep within mother earth, decomposed organic matter...) sounds like something that doesn't belong anywhere near our mouths? If it is bad, how so?

And finally: how can we wean off completely?? (Okay, maybe we will always have dry lip issues in the super dry winter months in these crazy northerly latitudes that were never meant for human populations, but how can I get off it in the summer?)

I've been using my Lansinoh Lanolin cause we produce that to moisturize our skin anyway, right? It doesn't seem to do much more than vaseline though. It whipes right off. Maybe that's the problem. (Maybe HONEY has tiny BEESWAX molecules in it and that's why it works?)

[lastrid]

Originally Posted by elizaMM

But I have another problem: When I try to wean off, my lips get really dry (of course) and then I start BITING the hunks of dry skin that are hanging off and I yank on them until my lips start BLEEDING! Ouch! Really, its only like a spot of red, but its bad. I'm working on it (:anyone else?).

I do that too. You could try a lip exfoliating product. My friend makes this line that has some sugar lip exfoliating products and awesome emu oil based lip balms as well: www.kaylala.com

[talia rose]

What I learned in my years of training as a doula is that when your lips are dry, you are dehydrated. It is a sign that you need to drink more water.

Also, I just found a fantastic new lip balm - made by Badger.