How to Make Your Own 'Lush' Lip Scrub

 

These lip scrubs may be amazing for exfoliating your dry and sore lips, but for the price I'm not sure its worth it. £5.50 for a lip scrub seems pretty ridiculous to me when you can make a load of it VERY cheaply - I have about enough to last at least 5 years tbh!

 

Lip scrubs are brilliant for fighting chapped lips as they contain oil for moisturising and sugar that buffs away flaky skin to leave your lips soft and supple.

 

the recipe:

 

1/4 cup caster sugar

2 tbsp olive oil

A few drops flavouring (optional)

A few drops colouring (optional)

 

As you can see the recipe is very simple, and all you need to do is mix all the ingredients together. I'm sorry I don't have any photos of my lip scrubs. I made some in the flavours American Peppermint, French Almond, Madagascan Vanilla and Sicilian Orange (all purchased from Sainsbury's).

 

I hope you enjoy making this easy recipe, I put mine in cute little jars, you could even put a ribbon around the jars for extra cuteness! Enjoy your soft, exfoliated lips! <3 :)

 

 

LeahKatie

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How I Wash my Makeup Brushes

Washing your makeup brushes is essential to having clear, clean skin. After a while brushes can pick up all sorts of bacteria from and then spread them around your face. I recommend washing them at least every month or more regularly - especially if you suffer from acne.

 

I use Johnsons' baby shampoo to wash mine, but any gentle baby shampoo or gentle (extremely gentle) hand wash would do, for example a Dove hand wash is a good option.

 

 

 

 

1.First lay out all your brushes that you want to clean, you could do all your brushes at once or do them in shifts perhaps once a week in a rota if you have a lot!

 

2.Get a gentle shampoo or hand soap, as you can see mine in Johnson's Baby Shampoo

 

3. Run some hot or warm water

 

4. Rinse your first brush to wet it and then squeeze a little of your chosen cleaning product onto your brush and wash it under the tap. Rinse again to wash out the product. You're basically just shampooing your brushes! (but a little more gently!) Repeat for all your brushes.

 

5.Lay out your brushes on a towel to dry, don't use them until they're completely dry!

 

6. Use your nice, clean brushes! I love the smell of mine after using Johnson's Baby Shampoo to wash them! :)

 

I hope you found this useful (although there are probably a million other tutorials) and if you did you now have lovely, good-as-new, fresh-smelling brushes!!:)

 

 

LeahKatie

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