Easy 5 - minute Homemade DIY Lip Scrub Recipes

Winters are here and our lips will start getting dry, chapped and dark. But this year we can prevent these conditions by preparing and using these easy Homemade DIY Lip Scrub recipes. Now you may think how can a lip scrub prevent our lips from becoming dry and chapped. This is because lip scrubs contain natural exfoliants like sugar, coffee and oat grits to remove dead skin cells, dirt and other impurities and moisturizers like honey, coconut oil and shea butter to lock in moisture within your lips making them ultra-smooth and glossy. Moreover, the effect of a lip balm is increased after using a lip scrub. In short, if you are after soft and extremely smooth pink lips, then you should try these DIY lip scrub recipes.


Easy 5 - minute Homemade DIY Lip Scrub Recipes


Homemade DIY Lip Scrub Recipes

1. Coffee Lip Scrub

Easy 5 - minute Homemade DIY Lip Scrub Recipes


The fine coffee particles act as exfoliants to remove dead skin cells and dirt, as a result, reveals your natural lip colour and makes your lips soft. While honey moisturizes your lips thus it helps to treat dry, cracked and chapped lips and leaves your lips baby soft and smooth and coconut oil has antioxidants and omega 3 fatty acids which will moisturize, nourish and rejuvenate your lips.

The coffee fragrance of this scrub is amazing. Not only for lips you can use this scrub for face and body as well.

Ingredients

  • Coffee grounds - 1 tablespoon
  • Honey - 1/2 tablespoon
  • Coconut oil - 1/2 tablespoon

Process

  • Mix coffee grounds, honey and coconut oil in a bowl and stir well.
  • Apply a small amount on your lips and massage it in a circular motion for about 1 minute.
  • Leave it on your lips for 2 minutes.
  • Wash with warm water.

2. Sugar and Honey Lip Scrub

This is a very well known and most famous lip scrub recipe.

 Sugar acts as a natural exfoliant to remove dead skin, dirt and other impurities. While honey deeply moisturizes and nourishes your lips. 

Ingredients

  • Sugar - 1 tablespoon
  • Honey - 1/2 tablespoon

Process

  • Mix sugar and honey in a bowl and stir well ( you can use any type of sugar).
  • Apply a small amount on your lips and massage it in a circular motion for about 1 minute.
  • You can even massage using a toothbrush.
  • Leave it on your lips for 5 minutes.
  • Wash with warm water.

3. Lemon Lip Scrub

Easy 5 - minute Homemade DIY Lip Scrub Recipes

Lemon has natural bleaching properties and hence lightens your dark lips while sugar acts as an exfoliant to remove dead skin and dirt. In addition, coconut oil is added in this scrub to provide moisture to your lips. In short, try this lip scrub recipe to restore your original lip colour.

Ingredients

  • Sugar - 1 tablespoon
  • Coconut oil/ olive oil - 1/2 tablespoon
  • Lemon juice - 1/2 tablespoon

Process

  • Mix sugar and coconut oil/ olive oil in a bowl.
  • Add lemon juice.
  • Stir all the ingredients.
  • Apply a small quantity of scrub on our lips and massage it in a circular motion.
  • Leave it on your lips for 2 minutes.
  • Wash with lukewarm water and apply your favourite lip balm.

Note: Since lemon is acidic it may cause irritation. If you experience any discomfort stop using this lip scrub and choose any other recipe.

4. Oats and Aloe vera Scrub

Oats powder acts as an exfoliant to remove dead skin cells, dirt and other impurities. Furthermore, it prevents moisture loss from your lips thus preventing dry lips. Besides Oats, aloe vera is added to this scrub because it has moisturizing, healing and anti-inflammatory properties that will help to treat dry lips and keeps your lips hydrated. Additionally, shea butter is used to provide extra nourishment and moisture to your lips 

Ingredients

  • Oats - 2 tablespoon
  • Aloe Vera Gel - 1/2 tablespoon
  • Shea butter - 1/2 tablespoon

Process

  • Take rolled oats and grind them to form a fine powder.
  • Take 1 tablespoon of this powder and add aloe vera and shea butter.
  • Mix all the ingredients, apply a small amount on your lips and massage it in a circular motion for about 1 minute
  • Leave it on your lips for 5 minutes
  • Wash with lukewarm water.

5. Green Tea Lip Scrub

Green tea, which has antioxidant properties, fights against free radicals as a result reduces the process of ageing of your lips. While sugar acts as an exfoliant to remove dead skin cells and dirt. Besides these ingredients, shea butter and coconut oil are added to provide moisture to your lips.

Ingredients

  • Matcha green tea powder - 1/2 tablespoon
  • Sugar - 1 tablespoon
  • Shea butter - 1/2 tablespoon
  • Coconut oil - 1/2 tablespoon

Process

  • Mix sugar. green tea powder, shea butter and coconut oil in a bowl.
  • Apply a small amount of this scrub on your lips and massage it in a circular motion.
  • Leave it on your lips for 3 minutes.
  • Rinse with lukewarm water.

6. Strawberry Lip Scrub

Easy 5 - minute Homemade DIY Lip Scrub Recipes


This delicious at-home lip scrub recipe made with strawberries, sugar and honey gently exfoliates to restore your natural pink lips and also hydrates for baby soft lips.

Ingredients

  • Strawberry - 1
  • Sugar - 3 tablespoon
  • Honey - 1/2 tablespoon

Process

  • Grind the strawberry to form a smooth paste.
  • Take the strawberry paste in a bowl and add sugar and honey.
  • Mix all the ingredients and apply a small amount on your lips and massage it in a circular motion.
  • Leave it on your lips for 5 minutes and rinse it with lukewarm water.
  • Wipe it off with a soft cloth or rinse it with lukewarm water.

7. Turmeric Scrub

Turmeric has natural bleaching properties hence it can reduce darkness on your lips and restores your original lip colour. Sugar added in this scrub acts as an exfoliant and shea butter, cocoa butter moisturize your lips. This is the best DIY lip scrub recipe for dark lips.

 Ingredients

  • Turmeric - 1/2 tablespoon
  • Sugar - 3 tablespoon
  • Shea butter - 1 teaspoon
  • Cocoa butter - 1 teaspoon

Or you can add vaseline instead of shea butter and cocoa butter( DIY lip scrub with vaseline)

Process

  • Mix turmeric, sugar, shea butter and cocoa butter in a bowl.
  • Apply this scrub in a circular motion on your lips for about 2 minutes.
  • Leave it on your lips for 5 minutes and rinse with lukewarm water.
  • Follow by applying a lip balm of your choice.

8. Beetroot Lip Scrub

Easy 5 - minute Homemade DIY Lip Scrub Recipes

The best natural lip scrub for pink lips. Beetroot added in this scrub will lighten your dark lips and gives a natural pink tint to your lips, while sugar exfoliates your lips. Moreover, this DIY lip scrub with coconut oil and honey provides moisture and treats dry, chapped lips.

Ingredients

  • Beetroot - half
  • Sugar - 3-4 tablespoon (depending on the amount of beetroot paste formed)
  • Coconut oil - 1/2 tablespoon
  • Honey - 1/2 tablespoon

Process

  • Take half beetroot, peel it and cut it into small pieces.
  • Grind the pieces to form a smooth paste.
  • Take the beetroot paste into a bowl and add sugar, coconut oil and honey.
  • Mix all the ingredients and apply a small amount on your lips and massage it on your lips in a circular motion for about 1minute.
  • Rinse it with warm water.

9. Vitamin E Scrub

Vitamin E has antioxidant properties so it can reduce the process of ageing of your lips. It also has conditioning and nourishing properties to treat your chapped lips.

Ingredients

  • Vitamin E oil - 2 capsules
  • Sugar - 1 tablespoon
  • Honey - 1/2 tablespoon

Process

  • Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
  • Apply a small amount of this scrub on your lips in a circular motion.
  • You can also take a small amount of this scrub on your toothbrush and massage it on your lips in a circular motion.
  • Leave it on your lips for 5 minutes.
  • Wipe it with a smooth cloth or wash with lukewarm water.

10. Chocolate Coffee Lip Scrub

This tasty lip scrub made with chocolate, coffee and sugar will exfoliate and rejuvenate the delicate skin on your lips making them soft, smooth and kissable. Shea butter helps in retaining moisture and avoiding dry lips and Coconut oil, which can penetrate deep into the skin is added to provide ultra smoothing to fight against dry and chapped lips.

Ingredients

  • Cocoa powder - 1/2 tablespoon
  • Coffee grounds - 1/2 tablespoon
  • Sugar - 1/2 tablespoon
  • Shea butter - 1/2 tablespoon
  • Coconut oil - 1/2 tablespoon

Process

  • Mix cocoa powder, coffee, sugar, shea butter and coconut oil in a bowl and stir well.
  • Apply a small amount on your lips and massage it in a circular motion for about 1 minute.
  • Leave it on your lips for 5 minutes and rinse it with warm water.
  • Follow by applying a lip balm of your choice.

11. Mint Lip Scrub

Easy 5 - minute Homemade DIY Lip Scrub Recipes

Methanol present in peppermint oil gives a cooling and soothing effect on the skin of your lips. Therefore it can be used to treat chapped and sunburnt lips. Besides peppermint oil, sugar is added to remove dead skin cells and impurities and reveals your soft lips.

Ingredients

  • Sugar - 1 tablespoon
  • Peppermint oil - 1/2 tablespoon
  • Coconut oil - 1 teaspoon

Process

  • Mix peppermint oil, sugar and coconut oil in a bowl and stir them.
  • Apply a small amount on your lips in a circular motion.
  • Leave it on your lips for 5 minutes
  • Rinse with lukewarm water and apply a lip balm.

Storage of Natural DIY lip scrub

Prepare your DIY lip scrubs in small batches and store them in a clean container which is free from dirt and germs and place this container in the refrigerator. Use this lip scrub within a week.

How often we can use a lip scrub?

You can use a lip scrub 3 times a week but not more than that because the skin on our lips is very sensitive.

Conclusion

Why not give your lips the care it needs especially during these extreme weather conditions. Protect your lips these winters and try these DIY lip scrub at home for soft, plumped, glossy and kissable lips. Let me know in the comments which one is your favourite homemade lip scrub.

Thank you for reading.

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