Wednesday 18 July 2012

DIY: Lip Scrub

Hello guys

So for today's post I am going to show you the lip scrubs that I made and I'm going to tell you what I used to make them and where I got the recipe from. I've heard of lip scrubs a couple of different times but have never tried one myself, after reading a blog post about how smooth it makes your lips I decided to buy one but decided they were quite expensive for small pots. I remembered seeing some blog posts about making your own lip scrub so thought I'd have a go!


I decided to make two different lip scrubs as I saw many different recipes and didn't know what one would be best!

The pictures above show what I used to make both of the different lip scrubs, I also used spoons but haven't included them in the pictures. I used two separate recipes but didn't follow them exactly and mine turned out completely fine so feel free to actually create your own recipe!

The two recipes I used are from here and here. For the first recipe (brown sugar) I used coconut milk instead of oil and it worked fine but it was watery which meant you need to use more of the other ingredients! The second recipe (white sugar) I added about two teaspoons of lemon juice to give it a bit of a flavour.


Once I had put the lip scrub into the pots I noticed that it was quite runny so I put them in the fridge for about 20 minutes and after taking them out they are the perfect consistency!

Overall both the lip scrubs were extremely easy to make and I definitely would recommend trying them! I have tried both and after using them my lips are extremely smooth and I know I will definitely use these all the time! My favourite out of the two is the brown sugar one as brown sugar is thicker than the white sugar but both of the lip scrubs taste absolutely AMAZING and because of what ingredients are in it they are actually edible so you don't have to worry about any product getting into your mouth!


[The white sugar scrub is on the left and the brown sugar one is on the right]

Thanks for reading!

Have you tried making your own lip scrubs?

xx

14 comments:

  1. This is a great post, I usually make my own with just white sugar and honey or what ever I can find in the house haha, it's definitely much cheaper than buying an already made lip scrub! xx

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    1. Thanks! it definitely is much cheaper and I actually enjoyed making it. The fact you know what is actually going into it is also a bonus!xx

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  2. neeed to try this
    thank you for this post :)

    http://kemples.blogspot.co.uk/


    xxxxxxx

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    1. No problem! I definitely recommend doing it, let me know if you do! :)

      xx

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  3. this is such a good idea! i use the lush lip scrub but would love to try making my own and i have one of the mini soap and glory scrub tubs im nearly done with! perfect :)
    alltheprettythings-x.blogspot.co.uk
    xox

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    1. Thanks! That's the one I was going to buy but decided to make my own, I would definitely recommend that you try it! The soap and glory mini tubs are exactly what I used so they will definitely be perfect :)

      xx

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  4. Such a good idea. Love the tutorial. It would make a really nice personal gift as well. Going to be trying this soon.

    x
    nichola

    www.nicholatolchard.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Thanks! it definitely would make a nice gift as you could always make the jar/tub look really pretty! Let me know how yours turns out! :)

      xx

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  5. This is so cool! If i have some free time I will try this out.

    Just followed. Would appreciate it if you checked out my blog
    notanobession.blogspot.com

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    1. Thanks! you definitely should! and I will check it out :)

      xx

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  6. This is great! I love this post, thanks for sharing it. You have inspired me to have a go :D

    OutsideBeautyInsideHealth

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    1. Thank you so much! you definitely should have a go, let me know how it goes! xx

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  7. OMG, What a fab idea I am definitly going to make this at the weekend!! Thanks for sharing hun!

    Em

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    Em's Mixed Bag

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    1. No problem! hope it turns out okay! let me know how it goes :)

      xx

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