| Summer is gone and we are headed into fall. | | | | was young is, coat the lips with bees wax. This is |
| Cooler weather brings on the problem of chapped | | | | a natural method direct from nature. The wax |
| lips. Why do we have problems with our lips? | | | | seals in moisture and prevents the wind from |
| Most of us don't realize that the thin skin of the | | | | drying the lips. Rub it on generously as often as |
| lips do not produce any oil of their own. What can | | | | needed. Also, you can buy commercial lip balm |
| we do to help? | | | | that contain bees wax and sunscreen. |
| There are several things we can do to aid our lips | | | | If you forgot your prevention and you now your |
| in protecting against cold and wind. First, although | | | | lips are dry and hurting, you can clean off the |
| we can buy good lipstick type protection, there | | | | flaking skin with a damp cloth by gently rubbing in |
| are some natural ways to prevent and restore | | | | a circling motion. This cleans and massages the |
| chapped lips. | | | | lips. Cover with vitamin E to start the healing. |
| A great prevention is pure vitamin E oil applied to | | | | As in everything else concerning our health, an |
| the lips before enter the cold or braving the wind. | | | | ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as |
| I am not referring to the lotion as it is not pure, | | | | the old saying goes. Don't forget to apply a |
| having been diluted. Easy to use as you just rub | | | | covering for your lips when ever you are going |
| the oil in slowly and gentle, covering the complete | | | | outdoors, even when the weather is warm. Wind |
| lip line. | | | | always has a drying effect on our skin and that |
| Another way I learned from a bee keeper when I | | | | includes our lips. |