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As we’re searching for moments of accessible self-care while spending more time at home, it’s never been a better time to look in the kitchen for some DIY beauty products. Last week, we walked through a hair mask recipe, and now it's time to turn our attention to the lips. Enter: the at-home lip scrub. Made with anti-inflammatory honey and skin buffing sugar, the exfoliating formula is crafted with the same essentials you’d use for baking—and this one is Kardashian-approved.
"I love to do a lip scrub, especially if I'm going to be wearing a bright lip or a dark lip," Kourtney Kardashian explained in her Vogue Beauty Secrets video. "[It] make[s] sure your lips are really soft." The clean beauty guru concocts her scrub by combining equal parts honey, coconut oil, and organic raw sugar. "I just keep these products in my bathroom so that I can make them anytime," she says while swiping the mixture across her lips for a smooth pout.
"Coconut oil has insane moisturizing properties plus omega-fatty acid and anti-bacterial benefits," adds lip scrub aficionado Sara Happ, who began cooking up her own mixture in her kitchen 15 years ago and has since turned her passion project into a successful brand. The pro also suggests adding antioxidant-rich honey to the sugar mix since "it soothes dry chapped lips by drawing moisture from the air and into the skin." Lastly, the pro urges a gentle application; "Be sure to scrub lightly with an at-home blend," Happ says, as the ingredients and measurements aren't exact. The other thing worth noting? “It’s totally safe to eat if it gets in your mouth!”