How to make natural lip gloss at home

Try this chemical-free homemade lip gloss for dry and chapped lips this winter.

Love to apply lip gloss every day? Now you can make one at home which is absolutely natural. What s more? It can be stored for several days so that you don t have to make it too often and even if you lick it, you are not ingesting any chemicals. Sounds fun and healthy! Dr Nirmala Shetty recommends this lip gloss in her book Beauty At Your Fingertips . Here s how to make it. Also try these natural lip balms.

Steps:

• Take 2 tsp of honey, almond oil and vitamin E oil.
• Also take 3 tsp of strawberry pulp but it should be strained so that there are no seeds.
• Now blend all these ingredients together.
• You will have a thick paste.
• Fill it in a small glass bottle and then keep it in the freezer.
• Apply it two to three times in a day.
• This lip gloss can be stored for up to a week.

This lip gloss does not have preservatives and chemicals so it is safe for your lips. Usually we consume anything we apply on our lips and most cosmetics have chemicals in them. But with this one you are not doing any harm to your body. All the ingredients used will moisturise your lips so use it liberally in winter when lips tend to get chapped. The addition of strawberry will give your lips a nice tint making them look pink. Also read - how to get beautiful lips.

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