Afternoon beauty fix: Moisturize cracked lips with gusto!

By Rebecca Perrin | September 19th, 2011 | 2:00 pm

My lips are so dry and cracked it hurts to smile! What’s an effective and fast way to moisturize?
Lips are made of skin that doesn’t produce its own oil, so they’re susceptible to dryness to begin with, but a change in climate, a super-spicy meal, or a general deficiency in vitamins will lead to chapping and horribly painful cracks. Cease use of products that taste like candy (in other words, stop licking your lips), and use a treatment like The Body Shop‘s Vitamin E Lip Care SPF 15 ($8, at The Body Shop). It has beeswax to condition cracks and seal moisture in, plus Vitamin E to smoothen rough surfaces and increase your lipstick-wearing feasibility.

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