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Does anyone know of a miracle balm for cracked and very dry lips? Thanx guys

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4 years ago
Stop licking your lips!

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4 years ago
Who said anyone was licking them? The weather, illness, medication etc could be causes too

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4 years ago
Yes, sunburn, rubbing, bad skincare products, irritation

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4 years ago
Maybe someone else is licking them

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4 years ago
Nah. I'm probably giving hubby too many headjobs 🤣

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4 years ago
Carmex

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4 years ago
teramycin

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4 years ago
gross!

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4 years ago
I think the person who keeps telling us we are wrong has her own natural lip balm business and is trying to steer us away from the shops. I love the palmers cocoa butter with vitamin E. I use it in the morning and it lasts all day. My lips used to be so dry but not anymore.

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4 years ago
I'm 'the person who keeps telling'. I'm not saying anyone is wrong. I'm saying the ingredients will be doing the harm and causing the problem. I only know this as I had the same problem. I thought it would be helpful information to all. As it was to me years ago when I didn't know this. And no, I do not have any business, I work at Coles.

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4 years ago
^And to add, I used to use Carmex (loved it) , for over 10yrs and would recommend it. But also had dry lips and always carried it and applied it countless time a day. And since my lips never really got any better (only felt good once I put it on, then it would wear off), I looked into cause, and hence the ingredients.

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4 years ago
Well you don’t have to say it in everyone’s posts. Just make your own post with your advice and leave it at that. Different products work for different people.

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4 years ago
But she looked it up on the internet so it must be true

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4 years ago
Haha 👍

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4 years ago
Why don't you look it up yourself?

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4 years ago
^ from what I'm reading, I'm guessing that most people have better things to do than stalk the same post so if you're lucky then maybe they will just take your word for it

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4 years ago
try heel balm

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4 years ago
yuk lol

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4 years ago
Bag Balm is good for any cracked skin.

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4 years ago
I'm scared to ask what that is

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4 years ago
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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4 years ago
gross!

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4 years ago
Paw paw creqm, is magic!

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4 years ago
Not much paw paw

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4 years ago
Well maybe you don’t need much. It obviously works for this lady.

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4 years ago
I think she meant there is not much paw paw in actual paw paw cream. Gotta find the pure stuff

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4 years ago
So just get fruit and rub it in your face?

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4 years ago
Any fruit or just paw paw? 😂^^

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4 years ago
I just rubbed my face in a rockmelon. Didn't work

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4 years ago
Try taking the skin off first next time.

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4 years ago
lol Just having image of someone head-butting a melon!

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4 years ago
Thanx for the laugh ladies 💜

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4 years ago
I'm putting my son to sleep & just burst out laughing 😆😆😆. Nice one 👍

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4 years ago
Carmex lip balm. I get mine from the chemist. First time I used it I had been camping for 4 days and my lips were so cracked, dry and sun and wind burnt that even opening my mouth to talk caused them to bleed profusely. I used this stuff when I got home and within 2 days they were back to normal. It tastes like crap and smells weird, but damn it works lol

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4 years ago
It's that good that my "manly" husband who refuses to use any moisturiser of any kind, keeps some in his tackle box for when he gets wind burn while out fishing lol

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4 years ago
Contains camphor, menthol and salicylic acid

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4 years ago
And? OP asked for something that works and it works

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4 years ago
^over time it will creat more problems so it won't 'work'

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4 years ago
It does work.

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4 years ago
Thank you ^. As I stated in my post, I used it for 2 days and my lips were back to normal. I have been using it for over 15 years fishing, camping, working on the farm and everything with no problems. 1-2 days of use then back to normal until next time I decide to stay out in the sun all day with little to no water

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4 years ago
I just bought some Carmen. Lips feel better already :)

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4 years ago
nice

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4 years ago
You can get it different flavours too

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4 years ago
So I check out what 'that' lady was on about. Not my words so don't atrack me, here is a copy and paste from the Paula's Choice website;
Dry Lips Causes

A surprising cause of dry, cracked lips is using lip products that contain ingredients such as peppery capsicum, menthol, menthoxypropanediol (an especially potent form of menthol), camphor, peppermint, ginger, mint oil, cinnamon, and fragrance (natural or synthetic), all of which cause skin-damaging irritation. These ingredients are shockingly common in lip products, particularly those that claim to plump lips or even to care for cracked lips!

When lips become dry (especially for men, who typically don’t wear lip gloss or lipstick), we tend to automatically and repetitively lick them to restore moisture, but that’s futile. Licking your lips makes them feel better for a few seconds, but it’s actually a bad thing to do. Your tongue transfers saliva from your mouth to your lips, which eats away and destroys the thin layer of skin covering the lips. This can easily become a vicious cycle, leading to painful, cracked, and even severely dehydrated lips.


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4 years ago
Guess she was right

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4 years ago
This is probably her replying to her own posts 😂😂

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4 years ago
😆

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4 years ago
I'm none of those posters but, I thought the all the inform everybody was good. But now I think why bother trying to help/inform/educate idiots though if these are the kind of response you get

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4 years ago
You can inform people, I think that’s great and helpful. But it should be posted once and left. To go on everyone’s posts and continually post her thoughts was rude and unnecessary. The OP wanted suggestions so that’s what people were doing. What works for one may not work for others. She just turned it into an argument by hijacking everyone’s posts with her own thoughts.

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4 years ago
I think ingredients play a big part in the skin/lip care

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4 years ago
lanolins

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4 years ago
Bepanthen. Apply before going to bed, it does miracles for the lips

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4 years ago
My beautician recommended this also.

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4 years ago
Margot Robbie uses it and her lips are luscious 💋

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4 years ago
I tried bepanthen. It's horrible

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4 years ago
Stop licking your lips and/or biting them - if you do.
Sorry, don't know any miracle balm, I use everything

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4 years ago
Dermal therapy lip balm - it was a game changer for me. Never buying any other lip balm again

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4 years ago
Where do you buy it from?

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4 years ago
Pretty much everywhere. Chemists, supermarkets. Look for the blue packet. Think I brought it last at chemists warehouse.

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4 years ago
Camphor, menthol, or salicylic acid can cause inflammation and loss of hydration. This, in turn, causes your lips to need more moisture so you keep applying the product and it turns into a vicious cycle

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4 years ago
This is brilliant stuff, I recommend it too. I’m not sure what the other lady is on about but I only use it twice a day. Every other lip balm I’ve tried tingles on my lips. Dermal is very hydrating and feels nice.

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4 years ago
Well it worked wonders for me so I guess you might be wrong

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4 years ago
I use once or twice a week if needed

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4 years ago
Blistex lip ointment in the tube. Brilliant.

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4 years ago
Vaseline

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4 years ago
Vaseline seals the moisture in, but you need something to moisturise first

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4 years ago
Wow, did not know this, makes sense

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4 years ago
I use breezebalm- its a gold coast company. it does absolute wonders especially as i react to alot of other ones. it is a bit expensive but i love it
Ive also used it on eczema and for tattoos when ive gotten them to help with healing

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4 years ago
Vaseline

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4 years ago
Dermal lip balm. My daughter had to use it when on acne medication because the meds were extremely drying.

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4 years ago
It has Camphor and Menthol in it which is not good for your lips.

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4 years ago
Camphor, menthol, or salicylic acid can cause inflammation and loss of hydration. This, in turn, causes your lips to need more moisture so you keep applying the product and it turns into a vicious cycle

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4 years ago
Well that wasn’t the case for my daughter. It worked brilliantly for her and is recommended by dermatologists while on the meds because of the intense drying it causes. She didn’t like the one with spf but the regular one was perfect.

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4 years ago
Any lip balm or moisturiser without camphor, menthol, or salicylic acid AND SPF15 during the day - lips only burn, not tan. Don’t need the sunscreen during the night.

Try not to lick your lips or bite or pick at them.

Lip balm examples;
-Nivea - most of Nivea’s lip range with SPF, read labels, such as ‘A Kiss of Smoothness Hydrating Lip Care SPF 15’
-CeraVe - ‘Broad-Spectrum SPF 30’

For night - any good antioxidant moisturiser you want (or if you are inside).

I like ‘Lanolips Golden Dry Skin All Over Salve’ for when I’m inside out of the sun.

If you are unsure of ingredients go to beautypedia(dot)com to look up the product or to ‘Paula’s Choice’ click on the ‘Expert Advice’ tab in top right hand corner then on ‘Ingredients List’ - here you can individually look up every ingredient in every makeup and skincare thing you own.

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4 years ago
Incredibly helpful, thanks

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4 years ago
Blistex

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4 years ago
Carmen. I used to get really dry, cracked, chapped lips. I use this religiously now and haven’t had any issue since.

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4 years ago
Anything, then covered with vasceline. This is the stuff they use at severe eczema in skin hospitals in Europe

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4 years ago
Paw paw