Happy February Friends!
The good news is that Punxsutawney Phil came out of his hole and did not see his shadow and so now we know that winter will not last forever. Hooray! The bad news is that dry winter skin is a legit problem we all have to deal with. Unless of course you have a plan and some easy DIY fixes to help you out like I am going to share with you all today! Double hooray!!
So don’t let those dry skin blues get the better of you and check out some of these fabulously easy DIY remedies for body butter, chapped lip remedies, face masks and more! Some of these look so good I could just eat them. Seriously.
Ten Ways To Keep Skin, Hair & Lips Moisturized This Winter
1. Homemade Healing Lotion for Dry Skin
3. Coconut Oil and Honey Face Mask
*As a bonus here are some other great resources for utilizing avocado as a part of your skin care regime.
6. Whipped Sugar Cookie Body Butter
8. Whipped Chocolate Body Butter
9. Crazy Hair Moisturizing Pudding
10. Lastly, to help keep your skin hydrated, take a look at my tutorial for creating your own Homemade Sugar Scrub HERE.
But whatever you do, please do not try the Listerine foot soak that is all the rage on Pinterest, because this will happen to you. Don’t say I didn’t warn you…
Stay Happy! Stay Informed!
Love,
Jen
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I am so happy the groundhog didn’t see his shadow and predicted an early winter – just hope he is right, because we all know I am truly not a fan of the winter by any means. But still while it last going to have to try your scrub now :)
Janine Huldie recently posted…5 Honest Teenage Life Lessons Learned from Grease
Me too! It has been down right cold here! I am talking highs of like 40’s! That is apocalypse weather for the desert! Hope you guys warm up soon too :)
Jen recently posted…Ten Ways To Keep Skin, Hair & Lips Moisturized This Winter
Great ideas here. Winter is so hard on us isn’t it. I know I sure take a beating.
Have a fabulous day and bring on spring. ☺
Comedy Plus recently posted…Wordless Wednesday
Thanks! The sun is kind of hard too, but right now our Southern Az. cold snap with highs in the 50’s is killing my skin. Time to moisturize!
Jen recently posted…Ten Ways To Keep Skin, Hair & Lips Moisturized This Winter
Thanks for sharing! Winter is the worst for dry skin – my lips, my hands, my feet. I just want to soak my whole body! haha
ShootingStarsMag recently posted…Sweaterweather: And Other Short Stories by Sara Varon
I hear you! Try one of these for sure. Good luck though not eating them. That whipped sugar cookie body butter sounds good, well at least to me. Have a good one!
Jen recently posted…Ten Ways To Keep Skin, Hair & Lips Moisturized This Winter
Fun stuff! I have psoriasis do I have the extra ace up my sleeve… Steroid cream. Ha!! Now that stuff works. What side effects? I love gaining weight and getting osteoporosis. Totally kidding. I have a sick sense of humor. ?
April recently posted…You can have the gluten, but you’ll never get the chocolate!
Haha! My kids always like hearing the side effects on commercials for medication and then will repeat them back to me. The “May cause sever diarrhea” is one of their personal favorite side effects to quote.
Jen recently posted…Ten Ways To Keep Skin, Hair & Lips Moisturized This Winter
I love making my own sugar scrub! So much better than buying it at Ulta :)
Akaleistar recently posted…Peaches and Petals January 2016
It really is! Plus it so easy to make!
Jen recently posted…Ten Ways To Keep Skin, Hair & Lips Moisturized This Winter
My son’s lips get so chapped in the winter time. He tries all sorts of stuff, but he won’t believe when I tell him to drink more water. That’s the best way to help!
Rabia @TheLiebers recently posted…If Parenting Were a TV Show
True, true. I say the same to my kids, but my hands from the dryness and the dishes and constant washing are just not responding to my increased H2o intake. Darn hands! :)
Jen recently posted…Ten Ways To Keep Skin, Hair & Lips Moisturized This Winter
I am moisturizing like CRAZY recently.. and taking lots of Vitamin E supplements.. and is it working so amazingly I am literally randomly stroking my skin.. haha.. (creepy right?!) – http://www.domesticgeekgirl.com
Gingi recently posted…Finally: Marvel Is Embracing Female Heroes
BWHAHA! That is something I would totally do! Moisturize away my friend! No dry skin for you :)
Jen recently posted…Ten Ways To Keep Skin, Hair & Lips Moisturized This Winter
I have super dry skin year round, but winter takes it to another level. When my husband kindly offers to rub my feet, I’m like, “What – NO! – Run! Save yourself!” Because they are hideous until May.
Haha! That is exactly what it is like during the winter!! Well until it hits heinously hot down here, like one billion degrees and that is a whole new level of skin woes!
Jen recently posted…Ten Ways To Keep Skin, Hair & Lips Moisturized This Winter
My oh so dry and itchy skin is thanking you :). Thanks for sharing!
Glad you liked this! Just doing my part to kick dry skin to the curb :)
Jen recently posted…Ten Ways To Keep Skin, Hair & Lips Moisturized This Winter
Thank goodness that little rodent didn’t see his shadow! My lips have been more chapped this year than I can ever remember. Definitely need to take a look at the lip remedy.
Leslie recently posted…Under Construction
Dang! H2o and some of that chapped lip remedy should do the trick! This week we haven’t gotten past 50 degrees. That is like end of the world cold for this time of year!
Jen recently posted…Ten Ways To Keep Skin, Hair & Lips Moisturized This Winter
Hi Jen, I’ve been promising myself a face mask in the hope of kicking some life back into my skin, but haven’t quite got there yet; the coconut oil and honey face mask sounds perfect and I just happen to have both ingredients at hand.
I’d be like a woman possessed if I were to knock up some whipped chocolate body butter! I’m not sure it would even be a safe thing for me to use.
xx
Debbie recently posted…Man Made Tunnels
I know right? Gone are the days of those smelly old concoctions that we used to have to put on our faces and feet! Blech! My mom used to have this terrible smelling face cream when I was little that she would use for dry skin. I think it might have killed brain cells so you just thought your skin was soft :)
Jen recently posted…Long Live The Snow Queen, Doughnut Runs And Other Stories
Heh, we did the listerine thing but used the brown colored one.
This has been a topic of conversation down here even in Florida. My brother-in-law moved to California and is having skin problems from the dryness. We have been talking coconut oil, but I always hate the smell of it on myself.
Tamara recently posted…They’re All Going to Eat You!
Did the brown Listerine foot soak work? I think if you mix the coconut oil with other things it smells less potent. The straight stuff is a little gooey too. I am a fan of any of these body butters that look like I could eat them!
Jen recently posted…Long Live The Snow Queen, Doughnut Runs And Other Stories
I’m am not much of a DIY person, but my friends and I made some sugar scrubs at a birthday gathering recently. Everything came out great and then later I felt it needed some coconut oil. This was a fun activity and it had the whole house smelling good. Worked good on my feet, too! :)
Lowanda J recently posted…Thank You Notes: Graduation Edition
Yay! I love making homemade sugar scrubs! Because they really are easy and they smell so very good :)
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nice website and informative
Glad you liked it!