Looking for a simple way to use hyaluronic acid for your lips ? then a lip balm with hyaluronic acid is the best. So, in this article you will learn how to make a diy hyaluronic acid lip balm at home.
This homemade hyaluronic acid lip balm will help to add moisture to your lips, gives them a natural plump and makes your lips super hydrated. It will also help to fill lines in your lips and heal them if they are chapped or dry.
Before starting with the recipe, let’s know some things about hyaluronic acid and how it is beneficial for your lips.
What Is Hyaluronic Acid ?
Hyaluronic acid is a substance naturally present in our body’s connective tissues. It is a humectant which means it can retain water and H.A has the capacity to retain water 1000 times of it’s weight.
Although it is naturally found in our body but it decreases as our age increases. It plays a vital role in keeping our skin hydrated, plump and healthy.
Benefits of Hyaluronic Acid For Lips :
As I already mentioned that hyaluronic acid is naturally present in our body but it decreases with age. Also not only due to age but it can also decrease due to environmental factors. One good thing is you can use it topically.
That means you can incorporate products that has hyaluronic acid in them in your daily routine. So, the way hyaluronic acid is important to keep our skin healthy it plays a significant role for lips too. Let’s see how –
- Hyaluronic acid helps to keep lips hydrated
- Reduces chapped and dry lips
- Provides plump to your lips
- Fills the lines or cracks in lips and makes your lips more fuller
- Protects lips from sun damage
- Makes your lips much more youthful, soft and improves overall lip health.
So, above are some amazing benefits that hyaluronic acid provides to your lips. So using a lip balm that contains hyaluronic acid is a great way to keep your lips beautiful and healthy.
Now, let’s know a simple recipe to make diy hyaluronic acid lip balm at home
Ingredients :
- Beeswax – 1 Tablespoon
- Hilurlip – 1/4 Teaspoon
- Argan oil – 1/4 Teaspoon
- Cocoa butter – 1/2 Tablespoon
- Essential oil – 2 drops ( lavender, clary sage, rose geranium or any other that does not irritate lips)
Also you can double or triple the quantities if you want to make big batches.
Directions :
- The first thing you have to do is to melt beeswax and cocoa butter. If you want to make vegan lip balm then you can substitute beeswax with some vegan wax like rice bran, sunflower wax or candelilla wax etc.
- Add your wax and cocoa butter in a heat safe container and melt them using double boiling method
- Then remove the container from heat once melted
- Add argan oil and mix, let it cool a bit
- Then add hilurlip and essential oil
- Mix evenly
- Pour the mixture in a clean container.
Your homemade hyaluronic acid lip balm is ready.
Now let’s know some amazing benefits of using this lip balm
Beeswax is a commonly used wax for lip balms. It helps to moisturize your lips and forms a protective layer on the lips. It also helps to solidify your lip balm. Beeswax also comes with anti-inflammatory properties which helps to reduce swelling or redness on lips.
Hilurlip is an oil based hyaluronic acid which has sodium hyaluronate. It is processed specially for better penetration. It helps to retain moisture in your lips and gives a natural plump to lips.
P.S. As hyaluronic acid comes in a powder form and dissolves easily in water or water based ingredients. It becomes difficult to add hyaluronic acid powder to oil based ingredients. That is why using hyaluronic acid in powder form at home is difficult with oil based products.
You can get hilurlip from lotioncrafter. They uses a special technology to create this oil based hyaluronic acid which provides tones of benefits for lips.
Argan oil is a lightweight oil, it comes with vitamin A, E and omega 3 & 6 fatty acids. It helps to deeply nourish your lips and seals in moisture. It also has antioxidants that fights with environmental damage.
It is a quick absorbing oil and does not make your lips feel very heavy, sticky and greasy. So, you can easily use argan oil in your diy lip balms.
Cocoa butter again comes with antioxidants that reduces ageing and fights with free radical damage. It is a natural emollient that helps to soothe and hydrate your lips. It helps to form a protective layer on your lips and reduces chapped lips.
Final Thoughts :
So, this homemade hyaluronic acid lip is an easy and great way to add hyaluronic acid in your lip care routine. It will hydrate your lips and improves overall lip health.
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