Last week I received a gift from Australia. Surprised! I opened it and there was a little bag with the logo of Organic Island printed in gold.  Oh! It’s Organic Island, I’ve been longing for the ’shell’ since I came across the website.

Not only the bag, when I took up the shell,  each Organic Island’s Shell Lip Balm is packaged in real shell, and mine is pink in color, great, it’s one of my favorite colors as you can see the theme of Lipzing which is pink pink.

Moreover, there’s a card inside the bag:

Dear Zing,

Enjoy your 100% Natural, Shell Lip Balm.

From: Organic Island

I was touched again with this personalized card tied up with satin white ribbon, I’m keeping it as a bookmark now. Precious!

I tried the balm and it’s truly the best lip balm I’ve ever used. In fact,  I seldom use lip balm these days as my lips are quite sensitive to commercial balm. They tend to get tingled and uncomfortable whenever a commercial balm or gloss  is applied.

But to my surprise,  Organic Island’s Shell Lip Balm doesn’t give such tingling effect. It’s so mild and tender, the layer is so thin that my lips don’t feel any burden. The lips adapt to the balm shortly it is applied and the softness  could remain for quite a while. 

From the list of natural ingredients stated, I know the balm will do good in a subtle way to my lips besides its tender and mild effect.

 Go green, I guess it’s the right time for my lips, and now I’m thinking of my face, to switch to organic path. Yes, organic skin care is the future and Lipzing would gradually follow the green path.

Just imagine, when someone send you a gift which takes care of your body, in this case, your lips, as the lip balm is 100% natural, all the ingredients are carefully selected and blended to give your lips the safest treat, how would you not appreciate it?

My heartiest thank to Organic Island.

Hopefully the goodness of Organic Island’s Shell Lip Balm which is 100% natural will care more lips and touch more hearts in future.

To your red and healthy lips

Zing

But, there are flaws of home remedies for lip care. Guess what? It takes time to prepare, can’t keep for long and not as portable as commercial lip products. Thus, good quality natural lip balm and lip gloss are the alternatives for home remedies.

When we think about lip balm, Burt’s Bees would come into our mind. Undoubtedly, Burt’s Bees is the household name for lip balm. Would your mom remind you to apply Burt’s Bee when your lips were getting dry? Yes, my mom used to do that.

Burt’s Bees claims that its products are natural. In other words, their products use natural ingredients though there is no legal definition for the term ‘natural’. Burt’s Beens have a wide range of lip care products, people with chapped lips should go for Medicated Lip Balm for treatment and non-flavored Beewax Lip Balm for daily protection.

I emphasize on non-flavored balm as to avoid licking on your lips. If you put on strawberry, honey, mint or any other flavored balms, you would be tempted to lick and eat it, right? :) Our saliva tends to evaporate easily and the lips would become drier.

Besides menthol and camphor, Burt’s Bees Medicated Lip Balm contains clove oil which is a natural antiseptic derived from clove, a type of tropical spice. My mom likes to add it when she cooks curry. This combination of  ingredients should help to relieve sensational pain of chapped lips and protecting the lips from further crack. Apply it when your lips are too dry and about to peel out. Never wait til your lips crack or chap. Burt’s Bees lip balms could be found everywhere.

I shall recommend another brand of lip balm  which is not only natural, but organic in my next article. Stay tuned.

To your chapped free lips,

Zing

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As we know yogurt is as nutritious as skim milk as it contains protein, calcium, magnesium, vitamin B besides its active culture. Your drying lip cells crave for these nutritions. You wouldn’t know how it does wonder to your lips until you see the result with your own eyes.

Just follow the steps below:

1. Mix 1 tbsp of yogurt with 3 drops of lemon juice.

2. Refrigerate it for 15 mins.

3. Take it out and apply on your lips with cotton bud.

4. Cover your lips with cling wrap, leave it for 15 mins.

5. Unwrap and wash your lips with warm water.

6. Lastly, apply lip balm on your lips.

Take a peek on your revitalized fine and smooth lips.

This lip care natural remedy is especially useful to clear dry chapped lips. Stand the cooling sensation on your lips and do it on a regular basis. Well, the problems of dryness, peeling and chapping on lips should be able to leave you soon.

Again, consistency is a must on the application of natural remedy. Severe case of dry chapped lips however should seek specialist’s advice before applying any natural remedy.

To your healthy and kissable lips,

Zing

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I’ve been searching for some lip products online and offline for the past 4 weeks. There’re indeed a bunch of them, be it lipstick, lip balm, lip gloss, lip treatment essence or whatsoever the name it’s crowned, I like to pick the most reliable and value-for-money products which could be highlighted and shared with you over Lipzing.

I’ve been a guinea pig to ‘experiment’ some of them too. Finally, I come out with a list of them and I’ll post them one by one in future. The list would definitely grow and change with time. Hope you guys stay with me forever

Alright, let’s start with the first product, a balm like product with therapeutic, protection, hydrating and glossing effects.

Dry and chapped lips are quite common in cold weather or dry and hot summer. Wearing good quality lip balm is just a necessity when we face such situation. Plain lip balm is good enough to protect your lips from dryness. However, to heal irritated chapped lips and prevent them from further damage under the sun or dry condition, we need more than a lip balm.

DDF Glossy Lip Therapy SPF 15 was thus created. It not only plays the role of a balm with sunscreen power of SPF 15 as recommended by Skin Cancer Foundation (please check the seal) but it treats dry and irritated chapped lips as well. Besides that, its richness in shea butter certainly helps to mosturize the lips and thus healing could be achieved gracefully.

As its name implies, DDF Glossy Lip Therapy SPF 15 makes the lips shine with natural color. You don’t even need to wear lipstick. Most important thing is it leaves the lips ‘peppermintly’ fresh.

And yes, it’s unisex, man needs to look good and healthy on their lips too, aren’t they?

To your healthy and sexy lips,

Zing

The ingredients are merely honey plus Vitamin E.

• Just take one capsule of Vitamin E, poke it and mix the oil with a teaspoon of honey.
• Stir up into light yellow sticky form.
• Apply the mixture onto your lips with a cotton bud before you go to bed.
• Lastly, don’t eat it up while you’re in the dream land, *giggle* I used to fail at this part, but practice makes perfect. I know you’d manage to do it, thinking of the amazing result.

Yes, you could expect a result as comparable to that of a lip care session at beauty salon. Try it consistently to maintain a smooth and youthful lips.

To your healthy and sexy lips,

Zing

1. Dry And Chapped Lips
   Commonly found among people living under dry and humid weather condition or staying long hours in centrally heated or air-conditioned room. Those who suck or lick habitually on their lips are at risk too. According to Dr. Elsenberg of University of Connecticut Health Center,the over-wetting with saliva of the outer lips due to chronic lip licking can actually lead to harmful dryness or even infection of the lips, with peeling, cracking and discomfort. Chapped lips are exposed to the risk of sunburn too.
   Causes: Dry air, humid condition, winter, hot sun, habitual licking and sucking on lips.
2. Sunburn
   Lip is easily burnt by the UV ray as it’s very thin with only 3-5 cellular layers and has very few melanin, the natural pigment which serve to screen the UV ray. We get lip burn if we don’t wear any lip protection as our lips are always exposed and noticeable.
   Cause: UV ray from sun
3. Traumatic Lesion
   Beware of your own teeth as habitual chewing always causes traumatic lip lesions. Another culprit is sucking or licking on the lips. As mentioned above, saliva evaporates and leaves behind dry lips which tend to chap or crack.
   Causes: Habitual chewing, sucking and licking on lips
4. Yeast Infections
   2 major causes which lead to yeast infections are antibiotic treatment and inappropriate medications which lead to dryness of the mouth. The natural microbial balance is altered and yeast just sneak in. The infections are characterized by chronic fissures, redness and crustiness at the angles of the mouth.
   Causes: Antibiotic treatment, inappropriate medications
5. Recurrent Cold Sores
   They’re also known as fever blisters which last for one week to 10 days on each outbreak and potentially contagious. The major culprit of the condition is Herpes Simplex virus. Stress, menses, fever, sun exposure or intensely cold environment might trigger the episodic outbreak. 
   Cause: Herpes Simplex virus Apparently, it’s not easy to avoid these 5 common lip problems but with self-determination, it could be done to certain extent. Let’s stop licking the lips as the first step.

To your healthy and kissable lips,

Zing

P/S: If you’re looking for a natural cold sores solution which is effective and safe, I highly recommend Grace Melgarejo’s Free Cold Sores In 3 Days . It works. Visit the site for more information.