Tackle Chapped lips – DIY Lip Care Routine

Pretties, we have reached that time of the year when weather changes are evident and even our beloved Jeddah starts getting a bit cooler or I should rather say pleasant and this is often welcomed by flu and dry lips. For cold and flu you can go to the doctor but I got a solution for your dry lips, all you need to do is raid your pantry! seriously.   

So begin by scrubbing your lips, using this miraculous DIY lip scrub recipe. 

– 3 tablespoons of olive oil 
– 3 tablespoon of sugar (white fine sugar)
– 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder 

Mix sugar and olive oil, once it is completely mashed gradually add the cinnamon powder and voila – your lip scrub is ready. yes, it is that simple, I usually store it in a glass container which lasts for few days or weeks if you refrigerate it. 

After scrubbing, moisturize your lips and make them ready for a perfect smile. I am sharing my secret  organic moisturizer that my mum once told me to use when I had chapped lips and I still use it till date every day before going to bed. So the magical moisturizer is  chocolate butter – yes you heard it right! I make it by adding chocolate and butter, so sweet lovers- alert, this is for you.

– 2 tablespoon butter ( I use lurpark unsalted)

– 1 tablespoon dark chocolate. 

mix both the ingredients on a double boiler or microwave for 20 – 30 seconds and then mix well using a spatula. once cooled down, store it in small containers and refrigerate it so you use it for months. I found a creative way to store mine, empty the used floating candle container and pour the chocolate butter mixture in it. 

Sinfully Healthy – Right Eating Guide

Every girl’s fantasy would be to not gain weight even after living on cupcakes or chilli fries. Snap! Dream is over girls as in the real world this does not happen. Hey! but here is the catch you don’t have to kill your cravings but just choose smartly.And to guide through this, I am presenting my weekly “Sinfully Healthy” section in which  I will share some common dietary mistakes that we all do however,  if we choose smartly we can cut down on bad food and gradually embrace healthy lifestyle…so girls it’s all bout choosing wisely.

Dark Chocolate

Just because its dark  does not necessarily mean its healthy, choose that has maximum levels of cocoa and check out the nutrition label if it says “processed with alkali” that means you need to dump it back to the supermarket shelf. look for chocolate bars that have 70% minimum cocoa , the safest bet are Lindt 70%- 85% cocoa bars and Green and Black’s organic that have 70%- 80% cocoa. you can easily find them at Danube or Manuel. 

Take care and stay away from making wrong choices and while filling in the weekly groceries, just have a careful look at the nutrition label at the back of the chocolate bar if it is processed with Alkali then it is an absolute NO NO.

Reduced fat peanut butter

The biggest mistake we often commit is to pick up that jar of reduced peanut butter from the diet section shelf of Danube, isn’t it just so tempting. Alert! drop that since, the fat in peanut butter is good and when the fat level is reduced , sugar is added to bring back its lost flavor. Look for natural peanut butter that should just contain peanuts and salt. of course the best way is to make your own peanut butter at home , its easy peasy ( stay tuned, I will post the recipe soon) 

That’s all for now, until next week- stay healthy and choose wisely.