February 13, 2007
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Chapped Lips?
I’ve always had the worst chapped lips. This is gross but…sometimes it gets so bad there are pieces hanging off and I get into a really bad habit of picking at it…then my lips start bleeding. *sigh* Anyways, so I was sitting here thinking of all the different remedies I’ve tried. Here are just a few:
LORAC’s Vitamin E Stick – too dry
Kinerase Lip Treatment – not really for chapped lips, more for wrinkles & lines
Clinique Superbalm Lip Treatment – okay but didn’t see much improvement
Clinique All About Lips – not really a remedy for chapped lips
Clarins Moisture Replenishing Lip Balm – felt more like a gloss
Bliss Superbalm SPF 15 – felt more like a chapstick
Clinique Repairwear Intensive Lip Treatment – actually liked this one but it wasn’t strong enough to help me
Chapsticks (original, medicated, moisturizer, overnight) – these just make things worse
Aveeno Essential Moisture Lip Conditioner with SPF 15 – a facialist actually recommended this to me…but it was just like chapstick!
Burt’s Bees Beeswax Lip Balm – doesn’t work for me…just like chapstick
Neutrogena MoistureShine Lip Soother – this one is actually pretty cool, very glossy…doesn’t work for severely chapped lips though
Neutrogena Lip Boost Intense Moisture Therapy – this one made my lips even drier!
Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant – this works pretty well…probably my #2
Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Lip Protectant Stick SPF 15 – oddly, this one doesn’t work as well as the skin protectant on lips
Elemis Lip Rescue – creamy but not enough to help me
NARS Rain Lip Therapy – not for you if you have severely chapped lips…the whiteness just makes the chappiness (hehehehe) stick out
I’ve tried many others but there’s no point writing about them now because………..I’ve found the perfect one!! My dermatologist recommended it to me and this has been the only thing that has worked for me!! At first I thought it was only for your face/body and felt weird about putting it on my lips…but then I tried it and my lips haven’t seen a chapped-hanging-dry-skin-piece ever since!
Aquaphor Healing Ointment
Facts:- fragrance-free and preservative-free
- hypoallergenic and won’t clog pores
- helps heal cracked, dry, damaged, irritated skin
- helps heal chapped lips (!!!)
- recommended to patients by dermatologists and pediatricians
- suitable for both the body and the face
- worked a miracle on Skippee’s chapped lips
- read reviews here –> click on me please
I had to share in this awesome discovery with my Xanga buddies. I also just ordered 20 for my buddies~ so please let me know if you want one or if I forget to give you one.

Comments (42)
I could’ve told you that! It takes care of them in ONE day.
wOw! i use lipsmackers. hahaha! i don’t have dry lips… but having lovely moisturized lips all the time would be great! =) i’m gonna get me some!
wow!! i want one!!! i heard that aquaphor is great! i was on the plane coming home from princeton and i had my burt’s bees beeswax and this guy told me that aquaphor is even better! i said does it make your lips tingle? he said no. so i was disappointed, but is it really good? i wanna try one now! of course they don’t sell them here in london. i tell ya, london is so third-world sometimes. they don’t have any of the great stuff i’ve seen in the states! like the great 60-second neutrogena conditioner i bought in princeton? they dont’ have. i love that because it works so fast and it smells delish!
i’ll pay you to send me one please cuz i get dry lips too.
not as bad as yours though, it seems.
sounds good- I have the same issue. I have tried everything, the only thing that semi works for me is Kiehl’s, but the chapped lips do come back.
Your entries get weirder and weirder.
my chapped lips would like one please =)
i can’t believe you’ve tried so many chapsticks. and soy milk.
hahaha i have the same “gross” problem! i tend to pick at everything… scabs, hangnails… is this TMI? lol
i swear by body shop’s hemp chapstick. i love way it smells too.
oooh..i was surprised to see a post from you!! hehe. i’m so happy to be able to write something in your comment box now! hehe. anyhoo..i suffer from chapped lips too. i find that some are too waxy and some make them more chapped causing you to reapply all the time!! do they sell this at the pharmacy?? thanks for the great reviews!
i had a talk with him… nothing too serious. just asked him to please conserve energy when possible. i came home the next day only to find him eating dinner and watching tv in the dark. poor little brother..
another one that is awesome is Gerber’s moisturizing stick…. I accidentaly discovered it cuz my baby had eczema… it worked so well for her… the other day my lips were so dry that it’s dry and ready to crack…it’s took less than 2 days for heal completely… I ordered a whole bunch from drugstore.com … hehe aquaphor is good too..
woah. do you just give things out to your “xanga” buddies??? or did you mean your real-life buddies??
& ryc: you’re right. the reason for all this havoc is for wedding DAY itself, so I know I’ll enjoy it and have so much fun. hehehe
I also like to use vasoline on my lips when it gets extremely chapped.
omg. you would do that?? wow!! you’re very sweet, but i didn’t want one…i was just curious. hehe. & good luck.. hope the hubby surprises you. i still haven’t got mine, that’s IF i’m even getting one. lol
hehe i should try some of that stuff out! i hate those gross pieces hanging off of my lips when they are chapped! anyways, happy valentines day! i hope u and andy get to celebrate and shower each other w/ gifts!
JENNYYYYYYY!!!! did you get the email from me and my mom??? I got the picturesss!! thank youuu~!!! they came out soo nicee!! i hope everythings good!! i don’t really use xanga.. but if you want email me!!! chungbajee327@hotmail.com
-jean
Hi Jenny! Wow, you’re a chapstick expert! I’m gonna have to try Aquaphor!
hi jenny! just so you know, i felt like you today. hubby asked me why i have a red spot on my bottom lip today. sigh. i pulled off dry skin yesterday and i felt like you! hahaha i meant to tell you and it brought it home when hubby asked why my lip was all red. hahah
so i need my aquaphor! hahaha 
hope you two had a lovely valentine’s day!!! {V}
i need to go pick up some aquaphor -my skin gets crazy dry in the winter too!
ryc: haha oh yes, but we did – we sat RIGHT next to it and my FI was faced towards it :-p
oooh!! i must try!! i love trying new chap stick!!
I use this too sometime on my lips. My husband and I have been suffering from really bad dry hands becuase of the weather and most people told him to try aquaphor. It is the best! I also like to use C.O. Bigelow’s mint lip gloss from Bath and Body. It’s minty and does the job for me. I love minty things.
Thanks for all your encouraging words!
whoah…you sure tried a lot of lip balms! i’m going to have to try that aquaphor…
I use Kiehl’s lip balm. It kind of has the consistency of vaseline but it’s lighter. It’s good to wear under lipstick.
I’m glad you found something that worked for you! Chapped lips can be painful and very unattractive also
hiiii!!! I’m so glad that you’re back!!!!~I’ll write you a proper message. Just wanted to say that I checked out that cuteoverload.com page…and yes it does have some useless but cute stuff. The first pic I saw was a picture of a squirrel with a party hat on. I had to laugh!
ryc: yah i just hope they’re good quality – i’ll find out soon enough!
Look at me….I really joined! Now I can leave comments. =]
ryc: what?? you found our dressed at another place? haha my cell died so can u call me at home?
old blog address: http://www.kimgina.blogspot.com
Awhhh…thanks for the comment!! You have a Maltese too!!
This is an AWESOME post. I’m going chapstick shopping today! =)
yah but that was a bad pic because she kept moving. =)
I bought a little thing of Rosebud lip balm from sephora a few months ago and I love the stuff. Its strawberry flavored and stays on very well…and it keeps my lips soft all day. And its only about $7
wooo…thanks for this! i am obsessed with chapstick! i’ll have to try the aquaphor. my favorite is the one from Aveda. *^^*
boy, i gotta get this one! my lips get so dry during winter, thanks to harsh winter wind outside and heat inside. so far, only thing that stays moist for more than an hour is mario badescu lip balm. but i’d love to try this one out! i have tried many other lip balms but they were quite disappointing.
kiehls lip balm w/ tint is great too~!~ i carry it around in my purse 24/7~
wow, your an expert at this! nice info. thanks for dropping by!
I have the same problem with my lips, will give Aquaphor a try! thanks for sharing.
I really liked the idea of you and Andy narrating the video! How about you do a mix of both? Can you do that? And yes, I do need to stop reading the news. So depressing! Did you hear about the fire in NYC? =*(
Thanks for the recommendation =) I’d like to add you!
you know…i’ve been looking and looking for this chapstick at Target for a long time…finally today i realize, it’s not listed as chapstick…it’s just a healing oinoment….so of course it won’t be in the chapstick section!! im going to order from this website too…..
thanks, jane