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Lip Care Completes Your Winter Self-Care Ritual

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When that chilly air arrives, you probably instinctively take extra care to moisturize your skin and nourish and protect it with natural body creams and softening hand cream designed to guard against the harsh winter weather. But, with all the mask-wearing, it can be easy to neglect our lip care.

You know there is a difference between dry and hydrated skin, but do you give the same amount of attention to your lips, which are equally vulnerable to the chill of winter and easily become dry and chapped?

Let’s Talk Lip Care.

There are many advantages of using a high-quality, all-natural and nourishing lip balm. A good lip balm is essential because it creates a protective barrier between your lips and the frigid winter temps. The skin on the lips is delicate and doesn’t naturally produce the moisturizing oils that the rest of your skin does. This leaves it exposed and susceptible to weather-related damage.  

That’s where lip balm comes in. It moisturizes your lips so they stay hydrated no matter how dry and cold the weather is, ensuring that they’re protected from the elements. When the weather is dry, it is essential that you apply lip balm regularly.

Lip balm also promotes healing, so if your lips do get chapped, the skin on your lips will recover quicker and more easily if you apply natural lip balm. It also seals any cracks in the skin, so if you do get chapped lips, they won’t be as open to infection and irritation.

Hydrating + Vegan Lippies

Our new collection of multi-purpose vegan lip + cheek balms are made to soothe and protect your lips + cheeks with the naturally hydrating goodness of Organic Shea Butter and Vitamin E.

You know that we had to be extra with it, so we went ahead and doubled down on the functionality. Get some extra relief + repair, a rose gold shimmer, or a warm hint of color. The entire collection can also be used on your gorgeous cheeks.

If you haven’t had the chance to meet them, let me introduce you to these hydrating gems.

If you have a commute that forces you outdoors or enjoy getting outside to be active, your cheeks and lips are constantly at risk from the wind and cold. Double down on function. Apply one of our balms to cheeks for protection and healing. When you rock some extra shimmer, it makes you stronger.

Celebrate Galentine’s Day!

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What beats a day filled with laughing with your girlfriends, getting your spa day on, and sipping on cocktails? Nothing.

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It may be hard to celebrate Galentine’s in its usual sense. But we have plenty of ideas for celebrating together (even if it is virtually) and indulging in a full day of self-care. Pick a Theme! Here are some of our favorite ideas for your Galentine’s:

Pajama Party

Everyone wears Pjs for the ultimate cozy experience. I personally am obsessed with a 3-piece set of leopard print Jenni’s pajamas. what is the 3rd piece? A scrunchie, of course!

While you’re cozy, have a themed cocktail or create a hot chocolate contest where everyone contributes their best recipe. Drink the hot toddy while you spill the tea!

Spa Day

Host a spa day! Create a few treatments or a facial protocol you can all do together. Try using a wildflower filled facial steam, enjoy a hand treatment with hyaluronic acid or slather on some natural body cream for a moisturizing Pedi experience to keep it easy. Add some cucumber water to the mix to leave your gal pals relaxed and rejuvenated.

Tip: To get your 5-star hostess rating, send your friends a mini facial steam, vegan lip balm, hand cream or body cream ahead of the party so they do not have to scramble to participate in the treatments!

Secret Cupid Gift Exchange

Think secret Santa but with a twist. For a Galentine’s Day exchange, everyone picks a name out of a hat and shows up with a thoughtful or funny gift, just like Cupid.

Tip: Sharing beautiful gifts like natural lip balms, or a luxe hand cream is a perfect way to make sure your loved ones are well taken care of!

If a party is not in the cards this year, there are still plenty of ways to share the Galentine’s Day love. There are tons of natural body care gifts (currently on sale) that have been curated to help celebrate. No matter how it happens, remember to tell your girlfriends how much they mean to you!

Drink In The New Year

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It’s a new year and, if you’re like me, you have all these ideas on goals and resolutions. Last year took a lot out of us, so let’s start easy. What if we focused on something simple? Something supremely doable. Something like keeping your skin hydrated?

Serene Marine body cream with hyaluronic acid

We can all have dry skin throughout the year, but it can get much worse during winter months. The dry air indoors combined with the wind and cold weather outside make it much more difficult to maintain your moisture. If you’re like me, there have also been some way-too-hot showers that make skin dry and itchy.

Dry vs. Dehydrated

First, consider if you are drinking enough water. Winter’s dry air continuously pulls moisture from our skin. You want to replenish this as often as possible. Do it through drinking several glasses of water with a little lemon in them, or from your favorite green tea or even a natural sparkling water.

If your skin is not performing to the best of its ability, it is probably dehydrated. But did you know there is a difference between dry and dehydrated skin? It’s true.

You need both water and oil to have the healthiest, most hydrated skin. Is your skin itchy, dull, or maybe have increased fine lines? This indicates that your skin is lacking water. However, if it’s dry, scaly, flaky and irritated, it is lacking oil.

No need to stay thirsty, my friends!

Hydrating creams bind water to the skin. Fueled by natural ingredients like hyaluronic acid, they will draw water from the environment and from the product itself to bind it to the skin. Botanical hyaluronic acid is found in our luxe hand cream and natural body creams. Products like these give skin cells a proverbial drink of water.

Oil will seal the moisture already on your skin but won’t draw moisture to the skin. Make sure your creams start with pure moisturizing ingredients like Organic Aloe, Shea Butter, and Virgin Coconut Butter. We recommend applying your natural body cream within a couple minutes out of your bath or shower. This step keeps skin feeling soft and smooth. Seal in all that dewy moisture you were just gifted!

Small steps like this can make a huge difference in how your skin functions. We want you to feel your very best, so switch up your self-care routine and keep on glowing!