LIP BALM HACKS

Ask anyone - including men - what one skin care product they use the most and the answer will likely be one form or another of lip balm ("Chapstick", "Burt's Bees", etc.)

We all struggle with dry, chapped lips whether it's due to altitude, living environment or genetics.

And clearly, a mixture of healthy butters, oils and waxes will nourish the chappest of lips and bring relief and nourishment.

Keep your lip balm tube handy for these other hacks. You never know when you'll need them!

1. "Elephant Elbows" are elbows so dry, they look like elephant skin. Swipe some lip balm and apply to your elbows to make them look conditioned and nourished.

2. Cuticles: Apply lip balm to your cuticles and massage.

3. Eyelids: Try it on your eyes before applying eye shadow for a smooth look.

4. Disheveled-looking eye brows? Apply lip balm to your brows and then groom with a brow brush. (It can also work for flyaway hair).

5. Paw Pads: One customer, Kate, said she used a lip balm for her dog's paws. Her dog suffered from hyperkeratosis so she'd massage it into his paws since she knew that the ingredients were non-toxic for her pet. Worked like a charm!

6. Apply to a blister that's just beginning to form.

7. Paper cuts: apply lip balm to start the healing fast.

8. Remove a ring: swollen fingers making it difficult to remove your ring? Apply lip balm for easy removal.

9. Stuck zipper? apply lip balm and get the zipper zipping again.

10. Shoe buffer! put the shine back into your leather shoes with lip balm.

So what about the empty lip balm tubes? We have hacks for those as well! https://hardlotion.com/10-hacks-for-lip-balm-tubes/