Do you live boldly? I’ve done a few bold things in my life like move to Australia by myself, I’ve gone sky diving, I’ve gone bungy jumping, and I’ve walked down a few sketchy streets, but I wouldn’t say that I’ve lived boldly on a daily basis until more recently. I’ve never been much a lipstick wearer, let alone red lipstick, but in the past couple of years, I’ve been rocking a bold lip! But those bold lip colors are super drying! And chapstick just doesn’t cut it, so I’ve been DIYing my own little Watermelon Kiwi Lip Sugar Scrub to prep my lips prior to applying my lipstick.
Do you love wearing colorful lipsticks but hate how drying they can be? Use a lip scrub when you’re getting ready to make your puckered pout perfect for a bright, bold color!
The recipe is below, but first, you’ll need a few ingredients. Don’t worry, you don’t actually need a watermelon unless you want to snack on it while you make the sugar scrub like I did! Instead, just use a few drop of watermelon flavoring which you can find online along with these tiny clear pots.
Lip sugar scrub, then chapstick, then lip liner, then a bright, bold lipstick! Ready to go?
DIY Watermelon Kiwi Lip Sugar Scrub Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 Tbsp coconut oil
- 1 tsp kiwi juice and seeds
- 3 drops watermelon flavoring
- beet juice - optional for color
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix together your sugar, coconut oil, kiwi juice, and watermelon flavoring.
- If your watermelon flavoring isn't colored, you can add a few drops of beet juice to color the mixture pink.
- And be sure to include the kiwi seeds! They make it look like tiny watermelon seeds!
- Either store in tiny pots or store in a jar and keep refrigerated.
Photo Credit: Photos of me by Nina Tekwani Photo.
Zara
Saturday 19th of August 2017
Can we find the watermelon flavoring on Amazon
Andrea
Monday 21st of August 2017
Yes, I updated this with link to purchase the watermelon flavoring!
Athiraniday
Thursday 3rd of August 2017
How long it will last if it's refrigerated?
Andrea
Monday 7th of August 2017
Honestly, I left one in my shower (unfrigerated) for months ... and it was fine. The ones in the fridge could probably last a year.
Joanna
Thursday 14th of July 2016
What other oils would be okay to substitute rather than using coconut oil?
Andrea
Thursday 14th of July 2016
Hi Joanna! I used coconut oil because it doesn't really have a taste, so if you don't have or can't use coconut oil, I would recommend an olive oil that doesn't have a strong flavor. Let me know if you try olive oil and how it works out!
Carolyn West
Tuesday 12th of July 2016
You look amazing in bright lipstick colors. I'm always afraid to wear them but I'm trying. #client
Andrea
Thursday 14th of July 2016
Aw! Thanks, Carolyn! I was afraid in the beginning, too! But then I learned that with bright red lipstick, I can do less work on my eye makeup and hair! ;)