Few things are as painful and annoying simultaneously as severely chapped lips.  Not only is there supreme discomfort, there is the constant re-injury of the already aggravated areas every time you smile, laugh, eat, yawn or do anything that involves your lips.  The pain induces the dog-like response of licking the wound, which only serves to intensify the existing problem, making the whole process cyclical, repetitive, and incredibly annoying!  I hate chapped lips!

Luckily for me, though, I only get this affliction a couple times per year.  My lips are like the Porche of lips…0-60 so quick it makes your head spin.  I go from normal, no-need chops to a hamburger-like orifice on my face in what seems like minutes.  One minute I’m fine; the next, I’m shriveled and cracked, begging for some moisture.  It’s really bizarre.

If you know me, you know that I don’t like anything that has to do with moisturizing.  I don’t like lotion, conditioner, lip balm, hand cream, etc.  Not that those things are bad, I just don’t like using them and I’m stubborn.  I could probably benefit from all of the aforementioned products, but I really don’t like having ooey-gooey stuff on me and I’m reluctant to re-apply when needed.

I’m just not a moisturizer.

That is, until the chapped lips strike.   Read More→