Prepare yourself for the bitter cold soon. One of the main beauty issues most of us face is dry chapped lips. Dry cracked lips can be very painful, not to mention can make your favorite lipstick or gloss into a flaky mess.

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Here are a few quick tips and recommendations to keep those winter blues away.

Philosophy Cosmetics makes a great lip exfoliate called “Kiss Me Exfoliating Lip Scrub.” This lip scrub keeps the lips smooth all throughout winter.

How to use: Add a small drop on finger, rub gently into lips for a few minutes and then remove with a tissue or washcloth.

Now that your lips are baby smooth again, let us keep them from getting dry and cracked again by using a lip moisturizer after.

“Treatment,” by Face Stockholm is a daily lip moisturizer with Vitamin E. Just using this throughout the day will keep those lips looking great all through winter.

How to use: Just apply directly to lip when needed, it is best used under your lip products. For best results, use it after your lip scrub.

Sidory is a freelance make-up artist based out of Washington D.C. She is also a contributing beauty writer and blogger for several online fashion publications and web sites. If you think she doesn’t do enough already, she’s also the Editor in Chief of her own beauty blogzine, beautyverve.com. Somewhere in between all this, she is a mother of two girls, wife, and abstract artist. Her friends call her a workaholic; she calls herself a rock star.

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Cold Weather Blues

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There are a variety of lip products on the market that promise to restore your beautiful lips. One of my favorites is from Estee Lauder’s Nutritious collection. The Vita-Mineral Lip Treatment uses vitamins and minerals to help restore your lip’s natural moisture.

Using the power of pomegranate and other natural ingredients, your lips will be back to kissably beautiful in no time. This product sold only at Nordstrom. It’s priced at $22 for a 0.5 oz tube.

Check out the whole Estee Lauder Nutritious line for other great skin care and beauty products.

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Estee Lauder Nutritious Lip Treatment

Everybody could use a little extra pampering. This gift set features three wonderful pampering products packaged beautifully in a red gift box.

Included in the Fresh Sugar Star Treatment Gift Set:

• Brown Sugar Body Polish
• Sugar Lip Treatment with SPF 15
• Sugar Blossom Hand Treatment

The body polish combines real brown sugar with healing oils to gently exfoliate the skin leaving in soft, supple and renewed.

This gift set is available at eLuxury.com for $85.

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