60 Surprising Practical & Beauty Benefits of Vaseline Petroleum Jelly
Vaseline's been around for 150 years—and
with good reason. Vaseline Petroleum Jelly is a multitasking miracle cream, and
you can utilize it for a slew of time- and money-preserving tricks. Here are 50
uses of Vaseline that are totally beauty related.
1. Heal sunburn
Forgot to reapply your sunscreen lotion
at the beach? Do you have painful red skin; generously apply Vaseline to the
affected area skin area. It’ll lock in moisture to your dry skin and prevent
peeling immediately.
2. Eyelashes
Put a coat on your eyelashes before you
go to bed. Lots of people swear by this - and say it will make your lashes grow
longer and thicker over time.
3. Softer feet
Put a coat of Vaseline on your feet at
night; cover them with socks and wake up to softer feet - every day!
4. Elbows care
Put Vaseline on your elbows every day –
they will stay soft!
5. Remove eye makeup
Coat your eye lids, and then gently swab
with a tissue.
6. Cuticles
Put Vaseline on your cuticles several
times a day for softer and better looking cuticles daily.
7. Soothe cracked heels
Summer footwear can convert even your
softest heels into a scratchy one, blistering mess. Before going to sleep, apply
Vaseline on your feet, and then put on clean cotton socks for smoother, softer
and well moisturized skin in the morning.
8. Chapped lips
Put Vaseline on chapped lips 2-3 times
daily or once before sleeping.
9. Protect a sore nose
If you have a runny nose which often
gets red and chapped or a cold or allergies, apply a bit of Vaseline around
nostrils to get moisture back.
10. Lip gloss
You can also use Vaseline as lip gloss.
11. Colored lip gloss
Mix a little Vaseline with a little
Kool-Aid powder and make a colored and flavored lip gloss!
12. Chocolate lip gloss
Melt Vaseline and one chocolate chip in
the microwave, mix and let it solidify for chocolate lip gloss!
13. Stop squeaks
Apply generous amount of Vaseline
petroleum gel to squeaky hinges on the doors or kitchen and wardrobe cabinets
to keep them quiet while opening and shutting.
14. Make perfume last longer
Maintains perfume scent longer when
applied at perfume points before spritzing the perfume.
15. Moisturizer for acne
Can be used as a moisturizer for acne
sufferers (it is a misconception that it clogs pores)
16. Dry skin
Vaseline also moisturizes severe dry
skin. Apply it once a day.
17. Dry knees
Use Vaseline on your knees to avert that
dry, ashy look
18. Homemade scrub
Mix Vaseline with half teaspoon of sea
salts to make a scrub! Gently massage your skin in circular motion to get rid
of blackheads, whiteheads and dust from your skin.
19. Help prevent chafing
Apply some Vaseline over the skin area that
is prone to chafing, since Vaseline can prevent irritation and skin rashes.
20. Anti sticking
Applying Vaseline on your teeth prevents
lips from sticking to teeth for celebrities and contestants in beauty pageants
who smile a lot.
21. Apply before lipstick
Apply some on teeth before applying
lipstick. This helps in preventing lipstick from sticking on them.
22. Massage, baby!
You can apply some Vaseline on baby’s
dry skin of hands and legs.
23. Diaper rashes
After bath, dry baby's bottom skin
properly, then apply some Vaseline before putting on a new diaper. The Vaseline
creates a barrier between baby's gentle skin and irritating wetness, thus it
helps the rash to heal quickly.
24. Exfoliate your lips
Put Vaseline on your lips, leave it on
for a few minutes, then using a toothbrush scrub your lips gently to exfoliate
and leave them SO smooth.
25. Prevent tanning
Apply a small amount on dry spots on
your body before the application of fake tanning lotions, and prevent uneven
tanning!
26. Aid earring insertion
Lubricates ear lobes and helps to make
earring insertion easy and painless
