Never use cinnamon or any other spice on chapped lips. This will cause a burning sensation and is extremely painful. Never rub cinnamon too much on your lips.
To make this treatment, mix in a bowl one teaspoon of cinnamon powder, a tablespoon of olive oil, and a tablespoon of salt. The salt works to give the lips a good scrub and the olive oil restores moisture. Meanwhile, the cinnamon helps you get plump lips.
The External Causes of Dry Lips
Things that come from the outside affect our lips more than we realize. Cinnamon is one of the main culprits. A strong cinnamon gum can make a big difference in the dryness of your lips. However, one of the most unsuspecting causes of dry lips is our toothpaste.
Like the chilli and peppermint oils before it, cinnamon oil basically irritates the skin on your lips so that they swell up. Blood rushes to the surface of your lips as they become inflamed.
These are just temporary enhancements and may last for 5-6 hours. But, you can go for it without the fear of damaging your lips. The main ingredient for making your lips plumper is lying in your kitchen all the time! Cinnamon!!
Cinnamon and olive oil scrub
This scrub combines the goodness of cinnamon powder and olive oil to give you soft, pink lips naturally. Cinnamon is a natural exfoliant for your lips; it reduces the dead skin cells and gives you lighter lips. The olive oil and sugar hydrate your lips and prevent them from getting chapped.
“Cinnamon actually irritates the lips and causes blood to rush towards them giving a more plushed and plumping effect,” she tells Teen Vogue. (Most lip-plumping glosses on the market also rely on irritants, derived from the likes of chili peppers and other ingredients, to achieve this effect.)
This honey lip scrub with cinnamon is a great way to get rid of chapped, dry lips for good! It smells heavenly, it's made using only ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen and it's a total powerhouse when it comes to moisturizing your lips.
Cinnamon oil does have a plumping effect on the lips, but this is because it actually irritates your lips. The irritation causes blood to rush to the surface of your lips, which makes them look inflamed or puffy. As long as you aren't allergic to cinnamon oil, this should be safe to do and slight tingling is normal.
When applied topically on your lips, hyaluronic acid gives the appearance of fuller, plumper lips by hydrating the surface. Other moisturizing agents used in plumpers include oils, like jojoba and avocado oil, ceramides and butters, like shea and mango butter.
While you can make your lip scrub in any flavor or scent, using your favorite essential oils, I like to use cinnamon because it is a “hot” essential oil and irritates the upper layer of your thin lip skin, making them appear fuller and plumper temporarily.
With anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, raw honey is soothed for dry skin, eczema patches and acne. Cinnamon stimulates the blood circulation in your skin, helping your skin to look fresher and younger. Find out how to make a honey and cinnamon face mask for a better complexion and radiant skin.