Beautiful Uses for Vaseline
Vaseline is a petroleum jelly product that has been around since the 19th Century and was originally marketed as a healing ointment for cuts, scrapes and burns. After some testing, it was realized that it did seal in moisture and keep out germs, but it wasn’t a miracle healing medicine.
Despite the revelation, it continued to make its way into millions of medicine chests worldwide. And is still, well over 100 years later, a household staple.
While Vaseline is commonly used to relieve chapped lips, nasal dryness, dry skin and chafing, it has a solid place in the beauty world. There are oodles of reasons to keep a jar of Vaseline in your beauty arsenal.
15 Beautiful Uses for Vaseline
1. Before bed, rub some on your feet and put on a pair of socks for softer skin in the morning
2. Two words: lip gloss
3. Put some on your teeth before you use lipstick and it will prevent and color from sticking to your pearly whites
4. Apply a thin layer to your face on cold, wintery days to prevent chapping and windburn
5. Use it to remove your makeup
6. Put on a thin layer at perfume points like wrists, neck and between your cleavage for longer last fragrance (apply before using perfume)
7. Apply to elbows daily for soft skin
8. Apply a layer around the outside of your hairline before dying your tresses. It keeps your color on your hair not your forehead
9. After grooming your eyebrows, apply a thin layer of Vaseline to keep them smooth
10. Rub some into your bare nails to prevent them from getting hard or brittle
11. Use it to remove the leftover glue from your false lashes
12. If you use fake tanning lotions, apply a thin layer to dry skin to avoid blotchy, uneven coloring
13. Put a dab on your fingers and rub on split or dry hair ends to keep them smooth
14. Apply a thin coat to your eyelashes to stimulate the growth of longer, thicker lashes
15. Apply to cuticles to make them softer, healthier and easier to work with