Falling in love: The Lip Scrub by Sara Happ

Winter’s colder temperatures biting winds take a major toll on my lips every year, leaving them dry and flaky if I don’t keep on top of the balm and stay inside as much as possible. Besides a seriously great lip conditioner I find that I need to use a lip scrub to get my lips lipstick ready – mainly beacuse I’m a huge fan of high pigment, matte lipsticks - and some are definitely much kinder and more effective than others. I’ve dabbled in many lip scrubs in the past - including one by The Body Shop that left my lips feeling sandpapered raw – but recently discovered Sara Happ’s The Lip Scrub after an introduction via the walking beauty bible that is Petrina at Magic Tan & Beauty, their New Zealand stockist.
The Sara Happ name is one that’s getting some serious mag-time internationally, but is largely unknown is New Zealand and Australia thus far. A card-carrying beauty junkie and magazine addict, Sara has loved all things beauty, bath and body for as long as she can remember, freely admitting, "I even brought my curling iron and blowdryer with me to Girl Scout camp. We slept in tents!” A woman after my own heart! In 2005, she realized that there was a hole in the market. "I kept reading: exfoliate lips with a wet washcloth or baby toothbrush. I thought there had to be a better way. So I went to my kitchen and made it myself." And voila - The Lip Scrub was born! The variant I got my hands on was Crème Brulee, which is as good as it sounds and kind on the hips and the lips! A super gentle yet really effective formula, you can use this several times a week or even daily if that’s your bag, it’s that easy on your lips. Just massage a generous amount onto your lips using a firm, circular motion, then wipe away with a tissue and wonder how you ever lived without it.
And if Crème Brulee isn’t your favourite dessert, this beauty comes in seven other flavours: Red Velvet, Almond, Brown Sugar, Cinnamon Sugar, Cocoa, Peppermint and Vanilla Bean.
Comfort food has never looked this elegant or worked this hard for you!