Why are your lips so irritated and dry even though you used chap stick?

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Not all chapsticks are created equal. Some are better than others, so try a different one (make certain it contains a moisturizer and, if possible, a sun-block). It may also help to use moisturizing cream instead, it doesn't usually taste very good (not always a bad thing, since licking your lips often worsens chapping), but in my opinion, it is much faster and more effective at preventing chapped lips and healing them as well.

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Carmex is the best for chapped lips -- it's much, much thicker than Chapstick. Especially the kind that comes in the little jar. If you smear a whole lot of that on your lips at night before bed, they'll be almost completely healed by morning.

Sometimes I use regular hand cream too, if I can't find anything else in the house, but I find that it rubs off really easily. Like, you rub your lips together once, and it's gone.