The history of Vaseline Jelly starts in 1859, when Robert Chesebrough travelled to Titusville, a small town in Pennsylvania. That’s where oil workers had been using rod wax, an unrefined form of petroleum jelly – then just a simple by-product of the drilling they were working on – to heal wounded or burnt skin.
See originally vaseline was made to help poor broke people like us
Whether you are a Macdonald worker or the president of NASA we can all take advantage of this product
“Vaseline is a one Ingredient product which is astonishing to exist in today’s society“
5 Ways to use Vaseline jelly
1. Treat dry flaky skin
● Lips
Apply a generous amount of Vaseline on your dry chappy lips and massage it for 30 seconds and wipe it with wet towel soaked in warm water.This will help exfoliate your lips and remove the dead skin cells.
Now reapply a layer of Vaseline and leave it overnight. Wake up to a soft plum lip 💋
● Nails
If you are at school or your workplace don’t allow you to apply nail paints or maybe you are just a minimalist , you can make your nails shinier by polishing it with Vaseline.
Just take a little bit of the jelly and apply it all over your nails . Remember a little goes a long way.
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● Elbows, Knees, Hands , and feet
This areas of the body are often neglected but suffers the most damage.
Consider it as spot treatment and apply it on the dry areas long with your everyday moisturizer
“Remember Vaseline lack the ability to moisturize but can help to form a layer and lock in the moisturizer “
2. Heal
Vaseline jelly was originally used by oil workers to heal wounded or burnt skin during the wars
● It can help to heal cuts, burns, and rashes
You can also use it to heal tattoos and prevent it from infection.
Just apply a layer of Vaseline and cover it with a bandage and
● oh did I mention that Vaseline can be use to create a fire starter in case of emergency, Cool right!
Soak a ball of cotton in Vaseline and your Firestarter in ready
3. Cool makeup tricks
● Convert matt powders to glossy dewy blushes by just mixing
● Use it as highlighter
● Apply it on your fingers to prevent messy nail paints
● Apply it to prevent staining during hair dyes
● Apply it on wrist and other points and apply perfume for long lasting effect
4. Hair
● prevent flyaways
● Create brush eyebrow
● Slickback bun
5. Jewellery Hacks
● Apply on earlobe if you are having trouble with your earing
● Tight ring or bangle
● Stucked zipper
Pros
Affordable
Easily available
Cons
No moisturizing effect
Not long lasting
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