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Chapped lips are the body's version of a Wet Paint sign.
Ever wondered why your lips get chapped? Post 2010
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Chapped lips beg to be licked and picked at, even though doing so clearly makes them worse.
Ever wondered why your lips get chapped? Post 2010
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Chapped lips -- farewell fuzzy teeth and flaky elbows.
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Starch to Prevent Chapped Hands -- Use starch which is ground fine to prevent chapped hands.
Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use Arthur L. Fowler
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= Almond Paste for Chapped Hands = (which will preserve them smooth and white). —
The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Anonymous
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Chapped lips are also benefited by the stimulating form of application we advocate, but the aconite must not be allowed to get on the lips, or a disagreeable tingling results.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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= Chapped Hands = are common among persons with a languid circulation, who are continually “dabbling” in water during cold weather, and particularly among those with a scrofulous taint, who, without the last, expose their ungloved hands to bleak, cold winds.
The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Anonymous
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Chapped lips most frequently occur in persons with pale, bluish, moist lips and a languid circulation, who are much exposed to the wind or who are continually moving from heated apartments to the external air.
The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Anonymous
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Sunburn, Chapped Hands, Sore Lips, etc. It teaches how to cure and prevent redness and roughness, and to make the skin soft, smooth, white and delicate, producing a perfectly healthy and natural appearance.
The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Anonymous
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Chapped knuckles and clipped nails made her hands as ageless and practical-looking as any working man's.
A Rock in the Baltic Barr, Robert, 1850-1912 1906
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