Lip balm can also moisturize your skin and keep it from drying. Small cuts and scrapes can be treated with a bit of plain lip balm. In a survival situation, big problems can start from small wounds.
Photo by Jorge Barrios Riquelme. Being able to start a fire is important in many survival situations. With fire, you can cook your food and make it safe to eat, boil and sterilize water, keep yourself warm and more. Rub some lip balm on your kindling, cotton swap or any flammable material and light it up. With some lip balm, your fire will burn a bit longer.
You can even make a candle out of a tube of lip balm and a cotton swab. Cut your swab in half and rub the cotton wad in some lip balm. Stick the other end in the tube and light up the wad- voila, a lip balm candle.
If part of your skin is rubbing against another material like your toe or heel against your footwear , put some lip balm on the area to prevent the blister from growing. Blisters can be annoying at best and jeopardize your survival at worst. Do you want to have an easier time driving that nail into wood?
SuperPrepper also points out that since lipstick is waterproof and smudgeproof, it makes a great tool for leaving messages, like "Send Help," or " No Survivors. The waterproof aspect can also be used to protect items you may need from the rain, so long as you don't mind them looking a little more rouge than usual.
Lipstick is also an effective lubricant, even if it's not petroleum-based. When the zombies are chasing you and the engine isn't starting, you'll wish you'd kept the Revlon.
Lastly, we've all seen how quickly post-apocalyptic societies develop new forms of currency and value. Goods are bartered for, which Investopedia points out is the oldest, and in many ways, most reliable form of commerce. And anyone with a little science knowledge knows that petroleum burns quite easily. In short, cut a small blob of lipstick off, rub onto your tinder and kindling, then light it however you can.
The petroleum will light up quickly and your fire camp fire should be roaring shortly after. Heck, even without official sunblock in it, the color itself is a useful mechanical sunblock. If anyone laughs at you, you can take joy in laughing at their desiccated and sunburned corpse in a few days.
Seriously, lipstick comes in every color you could possibly imagine. That includes greens, browns, and darker reds. If you grab a handful of shades that match your camo outfit, you can complete your dashing survival fashion all over your face. Lipstick is waterproof and sometimes smudge proof, which means you can use it to leave messages on any surface without worrying about it washing away. The downside to this use is that it can be removed if you rub hard enough.
Gears stuck? Slap some lipstick on them. Its whole purpose is to be slippery, easy to apply, and to cover something. Why not use it to unstick gears? You can waterproof small items with lipstick in just a few seconds. Any good survivalist knows that nothing is truly garbage—everything has a use. Lipstick tubes are no different. You may be surprised to learn that lipstick tubes sometimes lock shut and are water resistant.
Not every style can do this, but most have some kind of snap-together or twist-lock functionality. Use that natural water resistance to keep your matches dry. An empty lipstick tube is the perfect place to stash medications and emergency cash. You can roll up several adhesive bandages and a small tube of antibiotic ointment into an empty lipstick tube.
If you need to leave a note for a fellow prepper, you can safely tuck paper notes inside an empty lipstick tube. If you choose to bury your stash which you totally should, folks , lipstick containers do not degrade over time and they keep dirt and bugs out.
This one is going to seem really weird, but bear with me. Empty lipstick containers are perfect for storing spices and flavor enhancers. We all know how crappy MREs can taste, and eating bland food every day during an emergency is lame. So, use empty lipstick containers to store and protect your spices from the elements. This is a double whammy. You can use lipstick tubes filled with salt, sugar, or other spices in bartering, too.
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