Coconut has always been my favourite fruit. I grew up knowing coconut for its water and the meat inside; little did I know that many years later I would end up buying the oil and use it for everything.
Beauty
- Exfoliation: Clean your face, apply coconut oil on your face, wet a washcloth and gently rub on your skin. This will exfoliate your skin. For more exfoliation, add brown sugar or granulated sugar to the coconut oil, apply that on your skin and wash off with the wet washcloth.
- Make up remover: Coconut oil is a great make up remover because it leaves your face hydrated after cleaning. Just apply it all over your face and eyes (for removing your eye make up), and then wash it off with warm water. For eye make up removing, use a clean pad to gently wipe the eye make up off.
Body
- Moisturizer: After a shower, when your skin is still a little moist, apply coconut oil all over your legs, arms, and body. I recommend wiping off the excess with a towel to prevent your clothes getting stained.
- Body scrub: Also, the oil mixed with granulated sugar can be used as an exfoliation product or body scrub in the shower.
Hair
- Hair Mask: Before taking a shower, apply the oil on the ends of your hair and your scalp, put a shower cap and leave in for half an hour or so. Doing this once or twice weekly will keep your hair hydrated.
Lips
- Chap stick: The oil is a natural hydrating tool and can be used on lips as chap stick.
Cooking
Coconut oil can replace butter, margarine, canola oil, or olive oil for cooking. "Coconut oil has recently been dubbed the “world’s healthiest oil.” Claims abound about its near-miraculous healing powers. It’s reported to dissolve kidney stones, lower cholesterol, reduce inflammation, boost immune function, promote weight loss, protect against certain cancers and a whole lot more." (Beck, L. (2012, October 29). Coconut Oil for cooking: Is it good or bad for you? Retrieved from www.theglobeandmail.com/life/)
Enjoy!
M.
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