Welcome to the second Beaty Food Friday, a special feature I am doing every Friday for the month of October that shows beauty products that can be made from everyday items in your kitchen.
Today's beauty focus is coconut oil. Coconut oil comes from the meat of matured coconuts and is very heat-stable so it is perfect for high-heat cooking. Coconut oil is solid at room temperature (at least here in Seattle), but in the warmer months my jar of solid mass turns to a clear liquid. It doesn't take much heat to change it to a liquid state so simply rubbing a little between your hands will do it. Organic, virgin coconut oil can be purchased at your local health food store or online.
Not only does coconut oil smell delicious, but it's completely natural so you can feel good about putting it on your skin! Our skin is the largest organ in our body so everything that we put on it ends up in our system. Choosing organic body products without fragrances and parabens makes a huge difference.
I definitely recommend having separate containers of beauty oil and cooking oil. I simply bought one jar of oil and then transferred half to a glass container that I keep in my bathroom. A little goes a long way and coconut oil can last for almost two years without refrigeration so you definitely get your money's worth.
I've been using coconut oil for years as a moisturizer - even before I started cooking with it! Isn't that crazy? There are a ton of different uses for coconut oil as a beauty product, including:
- face and body moisturizer
- hair conditioner
- deodorant
- shaving cream
- lip balm
- cuticle oil
- bath oil
- eye-makeup remover
How do you use it in your home or beauty routine?
I just bought my first jar ever, to use in a vegan mozzarella recipe from Hearty Vegan Meals. Now I want to use it as moisturizer for my dry skin too!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! We use it for moisturiser too as well as in cooking, but I just noted that you say it can be used for shaving cream? Awesome!
ReplyDeletecoconut oil, actually anything coconut, is a new obsession of mine. I also have a lil' glass container that I keep in my bathroom. Great eye makeup remover! Other unusual uses I have discovered with great results are as a natural head lice DIMOLISHER, ewww, and for a yummy sexy personal lubrucant, mmmmm my hubbie likes it also.
ReplyDeleteI use it as toothpaste. A couple of years ago, I had been having some autoimmune issues which caused my gums to become inflamed... Most toothpastes with all the additives made my gums worse. I had been using coconut oil for lots of other things, so decided to try brushing my teeth with it....it cleared the redness and soreness up in a matter of days.
ReplyDeleteThat's very interesting! I've never heard of it used as toothpaste! I'm so glad you found something that worked for you! :)
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