Beauty on a Budget - Uses for Coconut Oil
Coconut oil is an amazing beauty secret that's been used for a long time for a variety of reasons. A lot of people use it for healthier cooking & for the health benefits it gives you from being ingested.
I personally use it for removing eye makeup and treating my daughter's curly, frizzy, bi-racial hair. I prefer organic over regular coconut oil; organic is more fine and smooth, and melts easier in your hands. Read on for some beauty ideas for your coconut oil!
Skin:
*Use as a body moisturizer by itself instead of lotion
*When removing eye makeup, apply to a more broad eye area to fight wrinkles over night
*Apply to age spots
*As a massage oil when mixed with essential oil
*On lips as a moisturizer
*Use as a shave cream if out of shave gel
*As a tanning oil
*As a massage oil
*Natural deodorant
*Heal cracked heels on your feet
*As a cuticle softener
Hair:
*Use as a pre-poo treatment by applying to damp hair then covering with a shower cap and sitting for at least a half-hour before shampooing. (This helps with dry, itchy scalp when massaged in.)
**This is crucial to be done weekly on frizzy/curly/afro hair.
*Dab a very small amount into your hands and smooth mid-shaft to ends of hair to tame frizz.
This is a basic list which, I'm sure, could be expanded. Thank you so much for reading! Do you have any additional beauty uses for coconut oil? Share in the comments!