Coconut oil is the perfect beauty product because it’s organic (no more putting sketchy ingredients on your skin that could get absorbed into your bloodstream, causing who-knows-what to happen to you a few years down the line), it’s super moisturizing, it can used for a variety of purposes and it smells great.
Use It as a Body Moisturizer
Store-bought moisturizers tend to contain a lot of water. When it goes on, you will feel moisturized, but as soon as the water evaporates, your skin feels parched again. Not with natural oils. Coconut oil is a moisturizer for dry, parched skin. You can use it in the winter, when your skin is dried, and you can use it in the summer as well. In winter, you can keep a couple tablespoons of coconut oil in a screw-on container in your bag and dab a bit on your hands when they get dry.
Exfoliate Your Face with It
After 35, your skin turn dry and flaky, which means you, have to exfoliate weekly and moisturize daily. Here’s how you can use coconut oil as an exfoliator: Take a dime-sized amount of coconut oil and rub it into your palms and then over your face. Then wet a washcloth and scrub my face in a circular motion starting at my forehead and working clockwise around my face.
You are left with baby soft, fully moisturized skin.
Coconut Oil Is a Great Hair Conditioner
You have fine hair that tends to get oily quickly so you can keep a jar of coconut oil far away from your hair. But for women with dry, coarse hair, coconut oil can be an inexpensive, natural way to condition your hair.
Simply rub a dime-sized amount (a little goes a long way with this stuff) into your hands and then palm the coconut oil onto your dry ends. You can run your palms down your hair to tame frizzy fly-a-ways as well.
Coconut milk is also great for hair.
Use It as a Makeup Remover
Coconut oil is a great eye makeup remover. It even removes waterproof mascara. Simply apply a bit to a cotton ball or tissue paper and press on your eyelid. Wipe away the makeup once the oil soaks in. Wipe up excess oil with a fresh tissue.
