Coconut Oil : An All In One Product

Coconut oil is an incredible product that can be used in multiple ways to amp up your beauty routine.  It makes a fantastic body moisturizer, and is surprisingly quick to absorb.  I also like to slather it on my face before bed when my skin is feeling a bit tight and dry.  Coconut Oil can also be used as a deep conditioner or hair treatment.  Simply coat your locks and leave it in for twenty minutes or so, and then shampoo and condition as normal.  I tend to use it on the length of my hair, not the scalp because it can leave your hair greasy if you apply it near the roots.  You can also use a small portion of this magical stuff on the very ends of your hair in place of a hair serum before heat styling.

Perhaps my favorite way to use coconut oil is as a body exfoliant.  Mix a bit of this with some sea salt or kosher salt and scrub away the dead skin on your body in the shower.  The abrasiveness of the salt mixed with the moisture of the oil will leave your skin feeling smooth and soft.  You can also mix this with a bit of brown sugar for a lip exfoliant.  Salt would also work on the lips, but speaking from personal experience, brown sugar tastes much better because lip scrubs have a way getting all up in your grill.  Coconut oil also smells amazing, although the scent does not last terribly long on the skin.  At around ten dollars for a tub of this stuff, you can't go wrong.  Give it a try.  You know you want to.

-Petra