June 15, 2012

15 Coconut Oil Uses to Try

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Jesica Williams

Since 2012, I’ve been creating digital wellness guides and researching natural beauty products, HIIT workouts, functional exercises, body positivity, self love, and tips helping you explore wellness and feel good.

Welcome to this post: 15 Coconut Oil Uses to Try.

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15 Coconut Oil Uses to Try.

Ingredients:

Pure, organic, extra virgin coconut oil. (is solid at room temperature, liquid when in the palm of your hand or heated otherwise)

Description:

Coconut oil boasts many health benefits from its healthy fats. One of the good fats, lauric acid, makes up about 50% of coconut oil. Lauric acid is a rare medium-chain fatty acid found in human breast milk. It supports healthy metabolism and is being studied for its anti-fungal, anti-viral, and anti-bacterial health-protecting properties. Some researchers predict that lauric acid will become as well known in health circles as Omega-3 is today.

One of my personal favorite sources is the unrefined coconut oil from Mountain Rose Herbs. This stuff is the real deal and is exponentially beneficial to both the inside and outside of your body. If you have ever read the ingredient list on, say, body lotion, lip balm, or make-up remover, you perhaps had the same shocked reaction that I did. What are all of those chemicals, and why am I about to put them into/onto my body? Coconut oil’s obvious use is to replace the current oil you use in your kitchen, and it does an excellent job of it, as well adding a wonderful flavor to your cooking. What is less obvious is that Mountain Rose Herb’s coconut oil has so many other amazing uses.

15 Coconut Oil Uses to Try.

-Eye makeup remover

-Lip balm

-Skin moisturizer (a little goes a long way)

-Oil treatment for hair (either apply root to end and let sit before shampooing, or apply to ends of hair before styling)

-Cuticle softener

-Used for oil pulling

-Used as the base of my:

-Shaving cream

-Tanning oil

-Added to morning coffee

-In cooking, baking & smoothie making

-Taken by the spoonful for healthy fats

Thanks for stopping by this post: 15 Coconut Oil Uses to Try.

Check out Mountain Rose Herbs and search “coconut oil” to grab some for yourself.

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  1. Reblogged this on The Wellness Junkie and commented:
    I have been looking for a natural makeup remover. Thought I would give this a try since Jesica mentioned she uses coconut oil. I was shocked by how much LOVE it! Sure, it makes your skin a bit greasy but it totally beats red burning eyes from chemical removers! Thanks Jesica!

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  2. Just reblogged this (www.thewellnessjunkie.com) Thanks so much for your suggestion about using coconut oil as a makeup remover! I am pleasantly surprised by how effective it is!

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  3. So grateful that you read my page and checked out that product. It truly is a great one and I’m glad you are experiencing it now too!! 🙂

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