Happy August 1st everyone!
Where did half the year even go?! I can’t believe summer is almost coming to an end and for once when school starts up again I won’t be returning to St. Louis. It’s pretty crazy to imagine that I have been attending school for 16 years and now in my “adult life” I will only be working. But I am pretty happy about not having homework and having projects that take over my whole weekend. Another awesome thing about August is it’s my birthday month and I will be able to celebrate it wit the ones I love the most!
Any who, I have been a HUGE fan of coconut oil and all the goodness it can do for you, here are a few ways I have used it that have worked for me. Hope you enjoy!
1. Healthy Skin– I usually Apply it all over my body and then put on my bathrobe and leave it one for 1 hour before jumping into the shower. As you shower you can tell your body has absorbed the oil because the water will not run down as usual but leave behind little water drops. (I do this once a week)
2.Shave Prep-I usually do this every time I apply oil on my body and am about to jump into the shower. I have shaved only having the coconut oil on and it works just as good as shaving cream, the only thing is that you have to clean your razor a little extra. A reason this works so well as shaving cream and doesn’t leave your skin dry or give you razor burn is because when you shave you are stripping away the moisture from your skin. In this case the oil is being taken in by your skin and isn’t just a layer on top like most shaving creams.
3.Eye Make Up Remover-This has been one of my best tricks after a night out and heavy eye make up. I just dip a cotton ball into the oil and remove my makeup and it comes right off. Of course afterwards I wash my face to make sure all make up is removed but i have found this to work better than make up removing wipes.
4.Treat Burns-This is a trick that my sister actually showed me and it really does work! So if you’re like me (or my sister) we do our hair with flat irons and curling wands and every now and then it may slip and you end up burning a part of your body. We found that if you apply coconut oil, it will heal faster and avoid any infections.
5.Shiny Hair-Every girl wants beautiful shiny hair but sometimes doesn’t always have the time to apply masks every couple of days. This is were I have learned you don’t have to do it often and can get away with doing it once a week when you are applying coconut oil on your skin, multi task! I usually apply the oil all over my hair but focus on my roots and tips the most and just like applying it on my skin I wait for an hour before jumping into the shower.
I hope this Coconut Oil tutorial helped and you give it a try!
Coconut Oil can be purchased at your local grocery store
As always, thank you for reading.
