Natural Skin Care Routines
10 Ways to Use Coconut In Natural Skin Care
The coconut is such a unique gift from nature. Technically speaking, it’s a fruit, a nut, and a seed. For our purposes, let’s just refer to it as a botanical. Among its unique qualities is its fat content. No other plant in nature has such a high fat content. It’s comparable to fat in an animal source. Yet, this is a good thing.
Coconut oil is a great oil to cook with because it’s a great source of medium-chain fatty acids. Your body digests and burns these easily and without the insulin spike.
From a skin care perspective, you want to use products that moisturize as well as protect and coconut oil is great for this because it resists oxidation and is considered to be an antioxidant because of this quaity.
If you like making up your own recipes at home, you’ll enjoy these 10 ways to use coconut in your natural skin care routine –
DIY Coconut Body Scrub Recipe
- 1 cup of warm coconut milk
- 1 cup of brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon of coconut oil
- 2 drops of essential oil of your choice
Mix the ingredients and apply to your body with circular motions for a few minutes before rinsing off. Your skin should be exfoliated and moisturized at the same time!
2. Coconut water has a bleaching quality. If you need to fade blemishes, apply it on the face, hands, and neck. Wash off with tepid water.
3. The hard skin on elbows and knees can be softened by rubbing coconut oil on them regularly.
4. Massage coconut oil into the sensitive area around the eye to fight wrinkles.
5. Combining equal parts tumeric, salt, and coconut oil and apply to dark spots to fade them. Leave on for 30 minutes and wash off.
6. For dry or damaged hair, heat a few tablespoons of coconut oil until it’s soft and apply to damp hair. Cover with a plastic cap for an hour and shampoo.
7. To exfoliate blemishes, combine 2 tsps coconut oil with 1 tsp of oatmeal. Massage skin with the mixture for 5 minutes. Rinse with a mixure of lukewarm water containing juice of half a lemon.
8. For dandruff, combine equal parts coconut milk and lime juice to the scalp and massage. After one hour, shampoo.
9. Incorporate monoi into your skin care routine. Monoi, a mixture of coconut oil and flower essence, has been used for centuries by Pacific islanders to beautify hair and skin.
10. Mash an avocado and mix in enough coconut milk until it makes a paste. Apply to the hair and scalp and leave on for 15 minutes before shampooing.
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Getting rid of tired dull skin?
I’ve noticed lately that my skin on my face is looking tired and dull – I’m only 17!
I have plenty of sleep (atleast 7 hours a night) and drink alot of water. I also have a good skin care routine, using natural face masks and exfoliating. One thing I think may be the problem is that i’m not a very healthy eater… which I find hard!
Is there any other solutions than eating healthy (i’ll try) that will make my skin look healthier?
You can get incredible results massaging with essential oils. They feed and nourish skin with many beneficial health enhancing nutrients. Olive oil is excellent. Quickly revitalizes, makes skin softer, firmer and gives it a healthy glow . Will also rid it of many blemishes. For best and fastest results massage for a few minutes each day. You will find you do not need to exfoliate and will need very little other skin care. Oils are perfect natural moisturizers. You will need no other. Do not remove. Simply splash face with water and dab dry with tissues.
SOURCE(S): 20 + years research, experimentation – safe natural treatments/cures for skin conditions, skin enhancement .
