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Coconut oil is highly under estimated as a beauty product. I grew up around coconuts. Coconut water, coconut milk, desserts made with coconut. When I was a little girl, I remember my grandfather making a sugar holder out of the coconut shell. I still remember it to this day! =)
My colleague from work reignited my interest in coconuts, but this time, the oil. Coconut oil has so many benefits. I love love love to use it on my skin. I know what you must be thinking. Coconut oil for the skin?? Yes, for the skin. I decided to do some research and found that the health benefits are amazing. I know because for the past 3 months, I've been using it- I'm using it to cook with, for the skin, for the hair and pretty much in general these days.
Refined or Unrefined? That depends on you. Unrefined simply means that it has not been cleaned or bleached. Therefore, it will have the scent of coconut, the taste of coconut. So, if you do not like the taste or smell, your better off getting refined or Virgin.
There are so many things you can do with this. You can make your own hair mask, your own skin scrub with sea salt, sugar or coffee grinds and you can make a nice healthy dinner for your family. I use both in my house. I use the virgin unrefined to cook with and both refined and unrefined on my skin. For the summer, one of the main essentials is to have the beautiful glowing smooth skin right? This is how I get that. I use sea salt, sugar or coffee and make an exfoliating scrub and it leaves my skin literally glowing. Add a little shimmer to the oil when you get out of the shower and you will become so touchable!
Aside from the benefits it has for the skin on the outside, but I helps fight Alzheimer's disease and helps restore memory. It cleared my son's eczema as if he never had it at all. This oil is truly an amazing product for so many things, it keeps your hair and skin so healthy and beautiful inside and out. I also got tired of asking my colleague to get me bottles (the jars in the stores we anywhere from $6.99 to $9.99). SO, I did my research and found an amazing deal on Amazon. Since I use so much of it, I got two 54 oz. tubs (Nutiva Organic Extra Virgin Coconut oil, this is Unrefined) for $49.00- You better believe I jumped on it! I gave the other tub to my colleague, of course she was thrilled! Now I have enough for the whole summer, and I get to use some for cooking and store some in separate containers (one in my bathroom and one in my bedroom, even one for my son) and use it all year around. It truly is amazing.
My recommendation is for everyone to use this. Its healthy for your heart, skin (it's a natural sunscreen too!) and amazing for hair masks. Its recommended to eat 1 table spoon a day for memory and intestinal health, even to make your skin healthy from the inside out. Really great for mommies with the "mommy brains" aka memory loss from pregnancy. Give it a try! They have smaller jars in Walmart and Whole food or any health store. It's a great investment for health over all and makes a really good coconut sauce for Tilapia with a hint of lemon! If you would like more information on coconut oil's health benefits, visit:
http://www.organicfacts.net/organic-oils/organic-coconut-oil/health-benefits-of-coconut-oil.html
or visit Dr. Oz's website. He has a very informative segment about it!
If you are interested in some of my homemade exfoliating scrubs, email me:
jessicatheproductjunkie@gmail.com
Enjoy!
JV
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