Check out these 6 uses of coconut oil to achieve glowing skin and healthy hair at home.
Skin
Acts as a cleanser
Coconut oil has anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and moisturizing properties, which help cleanse your skin.
Apply coconut oil in circular motion all over your face and neck and give yourself a gentle massage. Rinse with water and cleanse again with a gentle face wash to ensure all residue is washed away.
Dab on as eye cream
Coconut oil can hydrate dry under eyes and help rejuvenate the skin.
Simply dab on a light layer of coconut oil on your under eye area. For best results, use before going to bed and rinse in the morning.
Nourishes cracked skin and dry cuticles
Massaging coconut oil into your cuticles and the skin around it will bring moisture to your nail beds and prevent dryness and cracked skin.
Use a dropper or a cotton ball to put warm coconut oil onto your nail beds. Massage for a few minutes after dabbing it on. Let it sit for 30 minutes and then rinse with water.
Helps minimize dandruff
Coconut oil has antibacterial properties, which help eradicate dandruff and keep your scalp healthy and hydrated by giving it a conditioning treatment that can calm itching and help stimulate hair growth.
Apply hot coconut oil lightly to your roots and massage it in for a few minutes. Let the oil sit on your scalp for 30 minutes and then wash it out with shampoo.
Use for deep conditioning
Coconut oil can be used to moisturize and transform dry hair, as coconut oil easily penetrates the hair strands and prevents protein loss. This pre shampoo treatment can be used to soothe dry hair before shampoo.
Apply hot coconut oil on dry hair before going to bed and cover your head with a shower cap or place a towel over your pillow before going to sleep. In the morning, rinse with gentle shampoo.
Tames frizzy hair
Coconut oil is a natural anti-humidity product, as it has molecules that are small enough to penetrate the hair strand.
Fill an empty spray bottle with coconut oil and spray the oil 2-3 times on the frizzy ends of your hair to smoothen your hair.
