5 Best Ways To Use Coconut Oil For Skin & Hair

5 Best Ways To Use Coconut Oil For Skin & Hair

It is a no surprise that many people are great fans of coconut oil. Its properties are such. The benefits of coconut oil are so easily proved for it has been in use for hundreds of years for skin care, hair care, and even health care. Here are few of the best ways to use coconut oil for skin and hair.

How to Easy Homemade Shea Body Butter

Body Butter – Readily available lotions in the market can be of no help to people with sensitive skin as they are loaded with chemicals, preservatives and synthetic fragrance. Instead if you make your own at-home body butter using natural ingredients, it will be great for the skin and cost effective too.

It is easy to make body butter with ½ cup coconut oil, ½ cup shea butter, 1-2 tea spoon jojoba oil and 2 drops of your favourite essential. Melt all the ingredients by heating/thawing, mix well and refrigerate to solidify. Slather it on after shower for a heavily moisturized skin. This body butter from coconut oil helps keep skin soft and supple throughout the harsh winter.

Homemade Body Scrub for Smooth, Fair & Glowing Skin (3)

Body Scrub – Body scrubs are essential to make your skin look polished and appear fresh and young. Making your own body scrub is easy and instant.

Pour ½ cup fine granulated brown sugar in a bowl. Add ¼ cup of coconut oil to the bowl and mix well. Your instant body scrub is ready to be taken to the shower. Coconut oil in this home-made scrub keeps your skin moisturized and loosens the dead skin cells to flake them away. Using this scrub twice a week will keep fresh looking skin always revealed and bring a youthful glow in you.

Detox Bath Salt – Bath oils and bath salts are great way to eliminate toxins from your body. When used during bath/shower they provide aromatherapy benefits allowing body and mind to relax and unwind.

Enjoy a simple detox bath with coconut oil and Epsom salt by adding them into your hot bath.

Homemade Conditioning Hair Pack

Conditioning Hair Pack – Coconut oil has been in use for hair care from ages ago. Coconut oil deep conditions the hair, makes scalp healthy, boosts hair growth and improves shine and texture of hair. Coconut oil is one of the best ingredients to be added when preparing a home-made hair mask.

For a simple and quick preparing of hair pack, warm half cup coconut oil in a small pan. Add henna powder and milk. Mix well and allow half an hour for the pack to set well. Apply to the scalp and cover every hair strand. Leave for one hour and wash with your favourite shampoo.

Dandruff treatment – Dandruff is a terribly irritating problem in the scalp. This unsightly, itchy and dry scalp condition has been treated using coconut oil for hundreds of years.

Coconut oil has medium-chain fatty acids that include lauric acid and capric acid. This makes coconut oil to possess antiviral, antimicrobial and antifungal properties. Thus it is helpful in treating scalp infections and reduces irritations.

Mix 4 teaspoon of coconut oil with 5-10 drops of tea tree essential oil. Work this mixture of oil into the scalp; make sure you cover every inch from neck to forehead and also behind the ears. Leave for long extended hours and wash with mild shampoo. This is one of the Best Ways To Use Coconut Oil in Haircare

How do you use coconut oil for skin & hair care? Share more ideas of using coconut oil if you have any.

 

*Written By Chand

6 Comments

  • March 16, 2016

    pranathi

    Awesome..Thanks for the tips

  • March 16, 2016

    Pallavi Bose

    Really great tips…didn’t knew about so many of them

  • March 16, 2016

    Lavanya

    Love coconut oil. Its a must for my smin n hair care..

  • March 17, 2016

    Shilpa Shetty

    I think in South India we use coconut oil for each and everything from food to medicines,.. I was born and bought up surrounded by coconut trees 😉 So I literally cant live without using coconut oil,… ha ha

  • March 17, 2016

    Mariyam

    I love using coconut oil for my hair!
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  • March 18, 2016

    perkymegs

    I will try the anti dandruff treatment.It’s causing lot of problems for me 🙁
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