The Beatles may have sung about love, but I, my friends, am singing about oil. Yes, forget half the products you rely on to get through your morning routine. A little oil on your skin after a shower makes a great moisturizer (my mom likes safflower oil, but coconut, jojoba, grapeseed, olive oil, or great Canadian hemp are all good). A few drops of oil on wet skin work as a cheap DIY shaving oil. Whisk in some egg and/or honey into some oil as a hair mask.
A couple faves:
Castor oil – the amazing hair growth booster and muscle soother! Works wonders when applied daily to spindly eye brows and lashes. Give it a few weeks and you’ll see fuller lashes and brows – for real! Naturopaths also recommend this oil with heating pads to sooth aching muscles. Did I mention a mix of castor oil with another quality oil like hemp or jojoba makes a great nightly face wash instead of soap and water? Just rub in for several minutes and wash off with a hot wash cloth.
Hemp oil – the great locavore oil! amazing Canadian moisturizer that dries matte, not greasy. Won’t clog pores and works beautifully on face, body, hair, you name it! Did I mention it’s Canadian?
Neem oil – the fabulous nail strengthener and dandruff buster! Forego toxin-laced dandruff shampoos and just add a little neem oil to your regular shampoo to help bust flakes. Add a drop to brittle nails at night to fight chips and cracks or on your hair to combat/nourish dry brittle hair!
Which oils do you like?
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Hemp oil is great. here’s a small business who does nice products with hemp oil, in Canada :http://www.lafeuilleverte.ca/en/produits-eczema.shtml
also check out http://www.acne.org for info on The Oil Cleansing Method. It is about cleaning your face with….. OIL… I know crazy. I have been using it for a while now and will never go back. I do a 50/50 mix of castor oil and grapeseed oil with a few drops of Tea Tree Oil for my acne prone skin every night. I rub it in, then with a very hot wash cloth I wipe it off. I rinse out the wash cloth and wipe my face one or two more times. I only get occasional breakouts when my period is about to start now.
I also recently discovered coconut oil! I used it as a hot oil treatment for an hour and my hair was probably the softest I’ve ever felt it. I also use it as a daily moisturizer on my face. I read that coconut oil has naturally occurring antifungal/antimicrobial properties and I’ve seen an improvement in my break out prone skin already (after about one week of use!) I hear that mixed with baking soda it can be a great deodorant…that’s next on my DIY personal product list
coconut oil. leave it in your hair for an hour, wash it out…….what a difference it makes to frizziness and softness.
I’ve been using grape seed oil on my face and legs for about a year now. I love it. It took a couple weeks to get use to putting oil on my face as a moisturizer but now I couldn’t imagine going back to creams. Sidenote – my oil has added tocopheryl acetate for a boost in vitamin e. Any negatives to that?
Couldn’t agree with you more! We love our oils and especially olive oil, it rocks my world.
daniela