Virgin coconut oil for beauty
The
moisturising properties of virgin coconut oil can bring great benefits to
hair and skin.
Liquefy Coconoil and then use as a skin cream — virgin coconut oil is great all over the body — or as a hair conditioner for shiny, healthy locks.
Use Coconoil™ virgin coconut oil for pre-wash and a post-wash hair care.
Virgin coconut oil reduces the protein loss of undamaged and damaged hair. Virgin Coconut oil is completely pure with no additives or preservatives.
Olympus Microscopy centre reports:
"Usually coconut oil is highly modified in cosmetics, food products, and animal feeds to prevent rancidity and extend shelf life, but as a result, the lauric acid is converted from a beneficial substance into a probable carcinogen. Industrial applications of lauric acid and its derivatives include the fatty acid as a component of alkyd resins, wetting agents, a rubber accelerator and softener, detergents, and insecticides. "
Virgin Coconut oil is a triglyceride of lauric acid (principal fatty acid).It has a high affinity for hair proteins and, because of its low molecular weight and straight linear chain, is able to penetrate inside the hair.
Buzzle.com reports that virgin coconut oil can be used as a hair conditioner and a underarm deoderant. In particular:
"Among three oils, coconut oil was the only oil found to reduce the protein loss remarkably for both undamaged and damaged hair when used as a pre-wash and post-wash grooming product. Both sunflower and mineral oils do not help at all in reducing the protein loss from hair"
How to use on your skin
Use from the tub – the oil will liquefy on contact with the skin.
Ideally – use as a liquid – it goes further and absorbs more quickly.
Virgin coconut oil is excellent for making rough skin smooth and keeping skin soft and supple
My mother (age 74) used to get dry skin on her legs. Virgin coconut oil has transformed the skin on her legs. Now they are soft and smooth.
How to use on your hair
Massage a small amount of liquid coconut oil into the hair.
Leave for at least 20 mins or overnight and wash out
As a conditioner – massage into hair and the dryness caused by tongs and heat on the hair will be controlled. Jane, my hairdresser says virgin coconut oil is the best conditioner she has found to heal heat damaged hair.
