Benefits of Coconut Oil and Why You Should Care

Coconut oil (also known as Copra oil)obtained from the kernel of fully matured coconuts harvested from the coconut palm. Coconut oil found its applications in different areas like health, making homemade soap and other beauty products, medicine and cooking. Countless benefits can be derived when we apply it on our skin. These benefits include:

Natural oil

Among the numerous benefits of coconut oil for the skin is the fact that it is natural. This actually means that it does not contain any synthetic ingredients that can be harmful to the skin and is one of the purest and most gentle skin care treatments available.

Antibacterial

Organic coconut oil naturally contains lauric and caprylic acid which are effective against acne-causing bacteria. This helps to prevent further acne by removing the condemn oils that clog the pores of the skin together with dirt and germs that causes blackheads and acne. These acid are also what commercial soaps use to make their bars sudsy, but they remove all the moisturizing and beneficial properties and keep just the sudsy factor.

Natural Moisturizer

Coconut oil provides deep and long-lasting moisture; it can actually penetrate the tissues of the skin and improve the flexibility of the skin. This unique feature differentiates it from other water-based moisturizers. The water-based moisturizers always provide immediate improvement in the smoothness of the skin but after a few minutes when the water dries up, the skin feels dry again. It is also very affordable and much more effective when compare to other oil-based moisturizers, which are rare and very expensive.

SPF protection

Ultra violet rays from the sun, can cause sunburn, skin damage, and skin cancer. Coconut oil has a sun protection factor (SPF) of around 6-10, which can help protect the skin against sun damages during cloudy, winter and fall months. While it is by no means enough to guard against damage from an all day marathon of beach-side fun, it can help protect from day to day sun damage from normal outdoor exposure.

Makeup removal

Coconut oil is a cheap and handy makeup remover. It can effectively remove eyeliner, eye shadow, and mascara; it can also make cleaning off foundation, powder, and lipstick easier too- especially the waterproof varieties. This can easily reduce the application of the chemically based make up removal on our skin.

Hair Conditioner

This natural and amazing oil can save you some cash spent on hair conditioner. It works well for damaged, dull, and dry hair. It can even tame frizzes and wild locks, making it a great choice for people with thick and curly hair.

Body and foot scrub

Coconut oil is an amazing exfoliating body scrub especially when combined with sugar or sea salt. The mixture can be applied daily before shower to scrub off excess dead cells on the skin surface. This will also soften and smoothing rough skin.

Rich in Antioxidant

Coconut oil’s powerful chemical make up is designed to battle the things that make us sick and it helps destroys the free radicals in the human body that cause issues such as wrinkles, illness, cancer, and other health conditions. It also acts as one of the best natural anti-septic enriched with many beneficial fatty acids which help protect the skin from the harmful infection causing micro organisms like fungus, bacteria and virus etc.

Healing Ability

Coconut oil has the ability to be absorbed through the skin and heal the damaged tissues. It removes dead skin cells, liver spots, reduces the appearance of scars and stretch marks, and can lighten the appearance of your skin. It can also be used as a healing and strengthening option to replace regular lip balm, face wash, teeth whitener, and shaving cream among many other everyday uses!

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