Coconut oil commonly gets namedropped as the latest super-good-for-you miracle product. Admittedly, a year ago wed barely heard of coconut oil. Maybe in our vegetable green curry or as an ingredient relegated to the shelves of the local health food store, but not something we were putting on our face. Not yet at least. But when we started our beauty street style column about a year ago, we could barely go a week without one of the girls we photographed naming coconut oil as her go-to beauty product. Our glowing, shiny-haired subjects rattled off the different ways they used the super oil: as a nourishing face cream, repairing leave-in conditioner or beachy-scented body moisturizer. And thats just the tip of the iceberg: Its actually beneficial in raising metabolism and boosting immunity, too. How were we so late to the party on this one? Is there anything coconut oil cant do? We turned to celebrity nutritionist Kimberly Snyder (an early champion of the ingredient) to fill us on all the awesomeness that is coconut oil. Keep reading for our top seven picks. Why coconut oil is better than the average face moisturizer. And hair serum. And body lotion: Commercial moisturizers contain lots of water, which makes you feel like your skin is being moisturized. But as soon as the water dries, your skin becomes dry again. Also, many commercial brands of moisturizers contain petroleum-based ingredients that can suffocate the skin. In contrast, coconut oil provides deep and real moisture. It helps strengthen underlying tissues and helps remove excessive dead cell on the skins surface that makes your skin rough and flaky in texture. It also great for shine and as a natural moisturizer for your hair.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 21:42:20 +0000
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