Olive oil is one of the most popular ingredients in cooking, but if you’ve never used it for beauty, you’re in for a treat. Believe it or not, Rachel Ray’s pet ingredient is not only a necessity in any pasta dish, but also great for your nails, lips, hair, and skin. Why? Olive oil is rich in squalane, a natural emollient that penetrates skin without leaving a greasy film behind. Beyond that, it’s packed with Vitamins A & E and a number of polyphenols that already make it a popular inclusion in beauty products. Check out the below list for 15 inventive ways to get gorgeous Italian-style:
- A little EVOO makes a fabulous substitute for foot cream. Just rub some on your feet before you go to bed, put on some socks and wake up with super soft tootsies.
- Bad sunburn? Mix olive oil with white vinegar and apply before a warm bath to soothe and heal the burn.
- Banish frizzy hair by putting a couple of drops of olive oil in dry hair.
- Smooth generously onto hands before bed, put on white cotton gloves, and wake up with soft, youthful hands.
- Dandruff issues? Mix olive oil with almond oil and leave on scalp for five minutes. (If it starts to burn, rinse it out.) Rinse well to clear hair of dandruff.
- Add a couple of tablespoons of olive oil to your bath to calm red, irritated skin.
- Soothe chapped lips by smoothing on some olive oil.
- Olive oil makes a great anti-aging moisturizer, since it contains polyphenol hydroxytyrosol, an antioxidant that helps to hold cell walls intact and thus reduce the signs of aging.
- Apply a little olive oil to a Q-tip and use it as a makeup remover. (Yes, that’s why the store-bought kind is often so oily!)
- Soak thin, brittle nails and ragged cuticles in a small cup of olive oil to soften, smooth and strengthen them.
- Massage olive oil into your hair, then leave hair covered with a shower cap for 30 minutes. Shampoo and discover softer, more lustrous hair with fewer split ends.
- Sensitive skin? Go easy on your legs by using olive oil as a shaving cream.
- Slather on olive oil before braving the sun – it’s rich in Vitamins A and E, keeping skin from drying out in the heat while protecting you from UV rays.
- Rub on elbows and knees for intense moisturizing. (My elbows are actually soft now – I’m not kidding.)
- For stained nails and fingers, simply add a few drops of lemon juice to olive oil and soak your fingers in it.
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Very useful post & thanx for sharing! Yeah olive is good for health and skin toooo….
also, a few drops in your ear once a day helps clear ‘em—good for swimmerz
Thanks for the great tips -sounds great
Wow! I never would have imagined.
It’s also good for stretch marks. Use it 3 times a day on the stretch marks (red or white) and they will get much better.
Be careful about no.13, oil makes you burn/tan quicker. You don’t want to sizzle!
Good point, rebs! But tanning outside isn’t really au courant anymore. Skin cancer is SO passe.
Olive oil is a great carrier oil mixed with a few drops of lavender body oil and used as a massage oil…not only does it soothe your skin leaving it soft and luxurious but you also get a good night’s sleep if massaged just before bed time!!! Also much cheaper than store bought massage oils…
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Thanks for good tips
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great tips,I really can’t miss the great idea!
Olive oil is also amaaazing for tanning
Yes I know skin cancer and all that but I still tan outside and it works like a charm, in about 45 minutes I’m 5 shades darker and it lasts for weeks. It’s also never caused be to burn no matter how long I’ve been in the sun, even thought I admit that has more to do with my dark-er complexion.
Nice and informative post. Olive oil is good for cooking as well as health. Olive oil is very useful for curing dandruffs.
thank you for your great tips,very useful to me.
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I always find something usefull here. Keep up the good work, its really appreciated.
Glad everyone loves this post so much – it’s become quite popular.
Great for dry eyes too!!!
Very useful tips! I didn’t know that I could use olive oil in dandruff issues. Thanks!
Thanks for great tips! I probably don’t need expensive cream to have soft skin!!
Great post, thanks for the info
Nice article about 15 Beautiful Uses for Olive Oil. I really found your articles informative and beneficial.
Hi.great job.tips are very good n very beneficial.jst wanted to ask that should it be olive pomace oil or olive virgin oil? Which 1 is more beneficial.kindly reply as soon as possible
It’s amazing how you can use olive oil as a hot oil treatment. I did it one time and it was really something.
I love olive oil. I use it every day for cooking. I haven’t tried it for other things, but will now. I have tried coconut oil on my face and almond oil (which is fabulous)
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An interesting read – some good tips here.olive oil is good for health.The anti-aging effect of olive oil benefits your skin by preventing appearance of wrinkles.
can you list the amounts for the olive oil in the above list? I’d love to try some of these tips, but not sure how much to use. Thanks!
I just bought 5 litres of olive oil from my neighbour who grows olives so these tips should come in very useful.
Yeah, I hear that olive oil is really good for just about anything! I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately and it’s really good for dry hair. I also read that Rosemary Oil is good for beauty as well. Any input in that?
Thank you so much for all those great tips!! i am definitely going to use olive oil for my hair now!
I started using EVOO out of necessity; one bottle soooo many uses! It (and EVCO) is the only “make-up” remover that doesn’t sting my eyes & nourishes my combo type, still breaking-out “Late 30’s” skin.
Great post, thank you.
Интересно. Вообще чтение вашего блога это не просто глупое пролистывание новостей или чтениебреда про то, чем человек сегодня занимался, а нахождение реально интересной информации.
olive oil is good
Virgin Olive Oil is a good cure for colds. Take a teaspoon if you feel you are getting a cold, it will cut it short before your cold gets worst. I give it to my family as an “old” remedy.
Have been waiting for this kinda stuff for years
I used olive oil and sea salt on my nails last night and couldn’t stop talking about Joe smooth my ha ds were a d Joe the cuticles seemed to disappear! I’ve been using it as a facial moisterizer for two months now and feel I look younger. Certainly my makep goes on more smoothly and my body feels healthier.
Olive oil is great in the bedroom, too! Stay away from store-bought brands of lubricants – use olive oil instead.
K,
Nice tip – although that does shed a new light on whether you should purchase “extra virgin” olive oil…
THANK YOU FOR THESE NICE ADVISES .. I KNOW ALSO THAT PUTTING OLIVE OIL ON YOUR EYE LASES MAKE THEM LONGER AND STRONGER .. MY SISTER DID THAT AND IT WORKED
@Inas – great tip! I’ve never heard of putting olive oil on your eyelashes. I should read more about that…
YEA .. I CAN TELL YOU HOW SHE DID IT .. YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN OLD MASCARA BRUSH .. YOU CLEAN IT VERY GOOD .. MAKE SURE THEIR IS NO MASCARA ON IT .. THEN YOU USE IT WITH THE OLIVE OIL ON YOUR LASHES .. BUT YOU HAVE TO DO IT IN DOORS THE SUN COULD BURN YOUR LASHES BECAUSE OF THE HEAT AND THE OIL LOL
Thanks for the great tips
thanks for the tips.. i know olive oil is useful for the ingredients of the beauty. i tell u badam oil and olive oil and coconut oil and mix together and apply it on over night then take warm towel and cover on your hair . and next morning then rinse bath, hair ll be soft , shining.
nice tips
Let me do experiment first, then put my comment
Wonderful tips
I think that olive oil soap as face wash is a really good natural choice and I think you should continue using it because of the long term benefits. But since you can’t get rid of blackheads try combining it with another product, face wash or lotion from-as previously said-Neutragena because it is a great company with proof for it’s results on the problems of the skin.
i am from india which is the best brand olive oil product. and how to apply the face to use. weekly 3 days using the olive oil my face. but not heated the oil just applied olive oil my face. and how much uses for beauty care just easy formula to say my email id sent please
Hi am venky, if i apply olive oil to abs(stomach) whether it ill reduce fat. if i apply whether ill get shiny skin on body. plz reply the ans.