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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Olive oil is high in squalene however Argan oil is a bit higher. 50% of our sebum is made up of squalene so the Argan oil is very easily absorbed into the skin. Squalene is also chemoprotectant, which mean that scientifically it has been researched to fight against cellular destruction turning to cancer. The Mediterraneans diet rich in EFA’s as good fats keeps the skin supple while aging. I have created a skin care product using cold pressed all natural Argan oil from a womens cooperative in Morocco and I have infused it with Lavender and Frankincense therapeutic grade essential oils.
http://www.arganicaoil.com
Thanks for the tips on Olive oil…we at Arganica love finding and learning about all that nature has to offer us!
Its amazing , fantastic information& i knew when i will use olive oil in my skin it will definatily become fair,gorgeos THANKS
good and it was…interesting…thank you..
u can a olive soap from bodyshop,its divine n its smells gr8 too,.always use a combination of olive n almond oils olive is for softening n almond is for lightening the skin.good luck folks
u can use a olive soap from The bodyshop,its divine n its smells gr8 too,.always use a combination of olive n almond oils olive is for softening n almond is for lightening the skin.good luck folks
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I want to know if olive oil can reduce d breast?tanks
can olive oil reduced the sugar level in diabetic patients , as i am a diabetic patient and let me know the usage of olive oil for this purpose and how use it.
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