Coconut oil

In my monthly must haves I talked about coconut oil and briefly explained the uses and places you can buy it and the brand I use and how I use virgin coconut oil but being as I did go into it briefly I thought I would go in to it in a bit more detail.  

As I said before I use the brand coconoil which is "certified virgin coconut oil organic" so means it's totally pure having had nothing added to it and so is better for you and your skin than say a moisturiser that has had chemicals, scents and colours added to it and could be doing more damage than good! As well as being organic which means that when it was grown it had nothing added to it like chemicals again meaning it's a lot better for you than some thing that isn't organic. 

Although being rather expensive being £20 for 460g it lasts a long time being quite a big pot it is grown in Sir Lanka and is: 

• cold pressed 
• rich in lauric acid 
• cholesterol free 
• naturally  sugar free
• rich in medium chain triglycerides (MCT) 
• energy boosting 
• flavour enhancing 
• no additives 
• no preservatives       

which is a lot of benefits for a pot of 460g making it defiantly worth £20. As well as having a lot of benefits it also has a lot of uses again making it worth £20 some of which are: 

• cooking - instead of fattening oils as well as being flavour and energy boosting. 
• as a moisturiser - as a body and face moisturiser although at first feeling oily on the skin after a few minutes of letting it sink in it makes your skin feel soft and refreshed weather you use it on your face or body. Although I tend to only use it on my face at night as make up tends to slip of my face due to the oil creating a barrier. 
• hair mask - I use the coconut oil as a hair mask; around 20 minutes before I go into the shower (I recommend only use it when your having a shower)I use the mask in two ways: if I feel the ends of my hair are getting damaged or just need a bit of help I will concentrate the oil on the ends of my hair, I work the oil up from the bottom of my hair up to the nape of my neck and then put my hair up in a clip or in a top not letting the oil sit in the hair. Then just before I go into the shower I shampoo the ends because if you don't the oil creates a barrier stopping the oil from being washed out properly. And if I feel my scalp is dry or damaged it will do the same process but work the oil from my hair line just to the nape of my neck and pin my hair up and then shampoo my hair and then wash it out.  

Although I know some things about coconut oil and how to use it but I'm defiantly not an expert and a lot of people know a lot more than I do and one person who knows a lot more than I do is the owner of the blog Wellness mama  who has a post about 101 ways to use coconut oil which I think you should check out if you want some more information on it!  

I hope you enjoyed a little bit more information on coconut oil and I hope that it was a help! 

Talk to you soon 

Aimee 

xoxox