I'm about to start using coconut
oil as a moisturiser but wondered what you use when going away / travelling as my coconut oil is in a big glass jar?
Simply use some coconut oil or olive
oil as a moisturiser, lip balm and eye cream.
If you wanted to use olive
oil as a moisturiser but are now disappointed, then grapeseed oil or jojoba oil are far superior alternatives.
If you want to simplify things, you could just use grapeseed
oil as a moisturiser.
Not exact matches
Hi Ella, do you find using coconut
oil as a body
moisturiser you get
oil marks on your clothes?
Hey Ella, I too use coconut
oil as body
moisturiser throughout summer and autumn, however I find it's not moisturising enough year round.
I am however prone to spots and cant use it on my face
as much
as I would love to
as it is fairly comedogenic but I found that olive
oil has the same pH balance
as human skin and therefore perhaps, is the ideal
moisturiser for those with spots.
I posted a blog a while ago about a natural body scrub recipe too, and I'm definitely going to try coconut
oil as body
moisturiser next!
I always travel with this a lot
as it's a much easier size than a big coconut
oil jar and I can use it
as a
moisturiser for dry skin too.
In regards to using coconut
oil as a face
moisturiser, I've heard many people who said that it has been the best thing ever to use on their faces, but at the same time there are heaps that said it made them broke out (with acne) like crazy.
Hi Ella — I use Coconut
Oil to take my makeup off and
as a
moisturiser at night, however to use it
as a
moisturiser during the day do you mix it with anything else?
I love using coconut
oil as a body
moisturiser but there are loads of great natural beauty brands on My Favourite Products blog post which may also do body
moisturisers.
Today I bought coconut
oil and apple cider vinegar to use on my face
as you had recommended in another post i.e. toner and
moisturiser.
I always just use coconut
oil so I wouldn't know of any other sadly but I use lots of Neals Yard products and love them so I'm sure the
moisturiser would be just
as good x
I use coconut
oil in all my cooking and
as skincare (face and body
moisturiser and eye make up remover).
Dr William Mooney, Cosmetic Surgeon, Face Plus
As a minimum, everyone should have a cream - based cleanser, a topical antioxidant serum that is high in vitamin C and E and an
oil - based
moisturiser.
As for
moisturiser, treat your skin to a body
oil, applied under running water and dry off.
We do nt much apply coconut
oil on to our skin
as moisturiser as it increases the growth of facial hair:).
Olive
oil companies state that Italians, Spaniards, and Greeks use olive
oil for everything; they rub it into their hands and feet, into their face
as a
moisturiser, they add it to shampoo to get sleek hair.
Two weeks should definitely be enough to test the grapeseed
oil, but if you fix your vitamin and mineral intake and clear your skin, you can then use grapeseed
oil as a natural, chemical free
moisturiser.
See bodyunburdened.com for full details of the soap recipe I tried, but I did reduce the amount of carrier
oil as I found it a bit closer to a
moisturiser than a soap than I liked.
Is
oil the only product you use at night
as a
moisturiser?
Other good ingredients may include Astaxathin (one of nature's most powerful antioxidants), Coconut
oil, Tocopheryl (vitamin E), Shea butter (a natural plant lipid used
as a thickener,
moisturiser and emulsifier), Eucalyptus
oil, Aloe vera gel (contains over 130 active compounds and over 30 amino acids beneficial to our skin).
I'm addicted to coconut
oil in all forms... just posted my Mum some to use
as a simple
moisturiser today... spreading the word!
One of the products I love using in winter is a Rosehip
Oil — I mix it up with my face
moisturiser and I've noticed that my skin looks a bit plumpier and not
as dry
as it used to.
I'm using argan
oil for quite sometime now but didn't use it yet for my face but i heard so many feedbacks when you use it
as a
moisturiser.
It's the most widely used vegetable
oil and can be found in foods like bread, chocolate, margarine, biscuits, chips and ice cream and cosmetics such
as lipsticks, shampoos, conditioners and
moisturisers.