Coconut Oil
Essential oils are a great way to relax at the end of the day, help with anxiety and depression, and even reduce your stress levels. They can be used during yoga, bedtime rituals, baths, and meditation. However, you also need to combine your essential oils with a carrier oil if they are going to be applied to your skin. This is where coconut oil comes in. Here is more information about using coconut oil with essential oils.
Use Coconut Oil as a Carrier Oil
When you are using coconut oil with essential oils, you are often using it as a carrier oil. What this means is that when you apply essential oils directly to your skin, the carrier oil is mixed with the essential oil so those extracts don’t irritate your skin. The problem with just rubbing in pure essential oil directly on your skin is that it can often be too harsh and lead to irritation. With carrier oils, they have a neutral scent, but they help dilute your essential oils. Continue reading
Keeping coconut oil in the home is always a good idea, since it has so many different uses for your body, hair, pets, and even pests in the home. Here are some different reasons you should always have some coconut oil in the bathroom.
You Can Use it as a Moisturizer
Here is a really simple and great reason to keep coconut oil in the bedroom. Any time you need to moisturize any part of your skin, it is safe to use coconut oil. Something you may not know is that coconut oil is safe to use on burns, cuts, ands crapes, as long as you don’t have an allergic reaction to it. This means while other lotions that are scented or have harsh ingredients can burn your skin when you have a cut in the skin, you can still use coconut oil to moisturize without making matters worse. This makes it a really good moisturizer to have on hand at all times. Continue reading
