Coconut Oil: protect your skin from This Winter

Benefit of using Coconut Oil

When the air cools down, the joy of winter spreads all around. Then begins the time for comfort, warmth and good food. As the cold breeze blows, the surrounding air dries up and moisture evaporates from the skin and hair. If proper care is not taken, there will be a loss of shine and hydration that will leave your skin and hair brittle. This problem can be remedied very simply with coconut oil, which is an ingredient that serves as the multi-functional elixir for all beauty and skincare problems.
Coconut oil has an enriching natural fat formula that can work as a make-up remover, exfoliator, moisturiser, and as a base for several facial and hair packs. Coconut oil also provides anti-inflammatory benefits that soothe our skin.
If it’s your first-time using coconut oil, you should do a small patch test before you use it on your skin. There are a lot of (Do It Yourself) DIYs possible with coconut oil, read about them below for an all-purpose solution to all your problems in winter.
Dry skin is prone to being textured and flaky. An excellent way to restore the smoothness of your skin is to harness the high fat content in coconut oil which is naturally absorbed by the skin. Apply coconut oil to your skin directly. This will exfoliate your skin to remove blackheads, and provide moisture-retaining properties to soften up your skin.
Take some baking soda, your favourite essential oil, and mix them well into a bit of coconut oil. Apply this onto your skin with a towel to cleanse your skin without stripping it out of its natural moisture. This natural method of cleansing will also help in minimising your pores and wrinkles. Once you have cleansed your skin, rub the oil off with soft facial tissues to remove the excess oil.
Use coconut oil to make a DIY exfoliating scrub by mixing it with some honey and sugar. Apply the scrub on your skin by massaging it gently in circular motions. This scrub is suitable for application on the body, face and lips.
Another great use of coconut oil is as a shaving lotion that lubricates your skin properly so that you don’t get razor wounds on your hands and legs.
Coconut oil has a very thick, oily texture that can be slightly comedogenic. As many dermatologists agree, coconut oil should not be applied on skin that is very oily despite its miracles. To derive the myriad of benefits of coconut oil as an anti-inflammatory and antibacterial ingredient, people with oily skin may use it on their bodies as a lotion. You can also mix coconut oil with glycerine and water rather than using it directly over your skin.
Additionally, coconut oil helps in eliminating the skin’s redness that is a result of sunburns. It also provides a good healer for cracked lips, hands and feet.
The naturally present lauric acid in coconut oil is great at providing relief against itchiness and eczema in skin. Even without skin conditions such as eczema, one of the areas of the skin that gets very dehydrated in passing cold air is the nose. To fix this problem, take a bit of oil on a cotton pad and massage your nose with it to hydrate the dried skin around your nasal area and keep it supple.
Coconut oil also contains a good amount of Vitamin E which also helps to nourish brittle hair and repair the damaged protein bonds in it. Oil your hair in winter to keep it soft in the drying seasons, then wash it off with mild shampoo and style as usual.
Coconut oil is a multipurpose oil that has great benefits for the skin and hair. It is especially great for winter when our skin and hair require some extra protection against the cool dryness of winter. With a bit of care, attention and the super ingredient of coconut oil, you can solve your beauty worries effectively and enjoy winter in all its joyous glory.