Hack #7: Apply coconut oil to your cuticles to halt peeling.
The method: Once or two times a day, I rubbed the smallest quantity of coconut oil over my nails and about the nail bed to hydrate.
My experience: My mom’s been doing this for concerning a year and swears by it. I actually enjoyed massaging coconut oil in to my dry, cracked cuticles. The biggest issue was that I did most of my nail experimentation at work. I kept a mini jar at my desk to apply throughout the day, which left my keyboard feeling slippery. Yet my typing speed did improve because of the lack of friction, so I’m going ahead and put that as multitasking win.
The verdict: This was my second favored use for coconut oil. My usually cracked cuticles are no longer an issue. They’re the cleanest they’ve been due to the fact that my last manicure. I’ll surely be attempting this one again.
Hack #8: Use coconut oil as an all-natural lip balm alternative.
The method: I’d apply concerning the exact same quantity as I would certainly for the cuticles to my lips. I did it each day concerning 5 times a day, actually replacing my lip balm along with it to see the very best results.
My experience: I was sure this was going to be an easy, guaranteed positive experience. Yet to be honest, I wasn’t a big fan of coconut oil as lip balm. The oil was actually wet and merely sat on top of my lips, which gained wearing lipstick nearly impossible. The deep red Tom Ford I wore to the office settled in the dry patches, making certain spots look even darker. So as opposed to looking love I was a dedicated employee doing thorough reporting, I looked love I was sipping cheap red wine from my coffee mug.
The verdict: Vaseline works much better at coating the lips and resolving dryness. As much as I stuck to this one, I saw no healing results, which was pretty disappointing.
Hack #9: Gargle along with coconut oil to grab fresher breath.
The method: Oil pulling, or swishing along with coconut oil, prevents cavities, freshens unsatisfactory breath, and whitens teeth. Supposedly, it cleans up all of the unsatisfactory bacteria in your mouth. I used about one tablespoon of oil merely love mouthwash for 15-twenty minutes.
My experience: I was NOT looking forward to this. I put it off until the fourth day and recruited my three roommates to attempt it along with me. One was eager, one curious, and the various other had a great deal of questions. “I’ve been thinking concerning this,” Julia came up to tell me through the bathroom door as I was rinsing out the hair mask for the fourth time, “Exactly what happens if I swallow it?” And after she heard we’d be swishing for 15-twenty minutes, “twenty minutes?! Exactly what if I grab hungry?”
On the very first try, I gagged. After plopping the chunk of durable coconut oil in my mouth, I lasted concerning a minute. My roomates claimed that it wasn’t so unsatisfactory once it melted in to a liquid, Yet there was no method I could preserve it down long enough. So I put it in the microwave and went spine for round two, which was much better. So there we all of sat at 11:30 p.m. on a Monday night, watching Pirates of the Caribbean, and oil pulling.
The verdict: After min seven, it felt love I was merely moving about saliva. Yet my mouth did feel surprisingly cleaner after and not at all of greasy. It’s hard to say whether it improved my breath. Often we’re conditioned to believe minty equals fresh. My breath did not smell love spearmint or piña colada for that matter. In any sort of case, I’ll be sticking to my Listerine mouthwash.
All in all, I will certainly keep on to use coconut oil in my routine beauty book as a makeup remover, cuticle oil, and shaving cream. For numerous of the various other uses, I can easily believe of much better over-the-counter solutions that are much easier to use. So, I’ll be sticking to them. The one thing I can easily surely promise—coconut oil will certainly never ever go near a strand of my hair ever again.
A comparison photo from prior to and after my week-long coconut oil experiment.
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