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Coconut Oil: It is currently a huge staple among people everywhere. While it has countless health benefits, I want to tell you about how you can use coconut oil in youreveryday lives outside of cooking. I have been using coconut oil for well over a year now and as a result I have only good things to say about this miracle product.

Coconut oil is relatively cheap, I buy mine at my local grocery store for around six dollars and it lasts for months. I recommend buying extra virgin and organic, just so thatyou’re sure there are no extra additives and processing that will make it less effective. If your grocery store doesn’t have coconut oil you can check out a health store,otherwise Amazon has a bunch of coconut oil, too.

The coconut oil is really a strange substance – at room temperature it is a solid, but once you touch it that’s when the coconut oil melts into a liquid. It smells as you’dexpect coconut oil to smell: coconut­y. I really enjoy the scent, but if it’s too strong for you or you’re not a fan of coconut you could always mix a pleasant smellingessential oil in with the coconut oil – just do your research on your favorite scents.

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Now for the fun part: How to use coconut in your daily beauty routine.

All Over Moisturizer

Coconut oil absorbs into your skin super fast and it drys up those pesky dry patches overnight. I like to mix a scoop of coconut oil with my regular moisturizer and slather itall over to keep my skin healthy, soft, and smooth!

Face Moisturizer

I use coconut oil all over my body and my face is no exception – the last thing I do every night before turning out the light is slather my face with the oil. I use a generousscoop of the oil and gently massage it onto my face and neck. As a result my pores are smaller, I don’t get flakey patches anymore, and I rarely get acne. I give coconut oilcomplete credit for my nice skin, because before I started using it I had dry skin and my forehead was ridden with bumps.

Hair Masks

In my post talking about how to grow your hair out long and healthy (http://mostlymorgan.com/long­hair/) I touched on the wonders of coconut oil. And it honestly wasthe turning point in my journey to growing long hair that still looked pretty. Before coconut oil I had only been able to grow my hair to right under my boobs before itstarted looking ratty and damaged and like it desperately needed chopped off. Once I started using coconut oil regularly my hair stayed looking healthy – no matter howlong. All I do is fully saturate my hair with the coconut oil, braid it, and leave it in as long as possible – overnight if I can!

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Dandruff

Massaging coconut oil into your scalp will not only encourage hair growth, but it will also eliminate dandruff. By letting it set just thirty minutes or so before a shower yourscalp will receive some much need moisture and you’ll find yourself with less and less of those white flakes.

Shine Serum

Using just a teeny tiny amount of coconut oil in the ends of your hair will keep it looking healthy and shiny without weighing it down. The longer your hair is, the more youcan put in without looking greasy – just make sure not to use too much and don’t put it anywhere near your scalp or your hair will look dirty – not shiny.

Chapstick

Coconut oil is my holy grail lip item. Regular use of coconut oil will all but eliminate chronically dry and peeling lips. My biggest piece of advice is to layer it under anotherchapstick because being an oil, it is prone to slipping around otherwise.

Sunburn Relief

Considering it’s in the low forties and rainy here in Illinois, I feel a little bitter even writing about sunburn. But lo and behold – coconut oil has yet another use and that issoothing sunburn! After a long day in the sun slathering this on as soon as you’ve showered will save your from a long night of pain.

Post Shaving Lotion

After shaving sometimes my legs get itchy red bumps that I simply do not want to put up with. Lathering them in coconut oil eliminates all itching and cuts back onredness!

Eyelash Serum

I have never had the most impressive eyelashes. They are weak, sparse, and short. But when I started rubbing coconut oil on my eyes before bed I noticeda huge difference in the quality of my lashes. The first thing that I noticed is that they weren’t falling out anymore. As a result they grew longer, a lot longer. They stillaren’t as thick as I would like, but thanks to coconut oil they are now crazy long, for me at least!

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That’s all the tips that I have for coconut oil. Have you tried coconut oil in your beauty routine? What do you use it for?

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Om Livin' • a year agoI LOVE coconut oil! It's so good for you inside and out! :) Loved your post I will defiantly have to try them on my eye lashes. :D

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Morgan Timm • a year agoMod > Om Livin'

I love it too! I don't have much opportunity to cook living in the dorms, but this summer I want to experiment with using it in recipes so I can getsome of those inside benefits, too! Thanks for stopping by, Ashleigh! :)

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Courtney • a year agoFor using it as a face moisturizer, do you think it would work with oily skin? I have really oily skin and I don't want the coconut oil to just make itworse.

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Mindy | Budget Fairy Tale • a year agoOkay, tell me more about the eyelash thing. What exactly do you do? I burned my eyelashes off one eye lighting a cigarette years ago (don't smoke,kids), and I've been lopsided since.

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Morgan Timm • a year agoMod > Mindy | Budget Fairy Tale

Oh boy! I am sure that must have been scary, luckily it was just the eyelashes and not your actual eye!

What I do is melt about a half teaspoon in the palm of my hand and rub it all around my eye area, then with the extra oil I rub it on the roots ofmy eye lashes and (gently!) sandwich my lashes between my thumb and pointer finger and pull so that they are coated with the remaining oil.It keeps them from being dry and breaking off!

Sometimes if I use too much the oil gets in my eye, and that's no fun ­ it makes my vision blurry. But that all goes away in like 20 minutes ifthat accidentally happens.

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Mindy | Budget Fairy Tale • a year ago> Morgan Timm

Thanks! I am going to try it.

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Megan Kubasch • a year agoI absolutely love coconut oil. I made the switch about 2 years ago for cooking. My husband was not very happy about it, since his mom had beenusing crisco for 25 years of his life so he didn't feel like we needed a change. Well I hate crisco; I think it's disgusting, and since we made the switchto coconut oil, my husband hates it too. He can taste the difference in the food that we eat, and has even convinced the boat that he works on to usecoconut oil in the kitchen. :) I always forget to use coconut oil on my hair. I need to start doing that more regularly. Thanks for sharing Morgan :)

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Jenna Brussee • a year agoI am addicted to coconut oil! There are so many healthy ways to use it. I recently heard it is great to help avoid stretch marks during pregnancy. It'smuch better than using store­bought lotions that have who­knows­what in them.

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Om Livin' • a year ago> Jenna Brussee

When I was pregnant, my fiancé massaged me in coconut oil everyday & I am proud to say I didn't get any stretch marks! :D 1

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Morgan Timm • a year agoMod > Jenna Brussee

It really is great! I hadn't heard of the stretch mark trick, I'll have to remember that for a few years down the road!

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