The Coconut facial
I’ve
been seeing quite a few testimonials on Pinterest about women using coconut oil on their face, and I have to
admit, I was pretty skeptical about this. At first thought, it goes against
every skin care tip I’ve ever learned. You
want me to put oil on my face? I
laughed it off and went onto the next article many times. I don’t really know
what made me curious enough to try it today, Maybe it was the giant jar sitting
on my counter, or maybe it was the four hours that I had to kill until my coconut
dream bars would be ready. A scientist at heart, I always research a
procedure before I start, especially one as likely to fail as this one
appeared. I found a great article in Prevention Magazine to finally
convince me that this was a good idea.
The Facial
After I wet my face with warm water, I rubbed a
small palm-full of the oil onto my skin. After working the oil around in gentle
circles, I took a warm damp washcloth and wiped the oil away, and I was hooked.
My skin is now soft and dewy. So long “combination skin”...for now at least.
The Scalp Treatment
Because I had such wonderful results with my
coconut facial, I decided to push my coco-luck and see what it could do for my
hair! For this, I massaged the warm coconut oil into my scalp and then worked
it out from root-to-tip with a comb. I let the oil sit on my scalp for an hour,
and then washed it out. I found that to oil did wonderful things for my scalp,
but I think next time I will use slightly less oil on the actual strands of
hair, as it took a few times over with shampoo to get rid of the greasy feel.
The unintentional Hand conditioning
As you can imagine, in the process of the facial
and the scalp treatment, my hands got a nice coating of the oil as well. In my
profession I was my hands a lot, needless to say they can get dry. Tonight they
are nicely moisturized. I will consider this one an added bonus.
