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Showing posts with label Natural. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
All Natural - The Beauty Benefits of Coconut Oil
There are a number of great uses for coconuts. They are used for medicinal purposes, dietary purposes, and of course for the oh so fun coconut bra. However, coconuts are predominantly used in beauty products which line the shelves of beauty boutiques and drug stores. The antioxidant rich and antiseptic fatty acid loaded oil that is drawn from coconuts is one of the most highly prized products in the beauty world.
Coconut oil has a number of positive health, diet, medicinal, and beauty benefits. From the skin to the arteries, coconut oil offers many advantages to its users. When it comes to beauty, there are a wide range of products that all purport to be the "best" moisturizing and anti-aging products on the shelves. However, coconut oil is an age-old natural product with a longstanding history of top results.
All Natural: Virgin Coconut Oil
There are many consumers out there who desire all natural products. If you want to avoid beauty products with harsh chemicals, petroleum-based components, and artificial ingredients then an all natural virgin coconut oil product is perfect for you. Virgin coconut oil is unrefined which means that all of its natural components are in tact--in other words they are not stripped away during the refining process.
Helps Combat Skin Problems
There are a number of reasons why this oil is used in numerous skin care products--including coconut cream, coconut lotion, coconut soap, and so on. First, it is extremely moisturizing. It revitalizes skin and gives it a "glow" that many other products do not. It is well-known for soothing skin irritation and skin problems like eczema and psoriasis.
It is also full of antiseptic fatty acids which help stave off harmful bacteria and fungus in the skin. Once absorbed by the skin it protects it from certain bacteria and fungus that cause problems like athlete's foot, acne, warts, and more. In addition to this, it helps to clear away dead skin cells which smooths skin.
Antioxidants: Anti-Aging Properties
One of its most important benefits of this oil is its anti-aging properties. The oil is full of antioxidants which are well-known for slowing down the aging process of the skin. Regularly using coconut based skin care products can greatly slow down the development of things like wrinkles and liver spots. The antioxidants in coconut oil fight off and prevent the development of free-radicals. Free-radicals destroy the connective tissue in the skin, which ultimately causes it to lose elasticity and age noticeably over the years.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Making Pure and Natural Soap at Home
Many herbs are the pure and natural ingredients in soap that are great for sensitive skin. When you have a bar of natural soap in your hand, you've finally found the product that will do wonders for your hard-to-manage skin. Natural soaps can help improve acne or any skin problems.
What will you need to make your own natural soaps? For a basic soap, you'll only need water, lye, and some kind of fat and oil. For a more luxurious soap, you might want to add coloring dyes and scenting oils. You probably have water as close as your kitchen tap; some people prefer to use rainwater or distilled water in their soap.
So what about the oil? Just about any fat or oil can be used to make soap, from plant oils and hydrogenated fats to animal fats. If you have a chance to experiment, you'll find plant oils such as coconut oils will give a rich lather; olive oil soap will yield fine, silky bubbles that are soothing to the skin; and animal fats give you a denser soap.
'Saponification' is the technical name for the chemical process between lye and fat. It may take more or less time to 'trace,' but when it does and your batch starts to thicken, that's the time to add super fatting agents like avocado oil, cocoa butter, or shea butter. Then, pour the traced soap into molds, and let it harden. It will have to 'cure' for one to three days, and then dry a bit longer before you can enjoy it.
If you make your own pure and natural soaps, you can add extra vegetable fats towards the end of the process. The result will be a super-fatted soap that your dry skin will love. Or, if you'd like a soap that helps make your skin smooth and soft, add glycerin to the soap. You'll find that a glycerin soap will cleanse your skin without drying it.
Essential oils are also natural ingredients that you'll love to smell every day. You probably already know these as the pleasant-smelling oils that are used an aromatherapy. You can choose between sharp Mediterranean scents such as Basil, Bergamot, or Peppermint; softer scents such as Clary sage, Sage, and Thyme, or therapeutic oils such as Coriander, Eucalyptus, Lemon Grass, and Neroli. These oils will help counteract the lye smell that hand-made soap has a tendency to develop over time.
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