Be Wise and Moisturize

I could be a walking test market for most of the products that have touted their benefits in major magazines and on TV.  It’s hard to resist those hooks – makes fine lines and wrinkles disappear, smoother skin overnight!

I’ve found plenty of lotions and creams that I like, but I finally found one that I love. Coconut oil. Just regular old made by nature coconut oil.

I had read about some of the benefits of coconut oil in nutrition books and articles over the years.  But I hadn’t thought about using it for skin care until I ran across a jar in a health food store labeled for skin and hair and decided to give it a try.  Coconut oil at regular room temperature is a solid like Crisco.

Every winter, my skin gets a case of the extra dry blues.  Still, it seemed like a crazy idea.  Straight oil?  But the first night I rubbed it onto my face, I could almost hear my skin sigh.  It soaked right in, and my face didn’t look like I’d just globbed oil on it.  It looked. . .nourished.

And so I used it again the next night.  And the next.  I kept thinking I would reach a point where my face would say enough, but that wasn’t the case.  I now use it every night as my main heavy moisturizer.

At some point, I decided to try it as an overall body moisturizer and bought a big jar for the tub.  I apply it while in the bath, and it chases Winter dry off with a big stick.  Just be willing to towel the tub clean of oil when you’re done.

Sometimes, the most effective products aren’t always the most expensive.  A nice size jar of coconut oil is about $12.  And I love the idea of feeding my skin something that I would also eat!

To read more about coconuts and their oil, click here.