coconut oil beauty uses

DIY Lip Scrub

There are so many celebrities who use coconut oil in their daily beauty routines and last week another one popped up – Kourtney Kardashian. Coconut oil is not only a healthy fat that can be used for cooking and baking, but it can also be swapped for a plethora of beauty uses! I always tell friends and family to keep a jar in the bathroom and one in the kitchen…I promise you will thank me later.Recently, Kourtney Kardashian posted on her app that she is a fan of priming her lips with a DIY coconut oil scrub before putting on […]

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Top Coconut Oil Uses for 2015

Now that the year is coming to an end, I wanted to take a moment to recap our most viewed coconut oil uses for 2015. If you’re not familiar with this healthy fat then it’s definitely a must-try! Coconut oil is a plant based saturated fat, which is generally used as a replacement for butter or oil when cooking and baking. When using coconut oil in a recipe, you simply replace it in a 1:1 ratio. Example – ½ cup of butter would be substituted for ½ cup coconut oil. Coconut oil is also absorbed differently than butter or olive […]

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Eva Mendes Shares Beauty and Fitness Secrets

The list of celebrities using coconut oil is growing larger and larger by the moment. From Gwyneth Paltrow to Kourtney Kardashian, so many are now turning to coconut oil for both health and beauty uses. Among the many uses that coconut oil has, its primary purpose is to be used for cooking/baking in a 1:1 swap for butter or oil. The medium chain triglycerides which are found in coconut oil are used immediately for energy once consumed, instead of being stored in the body (this where my personal favorite use of consuming coconut oil before my workout comes into play).Now, […]

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