Beauty Secrets Of Olive Oil
Olive oil finds an important place in our day to day cooking. But many are unaware of the varied beauty benefits of olive oil. Olive oil is regarded as nature’s beauty secret.
The skin care properties of olive oil are numerous. Daily use of olive oil promotes a smooth and healthy complexion, helps to retains skin elasticity, softens your skin and also works as an anti aging product.
Olive oil can be used as an excellent facial scrub and skin tightening gel. Massage olive oil on your face.Then scrub your face with salt and wash with luke warm water. This helps in exfoliation, removal of dead and dry skin and also lightens the skin. A mixture of 1/2 cup olive oil, 1/4 cup vinegar and ¼ cup of water serves as an excellent night cream
Olive oil is also used in facial masks. Combine olive oil with honey, egg yolk and leave for 15 minutes and then wash off. Olive oil also serves as an excellent make up remover. Dabbing olive oil onto lips at night time will help in taking care of dry and chapped lips. Applying olive oil on feet and hands will help to take care of the dry skin in those areas. The rough skin on the elbows and knees can be made smooth by applying olive oil.
Olive oil can also be used as a bath oil .2 tablespoons of olive oil in your daily bath will do the trick. Warm water will open the pores and the olive oil will help in locking in the moisture. Olive oil also helps in softening thick cuticles. Soak finger nails in olive oil at night. This will help to take care of the problem of dry and brittle nails.
Olive oil can also be used for hair fall treatment. Wash hair normally and then rub in olive oil. Leave on for 20 minutes covering it up with a warm towel. This acts as an excellent conditioner for your hair and helps in taking care of frizzy hair and also increases the shine of your hair.
Men can use olive oil in the place of shaving cream. Olive oil softens hair and gives a smooth shave.
Olive oil can be called an elixir of beauty. Use olive oil daily and become that glowing beauty you always dreamed to be.
