I use the olive oil + sugar scrub as a body exfoliator now, and I was amazed by how smooth and (very!) soft my skin was after that because of the olive oil.
Ended up googling for uses of olive oil, and here are some:
For face
- Soothe chapped lips by smoothing on some olive oil.
For body
- Bad sunburn? Mix olive oil with white vinegar and apply before a warm bath to soothe and heal the burn.
- Add a couple of tablespoons of olive oil to your bath to calm red, irritated skin.
- Olive oil makes a great anti-aging moisturizer, since it contains polyphenol hydroxytyrosol, an antioxidant that helps to hold cell walls intact and thus reduce the signs of aging.
- Smooth generously onto hands before bed, put on white cotton gloves, and wake up with soft, youthful hands.
- Sensitive skin? Go easy on your legs by using olive oil as a shaving cream.
- Rub on elbows and knees for intense moisturizing.
For hair
- Banish frizzy hair by putting a couple of drops of olive oil in dry hair.
- Massage olive oil into your hair, then leave hair covered with a shower cap for 30 minutes. Shampoo and discover softer, more lustrous hair with fewer split ends.
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P/S: I don’t use those for cooking; it just doesn’t make sense to me. I use drugstore olive oil which is enriched with vitamins.
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