My New Love- Coconut Oil

I've been reading a lot about ways to naturally take care of my body and ran across Coconut oil and all the health benefits of using it. While shopping in my favorite store TJ MAXX,  I saw a jar of Virgin Coconut oil for $5.99. I HAD to have it of course and am so happy I did. There's more than 100 uses for coconut oil but here's how I've been using it lately:

* I use it as one of the ingredients in my lotion bars and Chapstick but can simply be spread on lips as lip balm. 

* Since its cold & windy outside my face has been extremely dry and flaky so before bed I use it on my face like lotion.  

* Coconut has a high heat content when frying foods with which will make everything crispier.

* eye makeup remover

* Marshall's dry scalp (cradle cap)

* burns/scrapes/wounds- coconut oil helps speed up the healing process & numbs the pain.

* Anytime I have a cold sore or sore throat I'll spread some on the area and it numbs the pain & speeds up healing time.

* 1 tbsp in hot teas help speed up the recovery time of sickness/flu. 

* Marshalls diaper cream

* Maddies frizzy/static hair

Many Many More!!

I did purchase another jar of coconut oil at Walmart for frying foods with or anything I didn't want the coconut flavor in. The Virgin Coconut oil is sweet and taste like coconut which is great for lip balm or cold sore/sore throats since I am basically ingesting it. This bottle from Walmart Supercenter was $3.89. Even though this is 100% Pure, Virgin is always best in everything of course. 

Here is a recipe I made with the virgin coconut oil for coughs or sore throats and it taste good too.