Coconut Oil Remix

So almost a year ago I started my coconut oil kick!  I LOVE THIS STUFF!  Just now while browsing pinterest I found a blog post that list 160 uses for coconut oil.  Seriously guys.  READ THIS ARTICLE!  It talks about using it as a nipple cream, lubricant, and face moisturizer to helping cancer, sunburns and toenail fungus.  This stuff ROCKS!  It's magical and we should ALL be using it!  Take a look HERE

Added

I forgot to add to my last post about smoothies that sometimes I put some coconut oil in my smoothie!  haha  The first time I did it I didn't like it at first.  By the end of the smoothie I was used to it and thought it was pretty yummy!  Don't forget coconut oil is safe to have  a table spoon or two a day!  So why not consume it in a yummy smoothie!

Have a fabulous Wednesday!

Deodorant Re-mix

I tried a new home made deodorant recipe and I must say I am LOVING it!  I found it on Angry Chicken but then I adapted it a little bit.  Here is the original recipe


Homemade Natural Deodorant

3 Tablespoons shea butter
3 Tablespoons baking soda
2 Tablespoons corn starch
2 Tablespoons cocoa butter
2 vitamin E oil gel caps (puncture and squeeze out the oil)
Essential Oil (I used ylang yang and orange)

NOW here is the version that I made and I LOVE

3 tablespoons shea butter 

3 Tabelspoons baking soda

2 tablespoons corn starch 

2 tablespoons of coconut oil

about 5 or so drops of vitamin E oil

about 5 or so drops of Lavender

about 5 drops of tea tree oil 

LOVING it!  It is much easier to apply then the original one I posted that was just coconut oil, baking soda and corn starch.  How you make it is you take the shea butter and coconut oil and stick it in the microwave for a few seconds to soften them up.  Stir in the baking soda and corn starch.  Stir until it is all mix together and then add the essential oils.  You never want to mix the essential oils in before you heat the mixture in the microwave.  You wait until the last step to add them.  mix it all up and enjoy!  It's wonderful!

Coconut Oil Day 14

I know April is over but that doesn't mean the coconut oil post have to end right?  I read that coconut oil is a great sun screen.  Seems odd right?  It would be like rubbing oil all over yourself and then going out to COOK in the sun not to keep from cooking in the sun.  Well my daughter the other day got sun burnt out side playing.  I gave her a bath and then rubbed her down with coconut oil and it seemed to help a lot!  An hour later her skin was no longer hot.  The next day we went to play out side in the sprinklers ( see last post ) and so I rubbed my kids down with coconut oil.  Neither of them got an burn.  I must say we were not out ALLLLLL day so I don't want you to try this and get burned and blame me.  We were out for about two hours or so.  I think it did help.  Not sure if it prevented it entirely.  I am going to try this again with myself.  I burn just thinking about going out in the sun.  You know how us red heads have sensitive skin.  

Give it a try.  I also used it on some of Kayla's cuts lately.  I think it helped a lot!  No infections and she had dirt in her cut.  I am pleased.  :)

Coconut Oil day 13

I found a new use for Coconut oil!  After using it as a diaper rash cream the other day and not having the results I wanted I hadn't tried anything lately.  But alas, I figured one out.  Coconut oil is great for getting out sticky tape!  haha  I had that nasty sticky tape ALL around my face and in my hair line by my ears.  I rubbed coconut oil all over it and then shower and rubbed my face with a wash cloth.  I must say it did a pretty amazing job of getting it out.  Didn't get it ALL out but I am telling you my face was SO sticky.  The good thing about coconut oil is that it stays on your face for a while.  So I just kept rubbing every time I would feel it on my face and you could feel the coconut oil working it's magic still.  Today I think it is all gone.  So next time you get a sticky mess on your face from medical tape or bandaids, try some coconut oil!  Worked for me.

No projects here.  Just healing and spending time with family.  After my check up yesterday I already had 20/20 vision without my glasses!  WOO HOO  That's results baby.  Today my Sis and I are going thrift store shopping.  This is probably my favorite thing I get to do while I am in Utah.  My sister and I love the thrift store and I know I never get to go unless I am here.  I am HOPING to find a blender that I can purchase so I can make some hand made lotion when I get home.  Here' hoping.

Coconut Oil Day 12

Today's coconut oil post is a LONG one.  I read this article yesterday and was very intrigued by it.  Because the article is long and has TONS of info on it about coconut oil, I am providing y'all with a link today.  GO READ IT!  Make the time.  I know it's annoying to have to click on a link but it's well worth the read.

CLICK HERE

I am TRYING so hard to get ready for my trip.  I am leaving on Sunday to drive to Utah with the kids.  Hubby has to stay here and work.  I am excited because I am getting my lasik on Tuesday!  I can't WAIT to have awesome vision WITHOUT glasses or contacts.  I really think it will cut down on some of my head aches.  We are going to be in Utah for 2 weeks.  I haven't packed anything yet and I have a photo shoot for a new born tomorrow.  IN stead of packing and doing something productive, I thought I'd take a break so I could write this post.  I am also not cooking dinner tonight ( my man is bringing home a pizza! ) and so I had an extra minute.  I am so proud of us because we haven't ordered pizza in 3 weeks.  WOO HOO

Hope y'all have a great weekend and remember there is still time to enter the giveaway if you haven't already.  It closes at midnight and some time tomorrow I will announce the winner.  Have a happy Friday!

Coconut Oil day 11

Coconut oil is wonderful!  I think we have established that already.  Today I am going to give you a little more info then I normally do.  This is all coming striaght from the "Gorgeously Green" by Sophie Uliano.  She has several books.  This one is a great started book.  My sister has another one that is a DIY book with all sorts of things.  It is going to be my next purchase!

Any ways.  My coconut oil use for the day is a simple one.  When your kid falls down and gets a boo-boo rub some coconut oil on it!  It has antibacterial and anti-fungal properties that are great for scraps, burns and rashes.

Why use coconut oil instead of something like A and D or Nelisporin?  Both have products you do NOT want to use on skin.  Many people do not know this but petroleum jelly is BAD.  Here is what my book says and this is a direct quote from page 24

"MIneral Oils-they coat the skin like plastic, so it cannot breathe.  They can slow down the skin's natural functions and cell development, resulting in premature aging.  Mineral oils can also be contaminated with PAH ( polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon ), which can be carcinogenic.  They come in the form of petroleum distillates, which are human carcinogens that are prohibited in European Union but are found in the United States in many products including mascara. It appears on labels as "petroleum" or "liquid paraffin"'


Um...yeah.  I went around checking all of the creams and things I have around the house for fixing things like scraps, burns, rashes and found mineral oil AND petroleum in all of them.  Not to mention several parabens, fragrance and paraffin!  And we are rubbing this crap on us to HEAL skin.  Gross.  Coconut oil is the answer my people.  So just go buy it already!

Coconut Oil Day 10

This is a short post but I have a new coconut oil use for you!  This is a good time a year for it too because of all of the cold and flus going around.

Colds and Sore Throats- Coconut oil has antimicrobial properties that can help you recover from a cold. Mix it with warm tea and honey for a very soothing throat remedy.

ENJOY!

Coconut Oil Day 9

Do you have curly hair that is super hard to manage?  Do your kids have crazy hair that sticks up everywhere?  Try some coconut oil.  To smooth away fly aways or manage crazy curly hair, depends on how much you use.  Just use a tiny bit for fly aways and a good glob full as a gel for curly hair.  One time I was conditioning Tyler's hair before church and I didn't get it all shampooed out.  I brushed his hair and it stayed where it was supposed to and looked great!  Not to mention he smelled yummy.  So give it a try.  You won't be sorry and you won't have to put chemicals in your hair to control those crazy curls.

On a side note I have gone back to the baking soda and vinegar for my hair and it has been great all week! I found a good trick to get my hair into the baking soda again.  I washed my hair with shampoo first, then with baking soda and then rinsed with the apple cider vinegar as the conditioner.  Then the next time I washed my hair I didn't use regular shampoo.  Just the baking soda and then apple cider vinegar.  My hair was wonderful!  Not grainy, not greasy.  I even went two days without washing it and it still looked good and wasn't greasy at all.  Today is day three and I am about to go try again.  I hope today will be as successful as the last!

happy weekend everyone.

Coconut Oil Day 8

Sorry I skipped a few days of coconut oil posting.  Things have been a little crazy here at home.  Today I was looking stuff up on line and found a great post over at Passionate Homemaking.  They have a great blog with LOTS of useful information.  When researching different green products or do it your self type recipes for all natural living, their blog comes up a lot!  Check out this post about using coconut oil to make an all natural toothpaste!   Coconut oil has some antibacterial properties so toothpaste sounds like a great idea to me!  Here is the link click here 

Funny because when reading all of her different uses for coconut oil she mentions putting on her nipples for breast feeding!  I guess I am not the only one who was thinking it.  She also mentioned getting rid of cradle cap with it which I have also talked about and I am telling you it worked WONDERS for my sons cradle cap.

Have you found a use for coconut oil that I haven't mentioned yet?  Leave me a comment and I'll be sure to post it.  Thanks and have a wonderful day everyone

Coconut Oil Day 7

Okay so this post is more of a theory or an idea then something I read about.  I was thinking about when I was a nursing mother and how horribly chapped  and chafed my nipples use to get.  It was awful!  I remember buying some of the stuff to rub on your nipples to help and it was safe for your sweet little babies to swallow.  Hmmmmm.   I don't have nursing babies any more, nor will I ever have one again but I am willing to bet that you could skip the store bought stuff and rub coconut oil on it.  Coconut oil is safe to swallow and great for your skin.  If you try this, let me know how it goes.  Like I said, this is just a theory but it should work pretty well.  Coconut oil has worked wonders for my cracked feet, why not sore nipples!

Just so you know I tried not to write the word nipple too many times in this post but when talking about breast feeding the word nipple is necessary!  heehee

Coconut Oil Day 6

I mentioned this before but coconut oil is really good for your health.  Kind of like olive oil, it's good for you to have a little every day.  So how can you eat it?  Well, I haven't tried eating it yet but some of the suggestions on the one I bought says to spread it on toast. That's sounds pretty yummy.  You can use it in place of butter in most things.  My friend Sarah is a wonderful cook.  She LOVES to bake wonderfully yummy things.  Check out this coconut cake she made HERE  She used coconut oil in the buttercream frosting recipe and said it turned out fantastic!  Give it a try.

Coconut oil Day 5

Sorry I am slacking on the coconut oil post!  It's only my 5th post and I find myself wondering what to post!  haha  So much for 30 different uses.  Here is one that hopefully you weren't expecting!

nfections: Coconut oil is very effective against a variety of infections due to its antifungal, antiviral, and antibacterial properties. According to the Coconut Research Center, coconut oil kills viruses that cause influenza, measles, hepatitis, herpes, SARS, etc. It also kills bacteria that cause ulcers, throat infections, urinary tract infections, pneumonia, and gonorrhea, etc. Coconut oil is also effective on fungi and yeast that cause candidiasis, ringworm,athlete's foot, thrush, diaper rash, etc.


Hmmmmmmmm  


Craziness.  

Coconut Oil Day 4

Today's use for coconut oil seems like an odd one.  Trust me, it works.  From the last couple of post I am sure by now you are figuring out it is a pretty good conditioner for your skin.  Well, it is also really good as a conditioner for your hair!  When I was doing the baking soda and vinegar to wash and condition my hair,  I was worried about my scalp drying out.  I read that you can take a little coconut oil and rub it on your hands and then run your fingers through your hair and massage your scalp.  Do this before you go to sleep and then wash your hair the next morning.  The first time I tried it I put WAY to much on my hair and I didn't wash it the next morning.  It took me until that afternoon to get to the shower (  the kids )!   Then I made the mistake of using the vinegar again!  My hair was really greasy.  The next time I tried to use it as a conditioner ( I read to use it about once a week ) I didn't put nearly as much on and I washed my hair ONLY!  It worked great,  My hair was really soft and my scalp didn't seem dry at all.  My son who is 5 years old still has REALLY bad cradle cap.  When we moved here I told him we needed to start brushing his hair EVERYDAY to try and get rid of it.  I also started trying to put something on his scalp.  Before I knew about the coconut oil I tried baby oil and that seemed to work okay but it was horrible to try and get out of his hair.  So I have been rubbing the coconut oil on his scalp once a week and then washing it out.  His cradle cap which he has had since birth is almost gone now! WOO HOO   This is wonderful for me!  So excited.

So have you looked up coconut oil yet to read ahead of what I might be saying next?  Do you have a use for it that I haven't mentioned yet?  Leave me a comment and if I haven't posted your suggestion yet, I'll be sure to use it one of the days.  THANKS!

Coconut Oil day 3

Today is a very simple use for coconut oil.  Use it as an eye make up remover!  The first time I tried it it worked great on my eyes shadow, eyebrows and MOST of my mascara.  However, it didn't get it all off.  I think this is because I use water proof.  If you do not use water proof, you shouldn't have a problem.

I am HORRIBLE at washing off my make up.  This is one of the reason I hardly wear it any more.  I am just too darn lazy to take it off.  I wore make up the other day and slept in my mascara.  The next day I was still too lazy to remove it.  We weren't leaving the house so I just sported the raccoon eyes all day.  Isn't my husband a lucky guy!  haha  That night I tried the coconut oil again and it removed all of my mascara without any problems.  This is why I think if you use something other then water proof you will have no problems.  Try it out and let me know what think!

Coconut Oil

I have been slacking on my post!  I just forgot I was planning on posting a coconut oil use every day.  Yesterday I kept thinking, "I don't have anything to blog about!"  OPPS

Today's use for coconut oil is a simple one.  Use it as a moisturizer.  When I got out of the shower yesterday I put it on my face and all of my rough spots.  I rubbed it on my nasty ballet feet and on my knees.  Let it soak in.  If you still feel a little oily after ten minutes or so ( sometimes I put on too much and it doesn't all soak in )  take a warm wash cloth and pat yourself dry.

I love doing this!  When I was reading up on Coconut oil I found several people who say that once they started using it on their faces, within a week or so the lines on the face started to disappear.  Excellent.  Give it  a try.  You will also smell all nice and coconutie.  MMMMMMMMM

Coconut Oil

Coconut oil is used for SOOOOOOOOOO many things.  It is great for your skin and for your health.  It is used in many lotions, soaps, deodorants and shampoos.  It can be combined with all sorts of things for great health and skin.  Lats month I mentioned that I was going to try and post a good use for coconut oil for every day of the month of April.  We were gone this weekend and so I haven't been able to use the internet.  I guess I am a couple of days behind!  Let's get started.

This all started for me when I made me own deodorant.  The recipe calls for coconut oil and once I made what I wanted I had a HUGE thing of coconut oil with nothing else to make with it.  I started researching and was amazed at all of the possibilities.  Since the deodorant was what started this I wanted to share another recipe that calls for it.  I haven't tried it yet but it sounds promising.

Homemade Natural Deodorant

3 Tablespoons shea butter
3 Tablespoons baking soda
2 Tablespoons corn starch
2 Tablespoons cocoa butter
2 vitamin E oil gel caps (puncture and squeeze out the oil)
Essential Oil (I used ylang yang and orange)

I melted all the ingredients (except the oils) and gave it a good stir. This only took about 30 seconds in the microwave. Then added the oils, stirred again, and poured it in a jar, then placed it in the fridge to set. This recipe filled the jar in my hand, which is a 1/4 pint.

If you want to read the whole post where I got this click on the link HERE

The above link is to the Blog ANGRY CHICKEN.  If you haven't check out here blog you are missing out!  Lots of great things on there.  She also does the no poo do.  

Stayed tuned tomorrow for another coconut oil use!

If you want a more simple SUPER easy recipe for the deodorant ( my original post about this ) the recipe is as follows

1/3 cup corn starch
1/3 cup baking soda
4 to 6 tablespoons coconut oil

Mix and enjoy!

I'm adding to this post a couple of months later.  I tried this recipe from Angry chicken but modified it to what I had on hand.  It is now my favorite deodorant!

3 Tablespoons shea butter

3 Tablespoons baking soda

2 Tablespoons corn starch

2 Tablespoons coconut oil 

2 vitamin E oil gel caps (puncture and squeeze out the oil)

Essential Oil ( I used lavender and tea tree oil ) 

It's magical and has a FABULOUS scent.  Try it and you will NOT be disappointed!!!  

On a side note, I find that if your deodorant is flaking off in large chunks on you, it needs more coconut oil!  That should do the trick!!!