What is the one product you can use for cooking, cleaning, hydrating, as a beauty product, for health benefits, or an all purpose product for all of one's basic needs? Two words, Coconut-oil.
1. Dry Hair / Dry Skin 
It is no surprise that coconut oil is an amazing moisturizer, as many conditioners and lotions often contain coconut oil.
Split ends? Frizzy hair? Dandruff? Coconut oil!
Step 1: Heat 1 cup of water
Step 2: Add about 2 teaspoons of coconut oil, (or a little more if you're feeling extra dry)
Step 3: Massage into your hair (For oily hair don't apply to roots)
Step 4: Let it sit
Step 5: Rinse and wash with shampoo
Dry skin is a problem for both men and women, whether it is our hands, our face, feet, or elbows we all have dry skin. There are many different lotions with coconut oil that are great for dry skin.Trader Joe's has an amazing coconut body butter (highly recommend) even for dudes.
Coconut oil can be used as a body wash, in a bath, as a face mask, or in a scrub, all great for dry skin or irritated skin.
Step 1: Apply 2-3 tablespoons of coconut oil to pan on a low heat
Step 2: Apply to dry skin
Step 3: Let it sit for 15 minutes or so
Step 4: Rinse with warm water
2. Sunburn
Sunburns can be irritating and painful, keeping you up and night or making you the laughing stock of everyone around you. Feeling like a Lobster? Coconut oil.
Depending on how severe of a sunburn it is some can be relieved with coconut butter or any basic coconut lotion.
For extra crispy skin
Step 1: 1 cup coconut oil
Step 2: 1/2 cup of aloe vera
Step 3: Add some lavender or peppermint essential oils (if you're an Oiler or into that kind of thing).
Step 4: Mix well for 5-7 minutes until whipped.
Step 5: Apply!
This is great for sunburns, dry skin, bug bites and probably cancer because coconut oil is amazing.
3. Health Benefits
Looking to drop a few pounds, or wanting to get back in shape? Yeah, Coconut oil works for that too.
Weight loss Tea For Everyday
1 tsp. lemon juice, 2 tbsp coconut oil, 1 cup warm water.
It is also a great energy booster, for your metabolism, Cold or Flu, Hormonal imbalances, infections, blood pressure, organs, you name it!
4. Cooking
Coconut oil is a fantastic healthy substitute for any regular cooking oil, great for foods that need to be fried such as eggs, or cooked such as cakes or cookies. It contains healthy saturated fats, has many health benefits, and can be used to cook most anything on a lower heat.
Tip: Not good for high-temperature cooking
5. Beauty
As previously mentioned, coconut oil is great for your skin, which is why coconut oil creams are a great moisturizer to put on before makeup or for those who don't wear makeup at all. It can be a great makeup remover or used as a scrub for acne or dry lips.
It's also great as an under eye cream for dark circles, a puffy under-eye, or fine lines.
2 drops of lavender oil
2 tbsp coconut oil
1 teaspoon pure vitamin e oil
Apply under eyes
6. Mommy and Baby Benefits
For Mommies, coconut oil can help with milk supply, a healthy immune system, ease for morning sickness, stretch marks and more!
For Babies, it can help with any dry or irritated skin, teething, diaper rashes, or as a vapor rub.
Baby Teething Cream
1/4 c. Coconut Oil, 1/4 c. Cocoa Butter, 1 tbsp whole cloves
Step 1: Add oils to pan on a low heat
Step 2: Add cloves, let sit on low heat for 20-30 mins
Step 3: Drain oil into jar and throw away cloves
Step 4: Let it sit in the refrigerator until turned to paste
Mommy's Stretch Marks
1/2 c. Cocoa Butter, 1 tsp Vanilla extract, 1/2 c. Coconut oil
Mix in a saucepan on a low heat
Add to jar
Place in Fridge
Let sit
7. Beards
Yes, even guys can benefit from coconut oil! It helps as a moisturizer as well as for hair growth or any itching.
Beard Balm
Step 1: Melt 2 tbsp coconut oil in bowl.
Step 2: Add a couple drops of Tea Tree oil, Frankincense, and Bergamot
Step 3: Mix well
Step 4: Place in fridge and let sit
Step 5: Apply
So yes coconut oil is amazing, the perfect go to for most anything, the world's all-purpose, natural life saver.
If it's one of those days, and your skin is acting up, you need a healthy alternative, and your beard needs a good touch up lather it all up in some good old fashion coconut oil. Because yes, coconut oil does change lives.
