The shea butter and olive oil mix is one of the most loved shea butter mixes in the natural beauty world and I can tell you that it's intensely nourishing and moisturizing. It's really very good for dry chapped skin and dry hair. Natural hair will love this shea butter mix as it's lubricating and locks moisture and healthy fat into dry curls, kinks, coils and waves! This shea butter and olive oil mix is one great DIY for winter, to keep your skin looking healthy. You'll also love this shea buter butter lotion with beeswax for the dry and cold winter skin protection. Take a look at the ingredient profile to get Continue Reading
7 Natural Oils that Penetrate the Hair Shaft
Discover the top 7 natural oils that penetrate the hair shaft in this list! When looking for carrier oils or hair products good for hair health, promoting hair growth and preventing hair loss, you should most definitely check their hair penetrative ability. Most conventional hair products contain mineral oil which is not only artificial in nature, thereby containing no nutrients to support hair health, but also has little to no hair penetration. Of course mineral oil does have some benefit to it – it glosses up your hair if you want shiny locks but that’s about it. It will only coat the hair without Continue Reading
My Favorite Carrier Oils for Essential Oils
Carrier oils, also known as base oils, are vegetable oils got from the kernels, nuts, seeds or fruit of a plant. They are called carrier oils because they simply ‘carry’ the essential oil onto the skin. Most carrier oils are extracted from the fatty parts of the plant which can be squeezed to get oil. Since essential oils are very potent and concentrated, you must blend them in a carrier oil before application. There are many carrier oils for essential oils you can use but there are also many differences why you would choose one particular carrier oil over another including the cost, availability, nutrient Continue Reading
20 Beauty Benefits of Olive Oil for Skin, Hair & More
Being the oldest pressed oil known to man, the beauty benefits of olive oil are immense and simply can't be ignored! While everyone rages on and on about the invincible coconut oil, an old pal suddenly becomes second-favorite or is even completely pushed off the kitchen cabinet. I hate to say this - but I was one of them. I completely stopped using olive oil for cooking and switched to coconut oil! But just the other day, I'd run out of my all-timer, coconut oil, and found myself opening a dusty-looking olive oil bottle to wipe off my eye makeup. When my eye makeup came off clean in less than 5 seconds, I Continue Reading