Olive oil is one of the record-breaking products for vitamin E content (up to 14 milligrams of vitamin E per 100 grams of oil). In addition, it is rich in other vitamins, as well as minerals and unsaturated fatty acids. All this makes it useful not only for health, but also for beauty. Below are tips on how to turn olive oil into an effective beauty product.
To moisturize the face
Pexels.comThanks to its high vitamin E content, olive oil has an excellent moisturizing effect. To feel it, you only need one tablespoon of oil.
Rub it into damp facial skin with massaging movements and leave for 15 minutes, then rinse with warm water. If the skin is dry, the oil can be left overnight and washed off in the morning.
For healthy skin
Pixabay.com Vitamin E is also a nutrient. With its help, olive oil improves the condition, reduces inflammation and helps cope with acne. You can try two face masks based on it.
1. Mask with yogurt and honey
Mix two teaspoons of olive oil with ¼ cup of honey and ⅓ cup of natural yogurt. Apply the mixture to your face, leave for 20 minutes, and then rinse with warm water.
Olive oil will protect and nourish the skin, honey will moisturize it, and yogurt will gently remove dead cells.
2. Mask with egg yolk and lemon juice
Mix a tablespoon of olive oil, an egg yolk and a teaspoon of lemon juice. Apply the mask to clean facial skin, hold for 5-10 minutes and rinse with warm and then cold water (it will tighten the pores).
In this case, the yolk will act as a moisturizer, and lemon juice will whiten and even out the complexion.
Both masks are best used for dry or normal skin.
To combat age-related changes
Pixabay.com Among other things, olive oil has an effect. To give your face a fresh look, try a scrub based on it.
To prepare the scrub you will need:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil;
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice;
- a pinch of sea salt.
First, massage your face with a small amount of oil. Then mix the remaining oil with the remaining ingredients and rub into the skin. Pay special attention to dry, rough and flaky areas of the face.
Salt will gently remove imperfections, oil will moisturize, nourish and tighten the skin, and lemon juice will refresh it.
For the skin around the eyes
Pixabay.com Olive oil can also be used instead of eye cream. It not only nourishes the skin, but also fights fine wrinkles. To achieve this effect, apply a little oil to the area around your eyes twice a day - in the morning and before bed.
Makeup remover
Pixabay.com Olive oil can remove any stain, including waterproof stains. All you need to do is apply the oil to a cotton pad and gently cleanse your skin. If necessary, you can repeat the procedure several times. When finished, do not forget to wash your face with warm water.
For beauty and health of hair
Pexels.com Olive oil prevents hair loss and also makes it soft and shiny. You can simply apply it to your hair, leave it on for an hour, and then wash it off with shampoo. Or make a mask with other ingredients. For example, with honey and egg yolk.
Mix half a glass of oil, two tablespoons of honey and an yolk and leave this mixture on your hair for 20 minutes. Afterwards, rinse it off with warm water and use shampoo and conditioner. This mask will moisturize and nourish your hair.
To combat dandruff
Unsplash.com The moisturizing properties of olive oil have already been discussed above. It can also be used for dry scalp - if itching and dandruff occur.
Rub the oil directly into the skin, wrap your head in plastic (a shower cap will also work) and leave for several hours or overnight. Do this wrap twice a week and you will soon forget about dandruff and itching.
For healthy nails
Pixabay.com Vitamin E and calcium, which are part of olive oil, strengthen, nourish and eliminate yellowness. To achieve all these effects, you can do 10-minute hand baths with oil at room temperature.
Another option: apply the oil to your nails using a cotton pad, leave for half an hour and then rinse off. Both methods are effective.
For body skin
Pixabay.com The easiest way to moisturize the skin of the body, make it soft and pleasant to the touch is an emulsion with olive oil. It does not require complicated preparation: just apply a small amount of oil to a damp body after a shower or add it to the bath. Just five tablespoons of olive oil and you will no longer need expensive lotions and creams.
The tips listed above work if you choose high-quality oil. It is best to buy the freshest possible cold-pressed product - extra virgin. It contains the largest amount of useful substances.
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Olive oil is rightfully considered one of the healthiest products. Homer called it “liquid gold”, and has been actively used in various areas of our lives for more than six thousand years. Olive oil is used for beauty and for massage, for treatment, and for cooking. What exactly is this “liquid gold” useful for, and how to use it correctly?
Useful composition of olive oil
When choosing oil, you should give preference to Greek - the most healthy. And it is very easy to distinguish a fake from natural olive oil. Just put the bottle of oil in the cold. White flakes will appear in natural oil (due to the solid fat content), which disappear when the bottle is returned to room temperature.
Benefits of consuming and using olive oil
Internal use
External use
Olive oil became popular in Russia not so long ago, but has already won universal love for its beneficial properties and exquisite taste. It is worth noting that in countries that have been using this oil for centuries, there are a lot of long-livers. Olive oil - life prolonging product. After sheetake mushrooms, this oil is in second place in the ranking of products that give youth and beauty.
Contraindications to the use of olive oil
Olives cannot cause harm to human health. But everything is good in moderation. It is also worth remembering the negative properties of olive oil:
- This product can cause bile flow from the gallbladder. For cholecystitis, its use is strictly not recommended.
- The daily norm of olive oil is a couple of tablespoons . This product is high in calories, and if you are overweight, you should not overuse olive oil.
- After heating, any oil consumed internally is harmful to the body. . It is clear that it is pointless to expect a healing effect from french fries in olive oil and overcooked chicken. But with a salad of fresh vegetables, oil will be very useful.
- During the diet you need to remember olive oil calories : per spoon – one hundred and twenty calories.
As for an allergic reaction, it happens extremely rarely to this product.
Olive oil for beauty
Since ancient times, this oil has been successfully used in cosmetology, thanks to presence of vitamins, antioxidants
etc. Olive oil is an ideal cosmetic product for any skin type, and most creams and other cosmetics are made on its basis. Olive oil has many beauty benefits. Here are just a few of them.
Olive oil and hand care
If your nails are dry and brittle, soak them in a cup of olive oil for 30 minutes. For best results, add a couple of drops of lemon juice.
It can also be used to care for the skin of your hands, especially if it is dry. To soothe skin and reduce itching, apply a small amount to skin before bed and wear cotton gloves. In the morning you will be pleasantly surprised.
Olive oil and hair care
To make your hair beautiful, do not neglect massaging your scalp and hair using oil. Olive oil helps fight split ends and dandruff; makes hair shiny and silky. Pour some heated oil into your hand. Start the massage from the roots and distribute it along the entire length. After this, put on a shower cap and wrap your head with a towel. Leave for 30 minutes or more. Then wash off with shampoo. By the way, you can add 1-2 drops of essential oils of tea tree, orange, sandalwood, and sage to increase efficiency.
Using olive oil, you can make a wonderful mask for. To do this, take 1-2 egg yolks, 2 tbsp. olive oil and whisk everything well. Apply to hair and leave for 20-30 minutes. Then wash off with shampoo. This mask nourishes and moisturizes hair well. Helps combat the effects of adverse environmental influences.
Olive oil and facial care
The wonderful properties of olive oil are associated with the presence of vitamin E and oleic acid. Therefore, it has good regenerating and rejuvenating properties. Vitamin E is an excellent antioxidant that protects our skin from free radicals.
You can cleanse your skin with olive oil. To do this, do the following:
1. Apply a small amount of any olive oil to your face using massaging movements. There is no need to cleanse your face. Can be applied over makeup.
2. Now take a cloth and soak it in hot water. It is better to take boiled water. Then place the cloth on your face and leave it there until it cools. We do this in order to open the pores.
3. After this, we wipe the face with a cloth, thereby removing makeup, dirt, oil and dead cells.
4. Wet the cloth again in hot water and wipe your face again. If necessary, do this as many times as necessary.
5. Now rinse your face with cool water, this will close the pores. If after the procedure you feel dry skin, then apply a little olive oil.
Another facial skin care product based on this oil.
Take: 1 tbsp. castor oil, 1 tbsp. olive oil. You can add essential oils and jojoba oil (also 1 tbsp). Below I'll list some possible options for this mask so you can find the ingredients for your skin type. Mix all products and apply to face with massaging movements. Massage for about 2 minutes. Then rinse off with a cloth and warm water.
Here's what you can add:
Castor oil. Cleanses the skin well. Although sometimes it dries it out. Therefore, if you have oily skin, add more castor oil than olive oil.
Olive oil. Also cleanses the skin and contains antioxidants. Helps well in the fight against wrinkles.
Sandalwood essential oil. Helps degrease oily skin and relieve irritation. It is used in order to balance the activity of the sebaceous glands.
Tea tree essential oil. It helps perfectly in the fight against acne, and also accelerates the healing of wounds.
Sage essential oil. It is also used to combat acne, and in addition helps fight wrinkles.
Geranium essential oil. Helps fight wrinkles. Great for sensitive skin; skin on which capillaries are visible, as well as for oily and dry skin.
Lavender essential oil. This is an excellent remedy for both skin and nerves. It is used to force the sebaceous glands to work as expected. It is suitable for all skin types.
Rose essential oil. It has good antibacterial and antiseptic properties. Suitable for aging, dry and sensitive skin.
By the way, olive oil is a wonderful makeup remover.
It can also be used to care for the skin of the lips. Since this is one of the most sensitive areas on our face, it needs to be well taken care of. To soften, moisturize and nourish your lips, apply a small amount of oil and let absorb.
Olive oil and bath
To make your skin smooth and silky, try adding a few tablespoons of olive oil to your bath, add a couple of drops of your favorite essential oil and you will have a wonderful remedy that will not only make your skin beautiful, but will also help relieve stress.
If your skin feels tight after a bath, then apply a little olive oil instead of lotion. The skin will become softer and more beautiful. In addition, the oil will help relieve itching.
Believe it or not, olive oil can be used instead of shaving cream when removing unwanted hair from your legs and arms. And men can also use it on their face.
As you can see, it’s not for nothing that the people of the Mediterranean love this oil and use it wherever possible. This is a universal and fairly inexpensive personal care product. Try it and be beautiful!
Olive oil– a product with a long history. It is not known for certain when olive oil began to be produced, but the first mention of its use dates back 6,000 years. And since ancient times, people have used it not only for food purposes. This is not surprising, because olive oil is a storehouse of useful substances (such as vitamins A and E, whose anti-aging effect is well known, equally beneficial vitamins B, D and K, as well as monounsaturated fats). And if it has such a beneficial effect on the body from the inside, then why not use its miraculous properties for cosmetic purposes. It perfectly nourishes, softens and moisturizes the skin, eliminates pigmentation, and most importantly, olive oil has a pronounced rejuvenating effect, helping the skin maintain youth, firmness and elasticity for a long time.
In stores you can buy various products based on olive oil extracts. These are shampoos, face creams, lipsticks, all kinds of scrubs, lotions and shower gels. And yet, with all the breadth of choice on the market, nothing beats using a natural product.
Olive oil is ideal for home beauty treatments. It is especially useful if you have dry skin. In principle, you can use it on any skin type, but you need to be careful with oily and combination skin. Mask recipes are simple and preparation will not take much of your time. The main thing is high-quality olive oil (you can buy it in any large supermarket, we recommend not to skimp and under no circumstances take various cheap mixtures of olive-based oils - you need a pure product).
Face
Olive oil is suitable for all skin types, even sensitive ones. The first thing you can use it for is cleansing the skin. To do this, the oil is heated, applied to a cotton pad and wiped over the face with the cotton pad. In this case, oil can even replace makeup remover milk. If cleansing is carried out before bedtime, then the oil does not need to be washed off. If in the morning, rinse off after 15-20 minutes with warm or cool water.
Olive oil is an ideal product for caring for the area around the eyes. It is enough to apply warm olive oil to the skin of the eyelids with your fingertips with light patting movements, and then, after 30-40 minutes, gently blot the excess with a napkin, or leave overnight for complete absorption. With this care, the thin delicate skin under the eyes is perfectly moisturized and small wrinkles are smoothed out.
You can prepare a huge number of caring face masks based on olive oil. Here are the recipes for some of them.
For dry skin. Ingredients: 1 tbsp. spoon of fat cottage cheese, 2 tbsp. tablespoons of olive oil (option: 1 yolk and 1 tablespoon of olive oil). Mix the ingredients thoroughly and apply the resulting mixture to your face for 20 minutes, then rinse with warm water. This mask softens dry skin very well.
For oily skin. Ingredients: a little chopped oatmeal, 1 teaspoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon honey, 1 egg white. Mix everything and apply to face. After 15-20 minutes, rinse with warm water. The mask perfectly tightens pores.
For all skin types. Ingredients: 1 teaspoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon carrot juice, 1 teaspoon sour cream. Apply to face, rinse after 15 minutes. This is good nutrition for the skin.
Body
The healing properties of olive oil can be used not only in facial care, but also in body care, because it also deserves close attention and care.
You can prepare an unusual body scrub with olive oil. Ingredients: cane sugar, olive oil, a few drops of any essential oil. Take the required amount of cane sugar, add olive oil so that the sugar is saturated, plus essential oil. First you need to warm up in the shower, then apply the scrub in circular movements and massage the skin for 10 minutes.
Hair
Homemade hair masks with olive oil are very useful. They strengthen hair roots, stimulate growth, give hair beauty, softness, strength and shine.
Olive mask against split ends. Ingredients: 2 egg yolks, 50 g olive oil. Apply the mixture to your hair and wrap it in a warm towel. After 15-20 minutes, wash your hair with shampoo.
The following mask will give shine and softness to your hair. Ingredients: 2 tbsp. spoons of olive oil, 2 tbsp. spoons of jojoba oil. Mix and apply to hair, especially carefully to the roots and ends of the hair. After some time, wash off with shampoo.
Hands
The most “worked out” part of the body that needs nutrition is, of course, the hands. To forget about it forever, you need to regularly make hand baths with olive oil (you can also do this. To do this, dip your hands in warm olive oil and rinse with water after half an hour.
Olive oil is also great for cracked heels, lips or toes.
Olive oil is a generous gift from nature, our faithful “helper and protector” of beauty and youth. The main thing is not to forget to use this gift, combine business with pleasure, enjoying caring for yourself and your loved one. Moreover, it is not difficult at all!
It has long been valued by people for its excellent quality and health benefits! It was rated highly above other oils by the ancient Greeks, who used this product not only in medicine and cooking, but also in cosmetology (primitive at that time): baths with the addition of oil, and facials, hair masks... Such procedures are still popular and are in demand, because they are rich in vitamins that are so necessary for the human body.
oil?Firstly, it prevents (vitamins A and E are responsible for this). Secondly, it reduces the risk of cancer (which is why doctors and cosmetologists recommend using olive oil. This product is ideal as the basis of masks for hair, nails and facial skin. Olive oil is hypoallergenic, so it is useful for everyone: small children and adults. B- thirdly, it does not clog the pores of the face and helps them “breathe”. The skin becomes soft, well-groomed and beautiful.
The oil is known for its ability to prevent fine expression lines. Using it daily in skin care will have an amazing effect. In addition, olive oil in hair masks perfectly moisturizes and saturates each hair with vitamins (A, B, C, D, E) and minerals. Yes, this product is truly a valuable source of youth and beauty. And, as a rule, many people have a question: “Which olive oil is better?”
Types of olive oil
To know which is better, you need to understand its types. After all, each of them is exceptional and is used for specific purposes.
The first type is virgine (natural)
This oil is the richest in vitamins, as it is obtained using physical processing methods. The raw materials are chemically exposed, and therefore they are soft and more natural. Surely, you can already guess which olive oil is better. But you should still pay attention to other varieties.
The second type is refined (refined)
Refined oil is great for salads, because after processing it is devoid of its specific smell and certain taste. This oil, of course, is intended for an amateur, but it is also useful, although to a lesser extent than natural oil.
The third type is pomace (cake)
This oil is of low quality, since all vitamins “evaporate” as a result of temperature, chemical and physical influences during processing. Solvents destroy taste and smell, and at the same time beneficial properties.
Among such an assortment, it is easy to guess that the most valuable is natural olive oil (virgine). It is best to use subspecies such as extra virgine or simply virgine. Using cold-press technology, they preserve all the valuable vitamins and microelements found in olives and black olives. Pleasant aroma, light texture of the oil is ideal for cosmetic purposes. Your skin will become beautiful and soft, and your hair will be smooth and silky!