Olive Oil Uses Besides Food Recipe

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• Olive oil is one of the most popular ingredients in cooking, but if you’ve never used it for beauty, you’re in for a treat. Believe it or not, Rachel Ray’s pet ingredient is not only a necessity in any pasta dish, but also great for your nails, lips, hair, and skin. Why? Olive oil is rich in squalane, a natural emollient that penetrates skin without leaving a greasy film behind. Beyond that, it’s packed with Vitamins A & E and a number of polyphenols that already make it a popular inclusion in beauty products. Check out the below list for 15 inventive ways to get gorgeous Italian-style:
• 1. A little EVOO makes a fabulous substitute for foot cream. Just rub some on your feet before you go to bed, put on some socks and wake up with super soft tootsies.
• 2. Bad sunburn? Mix olive oil with white vinegar and apply before a warm bath to soothe and heal the burn.
• 3. Banish frizzy hair by putting a couple of drops of olive oil in dry hair.
• 4. Smooth generously onto hands before bed, put on white cotton gloves, and wake up with soft, youthful hands.
• 5. Dandruff issues? Mix olive oil with almond oil and leave on scalp for five minutes. (If it starts to burn, rinse it out.) Rinse well to clear hair of dandruff.
• 6. Add a couple of tablespoons of olive oil to your bath to calm red, irritated skin.
• 7. Soothe chapped lips by smoothing on some olive oil.
• 8. Olive oil makes a great anti-aging moisturizer, since it contains polyphenol hydroxytyrosol, an antioxidant that helps to hold cell walls intact and thus reduce the signs of aging.
• 9. Apply a little olive oil to a Q-tip and use it as a makeup remover. (Yes, that’s why the store-bought kind is often so oily!)
• 10. Soak thin, brittle nails and ragged cuticles in a small cup of olive oil to soften, smooth and strengthen them.
• 11. Massage olive oil into your hair, then leave hair covered with a shower cap for 30 minutes. Shampoo and discover softer, more lustrous hair with fewer split ends.
• 12. Sensitive skin? Go easy on your legs by using olive oil as a shaving cream.
• 13. Slather on olive oil before braving the sun - it’s rich in Vitamins A and E, keeping skin from drying out in the heat while protecting you from UV rays.
• 14. Rub on elbows and knees for intense moisturizing. (My elbows are actually soft now - I’m not kidding.)
• 15. For stained nails and fingers, simply add a few drops of lemon juice to olive oil and soak your fingers in it.