Olive oil is a truly unique product, not without reason according to legend, the Greeks preferred olive to the source of Poseidon. This is food, and wood, and medicine, and cosmetic. As soon as they did not praise him, they called them “liquid gold”, and they created a whole science for the sake of studying its beneficial properties.
What is it about this oil that makes people sing ecstatic odes to him?
First of all, this is a high content of vitamin E. Vitamin E, in turn, helps the body absorb vitamins A and K, due to which the body is better cleansed.
Monounsaturated fatty acids contained in oil also bring great benefits to the body. They keep their cholesterol levels normal. Unless, of course, regularly use it.
So, get acquainted, olive oil. Application number one.
Perhaps the most common and familiar: olive oil is a cooking application. Especially often it is used in the Mediterranean countries, season salads with it, also adding a little balsamic vinegar or lemon juice, roast meat, add it when stewing food ...
Olive oil: application number two - cosmetology.
In the salons, of course, it is pleasant to spend time, but even at home you can arrange yourself an equivalent replacement for some procedures. Olive oil , for example, makes excellent hair masks. They soften the scalp, are able to overcome dandruff and hair after such masks are silky and do not get confused at all.
What is needed:
- some olive oil;
- one egg;
- 2-3 tablespoons of honey;
- A couple drops of essential oil (your loved one) to drown out the smell of an egg. Optional.
Apply over the entire length of the hair and scalp, wrap the head with cling film or use a shower cap, and a towel on top. Wait and rinse for half an hour or an hour. You can rinse with lemon and water (juice of 0.5-lemon is one and a half liters of water). And you can also apply a little oil to the ends of the hair for half an hour before washing your hair, the effect of "liquid crystals" will be obvious. That is, on the hair.
Many women say that there is no better mask for dry skin than olive oil applied to clean skin. You can add a few drops of oil to your regular moisturizer, and its use will make it more nutritious.
Olive oil: use in medicine. Number three.
More and more people are practicing a procedure called "cleansing the liver with olive oil." After all, it is very simple, but you still need to clean the liver. This cleaning is that every day on an empty stomach you will need to drink one tablespoon of olive oil. It is rather a preventive measure, its duration is not limited. You can enhance the effect and add the juice of half a lemon - just we have half of what we used to rinse the hair. Lemon also helps bile leave the body.
And they say that you can use olive oil from cellulite. Number four.
Unfortunately, almost all women are susceptible to cellulite: thin, fat, young, and old ... Firstly, the oil itself removes toxins from the body, which means it makes it work better. This is the blow to cellulite number one - from the inside.
And the second blow is outside. These are body wraps, massages and oil baths.
You can do one thing on some days, and another on some days. For example, today we take a bath - diluted half a glass of olive oil with a few drops of orange oil, added to the bath, enjoy 15-20 minutes. If it nips a little, we’re not afraid, it’s orange oil. The use of olive oil in such procedures moisturizes the skin, especially if you do not wipe it immediately after the bath, and slightly pat it dry with a towel.
Tomorrow we’ll do the wraps - before the shower, put oil on the problem areas and wrap everything with cling film (the same one that wound the head when we made the mask). You can lie under a warm blanket to enhance the effect. 15-20 minutes is enough, because the day after tomorrow we have a massage with oil.
You can do it in any of the known ways - as you like best. Put oil - and we do. There are special anti-cellulite massagers, brushes with hard bristles, you can just do it with your hands, in circular motions.
For all these purposes, it is better to buy oil marked Extra Virgin (the one that is the first cold pressed), it tastes better and has more beneficial properties.