Olive oil is one of the best natural oils in the world and is versatile for hair, health, and beauty but it isn’t always available in the purest form. Unscrupulous oil producers have been known to adulterate olive oil with other oils or use other methods besides cold pressing...
Olive oil is one of the most popular oils for cooking. I use it in cooking a lot and have shared a few of my recipes in the Cooking with Oils series. Olive oil is a heart healthy oil that’s a staple part of the Mediterranean diet. It contains...
Olive oil is a versatile oil produced by pressing whole olives found mostly in the Mediterranean region where it is a huge part of their diet due to its health benefits. The most common uses for olive oil is in cooking and hair care. 5 Benefits of Olive Oil...
Hair steaming is great for infusing moisture to your hair, keeping it soft and helping other treatments work better. In order to get the best out of hair steaming, you also need to coat your strands with appropriate deep conditioning products as well as suitable natural oils, either mixed in with...
Olive oil is a versatile and delicious oil derived from olives, traditionally found in the mediterranean. It can be used in cooking as well as for beauty and skin care recipes. There are various types of olive oil with extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) being the most sought after...
If you live in a dry, desert and/or humid environment, then you’re familiar with the dry and chapped lips struggle. Previously, mine had me biting my bottom lip until it was almost raw from peeling away the dead skin with my teeth. Not a very pretty picture. Initially, I...
Exfoliating the face and body is common in our skin care regimen but the scalp isn’t really something one thinks about too much, which is odd since the scalp can feel just as dirty and grimy as the skin along with flakiness and a general icky feeling. You know the...
This is the first in the Cooking with Oil Series, which will look at the best types of oils to use for cooking, their benefits and why you should add them to your diet. The benefits of Olive Oil for hair were discussed in two previous articles – Softer...
Shea butter has been very popular in hair care for some time. Shea butter is a versatile butter that aids greatly with moisture retention. It is also used as an ingredient in lip gloss, body creams, moisturizers and soap making. Back home, we use shea butter for cooking, on the...