Maintaining Your Skin and Hair with Cold Pressed Olive Oil

Olive oil is generally derived from fresh Moroccan olives and is considered to be a staple in the Mediterranean diet. Olive oil has many different nutritional advantages when consumed. Whenever you visit dieticians, the first thing that they suggest is to include olive oil into your everyday diet and food item. As they say, it literally helps you to maintain the overall health and well-being. But you also have to have a healthy lifestyle other than just consuming Moroccan olive oil.

Though cold-pressed olive oil is considered to be the best olive oil for cooking, there are some other ways in which it can be used. Apart from consuming and making delicious salads and dips with it, olive oil has other benefits too. It is very good for your skin and hair. There are different ways by which you can use olive oil to achieve good skin and hair.

Let us see in what ways Moroccan olive oil can be used to keep our hair and skin good.

Benefits of Cold Pressed Olive Oil for Hair

Some of the best benefits of Moroccan olive oil to get shiny and lustrous hair are:

• Promotes hair growth
• Helps to get rid of dandruff
• Makes your hair smooth and tangle-free
• Makes your hair lustrous and thicker

Benefits of Cold Pressed Olive Oil for Skin

Apart from the hair benefits, it aids in getting supple and smooth skin. You may not know that cold pressed olive oil has anti-aging properties like antioxidants and Vitamin E helps your skin in delaying the signs of aging. Mentioned below are some other benefits that you get from olive oil for glowing and healthy-looking skin.

• For Moisturizing and Protecting Skin

Cold-pressed olive oil is considered to be the best moisturizer for your skin. It helps in curing all skin-related issues like aging. It treats fine lines and wrinkles and promotes younger-looking skin.

• For Maintaining Healthy Nails

Apart from being the best olive oil for cooking, olive oil helps to maintain healthy nails. The vitamin E in it can bring back life to your chapped and brittle nails.

• For Exfoliating

You can use olive oil for exfoliating your face and body during both summer and winter seasons. You can mix sea salt to get extra benefits.  

• For Eye-Makeup Removing

Olive oil is great for removing heavy eye makeup. Cold pressed olive oil is a specialist in removing waterproof mascara and kohl without damaging the delicate eye areas.  

• For Face Masking

If you have dry skin, you can add a few drops of olive oil into your favorite face mask to see the difference after washing off your face.

The author, Abelson, is a makeup artist and he likes to use cold pressed olive oil in different ways for skin care. Apart from being the best olive oil for cooking, olive oil has many other great beauty benefits. In this article, he mentions some benefits for your hair and skin.