30 Unconventional Uses for Extra Virgin Coconut Oil

Have you tried coconut oil yet?

You can use it for almost anything.

In cooking, it’s quite tasty, with a slightly sweet, light tropical flavor that adds some extra oomph to any dish.

But coconut oil does more than just grease your skillet.

Personally, I’ve used coconut oil as a facial moisturizer, deodorant, hair gel, and even to brush my dog’s teeth.

Here are a few nifty ideas from readers and listeners…

30 Unconventional Uses For Coconut Oil:

• Use as a guitar string lubricant
• Mix with tea tree oil and use on athlete’s foot and other fungal infections
• Use as a mascara brush cleaner
• Brush on your eyelashes for an eyelash strengthener
• Mix with baking soda for a facial scrub
• Rub into your dog’s fur as a flea treatment
• Use to clean hands and brushes after using oil-based paints
• Use to detail the upholstery in your car
• Use to make homemade lip balm
• Use to soften kidney stones
• Use to lubricate kitchen scissors when cutting sticky foods
• Mix with cinnamon and oatmeal to use as a facial scrub (or breakfast… or both)
• Use to get purple lipstick out of a green rug
• Use to heal canker sores
• Use to fight H-pylori bacteria
• Soothe into fingertips to prevent hangnails
• Use as an udder balm for the cows you have in the yard
• Feed to your dog to prevent halitosis (dog breath)
• Use as a conditioner for your hair
• Use in your armpits as a deodorant
• Use to help soothe hemorrhoids
• Rub in your skin to reduce stretch marks
• Mix with baking soda for a natural “Goo Gone”
• Improve oral health by swishing a tablespoon in your mouth for 20 minutes (oil pulling)
• Use as a moisturizer
• Soothe itchy skin or bug bites
• Use as a natural treatment for lice
• Relieve a sore throat
• Use in a do-it-yourself body butter
• Cleanse your skin and remove makeup

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What do you use coconut oil for? Share your ideas in the comments below.