Olive Oil on your face? Are you mad? (Olive Oil in general)

Member Name: littleblackegg

Product:	Olive Oil in general
Date:	23/09/08 (37 review reads)
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Advantages: Beauty! Price! Health!

Disadvantages: Fried eggs in olive oil? NO thanks!

My love/hate relationship with Olive Oil.

First the hate. Eating it.

I'm sorry, call me an imbecile, but I'm just not a big fan of the taste of Olive Oil.

I like it in a dressing, but if you fry my eggs in it, they will be staying on the plate. Just a matter of personal taste, but in the interests of a balanced review etc etc.

So, the love.

In my humble opinion, Olive Oil is one of the great unsung budget beaty secrets.

I've been coverted from a sceptic, into a devotee, after reading somewhere that it worked well as a hot oil in hair.

So this is what I tried first. I heated it up, left it on a few minutes, and tentatively washed it out. My thick and thirsty hair was now silky and smooth. A great result.

So next I tried putting it on overnight (sod the pillows) and washed it out in the morning. Fantastic! Even softer silkier hair, soothed scalp, washed out easily. Lovely.

So then I pondered about using it on the body. Wow!

You would imagine it to sit on the skin and leave you greasy, but on my skin at least it soaks in beautifully, is so soothing and it smells delicious! (I know, I'm a bit strange, I hate it on food but it smells beautiful on skin!)

I sometimes just use the oil, and sometimes just mix a splash in with my usual lotion, for an extra treat.

So then I tried it on my face. You would think that it was too heavy to use on facial skin. Nope, again, it soaks in beautifully, and strangely, it seems to regulate the skin's oil production.

I know use this every night, and a little in the day too. My skin's texture has improved, I have MUCH fewer spots, MUCH less oily skin, and all from olive oil!

I also recommend Argan, another oil you can eat, and virgin coconut too!

Summary: Why I Love/Hate the green stuff.