In addition to being a rich source of energy, coconut has an excellent impact on beauty as it is rich in antioxidants
Since Gisele Bundchen, Alessandra Ambrosio or Gwyneth Paltrow confessed the virtues and benefits of coconut to preserve its beauty, a whole series of products and treatments made with this tropical fruit as the main ingredient have emerged.
Nutritionists and food specialists consider coconut oil to be the healthiest that exists and associate it with a balanced diet, always beneficial for our health.
Coconut, as a food, is rich in fiber and mineral salts with a high caloric value. "As a cosmetic, it has important moisturizing properties," explains Leticia Carrera, specialist in biochemistry and nutrition and director of the Felicidad Carrera beauty and aesthetic center.
From this tropical fruit, in addition to its white flesh, you can take advantage of its water, a juice that has long been used in bronzers, shampoos and other beauty products. "It has antibacterial properties and fights free radicals," says Carrera.
Ally of beauty
Thanks to its benefits, coconut oil has become one more ally of beauty, more since Gwyneth Paltrow, Gisele Bundchen, Demi Moore, Madonna or Jessica Alba confessed their devotion to coconut.
Precisely, Jessica Oldfield, author of the book "Coconut Oil" (Ed. Lunwerg), opens a beauty section, within the variety of gastronomic offer that it offers, to include different properties of coconut as a hair mask or moisturizing facial mask .
In addition to including its properties as an antioxidant facial scrub, body scrub or as a halitosis reliever when considering it a cleansing mouthwash, a way to take advantage of the benefits of coconut oil with simple recipes, which can be prepared at home.
Oldfield proposes a hair mask with two tablespoons of coconut oil and a teaspoon of rosemary leaves, a compound to nourish dry hair.
Rosemary oil calms the scalp and strengthens the hair follicles, to extract it you have to crush the rosemary in a mortar to extract the oil and add the coconut oil.
Before applying it from the roots to the ends, massage the scalp and let it rest on the hair for 20 minutes.
The hydrating facial mask is made up of two tablespoons of coconut flour, another of lemon juice, and a quarter of organic lavender flowers; plus two tablespoons of organic honey and coconut oil.
Oldfield recommends spreading the mask over a clean, dry face, avoiding the eye area. The mask will keep two or three days in the refrigerator.
The author of the book also proposes an antioxidant facial scrub with coconut oil with half a coffee spoon of ground cinnamon, gold as well as nutmeg, which has antibacterial properties and favors the elimination of skin blemishes, in addition to reducing the marks caused by acne. , a quarter of fengrek powder, 40 grams of blueberries and a tablespoon of coconut oil.
In addition to its favorable benefits for the skin, coconut oil is one of the ancient techniques of Ayurvedic medicine as a mouthwash, since it allows to eliminate toxins and improve oral health, having it as its only ingredient.
The treatment consists of putting the oil in the mouth and circulating it for 20 minutes and moving it back and forth until it turns white, which "indicates that there are no bacteria left." Then you have to rinse your mouth and brush your teeth.
As revealed on several occasions, Kim Kardashian uses coconut oil as a hair mask, while Jennifer Anniston managed to lose weight on the coconut diet.
Poppy Delevingne uses it as a night mask when you notice that her skin is not fully hydrated and the model Pooja Mor uses it as a hair mask while she sleeps.
Goodbye to dead cells
At the Chi Spa beauty center you can enjoy a coconut-based body treatment. It begins with an exfoliation in order to wash away dead cells, an ideal protocol for dealing with sun exposure.
These pulling maneuvers, which are carried out for 25 minutes throughout the body, are designed to remove dead cells, remove scale, deep clean, soften, provide smoothness, illuminate and activate circulation.
After a refreshing shower, a 30-minute body massage is performed that is designed to renew the “chi” or vital energy, to provide deep relaxation and to eliminate tension from the muscles.
This body work, where only the hands intervene, is carried out with organic coconut oil, rich in saturated fatty acids, therefore highly hydrating, ideal for dry and flaky skin due to its content of vitamins E, antioxidant action and certain Water-soluble vitamins of group B, necessary for the proper functioning of our cellular organism.