Olive Oil Skin Care

As I've mentioned before, I'm a big fan of using natural products for your skin-- I even dedicated a whole blog to it back in October with my Pumpkin Beauty Treatments. While I was going through my daily browsing of the internet and my favorite pages, I came across Olive Oil Beauty Treatments from Health.com and since I've used Olive oil in facial and body scrubs, I had to take a look. 

Ever wonder why women in Europe often have better looking skin even as they age? Here is a little secret: Their diet is filled with healthy fats found in food and olive oil. Aside as being an amazing base for homemade scrubs, they are also used as:

• Skin Moisturizers
• Nail and Cuticle moisturizer
• Makeup remover 
• Deep hair conditioner

While I've seen fancy creams and scrubs with olive oil at expensive boutiques, I've also seen soaps and lotions at Target with this simple ingredient. Here are a few products found on Health.com that contain olive oil in case you're out shopping: 

 L’Occitane En Provence Olive Tree Cleansing Milk $22

 Serious Skin Care Olive Oil Moisture Replenishing Eye Balm $20

Crème d’Olives Anti-Aging Cream $135 (Eeks!)

Thymes Olive Leaf Triple-Milled Bar Soap $13

DHC Olive-Corn Body Scrub and Polish $17

None of these sounds appealing? Make your own body scrub and reap the benefits!

 Brown Sugar and Olive Oil Body Scrub

1 Cup Brown Sugar
1/2 Cup Olive Oil
1/2-1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Mix together to make a paste and store in a container. A Tupperware container worked fine for me! 

[Health.com]