Coconut oil for cooking & SKIN

Been doing some research about using coconut oil on dry skin.  Bought some Spectrum organic coconut oil today at Wal-mart down the cooking oils aisle for $6.98 it's the consistency of crisco & melts on the skin.  Here is a helpful youtube video I found about it's uses;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cQDAZQIDH4

I used it occasionally right after surgery when I was having trouble getting in enough water. I was REALLY ashy for a couple of months. Coconut oil works GREAT and leaves your skin super soft, but be warned! If you use it, you have to use some serious soap to get it off. I wouldn't just leave it on as it's pretty greasy. I would put it on when I first got in the shower, leave it while I washed my hair, shaved, etc., then wa**** off right before I got out.

I've heard it's good for dry hair, but I'm too chicken to try it out after how much I had to scrub to get it off my skin!

http://youtu.be/-fCHfGexkww

My skin is super dry too, more so since surgery.  Speaking of hair, I've been doing this to mine once a week & it's really soft.  I shampoo it first as normal then do the baking soda, rinse & then spray on apple cider vinegar then rinse.  I don't think I would do this if I had colored my hair but I haven't put any color on in over a year.

http://andreajoy.hubpages.com/hub/Natural-Hair-Care-Baking-S oda-and-Apple-Cider-Vinegar

Yeah I'm afraid to use the coconut oil on my hair; I did a VO5 oil treatment once & like to never got all the oil washed out of my hair. 

I have a few friends who've switched off shampoo completely and just do baking soda and cider vinegar. They say it works really well and I'm seriously tempted to try it because my hair is so oily-- does the vinegar dry your hair out at all?

so far no dryness just super soft.  I couldn't stand the idea of no shampoo though so I wash as normal 1st then do the routine.

I love eating it right out of the jar.  Just like peanut butter.  In fact, I haven't bought any for a while because I tend to take a spoonful or two every time I pass the kitchen.  Not that it's bad for you but at $7 or so a jar it gets spendy.  Funny but peanut butter and almond butter doesn't have the same attraction for me.  I can have a jar of those for months but coconut oil disappears quickly.

I love cooking with it, too, and using it instead of butter.  I haven't tried it on my skin.  Probably because I don't want to waste it when I can eat it :)

Love coconut oil. I use it for so many things.  Even baking. I use bacon grease for my eggs but if I don't have that  - then I use coconut oil.  It is very stable in room temperature and in high temperature.  Breast for skin and hair. Breast for animals also. 

I buy mine now from Costco or Sam's.. Specially when thgery have as sale. 

WOW 1st night after using coconut oil & my skin is super soft.  I got out about the size of a pencil eraser on my spoon & rubbed it together on my hands then put it on my face & it didn't have to wa**** off, my dry skin soaked it right up & this morning is very soft.  My dog wanted to lick my face a lot!  The brand I bought really doesn't have a smell to it but my dog could smell it.  I'll do an update post in a week to share my results.  Found this on youtube as well explaining 10 beauty uses for the oil.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YYCZX92Mw

Once or twice a week I use organic coconut oil all over my body - love it!  I have to wait a few minutes before throwing on clothes but my skin still feels super-soft later that night.  I've even used it on my face at night as a moisturizer.   Not sure about using it on my hair; I'm also afraid I wouldn't be able to get it shampooed out!