I thought the coconut oil situation had ended, I didn't think I'd be compelled to write a post on it - but here I am.
The beauty world went nuts for coconuts a couple of years ago, and while most people seem to have finally gotten bored of it and gone back to using actual skincare products, the myth persists. On Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and a plethora of beauty sites and blogs you will find people talking about coconut oil as though it's the end solution to all manner of skincare and beauty problems. While personally I believe that most of this is driven by peoples need to be part of each current fad, a genuine want for natural skin and bodycare and the fact that it can be bought cheap as chips, there seems to be a genuine amount of people out there who actually believe that coconut oil has saved their skin - and if you believe in something hard enough it starts to seem true.
But it's not.
Personally the thought of slathering my face, hair, teeth or body in the stuff makes me nauseous - I've never been a fan of using food items as skincare - it just gives me the creeps. That's my personal feeling, but it's also backed up by some facts about coconut oil which go toward explaining why it' not good for your skin, and also why people think it is good for your skin.
So let the debunking of this particular myth begin...!
*Coconut oil can be 100% naural, satisying peoples want for natural and organic products
*Due to it's texture, people think it can double as a cheap and effective make-up removing balm
*Coconut Oil contains Lauric acid
*Coconut can give you the 'feeling' of hydration
This is all true BUT
*Just because something is natural doesn't mean you should put it on your skin - would you cover your face in raw oil? I think not.
*Just because something has a balmy or greasy texture does not mean that it's good for cleansing, it might indeed remove the bulk of your make-up but would you cleanse with butter? Or lard? I think not.
*Yes, Lauric acid does help keep skin clear but it is better when it is extracted because -
*Coconut oil is occlusive which means that it forms a barrier over your skin preventing anything from getting in or out.
Why do people claim to love it then?
*Because it's a fad. This Bustle article claims that celebrities such as Emma Stone, Miranda Kerr and Gwyneth Paltrow use and love coconut oil on their skin, and all of these women have fabulous skin (but that wouldn't have ANYTHING to do with good genes, healthy lifestyles and celebrity facialists😔).
NB: Don't get me started on Gwyneth. The woman doesn't know how to cleanse.
*Again, it's natural and as I said in my post on How I think the Beauty Industry is Changing people want natural.
*People read about Lauric acid being beneficial for dealing with acne and break-outs and want it
*People read about how it's an amazing moisturiser and want it - coconut oil being an occlusive means that it locks in your skins oil, which for oily-skinned people gives the false illusion of being hydrated when in fact it's their skins own oils trapped under this occlusive layer. For dry-skinned people the greasy, balmy texture on top of their dry skin will give a false relief and feeling of hydration.
*While the lauric acid in coconut oil is good for acne/break-out prone skin it is much better used in other products in it's extracted form - if you have oily skin then yes, you are using an antibacterial in coconut oil, but you are also trapping that oil and bacteria inside your skin
*While it can be used to remove make-up it's occlusive nature makes it extremely difficult to remove effectively unless you are using warm water, a flannel and lots of elbow grease. Bearing in mind that the actual benefits of coconut oil on the skin are not scientifically backed-up, is it really worth the effort?!
That's my couple of cents on coconut oil for the skin, don't EVEN get me started on its other proclaimed uses which include but are probably not limited to
*a hair mask
*a shampoo
*whitening teeth
*dietary supplement
*body wash
*moisturiser
*cleanser
*anti-ageing
and the list goes on - never mind the fact that if even half of this were true, the beauty industry would be on its knees because who wants to go out and buy a cleanser/serum/moisturiser/hair mask/shampoo etc when you can find one all-rounder product for a couple of quid in Tesco?!
It's an open secret in the beauty industry that a lot of models have bad skin, and if you read any blogs by professional facialists you can read about it for yourself - and according to the likes of Caroline Hirons who does backstage facials at London Fashion Week, this is in part thanks to this nonsense trend of using foaming cleansers (drying) followed by coconut oil, which then creates that barrier over the skin.
However, if you're still interested in going down the coconut route, fear not, I have a solution -
This is the RMS Beauty Coconut Oil - it's natural, chemical free, essential oil free and is treated in a way that makes it far better for your skin than traditional shop-bought coconut oil. You can find it on Beautylish for $18 dollars and if you want to know more about how it's made, all the info is here.
Apart from this, #saynotococonutoil 😂
Have a great day everyone
A x
The beauty world went nuts for coconuts a couple of years ago, and while most people seem to have finally gotten bored of it and gone back to using actual skincare products, the myth persists. On Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and a plethora of beauty sites and blogs you will find people talking about coconut oil as though it's the end solution to all manner of skincare and beauty problems. While personally I believe that most of this is driven by peoples need to be part of each current fad, a genuine want for natural skin and bodycare and the fact that it can be bought cheap as chips, there seems to be a genuine amount of people out there who actually believe that coconut oil has saved their skin - and if you believe in something hard enough it starts to seem true.
But it's not.
Personally the thought of slathering my face, hair, teeth or body in the stuff makes me nauseous - I've never been a fan of using food items as skincare - it just gives me the creeps. That's my personal feeling, but it's also backed up by some facts about coconut oil which go toward explaining why it' not good for your skin, and also why people think it is good for your skin.
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| Do check out AwakenwithJP's YouTube video on coconut oil..! |
So let the debunking of this particular myth begin...!
*Coconut oil can be 100% naural, satisying peoples want for natural and organic products
*Due to it's texture, people think it can double as a cheap and effective make-up removing balm
*Coconut Oil contains Lauric acid
*Coconut can give you the 'feeling' of hydration
This is all true BUT
*Just because something is natural doesn't mean you should put it on your skin - would you cover your face in raw oil? I think not.
*Just because something has a balmy or greasy texture does not mean that it's good for cleansing, it might indeed remove the bulk of your make-up but would you cleanse with butter? Or lard? I think not.
*Yes, Lauric acid does help keep skin clear but it is better when it is extracted because -
*Coconut oil is occlusive which means that it forms a barrier over your skin preventing anything from getting in or out.
Why do people claim to love it then?
*Because it's a fad. This Bustle article claims that celebrities such as Emma Stone, Miranda Kerr and Gwyneth Paltrow use and love coconut oil on their skin, and all of these women have fabulous skin (but that wouldn't have ANYTHING to do with good genes, healthy lifestyles and celebrity facialists😔).
NB: Don't get me started on Gwyneth. The woman doesn't know how to cleanse.
*Again, it's natural and as I said in my post on How I think the Beauty Industry is Changing people want natural.
*People read about Lauric acid being beneficial for dealing with acne and break-outs and want it
*People read about how it's an amazing moisturiser and want it - coconut oil being an occlusive means that it locks in your skins oil, which for oily-skinned people gives the false illusion of being hydrated when in fact it's their skins own oils trapped under this occlusive layer. For dry-skinned people the greasy, balmy texture on top of their dry skin will give a false relief and feeling of hydration.
*While the lauric acid in coconut oil is good for acne/break-out prone skin it is much better used in other products in it's extracted form - if you have oily skin then yes, you are using an antibacterial in coconut oil, but you are also trapping that oil and bacteria inside your skin
*While it can be used to remove make-up it's occlusive nature makes it extremely difficult to remove effectively unless you are using warm water, a flannel and lots of elbow grease. Bearing in mind that the actual benefits of coconut oil on the skin are not scientifically backed-up, is it really worth the effort?!
That's my couple of cents on coconut oil for the skin, don't EVEN get me started on its other proclaimed uses which include but are probably not limited to
*a hair mask
*a shampoo
*whitening teeth
*dietary supplement
*body wash
*moisturiser
*cleanser
*anti-ageing
and the list goes on - never mind the fact that if even half of this were true, the beauty industry would be on its knees because who wants to go out and buy a cleanser/serum/moisturiser/hair mask/shampoo etc when you can find one all-rounder product for a couple of quid in Tesco?!
It's an open secret in the beauty industry that a lot of models have bad skin, and if you read any blogs by professional facialists you can read about it for yourself - and according to the likes of Caroline Hirons who does backstage facials at London Fashion Week, this is in part thanks to this nonsense trend of using foaming cleansers (drying) followed by coconut oil, which then creates that barrier over the skin.
However, if you're still interested in going down the coconut route, fear not, I have a solution -
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| Picture - PopSugar.com |
This is the RMS Beauty Coconut Oil - it's natural, chemical free, essential oil free and is treated in a way that makes it far better for your skin than traditional shop-bought coconut oil. You can find it on Beautylish for $18 dollars and if you want to know more about how it's made, all the info is here.
Apart from this, #saynotococonutoil 😂
Have a great day everyone
A x
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