Talk to me about coconut oil - Page 13

krysmh · 01-09-2008, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ElliesMom

Do those of you who don't like CO on your skin have dry/sensitive skin? I do, and I felt like the CO just sat there on my skin. I wasn't crazy about it.

CO is the greatest ever for "the spin" though.

"The spin"? Do I want to know?

Yeah, I have chronically dry skin. My hands routinely crack and bleed if I don't slather on a thick cream every night before I go to bed. Between dealing with metal dust and jeweler's chemicals and being a germaphobe, I wash them so many times a day.

I finally got in the habit of using Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Lotion every night and my hands are softer than they've ever been. It's not an all natural product obviously, but at least my skin is finally healthy.

tempus vernum · 01-10-2008, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ElliesMom

Do those of you who don't like CO on your skin have dry/sensitive skin? I do, and I felt like the CO just sat there on my skin. I wasn't crazy about it.

CO is the greatest ever for "the spin" though.

Luke has terribly dry sensitive skin.

WHen he goes outside in the cold or wind, he comes in with blothces. His skin is very very dry. It feels like sandpaper when he wakes up in the a.m.s. WHat seems to be helping since we gave up the CO is avacado oil.We do it morning and night after he brushes his teeth. Sometimes if he's been outside a lot I do it at lunch too.

AFA the "wet it first" idea as we were doing that. He would wash his face and without drying, I would smear the coconut oil on. I still do the same with the avacado oil but I've only been using it a week. so far, so good. I haven't seen it this good in a while but we have also buckled down and been strict on dairy and now coconut.

I honestly think that he could just be allergic to something we haven't discovered yet or dairy and it was coincidental that the coconut oil seemed to restulted in a breakout. Our NP agrees it lookslike an allergic reaction to something so we may not be the best example of CO not working on super dry sensitive skin.

klpmommy · 01-10-2008, 11:33 AM

nutiva is the good one, right?

cobluegirl · 01-10-2008, 11:48 AM

yes my favorite

Quiteria · 01-12-2008, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by krysmh

Yeah, I have chronically dry skin. My hands routinely crack and bleed if I don't slather on a thick cream every night before I go to bed. Between dealing with metal dust and jeweler's chemicals and being a germaphobe, I wash them so many times a day.

I finally got in the habit of using Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Lotion every night and my hands are softer than they've ever been. It's not an all natural product obviously, but at least my skin is finally healthy.

Sounds like me, though I'm not a jeweler. The CO isn't really solving the cracks...maybe helping a little, but not enough. Burt's Bees Hand Salve is helping. I'm more than likely allergic to the Gold Bond since it's conventional.

I have tried wetting my cracked hands with bmilk before co, and that is helping reduce the redness. Also tried CO with a drop of TTO. With MRSA in the news, having red cracks on my skin is a little scary!

Now, for the coconut, I read crunchymom's little dessert post (something like yum, yum, yum), and since I didn't have the right ingredients, I tried making tiny oatmeal no-bake cookies in the freezer...now those were good! So was a bowl of oatmeal with CO and ginger and a little brown sugar....would like to have used blackstrap molasses, but was out.

poleidopy · 01-12-2008, 03:47 PM

since I've been using the CO my skin has broken out really bad. I have bad acne to begin with but now it's horrible. I think I may need to stop. And I was really liking how it made my skin not so dry!

made4more · 01-12-2008, 04:12 PM

kawani- what kind/brand were you using?

Mamaka · 01-14-2008, 11:17 AM

Ok, I'm convinced to try co.

A few questions:

* has anyone tried wilderness family naturals co? how is the taste, texture? I usually do an order through azure standard and my co choices through them are wfn, spectrum and garden of life.

* what's a good price?

crunchymum · 01-14-2008, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by poleidopy

since I've been using the CO my skin has broken out really bad. I have bad acne to begin with but now it's horrible. I think I may need to stop. And I was really liking how it made my skin not so dry!

on your face or elsewhere? i don't use it on my face, just my body... what were you using before? if it was stripping your face (like proactive) you would need some time to get back in balance. but maybe it's just too heavy for you, or you need to use less - my sister stopped using any moisturizer because she would always break out. she finally got an analysis and figured out she have really dry skin at the edges of her face, and oily towards the middle. so instead of dotting her moisturizer on her chin, nose and forehead and spreading it out, she started dotting it around the edges of her face and blending it in towards the rest of her face. amazingly, it made a huge difference!

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Originally Posted by Mamaka

* what's a good price?

i get nutiva from vitacost, 54 oz for about $20.

poleidopy · 01-14-2008, 12:13 PM

I'm using Spectrum brand. I was using it my face, just a tiny bit rubbed on my hands then on my face. Before I just used really diluted Dr. Bronners to wash & nothing to moisturize (Hadn't found anything that didn't make me break out.

) ANd I think I have combo skin. It's like, oily but really flaky at the same time. I've been brushing too and that makes a little difference (my skin, of course

) but not enough. My face is so totally broke out..it hasn't been this bad in years. I even wore makeup for the second time in a year just to try and cover it up. Ick.

poleidopy · 01-14-2008, 02:11 PM

OK, another question. I am in the middle (OK, more toward the beginning

) of a juice fast. I was wondering (I think I asked before but I don't recall if anyone answered) I want to make a pina colada tasting drink (pineapple juice, coconut, maybe I'll add some OJ too.) If I add CO, will it make it taste like one or will the oil just make it all icky?

cobluegirl · 01-14-2008, 03:35 PM

I don't think you will taste much of the oil in that type of a drink..if you want a pina colada taste I would use some coconut milk too

poleidopy · 01-14-2008, 03:37 PM

Hmm, Is there such thing as coconut creme without added sugar? I don't know how to go about getting fresh coconut milk. All my books say you need "young" coconuts, and they are white, but I've never seen one.

cobluegirl · 01-14-2008, 03:39 PM

I just buy coconut milk in a can. it isn't sweetened. to my knowledge it is just fine...

Rabbit · 01-14-2008, 03:41 PM

I didn't think coconut cream usually had sugar added. It's just the liquid pressed out of the coconut flesh, and is naturally a little bit sweet. I've seen cans of pseudo coconut cream, sold for mixing drinks, and it's full of additives and strange stuff, but you can get cans of pure coconut cream at Kroger.

01-10-2008, 11:33 AM	#183
klpmommy Deactivated Beware the gorgon, she's having a bad hair day Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: DFW area Posts: 54,024	Re: Talk to me about coconut oil nutiva is the good one, right?

01-10-2008, 11:48 AM	#184
cobluegirl Rose Garden never be afraid of who you were meant to be Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 43,819	Re: Talk to me about coconut oil yes my favorite __________________ T4/1 ISTJ Enneagram 9 Ds-T4/2 Dd1-T1/4 Dd2-T2/1 The greatest challenge for most of us is believing that we are worthy now, right this minute. Worthiness doesn't have prerequisites. ~Brene Brown "The Gifts of Imperfection"[/CENTER]

01-12-2008, 03:47 PM	#186
poleidopy Deactivated Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Where I'm loved. Posts: 16,592	Re: Talk to me about coconut oil since I've been using the CO my skin has broken out really bad. I have bad acne to begin with but now it's horrible. I think I may need to stop. And I was really liking how it made my skin not so dry!

01-12-2008, 04:12 PM	#187
made4more Rose Garden Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 8,230	Re: Talk to me about coconut oil kawani- what kind/brand were you using? __________________ ~aMy~ ISFP Mom to K 10, D 9, K 7, J 5, A 3, 1yr

01-14-2008, 11:17 AM	#188
Mamaka Deactivated Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: On the Journey Posts: 12,328	Re: Talk to me about coconut oil Ok, I'm convinced to try co. A few questions: * has anyone tried wilderness family naturals co? how is the taste, texture? I usually do an order through azure standard and my co choices through them are wfn, spectrum and garden of life. * what's a good price?

01-14-2008, 12:13 PM	#190
poleidopy Deactivated Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Where I'm loved. Posts: 16,592	Re: Talk to me about coconut oil I'm using Spectrum brand. I was using it my face, just a tiny bit rubbed on my hands then on my face. Before I just used really diluted Dr. Bronners to wash & nothing to moisturize (Hadn't found anything that didn't make me break out. ) ANd I think I have combo skin. It's like, oily but really flaky at the same time. I've been brushing too and that makes a little difference (my skin, of course ) but not enough. My face is so totally broke out..it hasn't been this bad in years. I even wore makeup for the second time in a year just to try and cover it up. Ick.

01-14-2008, 02:11 PM	#191
poleidopy Deactivated Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Where I'm loved. Posts: 16,592	Re: Talk to me about coconut oil OK, another question. I am in the middle (OK, more toward the beginning ) of a juice fast. I was wondering (I think I asked before but I don't recall if anyone answered) I want to make a pina colada tasting drink (pineapple juice, coconut, maybe I'll add some OJ too.) If I add CO, will it make it taste like one or will the oil just make it all icky?

01-14-2008, 03:35 PM	#192
cobluegirl Rose Garden never be afraid of who you were meant to be Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 43,819	Re: Talk to me about coconut oil I don't think you will taste much of the oil in that type of a drink..if you want a pina colada taste I would use some coconut milk too __________________ T4/1 ISTJ Enneagram 9 Ds-T4/2 Dd1-T1/4 Dd2-T2/1 The greatest challenge for most of us is believing that we are worthy now, right this minute. Worthiness doesn't have prerequisites. ~Brene Brown "The Gifts of Imperfection"[/CENTER]

01-14-2008, 03:37 PM	#193
poleidopy Deactivated Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Where I'm loved. Posts: 16,592	Re: Talk to me about coconut oil Hmm, Is there such thing as coconut creme without added sugar? I don't know how to go about getting fresh coconut milk. All my books say you need "young" coconuts, and they are white, but I've never seen one.

01-14-2008, 03:39 PM	#194
cobluegirl Rose Garden never be afraid of who you were meant to be Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 43,819	Re: Talk to me about coconut oil I just buy coconut milk in a can. it isn't sweetened. to my knowledge it is just fine... __________________ T4/1 ISTJ Enneagram 9 Ds-T4/2 Dd1-T1/4 Dd2-T2/1 The greatest challenge for most of us is believing that we are worthy now, right this minute. Worthiness doesn't have prerequisites. ~Brene Brown "The Gifts of Imperfection"[/CENTER]

01-14-2008, 03:41 PM	#195
Rabbit Deactivated You know how we say, "It works both ways!" Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Neighborhood Posts: 39,704	Re: Talk to me about coconut oil I didn't think coconut cream usually had sugar added. It's just the liquid pressed out of the coconut flesh, and is naturally a little bit sweet. I've seen cans of pseudo coconut cream, sold for mixing drinks, and it's full of additives and strange stuff, but you can get cans of pure coconut cream at Kroger.

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