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Use and efficacy of olive oil
Olive oil is called "liquid gold" and has many other uses besides edible oil:

1. Skin care: hand joints, foot joints and buttocks are prone to dryness and wrinkles. Regular use of olive oil can restore the natural elasticity of the skin. Dry skin in autumn and winter, especially in legs and arms. Olive oil can moisturize and maintain the skin. You can wipe it three times a week when it is dry, and you can wipe it every day on particularly dry days. Olive oil contains linolenic acid, which is a compound that the human body can't make, and can prevent water from evaporating. It can be directly applied to the skin or added to the bath, which is helpful for skin health.

2. Apply your face: first wash off the oil stains on your face with warm water, gently wipe off the water with a dry towel, then dip the cotton ball in olive oil and spread it all over your face to increase the penetration of olive oil. 10 ~ 15 minutes later, apply a hot towel to your face, and then gently wipe it with a dry towel. It can remove invisible dirt from pores, nourish skin, increase skin luster and elasticity, and remove fine wrinkles.

3. Beauty care: pour a little on the palm of your hand, then wipe the whole face and neck with a cotton swab, and then do a gentle massage for about one to two minutes to let olive oil moisturize your skin. When you finish the massage, you will find that your face is still oily. It doesn't matter, it doesn't block pores. The last step is to sleep ~ ~ The next morning, you will feel that your skin is thin, smooth and smooth.

4. Whitening: Mix a spoonful of sugar and olive oil to make a whitening mask. It can be used three times a week, which not only shrinks pores, but also has a remarkable whitening effect. Add sugar to olive oil. It won't melt too much, and the sugar will turn yellow-green. Dip a cotton ball into your face. You don't need any massage, let alone be sensitive. Just paint it. 10 minutes. Then wash your face. Look in the mirror. Look, it's white and dazzling. This thing can't be used more.

5. nourish eyelashes: first buy a box of VE, specifically: vitamin e capsules. Prepare a new lip brush, first take out a VE capsule, prick it with a toothpick, then squeeze out a little and stick it on the lip brush, and then start to apply eyelashes. Be careful not to miss the sparse eyelashes at the corner of your eyes! Finally, apply it to the part where the eyeliner is drawn, that is, the root of the eyelashes. At this time, more than half of the liquid in the rubber pill is left, which is used to coat lips, nails and hands. Then apply olive oil to your eyelashes in the same way. /kloc-After 0/0 days, the upper and lower eyelashes will grow out.

6. In addition to canthus lines, to deal with annoying fine lines, crow's feet or fine lines around the eyes, you can mix two drops of olive oil and a little aloe vera gel and apply it to fine lines. Once applied, it will be absorbed, and you won't see the lines immediately (you can put on makeup directly without washing it off when you go out).

7. Blackhead care: olive oil is salted, so the cleaning effect is amazing, especially for blackheads on the nose, but it is enough to do it 2 ~ 3 times a week. If there are many blackheads, you can gently massage in circles 15 minutes to half an hour.

8. Lip care: When the weather suddenly turns cold, people often have chapped lips. At this time, as long as you apply a small amount of olive oil, you can make your lips smooth again in two or three days. Now many women use olive oil instead of lip gloss to make their lips shine naturally. Of course, the effect is not as lasting as lip gloss.

9. Make-up: Drop 1 ~ 2 drops of olive oil into the basic cosmetics and apply it evenly to the face, and the skin will become bright and vivid immediately. Or apply a little olive oil before applying the foundation to nourish the skin and prevent the makeup powder from falling off.

10. Remove makeup: When removing makeup, gently wipe your face with olive oil, which can effectively remove oil paints and chemicals and protect your face from erosion.

1 1. Bath care: take a bath with olive oil? What a luxury! But Sophie, the beautiful woman? This is how Roland keeps his skin moist and elastic. But don't waste it when we use it. Just dip olive oil in cotton, evenly spread it all over your body, then wrap it in a hot towel for 10 minute and wash it with warm water.

12. Hair care

A. Before shampooing, evenly apply proper amount of olive oil to the hair, and then shampoo according to normal procedures after 20 minutes.

B. When washing your hair, add a small amount of olive oil to warm water. When washing, the oil will adhere to the hair evenly, or you can drop a few drops directly on your hands to make your hair shiny and supple.

C. After shampooing, evenly apply olive oil to wet hair to form a protective film, which can block the damage of wind, rain and sun to hair, and make hair shiny and beautiful if used frequently.

D just drop three or four drops of olive oil on the comb before combing your hair, which won't make your hair greasy. In addition, after washing your hair, dry it gently like a conditioner, evenly spread olive oil on it, and then wrap it with a hot towel for 10 minute to make it shiny and supple.

E. Applying a little olive oil to dry and swollen hair can make the hair more supple, especially in winter or wet days, and olive oil can also reduce some damage. You can also massage your hair with a few spoonfuls of olive oil to make it go deep into your scalp and hair.

13. Nail care: Massage nails with olive oil to make them crystal clear and give off healthy luster.

14. Foot care: add vaseline to a few drops of olive oil and massage the feet after mixing.

15. Prevention of stretch marks: take a small amount of olive oil and gently apply it to the abdomen to start massage; Hands are symmetrical and close together, pushing outward from navel; To stop on both sides of the stomach, you need to repeat 10 times; Hold your hands under your stomach; Massage from the lower waist up to the lower part of the breast, and repeat 10 times; Massage clockwise around navel 10 times; Hold both sides of the lumbar spine with both hands; Massage from the inside out for ten times.

16. Removing stretch marks: Apply a spoonful of olive oil to the stretch marks, gently massage them, and persist for a long time to remove or lighten them.

17. slimming: high-purity olive oil can be drunk directly, which is helpful to promote metabolism and excretion of the body. Insist on drinking one or two spoonfuls of olive oil on an empty stomach every morning, which has a certain slimming effect. There is excess fat and fat on the body. Daily application and massage with olive oil can help fat burning and metabolism, especially abdominal fat.

18. Reduce snoring: A sip of olive oil before going to bed will help moisturize the muscles of the throat and reduce the chance of snoring. When the throat itches, you can also drink a spoonful of olive oil to relieve the symptoms.

19. Cleaning furniture: A little olive oil can prevent mottling, corrosion and stains. Mixing olive oil and lemon juice at the ratio of 2: 1 can make the desk clean as new. This technology is also very suitable for all kinds of wooden furniture and articles. Just pour a few drops of olive oil on the soft cloth and you can easily clean up the dust and wear.

20. Leather maintenance: You can also maintain leather products, such as wiping baseball gloves with olive oil, and then wiping off the remaining olive oil after 30 minutes.

2 1. Care for domestic cats: Adding a spoonful of olive oil to the cat's food can prevent hairballs from accumulating in the cat's gastrointestinal tract and make the cat's hair shiny and healthy. Compared with the anti-pilling lubricant made of petroleum, olive oil may be milder for cats.

22. Lubricating oil: Repair creaking doors or jammed zippers: In many daily life applications, olive oil can be used as lubricating oil. If the creaking door or hinge gets stuck, apply a little olive oil and move it gently to loosen it.