The power of olive oil

… olive oil heals, gives beauty and keeps us young!

Mediteranians knew it long time ago: olive oil contains so many precious substances! It is perfect in the kitchen, but also beneficial for smoother skin, and stronger hair and nails. Olive oil is a vegetable oil obtained from the traditional tree crop Olive tree. Olive oil is used in cooking, cosmetics and soaps, and also as a fuel for traditional oil lamps. 


Oils extracted from the olive fruit can be classified as:

However, the labels in stores, however, clearly show oil's grade:

Olive oil for health and beauty

When using olive oil in beauty masks and other homemade cosmetic products, it is best to use extra-virgin olive oil because it does not contain no refined and chemically treated olive oil.

Olive oil contains unsaturated fatty acids and many other beneficial substances, which soften skin, smooth wrinkles and skin, and returns skin its natural elasticity.
If you want your face to look smoother and more youthful, then change few times a week your night cream with olive oil: in the morning your skin will be shinier and smoother.  Even cosmetic olive oil can be found in pharmacies and drugstores, but if you have at home virgin olive oil, it will do as well. 

Smash ripe banana or apricot with fork and add few spoons virgin olive oil. Mix until the mixture is smooth. Apply on your face and relax for 20 minutes. Afterwards, rinse with lukewarm water! After the mask your face will look reborn!

Your skin on hands also needs some attention, especially since being exposed to the sun, perhaps some people work with chemicals and water a lot… There are also other reasons why you should nurture your hands, fingers and nails: the simplest would be to look healthy and beautiful.
Anyway, at least once a week massage your hands, fingers and nails with olive oil, then put on your cotton gloves and go to sleep. During the night your nails will strengthen and skin on hands will look more youthful.

Do you have split hair-ends? Has your hair lost shining? Here is a simple solution!
You need few spoons olive oil, massage it into scalp and hair and leave for one to two hours. Afterwards, wash your hair as usual. Olive oil will make your hair look shinier, healthier and more willing.

Did you sleep in a uncomfortable position and now every bone on your body hurts? Or do you just need a massage after long and tired day?
Olive oil is perfect massage oil: it has rather strong aroma comparing to other oils, but it also absorbs skin very fast and gives good slippery feeling for a massage. All you need is a good friend to warm up hands, put few drops of olive oil on them and start massaging painful spots. 

People living on the Greek island Crete belong to the group of people in Europe who reach old age. Doctors believe the answer lies in olive oil: every morning they consume some extra virgin oil. Olive oil is namely full with vitamin E, which is best to prevent (premature) aging. Vitamin E disables free radicals to attack cells and they stay flexible- the end result is healthy and youthful skin, great affection, and strong connective tissues.

Olive oil is bursting from health, for that reason doctors recommend the following every morning: take one tablespoon olive oil, put it into mouth and gargle for 10 minutes, then spit it out. Olive oil namely contains ingredients that bring out all toxins from the body.
First thing you do in the morning- do it for your own well being: every morning your organism will be detoxicated, and you will definitely feel better!
Olive oil is regarded as a healthful dietary oil because of its high content of monounsaturated fat (mainly Oleic acid) and polyphenols.

Of course you want to look good- who doesn’t? No, we do not suggest the usual starvation, but better a change of eating habits. Start using olive oil, and most of all food, eaten in mediteranian diet, food such as fish, vegetables, fruit, and plenty grains.