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10 uses of olive oil

Updated on: 09 February,2011 10:52 AM IST  | 
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Olive oil is known as one of the most popular cooking oils, but if you've never used it for beauty, you're in for a treat guys

10 uses of olive oil

Olive oil is known as one of the most popular cooking oils, but if you've never used it for beauty, you're in for a treat guys. Believe it or not, it is not just a necessity in any pasta dish, but also great for your hair, skin, nails, etc. So, here's a list of olive oil treats to pamper yourself and look gorgeous:




>>u00a0To banish frizzy hair, put a couple of drops of olive oil in dry hair after a hair wash.
>>u00a0For stained nails and fingers, simply add a few drops of lemon juice to olive oil and soak your fingers in it for five minutes.
>>u00a0If you've got rough elbows and knees, massage your dry skin with olive oil for intense moisturising before going to bed.
>>u00a0If your skin is super sensitive, go easy on your legs by using olive oil before shaving it.
vu00a0To protect your skin from UV rays, slather on olive oil on exposed parts of your skin before braving the sun ufffd it's rich in Vitamins A and E and keeps skin from drying out in the heat.
>>u00a0The best way to strengthen brittle nails and ragged cuticles is to soak them in a small cup of olive oil for five minutes daily before going to bed.
>>u00a0For soft and lustrous hair with less split ends, massage your hair with olive oil and leave your hair covered with a shower cap for half an hour. Then shampoo it.
>>u00a0Olive oil can also be used as a makeup remover.
>>u00a0You could soothe chapped lips by smoothing on some olive oil.
>>u00a0If you're tired of the dandruff issue, just mix olive oil with almond olive oil and leave it on scalp for five minutes. (If it starts burning, rinse it off.)

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