OLIVE OIL-Benefit and Uses

What to do with Olive oil

One of the oldest ingredients used in all parts of the world is olive oil, originally, a product of the Mediterranean area.  From the olives come oil that is used in many ways with benefits for the entire body, inside and out.  

The oil is derived from the olives and refined from a heavy oil to a fine extra virgin consistency for use on salads and where a thinner oil is preferred.  

There are other uses for this natural product from olives.  

• Olive oil is beneficial as a skin ointment to minimize and smooth wrinkles.  It provides protection from the harmful rays of too much sun.  Applying olive oil to the hair gives the hair a smooth enriched appearance, and makes it more manageable.

• Taken internally by eating food with olive oil provides nutrients that benefit the skin and hair directly from inside the body.  This oil is used in the manufacturing of many products because it is natural and beneficial

• Soap, cosmetics, cleaning compounds, hair and skin preparations contain some amount of olive oil.  These are vegetable based products

• Even pet food now may contain olive oil for the benefit of the pet and its outside coat

• Got squeaky hinges?  Use a little olive oil on those hinges, the squeak will be gone in no time

• Shoes look dull from wear?  Rub a little olive oil on them.  They will look new and revitalized.  This is a good solution in a pinch.  As a last resort, you have no shoe polish, do this and your shoes should look as good as the rest of your outfit

• Use olive oil as a polish for wooden furniture.  Mix olive oil with lemon essential oil and you have a cleaner and a polisher in one:

    1/2 teaspoon olive oil

    5 drops lemon essential oil

Pour into a spray bottle, spritz, and wipe with lint free cloth. The lemon disinfects and olive oil adds the shine.  

• Lemon juice and olive oil mixture can be used to mop a wooden floor.  Add vinegar to cut grease, deodorizer and disinfect: 

    3/4 cup olive oil

   1/2 cup lemon juice

   1/4 cup vinegar 

   1 gallon of water

• Pour a small amount of olive oil on a cloth.  Rub over a sticker that is hard to come off.  Rub until the sticker loosens and turns into a ball.  Wipe away the ball and the gooey access.  That’s how you remove a sticker easily, using a product from your pantry.

• Got paint brushes with dried up paint in them?  Soak them in olive oil for 30 minutes, then wipe them clean with a rag.

 Another use for an ingredient from the pantry,  goodtips