A-listers can't get enough of coconut oil; Miranda Kerr, left, takes four tablespoons a day to boost her health regime and Kourtney Kardashian, right, slathers her body with it to leave her skin silky smooth
Miranda
Kerr takes four tablespoons a day, Kourtney Kardashian slathers her body
with it and Blake Lively conditions her hair using it.
Indeed,
barely a day goes by without a celebrity waxing lyrical about the
miraculous beauty benefits of coconut oil, and as we head into the
summer, the power of the humble coconut shows no sign of abating.
From
giving your hair the silkiest soft touch to leaving your teeth
sparkling white, we round up the countless ways you can use coconuts to
your advantage this summer.
Coconut oil can whiten teeth, speed up metabolism and give you glossy
hair so it's definitely time to start incorporating it into your beauty
and wellbeing regime as we head into summer
Hair conditioner
Blake
Lively has one of the most enviable heads of hair in Hollywood and
despite earning the big bucks, she has a very thrifty secret.
The
actress, who is married to actor Ryan Reynolds, admitted she snubs hot
tools - preferring to air-dry her hair, running some coconut oil through
the ends before shampooing, then putting it up in a ballerina bun.
And
it seems that Miss Lively's method has plenty of benefits because
coconut oil is rich in fatty acids, which have a super nourishing effect
on the scalp and hair.
Thanks
to its smoothing and moisturising effect, the oil has been used as a
natural remedy to combat frizz and because it's anti-bacterial and
anti-fungal, it can help banish dandruff, which is often caused by an
internal fungal condition that reaches the scalp.
