Whipped Coconut Oil

Hello all! Today's post comes to you from the Great White North Country of Minnesota (like every other post I create). I reside in this chilly region with my two boys, my hubster, the Horse (Gus Gus the dog), and my ornery feline, Norma Jean. Today it was -2° when I woke up this morning. It has pretty much been below zero every day this week. That is not completely abnormal for January in Minne-Sooota (cue Fargo accent) but you do have to sort of work up to that kind of weather every year. Your bod becomes accustomed to the low temps and you deal with the constant cold all the way to your very core...but that's just me. 

Even though your body eventually gets used to it, your skin SUFFERS. Mine does every year. You know what I am talking about. Cracked lips, alligator hands, heels that you could use as sandpaper (nast). It. Is. Awful. 

Over the summer I discovered the amazing benefits of coconut oil. I had no idea it was such super-powered stuff! Check this out! Sidenote: Check out Wellness Mama, she has really great stuff! I have fallen so madly in love with the stuff that I had to dedicate an entire Pinterest board to it: Coconut Oil Awesomeness.

Anyway, coconut oil is terrific stuff. I have used it in my homemade chap-it, homemade lotions, body butters, lotion bars... The list goes on. So, all that being said I just wanted to share with you a recent discovery that my hands truly appreciate. You can whip coconut oil. You could sure put the C.O. directly on our hands as is and that does work. However, when it comes directly out of the jar it is a bit hard (depending on the time of year of course and where you are from). Whipping it just makes it a bit more user friendly when applying it to your body. Cool beans, huh? It is a pretty basic procedure, but I will document it through pics cause that's the kinda gal I am.  

Basic Pure Coconut Oil. Eventually I would like to be able to get the 

organic stuff, but I am waiting on my money tree to start producing.

Place desired amount in a bowl and whip it, whip it good. It takes a little bit of time to really get it to a nice consistency (about 3 or 4 minutes) 

but keep at it, it's worth it.

hard & crunchy verses soft & fluffy

Scoop out the fluffy, delightful C.O. and place 

in a jar with a lid and you are good to go!

 Isn't it pretty? There is is ladies and gentleman. You can use your C.O. now with ease. I like to slather my hands and arms with it. I will feel greasy at first but it will sink in quickly. I also put it on my two kidlets who have uber sensitive skin.

****Update: So it has been a week since I originally ran this post it continues to be pretty traditional here in the North. The last few days have been really nasty with lows coupled with windchills around -31°. Even for us hearty folk, that is really blasted cold. I used to use baby oil while in the shower to help with the dry skin issue. However, my sister brought to my attention that mineral oil is not the best or even safest thing we could be putting on our skin. Then I did some research and found an interesting article at Herbal Luxuries. Umm, yikes.   

So I tried something new with my awesome whipped coconut oil to combat the gator skin that is taking over my body. I used the coconut oil the same way I used to use the baby oil. After I was done with all of my washing and before I turned off the water, I put a light layer of oil on my skin. The warmth from your skin melts it immediately and all you have to do with rub it in. Turn off the water and dry yourself like normal. The oil has already trapped the moisture from the water in your skin and the oil helps hold that moisture for hours. Yay!

Thanks for stopping and God Bless!