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Essential oils often need to be diluted, and one of the most popular choices is coconut oil. I happened to see some in a jar at the grocery store (next to the other cooking oils) and grabbed it. (I also saw a giant tub today at Costco. Maybe next time...) What is funny is that the coconut oil that I bought is a solid at room temperature, but melts at 75ish degrees (that is super scientific of me). So pretty much you grab a tiny chunk out and it turns to oil in your hands. For some reason I think this is funny. Anyway. I have been using it for diluting oils to use on my guinea pig children, and as a result have a glob of it in a bowl sitting on my bathroom counter. I decided that my poor, dry, cracked, awful winter heels could really use some. Ready for a recipe?
Luxurious Coconut Oil
1 tsp coconut oil
1 drop lavender
This amount will last you for a long time, as I have been using mine for about a week and still have a ton. (And I have been using it on my kids feet as a nightly foot massage which they have been loving.) This stuff is made of miracles. My poor painful hideous feet are getting softer and healing! I put it on at night, then throw on some socks, and surely enough that magical coconut oil (and lavender which makes it smell nice) is curing them. I think if I would be more diligent and put it on in the morning too I would get even better results. So, if you have dry anything, I highly recommend this.
P.S. This doubles as a calming solution which is safe to use on kids. As I mentioned, I massage this on their feet at night. Also the lavender is good for putting on cuts to help with healing. I have been putting it on a wound on my daughter's chin, but I have no idea if it is helping. (It's not like I'm going to put it on half the cut but not the other half...) But she likes it.
