Today’s Happy Homesteading post is all about me trying out Coconut Oil as a Moisturizer. WARNING!! You may see pictures below of my face before bedtime with greasy looking Coconut Oil on it. It may scar you for life. I also cannot be held responsible for any nightmares my naked face may give you. 😉
A couple of months ago I asked you all on the HappyMoneySaver Facebook page how you save money on facial moisturizers. I had quite a few lovely readers say they used Coconut Oil and if I am being honest I was a bit grossed out. Coconut Oil? Wouldn’t that be greasy? I wondered if it would make my face break out or make my skin look gross.
Coconut Oil as a Moisturizer 30 Day Challenge
I decided to try out that Coconut Oil as a moisturizer for 30 days to see how it worked. Because if it does work I would be saving a lot of money!
Before I started this challenge I was using Sephora’s Instant Moisturizer (1.69 oz. for $20). I know! So flipping expensive.. If this would work I knew I would be saving a lot of money. But I anticipated breaking out or not liking the feel and going back to my Sephora kind (which I do love!)
DAY 1
Before I went to bed I washed my face with warm water, and took out my first bit of Coconut Oil from the container. For those of you who have never used Coconut Oil before it has the consistency of hard shortening. The heat of my fingers started melting the coconut oil which I quickly rubbed all over my face.
I won’t lie..it felt greasy. I felt like a greased pig. A greased pig in need of an eyebrow wax (hee hee). 😉
But in about 5 minutes it started soaking into my skin and I felt much better. Off to bed I went. I may or may not have had a dream that night of me working as the Greasy Fry girl for McDonalds…
DAY 2
Woke up in the morning, no new zits or breakouts! And my skin felt fine, not to dry or oily – Wow! That night I did the same thing, washing my face with warm water and adding coconut oil. No new breakouts all week long. It took some getting used to feeling that greasy feeling for 5 minutes, but soon it stopped bothering me.
DAY 7
After one week of using Coconut Oil I was happy with the results. I mean I wouldn’t say it was a miracle youth serum or that it does anything fancy except be natural and save me money, but I was happy. No breakouts, no zits, no big changes.
DAY 30
After using Coconut Oil for 30 days, I am happy with the results! It works as a decent moisturizer, and I didn’t get as many zits as I normally do during that (ahem) time of the month. I know these pictures are horrid of me with no makeup after a long day, but I wanted to keep it real and show you how this really worked.
I love the fact that I have Coconut Oil on hand and that jar will literally last me a year for around $5.00. That is some serious savings as usually I would spend $20 on that Sephora stuff and it would last maybe 2 months. I love this homemade natural way to trying things out. Next time I want to try a homemade body butter recipe and see how that goes. I am sure I will love that too.
The only concern I have is that there is no sunscreen in Coconut Oil and I need protection from that sun. What do you think? Should I mix sunscreen in with some melted Coconut Oil? Or buy some ingredient? Or just apply sunscreen on over the coconut oil every day?
WORTH THE COST? YES – it works, and costs around $5.00 for a years supply vs. $20 for a 2 month supply of what I was using.
WORTH THE TIME? Yes, there is no extra time involved.
Coconut Oil…is there anything this stuff can’t do? You can cook with it, I use it in my Burt’s Bees Lip Balm recipe and now for a moisturizer. –>Go here for high quality sources of coconut oil.
Please share in a comment what YOU use Coconut Oil for? Any natural remedies or treatments you make?
About Karrie
Food is my love language. But so is saving money. So I like to combine the two a lot and make thrifty make ahead and freeze meals to save time. Because life is busy, and freezer meals can come to the rescue for all of us. And yes, they actually CAN taste good. Read more...
Comments & Reviews
Care Bear says
I always use coconut oil as a moisturizer on my whole body. I love that’s its natural and it feels great! You look beautiful in the pictures. I think natural beauty without makeup looks best ? That’s the way God made us!
Erika says
You can also use coconut oil to treat lice. I will never use anything over the counter again. In most cases it takes 2 treatments and lice are gone. Yes you will have trouble getting all the oil out in one shampoo but well worth it. Just take and completely saturate the hair in coconut oil. Get all the way to the scalp. Leave in for a couple hours covered with a shower cap and towel on the shoulders. Then just use your nit comb and thoroughly pick the hair and wash. Do 2 or 3 times in one week and you will be lice free with silky soft hair.
Thebeautyitem says
Thank you so much for this article. Actually, this article is so attractive for all. Face moisturizer are most important for face skin softer, smoother and hydrate everybody. I think this article is better than another article.
Beth Bishop says
Yes, according to our experts. Coconut oil is used in many natural beauty products, and for good reason: It’s naturally antibacterial and antifungal, coconut oil for skin is an excellent moisturizer, it can penetrate hair better than other oils, and, well, it smells like cookies.
gladys says
I use it as a a lip balm especially in the winter, just get either an old contact lens container or small container and put some in there i tend to put a little bit of my eyeshadow in it to add a little bit of tint to it, works great and my lips stay hydrated. I also used it to shave my legs instead of shaving creams just because i have thick hair and using it makes my legs very soft, i have used it on my nails around the cuticles as well and my nails are getting hard so that’s a plus. And lastly i tend to make my no dairy no egg cake with coconut oil it comes out so nice and moist you won’t even know the difference.
Jessica says
You would LOVE Beecher’s Botanicals’s SKIN BUTTER. It can be used on the face, body, hands, hair, nails – you name it! It contains no pore-clogging greasy coconut oil and no stinky shea butter. It has only three ingredients – Organic Cold Pressed Triple Extra Virgin ARGAN OIL, Raw Organic Avocado Butter and Raw Organic Mango Butter. There is a NAKED version that is unscented, or you can choose SKIN BUTTERs with different pure organic essential oils 🙂 I LOVE this stuff. My skin has NEVER been so velvety soft! It is anti-aging, anti-oxidant, healing, protecting and softening. Great for eczema too! You should definitely check it out!
Margie says
You could add youngliving’s carrot oil for sunscreen. And quit dissing yourself for not being “all made up”… A lot of people do not wear makeup…if you wear it… wear it for yourself! 😉
Suzy says
Hi there, love the tips does anybody actually have a recipe for a daytime moisturiser with coconut oil in it?
Julie says
Regarding moisturizing your skin (face, hands, body): I use “Nutraderm Therapeutic Lotion – Original Formula.” It is recommended by dermatologists for dry, sensitive skin. It is non-greasy, lanolin-free and most important it is non-comedogenic (won’t clog pores)! I’ve been using this brand for more than 30 years and cannot live without it. I ask the Costco pharmacy to special order it for me. It comes in a 16 fluid ounce. pump container and lasts me for 2 years (2 pumps/day). The price has gone up to over $10 but it’s worth every penny!
Erin Henry says
Hi, I’m new to the site and I just finished reading ‘Use Coconut Oil as a Moisturizer’. Loved the article, made me laugh. I just started using coconut oil (tonight was the first night), and I love it! I have rosacea and my skin tends to feel very rough and almost scaly; not tonight. The first time I years my skin doesn’t feel that way. I believe I may be a lifer for coconut oil. One last thing, during my many hours of research on coconut oil I read that coconut oil is a natural sun screen- actually a 4 SPF. I have signed up for your news letter so I am looking forward to your articles. Thank you again, loved your article.
Happy.MoneySaver says
Glad that it is working out well and that you found the site!
Natalie says
Coconut oil is great for the body, and has a natural SPF, but can cause clogging of pores and pimples on the face. I have been using rose hip oil on my sensitive skin and it’s amazing. It’s a dry oil and I have no more redness on my face, and it makes my skin look younger. It’s fantastic as a collagen stimulant, and I don’t need or use anything more on my face, just the oil. I love this site and am a regular user of Karrie’s awesome homemade products. ❤️
Vel says
I had been using coconut oil as a moisturizer for the winter. I have normal to dry skin type. The coconut oil gave me blackheads and made my pores bigger, so I switched to Arcona mousturizer for normal skin. It didn’t moisturize enough, I got dry patches on my cheeks and jawline. So I found the perfect combination is to mix them. 3/4 moisturizer and 1/4 coconut oil. Dry patches are nearly gone, blackheads are letting up.
I’d warn most people, especially with oily skin, not to use this exclusively for moisturizer, especially on your T-zone.