| Here is something to go along with my article '10 | | | | cleaned with chemicals. Get a cheap spray bottle, |
| Surprisingly Useful Uses for Vinegar'. | | | | add olive oil and the juice of a lemon or half an |
| Olive oil has been around for centuries. It has | | | | orange and polish the furniture. It smells so good, |
| been traced back to before 3500 BC. Olive oil has | | | | the wood is super shiny, and no chemicals to be |
| no cholesterol and has more monounsaturated fat | | | | afraid of. |
| than any other fat or oil in use, that's the good | | | | 6. Lice - I can't stand lice. My middle daughter had |
| fat. Here are some other ways, aside from food, | | | | a terrible case that she got from school. She had |
| that I have found are great uses for olive oil. | | | | hair below her waist, but it is baby fine. The |
| 1. Kitties - I love my cat. Her hacked up hairballs, | | | | commercial lice treatment damaged her hair so |
| um, not so much. Dry or moist, just a teaspoon | | | | badly that it had to be cut to her chin. My poor |
| added to the food and your kitty will have soft | | | | baby was devastated. The next time her dear |
| and shiny fur, and buh bye hairballs. | | | | friend gave her lice, I soaked her hair in olive oil, |
| 2. Tangles and Damage - I wish I had known this | | | | covered it with a shower cap, and let it sit for 45 |
| trick prior to beauty school. I may not have cut | | | | minutes. I then used the lice comb to remove the |
| off my waist length hair. For tangles, just rub a bit | | | | nits, and I didn't have to fight the comb to go |
| into the tangle and comb out. I no longer have the | | | | through. Shampoo twice after the nits are |
| need to buy the expensive detangler spray for | | | | removed. To keep the lice from coming back I |
| my kidlets. Save some of that hard earned | | | | just massage a small amount into her hair and |
| money in this recession by giving yourself a deep | | | | scalp after her hair is shampooed and dried. |
| olive oil conditioner. No need to go pay $20+ for a | | | | 7. Paint removal - My honey found a can of green |
| deep conditioner at a salon. Saturate your hair and | | | | paint under the sink of the house we recently |
| scalp with olive oil, cover with a shower cap. | | | | moved into. Our twins found this and their hands |
| Shampoo out 30 minutes later and viola! Have | | | | and arms were covered in the ugliest green paint |
| shiny, gorgeous hair that a model would envy. =) | | | | ever. Rub the olive oil into the skin where the |
| 3. Earaches - This one is tried and true. My | | | | paint is. Let it sit for 5 minutes and then wash off |
| momma used this one on me, but back then it | | | | with some soap and water. |
| was called 'sweet oil' and with 5 kids this little trick | | | | 8. Squeaky hinges - We have an older home. And |
| has saved me from many a night time trip to the | | | | some stiff, squeaky hinges. To fix the stiffness |
| ER. I put a cup of water in the microwave to get | | | | and squeak just rub a few drops on the hinge |
| it hot. Put a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in a | | | | with a soft rag then work then hinge. It will free |
| sandwich bag. Put the bag in the cup of water | | | | up and remove the squeak. Works on car hinges |
| until the oil is warm. Drop the warm oil in the ear | | | | too. |
| that is hurting, put in a cotton ball, and it holds the | | | | 9. Personal lubricant - Buh bye KY Jelly. Enough |
| kids over until the doctor is open in the morning. | | | | said...:P |
| =) | | | | 10. Shoe polish - Use the furniture polish spray |
| 4. Skin Moisturizing - I have very dry sky. I have | | | | described above. Mist onto your shoes and buff |
| tried all types of lotions, from cheap to very | | | | with a soft cloth. |
| expensive, but have found that olive oil works | | | | Olive Oil Fun Facts |
| better than anything I have tried prior. On top of | | | | - Unopened olive oil can keep for 2 years if |
| ingesting it, you can apply oil olive directly to the | | | | stored properly. |
| skin. Add it to your bath. Use it for chapped lips. | | | | - Olive oil can be used for snoring, just take a |
| Gentlemen, put aside the shaving cream and apply | | | | tablespoon prior to bed, or feed it to your honey |
| the olive oil. Shave and rinse. A teaspoon rubbed | | | | if they are the snore monster. |
| in after the rinse can ease that shaving burn as | | | | - The olive tree is a type of evergreen and can |
| well. | | | | live 500+ years. |
| 5. Furniture polish - Commercial furniture polishes | | | | - An olive tree takes 5+ years to bear fruit. |
| have a nice scent, clean well, but are pricey. As | | | | - Olive oil is a popular ice cream flavor in many |
| well, I am not comfortable having my little ones | | | | upscale restaurants. |
| eat their snacks off of a coffee table that I | | | | |