THE NATIONAL OLIVE OIL OF ISRAEL

A client emailed me a list of alternative uses for olive oil. I would like to keep growing this list so if you have any uses for olive oil that are not listed here please email your suggestion to:  Uses4OliveOil@isroilOliveOil.com

1. Replacement for butter, put it in the fridge and it develops the same consistency.
2. Shaving Cream.
3. Beauty Cream and moisturizer.
4. Makeup Remover.
5. A Bread Dip.
6. Foot softener.
7. Use 2 parts olive oil, 1 part lemon juice (or white vinegar) for furniture polish, or just olive oil on a rag.
8. Use it for your hair. Not only does it condition, but it also gets rid of the frizz. I put a small drop into my palm & then rub both hands together & then apply it to dry hair. (not wet hair).
9. A hair tonic.
10. A pre manicure solution when mixed with water.
11. Melted with some beeswax and poured into a small tin, it makes great lip balm, leather conditioner and wood polish.
12. A couple teaspoons mixed with a can of cat food will help hairballs.
13. Use it to remove paint from your skin. Rub it on and let it soak a while then wash well with soap. The paint usually comes off without any skin damaging materials. And your skin will be all soft.
14. When I pour it out there is always a drip-so I wipe it up with my hand and rub it in, my elbows are alot better now for it.
15. I keep a squeeze bottle of EV olive oil in the medicine cabinet and use it daily instead of moisturizer.
16. I use it for the static in the winter. I rub almost into my hands then run my fingers through my hair, follow with a brush or two from my natural brush.
17. I have used it in the past for lice control, when it seems the pesticides aren't really working anyway.
18. Mix it with butter and garlic for your garlic bread, very nice change.
19. Rub it on my turkey instead of butter.
20. Mix 50/50 with saved fat for homemade soap. I have used 100% EV olive oil in soap making, but it takes longer to cure.
21. Mix with wine vinegar, crushed garlic, and fresh grated Parmesean cheese for salad dressing.
22. I mix olive oil half and half with lemon juice to make a wood cleaner/polish. Nourishes your furniture while it cleans.
23. A sip of olive oil before you go to sleep stops snoring. It makes the throat slippery. Your spouse can sleep.
24. A sip of olive oil will stop a tickle that is making you cough.
25. I cut off the top of a whole head of garlic, sprinkle it with salt and pepper and drizzle olive oil over the top. I wrap it up in foil and roast in the oven until the garlic gets soft. Great stuff spread over home made bread.
26. Use it as bath oil. Two to three tablespoons will do the trick.
27. For a hand scrub, rub in olive oil then scrub with sugar and wash.
28. For a facial, wet face thoroughly, then massage olive oil into your skin. Use about a half teaspoon of sugar and scrub your face with that, then wipe off gently with a warm, wet cloth until the sugar is all gone.
29. Mix 3 parts Olive Oil with 1 part white vinegar for wood floor polish.Apply and rub in well.
30. To keep brass looking shinier longer, buff with olive oil after cleaning. Olive oil keeps it from tarnishing so fast.
31. Use olive oil to treat lice on children - better than the expensive treatments from the store and conditions the scale. Apply on hair, being sure to get into scales. I leave this on for at least 30 minutes, but it could be all day if you don't have any plans - then shampoo out. It might take 2 shampoos to get the oil out of hair. Use once a week as a conditioner and preventative. Olive oil smothers the lice. Once I started doing this on granddaughters hair the school never called us when others were sent home with lice.
32. Olive oil works as a lubricant on the feet (for reflexology) and does not disappear the way lotions do.
33. You can buy a pump bottle for oil at most discount or kitchen supply stores. Fill with plain or flavored olive oil to use as a spray. This can replace the spray cans of oil that many people buy. Spray your pans before cooking. It also is a great way to get a small amount of fat/oil on foods for those of us who are watching our weight—spray on salad or bread or whatever.
34. To condition scalp on bald heads: rub with olive oil and then lay on a hot (not burning!), moist towel. When the towel cools, reheat in the microwave. Be careful not to get too hot. Continue doing this several times.
35. I like to toast French bread and then lightly spray it with an excellent olive oil instead of buttering it. It is very good.
36. Once a week I treat myself to this most fabulous beauty treatment. I give my hair and scalp a massage with olive oil. Using a regular comb, comb it through my hair. This gives it unbeatable shine and it's never looked healthier. Leave it on for an hour or two. Wash hair as normal to remove oil and wrap hair in towel to dry. Then I run a hot bath. While the water's running I stand in the tub and scrub my face, body, and feet with a paste made of olive oil and salt- regular table salt. (This makes your skin extra soft, leaves it glowing, and has cleared up my acne.) Then I soak in the tub for 15 minutes.
    The first time I did this everyone noticed "something different" about me but couldn't figure it out. I even got stopped on the street by another woman who asked me how I got such beautiful skin. So there... I've told my secret!
37. I use olive oil (extra virgin) in baking where vegetable oil is called for, it makes cakes, etc. much more moist and flavorful....I have had people ask me for the special recipe.
38. When I was home last summer (U.S.) and stocking up on my known remedies I asked the pharmacist where I could find the old fashioned 'sweet oil' that they put in ears for wax and ear aches. He said it was really olive oil that was used! Needless to say I did not bother to search the shelves any longer, as I have it in my cupboard.
39. After cleaning and  drying your kitchen sink take a cloth with a small amount of olive oil and rub  it along the inside of your sink. This will prevent water stains from forming and will make your sink shine and sparkle! Your sink will look absolutely brand new. Also if my sink is clean then it inspires me to keep rest of kitchen clean as well.