Australian Tea Tree Oil and Paradise Coconut Oil Review

I am excited about this review! I was chosen to review Apothecary Extracts Australian Tea Tree Oil. I have heard such great things about tea tree oil and have been wanting to give it a try in my shampoo. Not long after I was chosen to review the tea tree oil, I was chosen to review Paradise Coconut Oil as well! This worked out really well for me because I recently found out that my daughter has scalp psoriasis! Her scalp is so dry and itchy and she has been digging at it so bad that she was developing sores on her scalp and her hair was no longer there in certain spots of her head. I didn't want to put a ton of chemicals and prescription drugs on her skin and into her body....so I did some research! I found that some people use a mixture of tea tree oil and coconut oil to treat it naturally. So I thought....why not give it a try!

I took about 1/2 a cup of coconut oil and combined it with about 15-20 drops of the tea tree oil extract and mixed them together. I have applied it once a day for about a week and the results are already amazing! I am so happy that I found something natural and less harmful to use on her skin and it works amazingly to treat the areas. She even says that it stops the itching all night while she sleeps! To be completely honest.....I can not stress how happy I am that I found this tea tree oil and coconut oil combination.
This is my little dolly's before and after of her scalp:

This is after just one week and applying the mixture just once a day! I think the results are remarkable!

There are other uses for tea tree oil as well. You can add it to your shampoo bottle and shake it up to combine. This is supposed to help your hair be healthier. It is also said to help prevent lice in kids' hair! I figure what a great benefit, especially with summer coming to a close and the kids going back to school. Not only those but there are so many other GREAT uses for tea tree oil, here are a few more:

1. Helps heal and soothe sunburns.
2. Heals skin infections naturally.
3. Relieves itchiness from rashes as well as helps reduce rashes.
4. Can be used as an all-purpose cleaner: Fill a spray bottle with 1-2 tsp. of tea tree oil and the rest of the bottle with water.
5. Treats acne
6. Helps to prevent lice naturally; just add a few drops to your shampoo.
7. A few drops in your pets’ crates or beds keep the fleas away.
8. Removes ticks; just add to skin, and the little stinker will usually unlatch.
9. Cures toenail fungus and Athlete’s foot.
10. Helps remove skin tags
11. Naturally cures bad breath. (Swish some tea tree oil and water in you mouth.)
12. Can be used in a homemade toothpaste
13. Has been found as an effective treatment for warts
14. Soothes insect bites.
15. Treats ringworm
16. Treats psoriasis and other skin conditions.
17. Relieves asthma or other breathing conditions when a few drops are added to a humidifier.
18. Works as as antiseptic on small cuts.
19. Keeps your bathroom fresh
20. Relieves earaches; mix 1 drop of tea tree oil with 1 tsp. olive oil, drop mixture into the ear and then remove by tilting head.
21. Freshen laundry: Add a few drops in your washing machine to scent your clothes. Also, if you forgot to put the clothes in the dryer, run again with tea tree oil to remove mildew. You can also scent wool dryer balls with tea tree oil.
22. Helps freshen carpet
23. Can be used in several homemade kitchen cleaners
24. Cleans mold: Mix apple cider vinegar and tea tree oil and scrub mold; place outside to sun-dry.
25. Can be used in a homemade natural deodorant

The coconut oil is an extremely versatile product as well. You can use it for so many things! I love coconut oil! Since I received mine, I have used it as a moisturizer, in place of vegetable and olive oil in recipes and as a scalp treatment for dry scalp. I know that, besides the scalp treatment I made for my daughters scalp psoriasis, our families favorite thing that I made with the coconut oil has got to be the zucchini brownies that I made :) They were so delicious! We ate the whole pan in two days!!! (recipe at the end of the post!)

As I said.....coconut oil is very versatile! Here are a few other uses for coconut oil:

1. Remove your makeup
2. Add to sweet beverages (like smoothies or hot cocoa)
3. Leather shoe cleaner
4. Remove stickers from merchandise
5. Season cast-iron frying pans
6. Furniture polish
7. Lip balm
8. Toothpaste
9. Insect repellent
10. Guitar string lubricant
11. Mascara brush cleaner
12. Butter substitute
13. Treat lice
14. Blemishes and acne
15. Flea treatment for animals
16. And the list goes on and on...

Do you have any good recipes or uses for tea tree oil or coconut oil? Let me know in the comments! If you would like to purchase this tea tree oil you can do so here! The coconut can be purchased HERE!

Zucchini Brownies Recipe

Ingredients:
1 3/4 Cup flour
1/3 cup baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 1/2 cups shredded zucchini
1 egg
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup plain greek yogurt
1/2 cup coconut oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Chocolate chips

Directions:
~Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
~combine dry ingredients (flour, baking cocoa, baking soda, salt) in a large bowl.....stir in zucchini
~In small bowl combine wet ingredients (egg, sugars, yogurt, coconut oil, vanilla)
~Add wet ingredients to other bowl with dry ingredients.....stir until combined
~Sprinkle chocolate chips on top (and i chopped up a couple reese's cups and sprinkled them on there too)
~Bake 35-40 min. or until knife inserted into the middle comes out clean.

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