Article: Olive oil moving beyond the kitchen, into the bathroom

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It's an indispensable component of the kitchen and it could soon turn into a bathroom staple, too. It seems our love affair with olive oil has gone far beyond the saute pan. Today, olive oil is showing up in all sorts of shampoos, foaming bath gels, facial cleansers and massage oils. We all knew it was good for a brick of soap, but who knew it made a wonderful body lotion?

Well, it does. And it makes sense, too. Olive oil is one of the good fats (monosaturated), which makes it good for you as well as good tasting. Because extra-virgin olive oil isn't refined, it retains antioxidants that can nourish and restore the skin. Olive ...

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