--- title: 20 Strange & Helpful Every Day Uses For Olive Oil description: 20 unusual uses for olive oil-- beauty, skin care, and around the home and garden. Also, download the expanded list of 75 uses available! image: https://www.centrafoods.com/hs-fs/file-791865505-jpg/images/blog54-caprese-salad.jpg --- [![Centra Foods | Simply Authentic](https://www.centrafoods.com/hs-fs/file-339185492-png/images/centra-logo.png?width=487&height=64&name=centra-logo.png "Centra Foods | Simply Authentic")](https://www.centrafoods.com) [Bulk Oil Blog](http://centrafoods.com/blog) # [20 Strange & Helpful Every Day Uses For Olive Oil](https://www.centrafoods.com/blog/20-strange-helpful-every-day-uses-for-olive-oil) Posted by [Hannah Broaddus](https://www.centrafoods.com/blog/author/hannah-broaddus) July 8, 2014 at 8:30 AM ![20 Strange & Helpful Every Day Uses For Olive Oil](https://www.centrafoods.com/hs-fs/file-791865505-jpg/images/blog54-caprese-salad.jpg "20 Strange & Helpful Every Day Uses For Olive Oil")Olive oil is known for being delicious-- perfect for Italian recipes, natural foods, sauteeing, cooking and (my favorite) Caprese salad. But did you know that it's good for so many more things?  Things like: - Natural skin & body care - Your daily beauty regimen - Home & garden care - And much more ## Here's 20 of our favorite uses for olive oil. 1. **Use as a body scrub.** Combine sugar and salt into a thick paste and scrub body to remove dead skin and leave skin glowing. 2. **Swap our your lip gloss.** Dab on to lips directly or combine with equal parts beeswax to make your own. 3. **Moisturize dry skin.** Rub into skin, focusing on very rough or dry patches. Let air dry. 4. **Condition your hair.** Let olive oil soak into hair (especially roots) to strengthen it and make it more flexible. 5. **Remove paint from skin.**  Rub olive oil into dried paint on skin.  Wipe oil away and the paint will go with it.  If it’s being really stubborn, create a scrub with olive oil and salt, which will leave your skin clean and exfoliated. 6. **Pre-make an oil & herb mix for cooking.**  Combine EVOO and herbs in an ice cube tray and store in the freezer.  Remove seasoned oil cubes for stirfries, pasta and more. 7. **Protect food from freezer burn.**  Use as a “protective layer” when freezing sauces.  Before freezing, add olive oil which will harden into a butter substance that can be easily removed when you’re ready to use the sauce. 8. **Reduce the appearance of stretch marks.  **Combine equal parts cocoa butter and olive oil for a stretch-mark minimizer. 9. **Aid digestion.**  Taking a spoonful of olive oil can help aid digestion and “smooth out” your insides. 10. **As a saddle/bridle conditioner.** Use olive oil to condition saddles, bridles and boots. 11. **As a shaving cream.** Use olive oil instead of soap or shaving cream for a smooth, comfortable shave. 12. **Polish wood furniture.** Apply olive oil to a soft cloth and buff wood. Or combine 2 parts olive oil with 1 part lemon juice or vinegar. 13. **Condition cuticles.** Apply olive oil on a cotton swab to moisturize cuticles. 14. **Measure peanut butter.** Wipe measuring cups with olive oil before measuring peanut butter, molasses or other sticky ingredients. It allows them to slide right out of the cup. 15. **Unstick a zipper.** Allow oil to penetrate the zipper, then unzip as usual. 16. **As a supplement for cats, dogs and horses.** Add a small dose of olive oil to your pets meal to boost the shine in their coat and give them the same health benefits you enjoy. 17. **Lend a shine to brass.** Apply olive oil onto a soft cloth and then rub it onto brass hardware. 18. **Ease a scratchy throat.** A spoonful of olive oil can help get rid of that tickle. 19. **Protect hands from yard work.** Put olive oil on your hands before gardening or other dirty work to prevent dirt buildup and make cleanup easier. 20. **Easy clean up of garden tools.** Spritz some olive oil on your tools to cut down on dirt buildup. Like these ideas and want to hear more?  We've got [75 Strange, Helpful & Everyday Uses For Olive Oil](https://www.centrafoods.com/75-strange-helpful-and-everyday-uses-for-olive-oil) for you to download. 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