How to make Coconut oil

 Hi there,
   After reading about the goodness of coconut oil for my natural hair I decided to make my own :-)

Here we go:



6 mature coconuts

I broke them in pieces and removed the shell

I cut them into smaller pieces

Shredded them in a food processor

All shredded up

Blended in batches with warm water

Home made filter with a handkerchief and rope

Poured the blended mixture through the sieve and discarded the chaff

The coconut liquid! I put this bucket in a cool dark place for 36 hours

24 hours later



After 36 hours the mixture looked like this. Where is my oil??!!??

yuck! Thought the oil was supposed to be floating on top?

I scooped up the top layer and fried it under medium heat for 20 secs

The oil separated from the chaff

My oil!!!! with some chaff mixed in though

Brought out an old cleanser bottle and prepared to filter

filtering

voila!! my coconut oil :-)

 

Try it out for yourself !

 

 

(While I was waiting for my oil to set I did a hair mask with coconut milk, olive oil and some honey.

I'll let you know how that went later)

Have a fun-filled weekend !

 

 

KimB