Product Description

The English name coconut, first mentioned in English print in ***5, comes from the Spanish and Portuguese word coco, which means "monkey face." Spanish and Portuguese explorers found a resemblance to a monkey's face in the three round indented markings or "eyes" found at the base of the coconut. 

On the Nicobar Islands of the Indian Ocean, whole coconuts were used as currency for the purchace of goods until the early part of the twentieth century. 
Living Tree Raw Organic Coconut Oil is made from fresh coconuts. The flesh is chopped and placed in an expeller press. The temperature of the coconut flesh and the emulsion does not exceed room temperature. The coconut milk emulsion has the water "spun" out of the oil using a centrifuge.

This is the only method of extraction that requires no heat at all. This virgin coconut oil is creamy and the smooth. It has a very mild taste. Melts in your mouth like a delicious candy. Very low moisture contents and a very long shelf life.
 

For soap making, we recommend coconut oil because of its good lather, lively bubbles producing a hard bar. In addition to adding hardness, it adds a fluffy lather to you soap.

Coconut Oil nourishes the skin keeping it soft and incredibly smooth. It prevents dry chapped skin, premature aging and wrinkling. Coconut oil is light and not greasy. It leaves you skin with a radiant, youthful and glowing sheen.

Coconut oil will not clog pores and it absorbs readily into the skin so it works very well as a carrier oil for dry, itchy or sensitive skin. Coconut oil is great for soap making because of its resistance to spoiling, help to create a a good hard soap that has a wonderful skin nourishing fluffy lather.
Organic Virgin Coconut Oil has been a great example of  long-term village business success. From learning how to extract cold-compressed coconut oil, to developing micro-business structures that Samoan farmers could implement with minimal set up costs to finding a secure buyer, the body shop, who pay a fair price to small farmers for a high quality product, WIBDI have transformed many families' livelihoods. This transformation has meant that small farmers can afford to pay for their children to go to school and to generate a cash income that allows them to meaningfully contribute to their families and communities, instead of waiting for remittances from overseas family.