Trying to get some shut-eye when wedged up next to a snorer is the worst! Goodbye, sleep, apparently you weren’t all that necessary.

In all seriousness, snoring can cause not just sleep deprivation but can even lead to heart disease, too. According to Noisy Snorer, the torture can usually be put to an and by coating the tissues in the lining of your throat with a few drops of olive oil before bedtime.

If you’re a DIYer then chances are you know your way around a can of spray paint. If you don’t wear gloves for the task, you will often end up looking the same color as your project. Thankfully, there is an easy fix for that; olive oil!

Pour a good amount in your hands and consistently rub over the paint. It will slowly start to break up and come away. Then just soap ’em up and rinse ’em off!

Yes, it’s true; olive oil actually helps build muscles, not fat. High-quality olive oils are overflowing with desirable anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds that not only nourish and build up the muscles, but also acts as both a preventative and a repair ointment when it comes to muscle injuries.

Thus, consuming olive oil gives your body the little boost it needs to keep on going.

This is so simple you would think it would be too good to be true, but it works! Pour out a bit of olive oil on a clean cotton pad and apply as you would any other remover, then rinse well with warm water and you’re done!

No more wasting your hard-earned money on chemically-laden makeup removers that only serve one purpose; to destroy your skin.

When it comes to a painful ear infection, your two best friends are sitting right there in your kitchen; garlic and olive oil. Garlic alone is antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, and anti-inflammatory in nature, and it provides pain relief. That coupled with the healing benefits of olive oil and you’ve got a match made in heaven!

Simply heat one clove of minced garlic in a couple of tablespoons of olive oil on low for ~20 minutes, discard garlic and let cool. Then, just add one or two drops to the infected ear and let it work its magic!

**WARNING: never use in an ear with a perforated or ruptured ear drum!

As mentioned before, olive oil is rich in anti-inflammatory compounds, and one of these is called oleocanthal. This compound is so potent, in fact, that researchers found it to contain pharmacological actions that are “identical to ibuprofen.”

Researchers believe that taking an average dose of about 50mg per day will likely keep chronic inflammation at bay and lessen the severity and frequency of migraines.

According to WebMD, Osteoarthritis “affects more the 27 million people”. As we get older our bodies produce fewer and fewer cells for bone health.

Fortunately, olive oil, in addition to the plethora of medically active compounds above, also produces oleuropein. This compound does many things, but one of the most important is stimulating your body’s production of the cells it needs to strengthen your bones.

Believe it or not, there really is a fountain of youth and it’s called olive oil! Don’t believe us? Just ask famous actress and iconic bombshell Sophia Lauren, who is now in her 80’s and looks better than most bikini models.

She gives all the credit for her gorgeous skin to two simple things; a love of spaghetti and sporadic olive oil baths. We’re pretty sure her skin isn’t looking as firm as marble from the pasta. To get the best moisturizing bath on the planet, simply add a few capfuls of high-quality olive oil to your warm bath water and take a soak!

As much as it makes us all itch, head lice are a natural part of life and can happen to anyone, especially if that anyone is, has, or is around kids. The good news is the old wives tales are true; olive oil does kill head lice.

According to the LiceDoctors, olive oil will suffocate headlice and loosen nits from the hair shaft, but it will not penetrate the eggs or make them come free from the hair entirely. Follow up applications every 5-6 days of olive oil and physically removing the nits with a nit-comb is the only way to eliminate them.

Remember all those magical anti-inflammatory properties we mentioned earlier? Well, it works for an irritated throat, too.

The thick viscosity of the olive oil makes a nice, soothing coating over the inflamed throat tissue and gets rid of that irritating tickle. Just gargle a tablespoon or two for a few minutes as needed.

Many commercial lubricants come laden with harsh chemicals that aren’t good for either you or or your partner. Olive oil makes a safe, effective all-natural lubricant that doesn’t cause any irritating or health-threatening side effects.

We think you can figure out how to make it work for yourself, but here’s a hint; a little goes a long way.

Olive oil doesn’t just work as a lubricant on the outside of the body but on the inside, as well! If you’re having trouble passing a bowel movement, try adding in some of the oil to your diet.

According to Medical News Today, one tablespoon of olive oil consumed first thing in the morning, before you eat anything, will soothe your bowels and soften your stool, making it easier to go.

It would seem that olive oil has a health benefit for just about anyone who has an ailment. All of the healing compounds found in the stuff have also been shown to help soothe the aches and pains associated with rheumatoid arthritis, a condition that involves a slow, painful twisting of the bones, muscles, and ligaments.

Choosing Extra Virgin olive oil is critical, as it comes from the first pressing of olives and has the highest medicinal value. To learn more about how it can help with RA, go here.

Not only can traditional, off-the-shelf shoe polishes be expensive but they can be incredibly messy, too. Thankfully, there’s really no need for all of that.

Simply dab a small amount of olive oil (think nickel to dime-sized) onto a clean, lint-free cloth. Use a constant rubbing motion to buff out any scratches and repeat with a clean cloth until you get the shine you’re looking for.

If you’re working on a DIY project and you’ve got some squeaky hinges, olive oil can be your best friend. It lubricates the hinges as well as W-D40, but without any of the chemicals.

Just pour a little over the top of your hinges and gently move the door back-and-forth to lubricate them entirely. A can of olive oil cooking spray makes this job even easier!

Anyone who has spent any amount of time digging through a garden knows just how important a good gardening tool can be. Digging in the ground is already a back-breaking job, and you want your garden tools to do most of the work for you, which means keeping them clean and sharp.

By applying a bit of olive oil to the metal fixtures of your tools, it will help your blades, forks, and scoopers slide right through the soil and prevent any unnecessary dulling of the blades and edges.

Any mother out there will know that a diaper rash remedy that actually works is worth its weight in gold. As it turns out, there really is a remedy and comes in the golden liquid of olive oil.

Using olive oil on your baby’s skin where it comes in contact with their diaper will keep inflammation, itching, and irritation at bay while its antimicrobial properties will protect your baby from any lingering bacteria. As an added bonus, the oil penetrates and conditions the skin and forms a protective barrier over it, repelling both urine and feces away from the pores.

If you want to have a face that truly glows, start keeping a bit of olive oil and sea salt or brown sugar in your bathroom repertoire. By mixing a few drops of oil with a pinch of the sugar or salt, you will have the perfect exfoliant that’s gentle enough to use on your face, but effective enough to use on your whole body.

The best part is that there is no need to moisturize afterward because the oil does it for you!

Brass fixtures add a lot of pop to your color scheme and look lovely against the boring white backdrop of most bathrooms. What is less appealing, however, is how dull the metal can look after a while.

If you want to revive its warm-colored shine, simply use olive oil and a clean cloth to buff it back to beauty. If the fixtures are extra grimy or greasy, thrown some coarse sea salt into the mix for some abrasive action. This works on stainless steel the same way.

We all love our cats but we have to admit, watching them lick themselves only to choke out a slimy, disgusting furball a little later is definitely not the highlight of your day.

At this point, we shouldn’t be surprised that olive oil helps with that, too. Adding a teaspoon mixed in with you cat’s food will lubricate its digestive tract to stop future hairballs, and it will give them a gorgeous coat as a bonus.

If you have a problem with dry, chapped lips, then you can save yourself some serious money on those fancy lip balms by making your own. By slowly heating up some beeswax and mixing in some olive oil before letting it cool, you will have the best lip balm that money can buy at only a fraction of the cost.

You can also customize them to have soothing action by mixing in your favorite essential oils like peppermint or lavender, and they make great gifts! Check out an awesome holiday lip balm recipe here.

Speaking of holidays, Fall is right around the corner from us (I know…don’t hate me). While there’s still a solid month or more of Summer left, it won’t be long before the air is filled with the baking smell of holiday cookies.

While all of this is wonderful, actually making the cookies can be a sticky mess. Make things way easier on yourself this year by slicking up your measuring spoons with a thin layer of olive oil and your dough will slide right out!

We’ve all had that frustrating moment where we actually start arguing with our zippers when they become stuck. This can be particularly embarrassing if it happens out in public.

Next time just reach for a couple drops of olive oil and it will wiggle free in an instant!

Curls are wonderful, frizz is not. If you’re looking for a way to tame those pesky flyaways, set your gaze to your kitchen cupboard.

Just pour a dime-sized dab in your palm and rub your hands back and forth until the oil heats up and thins out, then run over any frizzy spots you see and voila! You’re good to go.

Olive oil is soothing to more than just human skin, it works well on wood, too. The thick, rich oil can penetrate deeply into the porous surface of wood and condition it from the inside out. Doing this will not only provide a gorgeous sheen to your wood, but it will help repel water and prevent moisture damage.

You can paint your nails any color you like, but if you aren’t doing anything about your cuticles then you aren’t doing yourself any favors. It’s okay, though, because it’s never too late to start taking proper care of your nails.

Soften your cuticles right up by rubbing them down with a small amount of olive oil, or you can add some oil to warm water and let them soak before a full-on mani.

Stop wasting money on bright colored shave gels at premium prices. You can get the exact same effect of a close shave using olive oil as you would the gel. Plus, it doesn’t have any chemicals and it moisturizes better, too!

A nice, relaxing day at the spa can be lovely, no doubt. Unfortunately, though, it can also be quite expensive. You might be surprised, and a little irritated, to know that you can have all the wonderful, rejuvenating benefits of a face mask for next to nothing right in the comfort of your own home!

You can make dozens of different face masks with olive oil with many different benefits. This avocado and olive oil face mask is one of our favorites!

Not only can you shine your shoes with olive oil, but you can shine up your hair, too. The thick elixir is capable of doing everything from conditioning the scalp, getting rid of dandruff, and fixing quick flyaways, to acting as the perfect deep-conditioning hair mask.

To get the full benefits, heat a couple tablespoons in the microwave for around 20 seconds or until warm to the touch, then simply coat all the strands of your hair and wrap in a hot towel for a half-hour before thoroughly rinsing the oil away. You’ll be left with luscious locks that shine like the sun itself for only pennies on the dollar!

Did you know that the odds overwhelmigly indicate the commercial moisturizer you’re currently using is made up of nearly 80% toxic ingredients? We aren’t just talking skin irritations here, but hormone disruptors, carcinogens, and known nervous system toxins. On top of it, most of the “inactive ingredients” are known for drying skin out, making you more dependent on the product over time.

Slathering yourself in a thin layer of olive oil before bed will not only spare you from these ingredients, but will also soothe eczema and dermatitis breakouts and make them more infrequent over time.

The clever uses for olive oil seem to never end! If you’ve got thick hair that likes to tangle into a matted nightmare everytime you shower, olive oil is your answer.

Just pour a few drops in your hands and run your fingers through your wet hair, making sure to get goood coverage. Brush from the bottom and watch the tangles slip away.

We know that olive oil contains its own healing antimicrobial properties, but what really makes this elixer such a powerhouse medicine is its ability to bond well with compounds from other plants and products. Due to its liquid nature and skin benefits, it makes the perfect carrier oil.

This means that as you soak plant material or add essential oils, butters, or beeswax, it will blend throughout the entire volume of the oil, and then carries all those wonderful benefits deep into the pores of your skin. Make your own soothing antimicrobial ointment using this recipe.

While it’s true that stretch marks are just a simple fact of life for many people, even men, it doesn’t make them any less unsightly for the person that bears them. If you don’t mind your tiger stripes, that’s a-okay, but if you’d like to minimize their appearance, or in some cases eliminate them completely, there’s hope in your cupboard.

Take a tablespoon or so of the purest extra virgin olive oil you can find (no blends!), and rub into your skin every morning and night until you see results, about 3 days to 2 weeks, depending on the person.

If you’ve got chewing gum in your hair don’t chop those gorgeous locks just yet. Not only can olive oil detangle your hair, but it can unstick gum from it, too. Just lightly rub the gum and bits of hair where it’s stuck until covered with oil, allow it to soak in for a few minutes and work its magic, and then work it free with your fingers!

If you’re new to mommyhood and your baby has begun to develop scaly, discolored patches on top of its head don’t worry; it’s just cradle cap. According to WebMD, it’s a relatively harmless condition, possibly caused by the overproduction of sebum.

You can easily remedy this by washing your baby’s head and using olive oil to soften and exfoliate the dead patches of skin while also soothing the inflammation around the scalp.

If you’re an artist or have recently revamped the color scheme of your home, chances are you’ve had to deal with getting paint in your hair before. If it happens again, though, keep your olive oil handy.

Much like removing chewing gum, simply coat the painted hair in the oil and let it soak for a few, then use a very fine-toothed comb (even a nit comb, if it’s really bad) to gently work out the paint. Get full instructions here.

Rainboots were made for walking through mud and muck in the wettest, dirtiest seasons of the year, and they’re bound to face some wear and tear. If you don’t want your rain boots to look like they’re as abused as they are, you can revive them with a small bit of olive oil.

When they’re all dry, take a clean cloth and a few drops of oil and get to buffing. The scuff marks will disappear like magic!

Tealight candle holders can provide a beautiful ambiance for just about any occasion. The waxy, bubbly mess they leave behind after burning, though, can be a lot less appealing.

Keep the whole experience lovely by lightly greasing the bottom and sides of your candle holders so the melted wax will lift away like it was never there to begin with.

Have you ever noticed how much your body swells overnight? It’s particularly noticeable in the hands, especially if you wear a ring.

A ring can get stuck on your finger for all sorts of reasons, but there is always an easy way to fix it; just lube it up with olive oil and gently twist back and forth until it slides right off!

Ever buy a used car, laptop, or case of some kind only to spend hours trying to de-sticker the thing? Well, if you’ve ever chatted it up with a mom they could have told you to spare yourself the headache and use olive oil!

Just coat the entire sticker in olive oil and let it really soak in for a good 10 or 15 minutes, then use a slight bit of elbow grease and a clean cloth to rub the gunky mess right off.

For those adults out there who don’t keep acne medicine to hand and want to spot treat a random-but-monsterly pimple, there’s a quick solution for you. Mix 1/4 cup sea salt with 1 cup of olive oil and very gently exfoliate the area with circular motions.

The salt kills bacteria and draws out toxins while the antioxidants and vitamin E in the oil condition, soothe, and moisturize the area. If you don’t need very much, you can make a smaller batch by mixing the salt and olive oil in a 1:4 ratio.

Just as olive oil conditions your skin, it works on leather, too. It makes sense, when you think about it. Leather is the hide or skin of an animal, after all.

Just rub down your leather in a nice coating of olive oil and work it in with a cloth until the oil is completely absorbed. Your leather will shine like new!

If you’ve got a mechanic around the house and are tired of grease-marks all over your soap, we have the tip for you. Weird as it seems, you can wash away grease with olive oil.

You can either just rub your hands down with it and let it sit for a minute before washing with soap and water, or if you need some scrubbing action you can throw a pinch of salt or sugar into the mix!

If you’ve been pulling some all-nighters lately, or just notice that your eyes are sarting to show your age, you can remedy that. Olive oil, as you already know, is one of the most effective natural moisturizers out there.

Rejuvenate your tired looking eyes by applying a few drops of olive oil beneath the eye before bed and you’ll benefit from nature’s finest eye-cream!

You know all the benefits you read on your bottle of mouthwash? Prevents tooth-decay, stops gingivitis, freshens breath, whitens teeth, anti-cavity etc.?

Well, swishing around olive oil in your mouth has been scientifically shown to have all of those benefits and more by reducing inflammation and drawing out bacteria from the mouth. It has also been a common practice in Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years! Just remember to spit it out when you’re done.

Summer time means flip-flops, sandals, and barefoot beach-days. Unfortunately, it can also mean calloused and cracking heels, but it doesn’t have to.

You can douse your feet in olive oil before bed for a few days and soften up those callouses until they srub right off.

You’ve always wished you could just scrub away those cullulite filled saddle-bags of yours, and you’ll be happy to know that you actually can! Olive oil penetrates deep into the skin and works at the cellular level to restore collagen and firm up saggy skin.

Using olive oil coupled with coffee grounds and a good horse-hair body brush as you scrub in circular motions for a few minutes each day, you can literally watch your cellulite just melt away.

Olive oil isn’t just good for your cat, but it can help your old dogs out a lot, too! We really can’t say enough about the benefits, which include joint health, protecting long-term mental health, weight-loss, preventing diabetes and heart disease, and even preventing cancer, to name a few!

In addition, it boosts the flavor of their meal and improves their skin and coat, too. Check out this article about all the wonderful benefits olive oil has for your dog, and get a nice little tip from chef and devoted dog-lover, Rachel Ray, on how to spice up their diet for premium health.

We mentioned how wonderful olive oil works as a carrier oil for ointments, and it works just as well for creating your own massage oils. Mixing it with essential oils can provide you with the ultimate aroma-therapeutic experience, and can drive the benefits of those essential oils deep into the body.

Since it’s anti-inflammatory in nature, it won’t cause any skin irritation, even for sensitive skin types. Whip up your own massage oil with this recipe.

We all know that when it comes to soothing a sunburn, Aloe vera is king. What if you don’t have any to hand, though, or don’t like the way it feels?

Well, you will be glad to know that you can use olive oil in the exact same way. Its antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties will work quickly to soothe your sunburn and help it heal.

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