5 Multipurpose Kitchen Items You Should Always Have (and Not Just For Cooking!)

What can't you do with coconut oil? As MVP of your beauty routine, it softens skin, soothes chapped lips, conditions hair, and naturally removes makeup. Coconut oil is also handy as a household cleaner — try using it to polish furniture, restore dried-out leather, or remove sticky gunk left behind by adhesives. And of course, it's delicious as a cooking oil, as a healthier substitute for butter, to season a cast-iron skillet, or whip up a frothy homemade "latte."

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