In my quest to be the World’s Most Pinterest Woman, I recently went to Whole Foods (great start already, I know) and picked up a few new ingredients to add to my daily food intake. Coconut oil is a classic, and there will probably be an article about our love in the works just as sooooon as I stop finding new uses for it so I can make a definitive list, but in the meantime I’d like to talk to you about an important new love in my life: Apple Cider Vinegar.

Tart, apple-y, and unapologetically A Vinegar, I take two tablespoons of this stuff either dissolved in a glass of water or straight up, every morning. This is for some sort of boring detox/weight loss reasons and also for hair, teeth, and skin reasons. It’s also delicious in salad dressings, which is another sneaky way to get some ACV (that’s what Moms-in-the-know, aka the Rulers of Pinterest, call it) into your diet. Anyway, here’s a short rundown of why this shiz is the biz:

1) It makes your hair and skin so soft and nice.
I had a Hippies Night In on Saturday and made a body scrub out of honey, sugar, and ACV, and also did a hair rinse with 10 tbps of ACV diluted in equal parts warm water and GUESS WHAT: great hair and skin. The skin one is the most impressive. So, so soft, and I have the driest winter skin known to man or woman. Believe.

2) It sorts out the pH levels of your skin, ETC.
This stuff regulates the pH balance in your body, keeping skin soft (as discussed) and upping energy levels. ALSO, and those of you with Fussy ‘Gines already know where I’m going once I get in on pH balances… it’s great for helping you avoid yeast infections! FGs of the world, unite! Then drink some apple cider vinegar, which helps rid the body of candida.

3) It can help relieve gas and bloating! Is this the sexiest product ever or what?
A tablespoon before a meal can keep bloat and heartburn at bay.

4) Make your beauty routine more organic by using this instead of store bought toner! 
Grab a cotton ball and rub some ACV all over your face to tighten, brighten and tone. Then brag about it on various holistic social media sites.

5) It’s cheap as chips.
Cheaper, maybe, depending on where you buy your chips. My bottle of ACV set me back £2.25, under five dollars. Take that, chips!

6) Freak everyone out with the sheer amount of freaky-deaky adjectives used to describe it.
If you decide to buy some yourself and give it a go, you should be looking for organic, raw, and unfiltered vinegar. It’s important—and this is the good bit—that the vinegar has not been pasteurized so that it still contains some of the living, enzyme-rich vinegar “mother”. !!!!!!!!!!!!!, right? Perfect. You’re a health food freak and I love it.

Now, the jury is kind of still out on the whole “is this great for you, medically, or are you reading too many blogs, Monica Heisey we’re speaking to you personally,” thing, but the hair/body benefits are observed from experience and it’s still nice to have as a vinegar option (balsamic has ruled the vinegar world with an iron fist for too long). I’m very into it.