Oil on your Face - Yes Way!
Mar 13, 2017 5:05pm
Oil on your Face – Yes Way!
Botanical oils have recently risen in popularity and have practically taken center stage amongst natural skin care enthusiasts. One of the ways we can use oils is as cleansers. Although it may seem counter-intuitive, the oil cleansing method is effective in removing grime. In fact, oil actually does a better job cleaning the deeper layers of our skin.
Those with oily skin and acne prone skin, fear not, there are oils that beautifully work on your skin.
If you have been wary of experimenting with oil, today’s recipe is a great way to start. It’s a simple yet effective skin cleanser that you can easily create on your own. You can also be creative with this because the variety of plant based oils that we can experiment is vast and once you know your skin type, you can let your imagination run wild when formulating a unique blend just for yourself.
Things you will need:
10 ml Amber bottle
Ensure that your bottle is dry.
Ingredients:
Base Oils
20% Castor Oil – does a great job of drawing out the dirt.
40% Apricot Kernel Oil or Jojoba Oil – fantastic for massaging as it is moisturizing and penetrates easily in to the skin.
Custom Oils
Although there is a vast variety of plant oils with its own beneficial characteristics, following is a general ingredient guideline you can follow as per your skin type. Since your base is already 60% of your cleanser, your customized oil choice will count for 40% of the blend.
Oily Skin
Hazelnut oil
Grapeseed oil
Dry Skin
Macadamia oil
Avocado oil
Sensitive
Calendula oil
Rice Bran oil
Acne
Hazelnut oil
Tamanu oil
Neem oil
Black seed oil
The scent for the acne oils can be quite strong but don’t let that put you off. These oils are known to be effective for targeting acne.
How to use your blend
Put a few drops on to your clean palms. Using a circular motion, gently massage the oil in to the face.
After you massage your face, wipe off the oil with a damp cotton towel. I personally prefer using cold water since hot water will open up your pores.
Even though you have just used oil to clean your face, it is important to moisturize your face once you are done.
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Some things to keep in mind
- Please use cold pressed oils for your blend. This method of extraction ensures that the nourishing properties of the oils are not lost.
- Since this is an oil blend it does not require a preservative. That said, please make sure that your bottle and oils don’t come in to contact with water. Water will leave your product vulnerable to microbial contamination.
- Before cleansing with the oil, I would recommend that you do a small patch test by applying a few drops of oil on to your jaw area or under your arm. Give it 15-30 minutes. If you feel, itchiness, tingling sensation or pain, do not use this oil blend.
- If the blend is less than perfect, don’t give up. Take it as a learning opportunity and tweak your new formula.
Now, the fun part
I am hosting my first giveaway of 2017. Skin Dewi’s Travel Size Hazelnut or Raspberry Cleansing Milk (depending on the winner’s skin condition) is up for grabs this time. Raspberry Cleansing Milk is the one I personally use daily currently.
To participate in this giveaway you need to:
- Follow Skin Dewi on instagram
- Create your unique oil cleanser
- Share a photo of your cleanser on instagram
- Tag @skindewi and hashtag #skindewigiveaway
- Tag 5 of your friends who might be interested in trying as well
The giveaway is for Indonesia only. It will run till the end of March 2017. Winner will be announced on 1st April (no, it’s not going to be an April Fools’ joke ☺).