The oil cleansing method (for all skin types)

dumb_blondes_rock
dumb_blondes_rock Posts: 1,568 Member
edited October 2024 in Food and Nutrition
One of my clients has GORGEOUS skin, and shes in her fifties(i think i, at 24 *as of today* have more wrinkles than she)
. I asked her what her skin regime what, and she said she has used olive oil to cleanse her skin for the last 20 years. I told her there was no way i could ever use oil on my face, since im already a grease monster and suffer from acne. She explained rto me that it does the complete opposite and how it actually helps. I still never really took much thought to it, until a few days a go i decided to do research, because i'm sick and tired of trying 1000 different products and still have acne. i came across this site, and it said that a mixture of castor oil and olive oil is actually the BEST method for cleansing skin of all types, and its a great wrinkle preventer and skin restorer. Depending on what skin type you have, you use different ratios of castor oil to olive oil (you can use mixtures of sunflower seed, grape seed, jojoba, coconut, and even a tad bit of tea tree oil). The article states that the beauty industry made us believe that using soaps and artificial cleansers will clean the face, when all it does is strip it. Also, water cannot disolve oil, only oil can disolve oil.

I have had the awful routine(that i was taught in beauty school) for years of stripping the oil, toning my skin, then adding a moisturizer and with little to no results. My skin is try in some areas and super greasy in others, even when i'm free of acne i have blackheads, so i was literally never comfortable in my own skin. I tried the combination of castor oil to oilive oil for combination skin, and my skin is GLOWING, and not like "holy ciow that girl needs to wash her face, shes a grease monster" glowing, but radiant glowing, and its so soft, but not heavy feeling, and first and foremost ITS CHEAP TO MAKE!!!!!

Read the artible and try for yourself!!!! You will most likely not be dissapointed!

http://www.theoilcleansingmethod.com/
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  • aippolito1
    aippolito1 Posts: 4,894 Member
    Hell yeah. Olive oil is good for EVERYTHING. You can make some nice scrubs with it and coarse salt. I love mixing it with sugar and using it on chapped lips and using evoo & salt to scrub my face. My face feels so nice afterwards. I just bought Clean & Clear Blackhead Eraser and the last week I've been using it it's done nothing for me. May need to go back to evoo!
  • seth02
    seth02 Posts: 7
    Hey - that's nice . Thanks for sharing .
  • ma66ie72
    ma66ie72 Posts: 75 Member
    I started doing this about a year ago and I no longer need to wear makeup . My skin is so nice I just use eyeliner and mascara nothing else.
  • punkrawkcutie
    punkrawkcutie Posts: 439 Member
    bump
  • kmcginley613
    kmcginley613 Posts: 40
    Thanks for sharing:)
  • dracobaby82
    dracobaby82 Posts: 380 Member
    very cool, thanks for sharing!
  • Laceylala
    Laceylala Posts: 3,094 Member
    I'm bumpingto read this tomorrow. I always thought I used to have oily skin then one day after a facial I figured out I had dry skin and that my skin was producing zigs and blackheads and too much oil to compensate for lack of moisture. So I've been using dry skin products for about a year with great effect but lately it's not enough and I'm back to pimple ans bla kheads again. Thanks for the info.
  • veganbaum
    veganbaum Posts: 1,865 Member
    I use jojoba oil, and when I have an occasional breakout I mix apple cider vinegar with water and dab it on - works wonders.
  • ChantalGG
    ChantalGG Posts: 2,404 Member
    I use it you get off my mascara. You can also mix it with sugar to make a scrub. You will need to use a face clothe to remove it though.
  • antijen
    antijen Posts: 112 Member
    Hey, the ancient romans did it. They would rub the olive oil on then scrape it off and sell the ummmm... residue. Eww. http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/hygienebaths/a/102310-Hygiene-In-Ancient-Rome.htm

    However, I am perfectly happy with my routine. Thanks for the info though!
  • sinclare
    sinclare Posts: 369 Member
    great tips, thanks!
  • _gwen
    _gwen Posts: 501 Member
    Thanks for the info
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,352 Member
    I have had oily skin forever and when it started to get dryer I went to Origins in Macy and they gave me essential oil to wash my face in and it worked. I ran out and have been using moisturizer to wash with. Since I never use moisturizer I seem to have alot around. However I like the idea of using olive oil and I have heard cocnut oil is good for your skin too. I will check out your site.
  • ObviousIndigo
    ObviousIndigo Posts: 382 Member
    I use olive oil for dry scalp! It works wonders for hair as well! I am going to try the facial cleansing method though cause since i started working out my face breaks out all the time! Thanks for sharing!!
  • Samiwhereareyou
    Samiwhereareyou Posts: 277 Member
    I stopped using shampoo in my hair over a year ago and I have never looked back. My hair is soft and bouncy I use baking soda and vinegar and sometimes do a beer rinse. Why did I never think my face and body were reacting to the sulfates the same way my hair was. Being stripped everyday of its natural oil and replaced with conditioner.... hmm just oil eh.... I will take you on.
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    Bumping to read later, thanks :)
  • anelahm
    anelahm Posts: 237 Member
    bump
  • Rexie55
    Rexie55 Posts: 6 Member
    Awesome... am going shopping for castor oil and sunflower seed oil.
  • dumb_blondes_rock
    dumb_blondes_rock Posts: 1,568 Member
    well i had been using cetophyl and just putting it on my face and wiping it off, which was way better than the hardcore acne face washes that i would always use....but this makes waaaaaaaay more sense to me.....and also i was thinking of mixing brown sugar and honey with the oil to make an exfoliating scrub
  • Nikiki
    Nikiki Posts: 993
    bumping to look into later, this sounds fantastic as I can NEVER fully get rid of the clogged poors around my chin and nose.
  • dumb_blondes_rock
    dumb_blondes_rock Posts: 1,568 Member
    hey arielle0489, i like that your signature is the sunscreen song lol
  • Laceylala
    Laceylala Posts: 3,094 Member
    Read the article last night when i couldn't sleep! I am going to buy some castor oil tonight to mix with my evoo. I'm excited to try it.

    Do you do this every day? And do you still use moisturizer or just a bit of oil? And how does it work with wearing makeup? I only wear a bit of tinted moisturizer and eye makeup..
  • knittnponder
    knittnponder Posts: 1,953 Member
    I've got rosacea so most creams, lotions, cleansers, etc irritate the heck out of my skin. I've only used a Norwex cloth and coconut oil on my face for quite some time and my skin has never looked better. I put the CO on before I go to bed and in the morning my skin is dewey soft. My husband has commented on how soft my skin is everywhere since I've been using the CO. I do occasionally use olive oil and brown sugar as a face scrub but for me coconut oil works best (and it smells good!)
  • Laceylala
    Laceylala Posts: 3,094 Member
    I used extra V olive oil tonight to clean my face. I swear that my black heads on my nose are dang near gone!
  • Samiwhereareyou
    Samiwhereareyou Posts: 277 Member
    I used extra V olive oil tonight to clean my face. I swear that my black heads on my nose are dang near gone!

    fo reals... Ima do it right now.
  • dumb_blondes_rock
    dumb_blondes_rock Posts: 1,568 Member
    Read the article last night when i couldn't sleep! I am going to buy some castor oil tonight to mix with my evoo. I'm excited to try it.

    Do you do this every day? And do you still use moisturizer or just a bit of oil? And how does it work with wearing makeup? I only wear a bit of tinted moisturizer and eye makeup..

    If been using it everyday....especially because i wear makeup during most days and need to ues the oil to take it off at night....you can use just pure evoo and put it on a cotton pad and just let it sit on your eyelashes for a moment for a eye makeup remover...but ive used this castor oil/evoo mix for like 5 days now and it workds really really well, my period acne is going away, but they raen't hard crusty lumps like usual, and my skin feels more balanced, because i would be oily on my shin and by my nose and dry on my forehead, but its all even now.

    I do need to make a brown sugar scrub though because i feel like i need to scrub away some of the dead skin every now and then, but my skin looks radiant, and my makeup goes on waaaaay smoother. In the morning before i do my makeup i rub just a tiny tiny tad bit as if it was a moisturizer, and it keep my skin hydrated all day long.
  • dawnmichelea
    dawnmichelea Posts: 112 Member
    Fascinating! Can't wait to try!
  • Jamcnair
    Jamcnair Posts: 586 Member
    I've been using coconut oil as a moisturizer and it makes my skin feel so smooth and dewy...I'll have to try out this method! Sounds amazing
  • baberuthless_
    baberuthless_ Posts: 20
    Definitely have to try this method. Seeing nothing but good things about it, thanks for sharing!
  • WendyHJ
    WendyHJ Posts: 60
    I went to an EcoStiletto event and Elemis was there. Last I saw them I was 25 and on a cruise and I had a facial and some zapping for blackheads. Now I am turning 41 and I sat with their West Coast trainer, Zelda or something similar, and she said from now on to never use anything to scrub my face, wash at night and moisturize, and in the morning use an alcohol free toner to refresh (I use Thayer's Witchhazel), and then moisturize again. Of course they have a complete line of expensive but proven European products, and after going to one of their spa locations for a free facial (Nordstrom's), I did buy one product to use. It is a 30 day regimen of a lavender oil capsule before bed and a rose oil capsule in the morning. You use the capsules for 30 days and then don't use them again for at least 6 months. I don't use soap either, but often do use a cream cleanser by Weleda (Germany). I try to use organic or at least chemical free products whenever possible. If there is a Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy near you you should try it out. Anyway, I think I am a ways off from rubbing EVOO on mg face but i will continue to be gentler to my aging skin so I can look amazing when I am 70!
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