What oil do you use for the "oil cleansing method"? (merged)

JenC

Buttonmoons wrote: »

Those mineral ones sound good Suki, do you know which department stores sell the Bare ecentuals one? Like I said I'm really rubbish at knowing what suits my face, and I'd prefer someone in the know to pick one for me, that's why I don't want to order from online, I'll end up looking like an oompa loompa

If you can, try and get to a salon that sells Bare Escentuals. House of Fraser charge something like £17 for 2g, and I pay my local salon £24 for 9g!!!!

Either that or QVC do some good start kits.

skintlass

Virgin gym's beauty bit sells bare escentuals (at least the one in Leeds does).

flippin36

Found the castor oil at Boots (obvious really) but I had to ask as it was behind the counter (she had to blow the dust off it ). £1.19 a bargain facial treatment. I tried the 10% castor and 90%evo oil, massaged it in and then steamed my face for 5 mins. Used toner to remove excess oil and moisturised and voila! Skin felt fab, like I had had a facial. The only thing is there isn't a nice smell you get from expensive products.

Can anyone recommend an essential oil to add? Sorry if this has been mentioned haven't read the whole thread.

suki1964

skintlass wrote: »

Virgin gym's beauty bit sells bare escentuals (at least the one in Leeds does).

I know the one in Colliers Wood also stocked BE
Fenwicks also stock it.

skintlass

flippin36 wrote: »

Found the castor oil at Boots (obvious really) but I had to ask as it was behind the counter (she had to blow the dust off it ). £1.19 a bargain facial treatment. I tried the 10% castor and 90%evo oil, massaged it in and then steamed my face for 5 mins. Used toner to remove excess oil and moisturised and voila! Skin felt fab, like I had had a facial. The only thing is there isn't a nice smell you get from expensive products.

Can anyone recommend an essential oil to add? Sorry if this has been mentioned haven't read the whole thread.

People have been using sweet almond oil as the base and you can get that in the chemist as well.

carol22_2

Well after [STRIKE]stalking[/STRIKE] reading this thread with interest for a while, I've done it! Well, I've gone to th chemist and ordered a bottle of castor oil to arrive tomorrow, and bought a little bottle to mix in, and a muslin and a new flannel to compare which I like best.

I'm excited to try it tomorrow night now! Thankyou so much for the idea everyone, I'll let you know how I get on xx

suki1964

flippin36 wrote: »

Found the castor oil at Boots (obvious really) but I had to ask as it was behind the counter (she had to blow the dust off it ). £1.19 a bargain facial treatment. I tried the 10% castor and 90%evo oil, massaged it in and then steamed my face for 5 mins. Used toner to remove excess oil and moisturised and voila! Skin felt fab, like I had had a facial. The only thing is there isn't a nice smell you get from expensive products.

Can anyone recommend an essential oil to add? Sorry if this has been mentioned haven't read the whole thread.

Ylang Ylang (my fav as its good for oily skin) or Rose (which is great for uneven skin tones)

flippin36

carol22 wrote: »

Well after [STRIKE]stalking[/STRIKE] reading this thread with interest for a while, I've done it! Well, I've gone to th chemist and ordered a bottle of castor oil to arrive tomorrow, and bought a little bottle to mix in, and a muslin and a new flannel to compare which I like best.

I'm excited to try it tomorrow night now! Thankyou so much for the idea everyone, I'll let you know how I get on xx

Go for it Carol22! It will leave your skin feeling and looking great. Just don't get the castor oil mixed up with Castrol GTX and you can't go far wrong.

Let us know what you think.

glowgirl_2

Hi everyone, can I join? I was recommended to the OCM about a year ago, I think it was Suki but didnt get round to it, however after having a read of this thread yesterday I bought some Castor oil today, had to hunt a bit but got it in Lloyds for £1.44 I already have oilve oil so am going to give it a go tonight, I have oily but sensitive skin, very congested around the nose area and huge pores, I think I have the idea but any tips would be welcome:)

suki1964

glowgirl wrote: »

Hi everyone, can I join? I was recommended to the OCM about a year ago, I think it was Suki but didnt get round to it, however after having a read of this thread yesterday I bought some Castor oil today, had to hunt a bit but got it in Lloyds for £1.44 I already have oilve oil so am going to give it a go tonight, I have oily but sensitive skin, very congested around the nose area and huge pores, I think I have the idea but any tips would be welcome:)

Welcome at long last glowgirl :j:j

Your skin sound so similar to mine that I really do think you will see a great improvement pretty quickly

I would start with a 20/80 mix and use it every other night for a week to see how you go and then increase the castor oil if you havent become too dry.

Use a good blob and massage in all over your face using the whole of your hands and then really work the congested areas with the tip of your fingers. Dont go pummelling yourself - just a firm massage keeping your fingers quite oily so you glide. My "problem areas" are the tip of my nose and between my eyebrows - I seem to miss working those areas and it shows as I get a shine on my forehead and the tip of my nose long before anywhere else. The rest of my face has made such an improvement, no obvious pores showing on my cheeks or sides of nose and make up staying the day without sliding off

Im hoping you do get to see results quick enough to convince you to stick with it