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

lostinrates

Having a skin blip: not sure why...weather...less exercise, a bit of Christmas drinking? Anyway, i'm not too worried about it, I'm just chugging along with OCM. But came up with a brillant solution today, which most of yu probably do already, but thought I'd share for those who don't:

Mixing the oils into a spray bottle! I have had a mix (I finally settled on about 30/70) in a srew top little bottle and today thought to pu my mix into a spray top bottle, this is great because the outsode of the bottle isn't getting greasy/dirty when I redo lid, the oil doesn't get water in when I use it in the shower...I just squirt on face, put bottle down, then get hands involved. Simple, but quite useful! A pump dispenser would work in much the same way, but didn't have a spare one of them. The other advantage of spray over pump is that less comes out, and I find I'm chugging through the oil, so a natural limter, making sure I'm not too over generous will help minimise cost too.

Bubby

Hello, I currently use Elemis products for combination skin and they seem to be working well but I would like to save some money and switch to something more pure and came across this thread. I don't have any dry patches on my face but have the large pores on my nose and a bit on my cheeks and suffer terribly with hormonal breakouts on my chin. Has anyone got any suggestion as to what oils to start with?

fizzytrinket

Bubby wrote: »

Hello, I currently use Elemis products for combination skin and they seem to be working well but I would like to save some money and switch to something more pure and came across this thread. I don't have any dry patches on my face but have the large pores on my nose and a bit on my cheeks and suffer terribly with hormonal breakouts on my chin. Has anyone got any suggestion as to what oils to start with?

i used eve lom for years and thought i loved it until i started the ocm.
i started with olive oil but this was greasy and then i moved on to sweetalmond which was much better and now i use jojoba which is amazing.

if you get blocked pores which i did,you add some castor oil to your oil and this literaly cleans one's pores. it's truly amazing

nikki2804

I still can't get castor oil anywhere - may need to give in and get it online :mad:
Same with almond oil, Tesco have every other oil bar this one!

fizzytrinket

nikki2804 wrote: »

I still can't get castor oil anywhere - may need to give in and get it online :mad:
Same with almond oil, Tesco have every other oil bar this one!

i got mine from the pharmacy bit in boots. they asked what i wanted it for which i think is very rude so i said i use it to polish wood

Bubby

fizzytrinket wrote: »

i used eve lom for years and thought i loved it until i started the ocm.
i started with olive oil but this was greasy and then i moved on to sweetalmond which was much better and now i use jojoba which is amazing.

if you get blocked pores which i did,you add some castor oil to your oil and this literaly cleans one's pores. it's truly amazing

Thanks, where do you get the jojoba oil from? Does it have a nice smell or like many others just the plain oil smell?

fizzytrinket

Bubby wrote: »

Thanks, where do you get the jojoba oil from? Does it have a nice smell or like many others just the plain oil smell?

i dont think it has a smell. i got it from planet organic and they sell it in wholefoods and bigger holland and barratts. it was about a tenner for a small bottle but it will last ages.
its the easiest oil to remove imo. can be rinsed off with warm water.
i wish i'd known about ocm 20 years ago. would have saved me so much time and money

Bubby

thanks;), I will wait for my exisitng products to run out then see how I get on with ocm

curlytop12

sainsburys do little bottles of almond oil,low down shelf at front of pharmacy bit.no castor oil though,still can't find any.

nikki2804

Okay, I'm giving in and having to buy my oil online. Anyone know any reasonably priced websites for castor oil and jojoba oil?

My skins a complete mess atm, hoping that the OCM will work as nothing else has!