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

GlasweJen

mum managed to get castor oil in an independant pharmacy

lostinrates

I have some expensive ribbed muslin type cloths whch were meant to be super pore cleansing but find i'm prefering normal face clothes ATM, as my pores need less. I don't wash them with fabric conditioner so they are a little more abrasive/exfoliating. I'd recommend trying this until you find cheap muslins.

I've also not tried using oil for anythinglike half an hour! I do however find I get better results oiling,rinsing/cloth then repeat that one application, so I'm going to try longer massage.

IlonaRN

I got a packet of the No7 muslin cloths when the last No7 voucher was out. I also use normal face cloths.
My jojoba and sweet almond oils arrived yesterday! Will make a mix tonight when the bottle I use for it has dried out.
I'm going to use jojoba and castor oil, probably about 20% castor to start.

fizzytrinket

IlonaRN wrote: »

I got a packet of the No7 muslin cloths when the last No7 voucher was out. I also use normal face cloths.
My jojoba and sweet almond oils arrived yesterday! Will make a mix tonight when the bottle I use for it has dried out.
I'm going to use jojoba and castor oil, probably about 20% castor to start.

it says on my jojoba that it decongests skin so coupled with the castor oil you should get results. the massaging encourages the pores to expell what's in them. so look at it as giving yourself a mini facial my skin has never looked so good! let us know how you get on.:D

fizzytrinket

GlasweJen wrote: »

mum managed to get castor oil in an independant pharmacy

boots will order it in and it takes 2 days.

nikki2804

Eek, i'm at the break out stage!! Hopefully wont last too long!! I'm hoping my castor oil will be here tomorrow but it'll more likely be Monday.

fizzytrinket

nikki2804 wrote: »

Eek, i'm at the break out stage!! Hopefully wont last too long!! I'm hoping my castor oil will be here tomorrow but it'll more likely be Monday.

have you started with the jojoba? tell me everything!
i can talk about ocm forever.:D

YorkiePud_3

"When I was looking into using it I did find some posts where people said it made their acne worse or in some case bought about them developing acne."


.... yup, that's what it has done for me.
I am absolutely gutted and wish I had never heard of this cleansing method. My skin wasn't too bad and I had never had spots or acne, even as a teenager. Now all round my mouth is covered and I have spots appearing daily down the sides of my nose and the corners of my mouth and chin ... so please, think very carefully about doing this.

My skin is blotchy red and spotty, flaking badly too. I never had flaking ... I can just touch it with the tip of my finger and it puckers and flakes. Nightmare.

It has worked marvellously for a lot of people, but I could just weep with how it has affected my face.

fizzytrinket

omg that is terrible.
what oil did you use?

nikki2804

fizzytrinket wrote: »

have you started with the jojoba? tell me everything!
i can talk about ocm forever.:D

Hi, yup started with the jojoba oil, must be on day 4 now I think. I can see that ny skin is softer than before and I haven't come out in an outragious amount of spots - probably just those under the surface. Got a few blackheads on my chin though so heres hoping the castor oil will 'dislodge' them.