Showing posts with label oil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oil. Show all posts

Saturday, February 04, 2012

Washing my face with oil

I wrote a post about being a natural woman a while back.  This pin from Pinterest is part of that inspiration.  Well, I've been washing my face with oil for almost 3 months now and the results are fantastic!  I've mixed 1 part olive oil with 1 part castor oil and it seems just right for my skin.  During really cold weeks, I've needed a little more olive oil to keep my skin from feeling dry.  Everyone once in a while I'll use Skin Rever-Upper from Bare Minerals to keep it smooth.
I smooth the oil on my face while my shower is warming up.  I get a washcloth hot and lay it over my face for about a minute.  I then rinse the washcloth and lightly wipe/scrub my face to remove the oil.  It feels great and works well.
I was keeping it in a baby food jar on my counter until a trip to Honduras in December.  Those suckers don't seal up so well in the luggage, apparently.  While we were in a third world country, I didn't really have access to olive oil and castor oil so I washed my face with bar soap.  My skin broke out like never before.  I decided to use Cetaphil after we got back in hopes that it would clear up.  NOPE!  As soon as I went back to my oil mixture, my skin started behaving itself again.  I don't think I'll ever use another facewash again!