A lovely reader, L.N., sent me a message and I asked her if I could use her message as kind of a guest blogger for today. And away we go!
I believe I've discovered a beauty product that is too good to be true. After two weeks on it, though, I'm convinced. I know this sounds insane (and possibly gross) but hear me out: it's olive oil as facial cleanser. Yep, as in the stuff that you buy in the grocery store and pour on salads. I read about this on one of those crunchy, natural, green hippy-dippy blogs, and decided to give it a shot and was shocked to find that it works wonderfully! My skin hasn't looked this good in years. The improvement was immediate, and then it got even better over the next several days.
I have horribly, horribly dry skin that flakes and turns red. Plus, I have a birthmark between my eyes on which the skin is even drier and flakier than the rest of my face. I've tried just about everything, but my skin has never been as soft, smooth, clear, and non-red as it has the last two weeks. All I do is pour a little bit of EVOO into my hands, rub it onto my face, spending extra time rubbing small circles around my nose and chin (blackhead central). Then I put a washcloth soaked in hot water (as hot as I can stand) over my face and let it steam until it cools down. I use that to rub the oil off my face and neck and gently exfoliate. The best part is that the oil is a better make-up remover than any I've ever tried--even on waterproof mascara. As if all that weren't enough, I probably don't even have to mention that this is a dirt cheap facial cleanser. Before this, I had settled on Ponds cold cream and a super rich moisturizing cream, but I was battling blackheads (how does that even happen on dry skin). The blackheads are now noticeably reduced.
I don't know how this would work for someone with normal or oily skin. The blog I read was specifically recommending it for people with oily, acne-prone skin, so it might actually work for that skin-type, too. I'm tickled pink to report that my skin looks the best it has in many years, and it feels the best, too. I've also been able to switch to only a light moisturizer with suncreen--another bonus.
I believe I've discovered a beauty product that is too good to be true. After two weeks on it, though, I'm convinced. I know this sounds insane (and possibly gross) but hear me out: it's olive oil as facial cleanser. Yep, as in the stuff that you buy in the grocery store and pour on salads. I read about this on one of those crunchy, natural, green hippy-dippy blogs, and decided to give it a shot and was shocked to find that it works wonderfully! My skin hasn't looked this good in years. The improvement was immediate, and then it got even better over the next several days.
I have horribly, horribly dry skin that flakes and turns red. Plus, I have a birthmark between my eyes on which the skin is even drier and flakier than the rest of my face. I've tried just about everything, but my skin has never been as soft, smooth, clear, and non-red as it has the last two weeks. All I do is pour a little bit of EVOO into my hands, rub it onto my face, spending extra time rubbing small circles around my nose and chin (blackhead central). Then I put a washcloth soaked in hot water (as hot as I can stand) over my face and let it steam until it cools down. I use that to rub the oil off my face and neck and gently exfoliate. The best part is that the oil is a better make-up remover than any I've ever tried--even on waterproof mascara. As if all that weren't enough, I probably don't even have to mention that this is a dirt cheap facial cleanser. Before this, I had settled on Ponds cold cream and a super rich moisturizing cream, but I was battling blackheads (how does that even happen on dry skin). The blackheads are now noticeably reduced.
I don't know how this would work for someone with normal or oily skin. The blog I read was specifically recommending it for people with oily, acne-prone skin, so it might actually work for that skin-type, too. I'm tickled pink to report that my skin looks the best it has in many years, and it feels the best, too. I've also been able to switch to only a light moisturizer with suncreen--another bonus.
I'd be interested to see what others out there who have similar skin think and if you have the same results when you try it. Let me know!!
I love this! I've never used olive oil on my face, but I have used it on my hands and my hair. I only recommend the hair thing if you have DRY hair......it works well. In the winter I use it to keep my hands from getting dry and cracked.....or to repair said condition when I forget to prevent it!
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