{"id":866,"date":"2008-11-25T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T01:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=866"},"modified":"2013-01-26T01:16:31","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T17:16:31","slug":"what-is-the-oil-cleansing-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2008\/11\/what-is-the-oil-cleansing-method\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Oil Cleansing Method?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Most of us have heard of cleansing oils which are sold commercially under various skincare and makeup brands. These cleansing oils are oils combined with emulsifying chemicals to clean the skin of dirt and impurities. I myself am a loyal user of cleansing oils<\/a> to remove my makeup at the end of the day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, I’ve recently been made aware of something called the “Oil Cleansing Method<\/strong>” that has no bearing on the products I’ve been using. Many people who use the “Oil Cleansing Method” say that it helps their skin improve in texture and clarity keeps them blemish free.<\/p>\n I was intrigued – what is this “Oil Cleansing Method”?<\/strong><\/p>\n Oil Cleansing Method<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The “Oil Cleansing Method” uses oil to cleanse the skin. Not those commercial oils you find at the store, but actual oil which you can use to cook with or edible oils <\/strong>e.g. olive oil, sunflower seed oil, coconut oil, castor oil etc. The principle is thus: Oil is only broken down by oil. Sort of like fighting fire with fire. You use oil to breakdown the oils and dirt on the face and remove impurities from the pores.<\/p>\n The basic principle is thus as extracted from here<\/a>:<\/p>\n I tested this method myself recently after reading about it. Initially, I was sceptical. I had a bad experience <\/a>with using Olive Oil<\/a> as a home made oil cleanser before and I did not want to have to repeat that experience. However, after reading the many articles online about the Oil Cleansing Method or OCM, I realised that I had been doing it wrongly all along, which possibly explains why it did not work for me.<\/p>\n I’d missed out the crucial hot water cleansing step <\/strong>which is the step that actually helps with the deep cleansing and oil removal from the skin. Be careful when using hot water as water that is too hot can cause broken blood vessels on the skin which can be unsightly.<\/p>\n Using Olive Oil to cleanse skin<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I don’t have other oils on hand as I tend to cook with Extra Virgin Olive Oil or an oil blend and I did not relish going out to get a bottle of sunflower seed or almond oil or even jojoba oil which is lighter than Olive Oil just for the purposes of this experiment. So, I took the plunge with Extra Virgin Olive Oil used by itself without castor oil. Here’s my experience:-<\/p>\n At the end of it, I found that:-<\/p>\n You don’t have to wash your face with a cleanser after that, as the basic concept behind the Oil Cleansing Method is reducing the chemicals you put on your skin. However, you can wash again after Oil Cleansing if you feel you need it. I do, and I wash but that’s me. You also are only supposed to moisturise with a dab of the same oil, massaging it into the skin. But I don’t do that.<\/p>\n Deep Cleansing with the oil cleansing method<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n There are many people out there who tout the Oil Cleansing Method as the saviour for troubled skin and attribute their glowing skin to it. Personally, I don’t have that glorious a tale to tell, as I’m firstly too busy or too tired to use this cleansing method every day and secondly, I’m too worried that this method which is deep cleansing, may irritate my skin too much. Many people vouch for this method as the reason for their glowing skin but I’m sticking to my cleansing oils for now because its just more convenient for me and because it has been working well thus far. Also, I dislike using hot water directly on my skin and that is the only way to remove the oils from the skin. By contrast I can easily rinse off cleansing oils with warm or even cold water.<\/p>\n So, I use the Oil Cleansing Method once a week or when I have the time (or when I remember because I’m really quite lazy) and when I try the Oil Cleansing Method, I find that my skin is doing fine. Perhaps its not breaking out from the Olive Oil this time because its getting steamed off and cleaned properly. I don’t plan to make the Oil Cleansing Method part of my daily regime due to time factors, but it works great as a weekly or fortnightly deep cleansing regime<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Oil Cleansing Method vs Cleansing Oils<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n How are they different? The oil cleansing method calls for natural oils without additives whilst commercial cleansing oils e.g. Shu Uemura, Kanebo etc have chemicals added to emulsify the oils. Naturalists would prefer using the oil cleansing method as part of their beauty regime as there are less or no chemicals involved. You can also make your own cleansing oils if you can find the ingredients for the emulsifiers. But that is another story! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n If you are a regular user of the Oil Cleansing Method I would like to hear your story. Or if this method did not work for you, I’d like to hear your story too! Just don’t bash other people’s skincare regimes and products and I’m fine with that. \ud83d\ude42 You can also read Viva Woman’s experience here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Most of us have heard of cleansing oils which are sold commercially under various skincare and makeup brands. These cleansing oils are oils combined with emulsifying chemicals to clean the skin of dirt and impurities. I myself am a loyal user of cleansing oils to remove my makeup at the end of the day. However,<\/p>\n\n
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