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You can spend a small fortune on facial cleansers, and even then, they aren't always the best for your skin.
Since reading Stephanie's eBook, Healthy Homemaking, I've switched to washing my face with a new kind of cleanser — oil. Specifically sunflower and castor oil.
Now before you think I'm crazy, let me assure you I had the same reaction when I read about this oil cleansing method at first. If my skin already tends to oiliness, why in the world would I clean it with oil?
I don't understand exactly how it all works, but I've been amazed with how balanced my skin has felt since I started washing my face this way.
With other cleansers, even gentle cleansers, my skin would feel stripped dry, and then I'd have to use lotion to put some moisture back in my parched skin. It was a roller coaster. But since I started using the oil cleanser, my skin has been neither oily nor dry; it's not swinging to extremes like it used to.
And talk about frugal! I spent about $7 on a 24 oz. bottle of sunflower seed oil, and although I purchased a small bottle of castor oil at first to try this method out, I can get 24 oz. of castor oil for about $7 as well. So for around $14, I'll have 48 oz. of facial cleanser compared to $5 for only 6 oz. of regular facial cleanser. Plus I only use about a quarter-sized amount once a day, so 48 oz. will last me for a very, very long time.
How about you? Have you ever tried this kind of facial cleanser before? What was your experience?
Joy is the wife of 
you should try coconut oil as a moisturizer!!! Love it!!! Not that you are currently in the market, but maybe someone is… it's also great on baby bottoms, and little rashes. {coconut oil, that is} It comes in a solid form, you get a small amount and rub it in your hands. Your body heat "melts" it and then you rub it on.
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joyfulmiller Reply:
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:43 pm
@Melinda, I just switched to using coconut oil in my kitchen, so I have some on hand now. But if this oil cleansing method keeps working like it has, I don't think I'll even be needing any moisturizer anymore. And that's a great thing, 'cuz bottled moisturizer is so expensive!
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Mary Reply:
March 6th, 2010 at 7:33 am
@joyfulmiller,
Just FYI, coconut oil was removed from most of the baking products on the market due to the connection with heart disease. I just thought you might need to know that.
Sincerely,
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joyfulmiller Reply:
March 6th, 2010 at 7:42 am
@Mary, Do you have a link I could see? In my personal research about it, I came to exactly the opposite conclusion about coconut oil and heart disease.
I am a daily facial wash & moisturizer user. I have to ask, HOW do you wash your face with oil? Do you use tissues, put it on a washcloth and use warm water too, or what? It sounds really odd to me. Also, does it make you break out? I know that sounds like an adolescent issue, but I am 38 and still dealing with that occasionally. Please, do tell!
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joyfulmiller Reply:
February 24th, 2010 at 12:30 am
@Dawn, The link in the post explains this better than I can, but basically you just massage the oil into your skin for a while, then press a hot washcloth on your face, holding it there for a while till the cloth cools a bit. Repeat the process as many times as you'd like.
As for breakouts, I haven't had any problems since I started using the oil. My skin feels balanced for the first time in a long time (and I've never really had great skin, even at 34). I was afraid the oil might make my skin break out, but it has not been the case at all.
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This sounds interesting. I will have to read the post. I've suffered from break outs and I have been looking for a change in my facial cleansers. Maybe this will help. Thanks for sharing.
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I'm so interested in trying this! I already have the oils on my list for my next trip to the health food store. Just curious if this is your cleansing regimen every night. The end of the article says, "This deep cleansing method should be done regularly, but not too frequently." Just wondering if every night is too frequent. Thanks for the tips! I hopped over from MSM.
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February 24th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
@Tiffany, I've been doing it every night just fine. I use a 1:2 ratio for the castor oil to sunflower oil since my skin tends to oiliness. That ratio seems to work fine so far. I'd love to hear how it works for you if you try it!
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Thanks for sharing I can't wit to try this, My skin has been crazy since my third child and I have worse complexion than ever before!
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I've been washing (cleansing ) with olive oil and 15% castor for about 2 years. Love and wouldn't go back! So easy to do in the shower.
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I am an avid facial wash, moisturizer user…heavy moisturizer in the winter! This sounds like a great "recipe"!! Thanks so much for sharing!
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I wrote about using this oil cleansing methods awhile ago on my blog too!
http://kerugma.net/nourishing-foodsfrom-the-inside-out-717.htm
Now, a few years later I can say that I still use it… sometimes. It's not because it isn't good rather it's just the convenient factor (hate to admit it but it's true).
If I break out or my skin goes yucky after being in the sun too much or travelling then I'll switch back over to oil cleansing for awhile and watch my skin clear up and be re-hydrated.
Have you tried RoseHip Oil around the eyes, just before moisturiser? It is truly lovely and quite decadent.
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