i need to gush a bit about a new miraculous discovery. if you regularly read my ramblings here you know i've been trying to get back to basics, get rid of chemicals and toxins, practice the art of homemade and look for healthier, safer alternatives to the "norm". i guess after discovering the magic of childbirth sans hospitals i've gone down the road even farther searching for more truths that are tucked away and hidden behind tall tales and scary stereotypes.
so last night i washed my face with oil.
let me say it again.
i. washed. my. face. with. oil.
and let me tell you, my skin has never ever EVER in 28 years looked or felt so magnificent after a face wash as it did last night. if you are even remotely intrigued or interested, please read this article in its entirety, be inspired and when your face soap (which is probably causing some of the skin problems its claims to eliminate) runs out, try this out. just try it. i dare you to try it once and i think you will be sold. i am swooning over how great my skin looks and feels.
i know it sounds scary and disgusting and totally counter to logical thinking. but....if you need motivation in addition to me rambling on and on about how amazing it feels, think about this: think about how much money you spend monthly or annually on face soap, moisturizer, astringent....it adds up. think about how much money you would SAVE monthly or annually if you could buy a big bottle of sunflower seed oil and an big bottle of caster oil and make your own all-in-one magical face soap solution that would eliminate the need for all of those store bought chemically based, abrasive facial "cleansers".
here's the 4-11: you create a mix of sunflower seed oil and castor oil. the sunflower seed is moisturizing and the castor oil is cleansing. you need to get the mix right based on your skin type (which the article discusses). i used 3/4 cup sunflower seed oil and 1/4 cup castor oil, blended them to emulsify the two oils and poured them into an old (very well cleaned) face soap bottle with a flip top. pour a quarter sized amount of the oil mixture into your hand and rub together to warm it up and then you rub it all over your face. (the article claims it will remove even water proof mascara so no worries about removing makeup first-i didn't have makeup on yesterday so i can't confirm or deny but i believe it) you rub it in for a good 3-5 minutes until you feel like every centimeter of your face has had the oil mixture rubbed into it. then you use a washcloth soaked in hot (but not hot enough to scald your face, you are going for one step up from warm) water and hold it over your face until it feels cool. you are basically creating your own steam machine. once the washcloth feels cool, gently wipe your face and repeat this process 5-6 more times. the steam opens your pores, the oil does its magic to cleans out all the things have plugged up your pores. the whole process takes about 10 minutes but wow. i mean, wow, my face felt magical afterwards. the sensation of cleanliness, open pores and lightness coupled by how smooth and soft it felt to the touch far exceeded my expectations of this homemade remedy of a trick. you only need to do it once a day. if your face feels a little dry after you rub a teeny tiny amount of the mixture into your face as a moisturizer (or you need to change your ratios of oils in your mixture). i can't wait to do it again tonight! they warn that in the first 2-3 days now that your pores are opened and really unclogged that you may experience a little oiliness while your face gets used to regulating its normal oil production again now that you aren't using harsh abrasive chemicals to "clean" your face and strip away all those healthy oils that actually keep your skin healthy and radiant. so far i haven't experienced that.
anyway, i LOVE this process. this is probably my favorite change i've made. yep, i'm gaga over this. i dare you to try it. just once. instead of your normal face regimen, give it a go. your life may be changed forever! let me know if you try it, i want to hear about your experience. who knew rubbing oil all over your face could be so amazing.
***disclaimer, i'm not trying to justify these changes. some of the changes i've made (all natural deoderant did not do the trick, i haven't tried homemade yet) have not been up to par and i've gone on to find a different product. but this one, this one is just....wowza. you need to try it right now. i wish i had known about this back in 5th grade when my skin was really out of whack. imagine how great it'd look if i had been using it since then!***
4 comments:
OK! I will try it :) Where did you get your sunflower and castor oils? I have heard of this and really wanted to try it, but never had the guts. I did start making my own deodorant (equal parts of baking soda and corn starch, rub it on after a shower with a round makeup sponge) and it really works well for me. I only have to use it once a day...however, i hardly work out. But even when i do exercise it works fine. But anyway, thanks for sharing your experience...i was just about to spend $200 on Mary Kay, but think i'll try this first.
yes, try it! i just picked the oils up at a whole foods type store here in town. am curious to try the homemade deoderant but after trying the more natural store bought ones and being stinky all day i am nervous. i am a sweaty gal, sadly, and i do work out a lot and play hard even when i'm not working out. heck, i sweat doing dishes and sometimes just standing around. so maybe i'll give it a go but its gotta control stink and sweat or its off the list. i normally use men's deoderant to keep things under control.
Hi, I read your blog but have never commented!
Can you post an update on how this procedure worked after about a week or two? This sounds very intriguing, but I'd like to know your opinion after a greater length of time!
absolutely will do. so far so good.
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