How to Fix or Improve Oily Skin?
- Feline Mary Kay IBC
- May 16, 2020
- 4 min read
Oily skin? What should I look for in my skincare products?
Oily Skin
Oily skin can cause issues like red rashes, acne breakouts, blackheads, sensitive skin, and the worst nightmares of all.. ACNE SCARS.
So here comes the question, what kind of skincare products help your skin?
Skincare with Salicylic Acid
Now before you run away because you were afraid about putting acid on your face. Fret Not! As this acid can actually do wonders to your skin due to its nature that allows it to cause the top layer of our skin cells to soften and encourages our skin to become exfoliated and the pores to unclog. Which in turn, reduces the appearance of blackheads.
Moisturizers that are less oily, GO GEL!
Moisturizers are vital and the most basic skincare for our daily routine as it is the barrier that can lock in the moisture produced by our body itself. But for Oily Skin users, you have to be extra careful when you use moisturizers. Most of the moisturizers in the market are cream form, which tends to be oilier. I am sure that you do have moments where you find that the moisturizers you are using tend to cause pimple breakouts on your face. Thankfully, the R & D of skincare market has came up with gel moisturizers. Gel moisturizers mostly are water-based rather than cream moisturizers, are oil-based moisturizers.
Find the RIGHT CLEANSER
Many of us will take cleansers specially for oily skin. However, our skin is more complicated than we thought it would be. In the market, there are a lot of facial cleansers that claims to remove excess sebum on our skin and keeps us refreshed. But! Do you know that sometimes the worsening of the oiliness on our skin can be the work of these cleansers too. Our skin will automatically produce more sebum when our skin is too dry. How do you know if your skin is too dry? Well... that's pretty easy. Some cleansers can caused a dry and tingly sensation on your skin once you washed your face. That is the sign that the cleanser is too strong and dry for your skin. Hence, look for cleansers that can help you to regulate your skin pH and oil-balance. Mostly, gel cleansers can be more adequate compared to Foam Cleanser as foam cleanser tends to be more drying compared to gel cleansers.
Look for skin purifying scrub mask
What's a skin purifying scrub mask? It's the clay mask with gentle exfoliating beads. It is vital for you to use this kind of mask 2 to 3 times per week (Non-continuous Day). Our skin will always build up dead skin cells everyday. This kind of mask can help to exfoliate your dead skin cells thoroughly and make it ready to absorb the lovely skincare that you prepared for them. Yes, you heard me right, these dead skin cells will interrupt the adsorption of those expensive skincare you feed them. For Oily Skin, it is highly recommended for you to use clay mask or activated carbon (charcoal mask) for this purpose as to pull out the impurities stuck in your pores and give you a clean and clear face.
Pore purifying serum
Last but not least, applying pore purifying serum is important. Get a pore purifying serum into your skincare routine can help to detox and maintain clean pores. Often, people do see their skin improving when they use the right Cleanser and Moisturizer. However, they will find that they can only stuck with one series of skincare products only even if they wanted to upgrade to a more premium or better benefit products. As I mentioned before, oil-balance and clear pores are very important to maintain a healthy skin. Pore purifying serum will play a big role here to adjust and make your skin to produce only an optimum amount of sebum to your face. Which will change the condition of your skin permanently. Psst.. another secret for you, this will also prevent your pores from enlarging and give you a flawless skin..
That was pretty much that I can share for now. However, do remember to maintain a healthy lifestyle too for your skin to improve. Drink lots and lots of water and have more vegetables in your diet too. Get yourself enough rest can be vital in improving your skin condition too.
So After all those blabbering, what product can I recommend?
Mary Kay Oil-Free Hydrating Gel
This baby can be used both morning and night. It can immediately moisturizes your skin and keeps it hydrated for 10 hours while not too oily for oily skin users.
Mary Kay Botanical Effects Set Formula 2
This set consist of a Cleanser, Freshener(Toner without Alcohol), Moisturizer and Skin Purifying Scrub Mask. This series can be used for people with mild oily skin. It is very good in stabilizing and improve oil-balance of your skin. The star product (if you do not want to get the whole set) of this series that you can purchase is Skin Purifying Scrub Mask.
Mary Kay Clear Proof Set
This set is specially prepared for trouble oily skin as it as 2% of salicylic acid in all the products. It consists of a Cleanser, Toner, Pore Purifying Serum, Moisturizer, Spot Solution and Charcoal Mask. It is good in detoxifying and maintaining clean and healthy pores. The star products (if you do not want to get the whole set) of this series that you can purchase is Pore Purifying Serum and Charcoal Mask.
That's all the tips I have for today. Do contact me at https://www.facebook.com/felinemarykayIBC/ if you want to have a Free Consultation from me.
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Feline Mary Kay Beauty Consultant
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