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Taken from oilyskinblog.com |
I've been into cleansing my face with OCM (Oil Cleansing Method) lately and some of my friends ask me on how I do this thing. There are actually a lot of blog and website that discuss about this and my method is slightly different from them.
What I'm preparing:
- My oil blend
- Cleansing wipes
You can see that I'm not using washcloth or even hot water to steam my face. I opt not to do this since I live in a tropical country and it is hot and humid pretty much 24/7. So I think I'm gonna step the steaming part. I don't use washcloth either since it's a bother to wash those oil from the washcloth, I prefer to use cleansing wipes to get rid of the oil on my face and so far this version of OCM works really well for me and do not break me out. What also makes me happy is that my skin do not purge either.
My steps are;
- I put a decent amount of my oil blend at my palm.
- Dab the oil on several parts of my face such as forehead, temple, nose, cheek, chin, and also my neck. These oil is also pretty gentle on my eye area and cleanse stubborn eyeliner and mascara pretty well too!!
- I usually start cleansing my eye area first from the make-up, eyeliner, and mascara with the oil.
- After that I started to massage my face gently in a circular motion and focus on my problem area. For me, my problem area is my T-Zone. Oh.. and I also use this oil blend to clean my lips from lipstick
- I massage my face and neck for a several minutes usually around 3-5 minutes. If my face feels tight it means that I've been massaging my face for too long.
- After massaging I wipe my face with cleansing wipes starting from the eye area first to get rid of those make-up and make sure that I don't have eyeliner or mascara residue on my eye and continue to cleanse my other facial and neck area.
- If I've been wearing full make-up or have been going out all day I usually continue to do more cleansing with cleansing cream and facial wash. But sometimes I skip this step if I'm a bit lazy he he he....
- After I cleanse my face I ended it with my usual skin care routine such as serum, emulsion, night cream, and sleeping pack.