Guest Post: Top Products for Oily Skin
Hello, readers of Alice’s Beauty Madness!
The lovely Alice was looking for guest posters while she’s on her jollies in
Italy, the lucky girl, so I offered to write about my favourite products for
dealing with oily skin – hopefully this is something you’ll find useful,
especially in the warmer summer months!
I didn’t really realise I actually had oily
skin until I started blogging; I’d always assumed my skin was “normal”, which
couldn’t be further from the truth! I can cleanse my face of a morning and without
any make-up on, the oil on my skin is visible within a couple of hours. This
obviously means that when I do wear make-up, it’s quite difficult to keep it in
place on my skin, and shine starts to show through within an hour or two. These
are some of my favourite products for helping me deal with these problems!
Skincare
I know putting oil on oily skin sounds
counter-intuitive, but it works really well for me; I love cleansing oils, and
this one from The Body Shop works nicely to lift dirt and make-up away from my
skin of an evening. I find that by not drying out the skin with harsh
cleansers, the nourishment of the oil helps to reduce how much sebum my skin
produces. Exfoliation is an important step for the oily-skinned, as the excess
oil can cause dead skin cells to ‘cling’, leaving your skin looking dull.
Another Body Shop product, this Microdermabrasion cream contains Vitamin C for
added brightening and it smells gorgeous! You could also try an exfoliating
toner if you’re not a fan of manual exfoliation; this is on my ‘to try’ list.
I’m currently using Skinetica as a toner since oily skin is often prone to
blemishes due to pores becoming clogged; I’m still in two minds over Skinetica
as it worked brilliantly for the first week or so, then seemed to become less
effective, but I’m sticking with it for now to see how I get on.
If you have oily skin, you might be tempted
to skip moisturiser, feeling it’s too heavy for your skin or unnecessary –
trust me, oily skin is just as capable of being dehydrated, and it’s important
to do your best to keep it hydrated or you risk it producing even more oil to
compensate! I really like The Body Shop’s Seaweed range and this Clarifying
Night Treatment is a lovely lightweight gel texture which doesn’t feel greasy
at all, just moisturises my skin beautifully. I also like to use an oil, for
the reasons mentioned above; this Trilogy Rosehip Antioxidant oil is absorbed
easily and my skin is definitely less greasy by morning when I use this
compared to moisturiser alone! Finally, I like to use a good clay mask two or
three times per week to help draw out impurities from my pores; another Seaweed
range product from The Body Shop, this Ionic Clay Mask really helps to calm my
skin and leaves it feeling softer and looking clearer.
Make-Up
When it comes to applying make-up, primer
is an important first step for me to try to anchor my base to my skin and
prevent it slipping away. My two favourite primers for mattifying and smoothing
my skin are Pop! Beauty’s Face Magnet and The Body Shop’s Tea Tree Pore
Minimiser (can you sense a Body Shop theme here!?), both of which help to
prolong my make-up’s staying power. In terms of foundation, try to find
something designed with oily skin in mind, I’m currently using Revlon’s
ColorStay Foundation which seems to last pretty well. It’s also important to
use a powder to set your foundation and help it last a little longer; I
alternate between Collection’s Loose Powder and ELF’s HD Setting Powder, both
of which I apply in a stippling rather than swirling motion with a large powder
brush. I tend to top up my powder a couple of times throughout the day to help
keep shine at bay.
So, those are my top products for keeping
oily skin under control! I hope you’ve found them helpful and I’d love to hear
if you have any tips or products you think work wonders for oily skins J
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