One of the most pressing issues on my mind today. No, not because I'm worried about whether or not New Jersey-ites will be able to drive their Escalades into New York City and honk in ten years, but because of the proliferation of skin oils on the market, and what exactly they're good for.
Case study: my beloved friend H, who is perhaps the most fickle of all skin obsessives. Sephora loves her, because she'll spend hundreds based on whatever that month's facialist suggested, then dump it all and spend hundreds more the next month when some other facialist disagrees. As a result, I recently inherited a full bottle of Shu Uemera cleansing oil and a nearly full bottle of Josie Maran Argan Oil (both of which I use, and suggested that she use) thanks to one of these very facialists. The issue? That H worries about breakouts, and the facialist insisted that anyone who has ever had a pimple should avoid oil like the plague, and absolutely should not put any on her face. Ever. Sounds logical, right?
If you consider that acne is like a chair with four legs, (oil, hormones, cell turnover, and bacteria) and that knocking out one leg will cause the chair to fall over, then yes, it does sound logical. BUT also consider that in the case of cleansing oil, oil breaks up oil, so removing your makeup with oil is highly efficient. Sub-case study: C is a pastry chef, and was horrified to find her teenage breakouts returning with her first job in a commercial kitchen. The culprit? Pam. Its everywhere in a pastry kitchen, and her regular cleanser, an excellent workhorse in normal circumstances, just wasn't cutting through the layer of non-stick cooking spray that accumulated on her face over eight hours. Ugh. I suggested that she use a cleansing oil prior to washing with her normal cleanser and bingo, back to normal. Cleansing oils not only break up oil, they do rinse off. It isn't like waterproofing your face with Vaseline, trust me!
And what about oils that you leave on? Not all oils are comedogenic. They're light. They sink in quickly. Some contain natural anti-inflammatories and bacteria inhibitors. Some pack a powerful punch of anti-oxidants while hydrating and moisturizing, obviating the need to layer on products. All pluses for the breakout prone.
For the drier-skinned, that they sink in quickly makes them fantastic for layering. What's not to love? I am looking forward to trying out two that are currently buring holes in my medicine cabinet shelves I'm such a huge fan. So oil it up, and slide on.
Case study: my beloved friend H, who is perhaps the most fickle of all skin obsessives. Sephora loves her, because she'll spend hundreds based on whatever that month's facialist suggested, then dump it all and spend hundreds more the next month when some other facialist disagrees. As a result, I recently inherited a full bottle of Shu Uemera cleansing oil and a nearly full bottle of Josie Maran Argan Oil (both of which I use, and suggested that she use) thanks to one of these very facialists. The issue? That H worries about breakouts, and the facialist insisted that anyone who has ever had a pimple should avoid oil like the plague, and absolutely should not put any on her face. Ever. Sounds logical, right?
If you consider that acne is like a chair with four legs, (oil, hormones, cell turnover, and bacteria) and that knocking out one leg will cause the chair to fall over, then yes, it does sound logical. BUT also consider that in the case of cleansing oil, oil breaks up oil, so removing your makeup with oil is highly efficient. Sub-case study: C is a pastry chef, and was horrified to find her teenage breakouts returning with her first job in a commercial kitchen. The culprit? Pam. Its everywhere in a pastry kitchen, and her regular cleanser, an excellent workhorse in normal circumstances, just wasn't cutting through the layer of non-stick cooking spray that accumulated on her face over eight hours. Ugh. I suggested that she use a cleansing oil prior to washing with her normal cleanser and bingo, back to normal. Cleansing oils not only break up oil, they do rinse off. It isn't like waterproofing your face with Vaseline, trust me!
And what about oils that you leave on? Not all oils are comedogenic. They're light. They sink in quickly. Some contain natural anti-inflammatories and bacteria inhibitors. Some pack a powerful punch of anti-oxidants while hydrating and moisturizing, obviating the need to layer on products. All pluses for the breakout prone.
For the drier-skinned, that they sink in quickly makes them fantastic for layering. What's not to love? I am looking forward to trying out two that are currently buring holes in my medicine cabinet shelves I'm such a huge fan. So oil it up, and slide on.
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