I wash my face with homemade honey and green tea facewash, and I luurve it, so even tho' I was intrigued by the Oil Cleansing Method, I didn't want to change my good thing going on. Plus, I was a little afraid of OCM, I've been indoctrinated with the whole "oil is bad" propaganda, and it sounded like doing OCM right was kind of time consuming.
Then I read the recent thread about OCM and blackhead removal, and was determined to see for myself. Still afraid, I recruited DH to experiment on. DH is an oil slick with awful nose blackheads (almost as awful as mine
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On his wet face, I applied maybe 2 tablespoons of OCM mixture (75% castor oil, 25% EVOO, plus a few capsules worth of Vitamin E oil) and let it sit for just a couple of minutes. Then I got some baking soda, mixed it with a little water to make a paste, and gently rubbed it on over the oil. Then I took a warm wash cloth and scrubbed his face clean.
Holy Cow! I could not BELIEVE what came out of that man's face. I really should have taken pictures. He had two pimples next to his eyebrow that came out , no more yellow head, and not at inflamed like after they've been picked- they were less pink and irritated than before. His nose looked so much better, but it also looked like a lot of the blackheads that were still there had "risen to the surface" if that makes sense, without coming all the way out. So I did this again, to just his nose, oil, baking soda, and washcloth and it worked just as well in round two- a whole bunch more blackheads came out. His nose has never looked so clear. It's incredible. I told him I was going to facial him again tonight, and he was agreeable. (That in itself is a miracle, because every time I've tried to put a mask or a Biore strip or Retin A on him, he's b*tched the entire time.)
So then of course I had to do this to myself, and it worked just as well on me.
The moral of my story is: I'm not going to give up honey as an everyday facewash, but I am going to use OCM and baking soda the way I used to do a clay mask and a Biore strip (maybe once a week or so) because it works so.much.better. to clean out clogged pores and blackheads. I stopped the mask/Biore strip business about 4 months ago when I began my new, almost all natural skin care routine, because my skin looked better than it ever had, so what was the point, right? But now, I think I'm ready for even BETTER skin! Woo hoo!
Then I read the recent thread about OCM and blackhead removal, and was determined to see for myself. Still afraid, I recruited DH to experiment on. DH is an oil slick with awful nose blackheads (almost as awful as mine
).On his wet face, I applied maybe 2 tablespoons of OCM mixture (75% castor oil, 25% EVOO, plus a few capsules worth of Vitamin E oil) and let it sit for just a couple of minutes. Then I got some baking soda, mixed it with a little water to make a paste, and gently rubbed it on over the oil. Then I took a warm wash cloth and scrubbed his face clean.
Holy Cow! I could not BELIEVE what came out of that man's face. I really should have taken pictures. He had two pimples next to his eyebrow that came out , no more yellow head, and not at inflamed like after they've been picked- they were less pink and irritated than before. His nose looked so much better, but it also looked like a lot of the blackheads that were still there had "risen to the surface" if that makes sense, without coming all the way out. So I did this again, to just his nose, oil, baking soda, and washcloth and it worked just as well in round two- a whole bunch more blackheads came out. His nose has never looked so clear. It's incredible. I told him I was going to facial him again tonight, and he was agreeable. (That in itself is a miracle, because every time I've tried to put a mask or a Biore strip or Retin A on him, he's b*tched the entire time.)
So then of course I had to do this to myself, and it worked just as well on me.
The moral of my story is: I'm not going to give up honey as an everyday facewash, but I am going to use OCM and baking soda the way I used to do a clay mask and a Biore strip (maybe once a week or so) because it works so.much.better. to clean out clogged pores and blackheads. I stopped the mask/Biore strip business about 4 months ago when I began my new, almost all natural skin care routine, because my skin looked better than it ever had, so what was the point, right? But now, I think I'm ready for even BETTER skin! Woo hoo!
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pimples are maybe 5-6 a omnth and don't bug me much. for me it is the plethora of blackheads and the large pores rough looking skin.
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Maybe I should just keep doing it for a few days to get all the nastiness out.
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