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I need a face oil (I think), but...

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Gymnopedie · 18/01/2025 21:51

My skin hates (in no particular order), oils, silicones, waxes, shea butter etc., you get the gist. I use The Ordinary's Natural Moisturising Factors moisturiser which doesn't have any of those things. But I've reached an age where I need something more heavy duty. My skin looks dull and not plump.

Commercial formulations usually have some or all of those so I'm thinking of braving a pure oil, but which one given how my skin reacts which would be least likely to cause a reaction? Rosehip seems popular but there are so many others to choose from.

TIA

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mamakoukla · 01/07/2025 00:15

I’ve found Grown Alchemist a good brand for my ridiculously prone to irritation skin. Recommend the Hydra Restore day cream

ingredient list - Water/Aqua/Eau, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Cetyl Alcohol, Camellia Kissi Seed Oil, Ceteareth-20, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Cetearyl Olivate, Glycerin, Sorbitan Olivate, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Levulinic Acid, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Extract, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Levulinate, Tocopherol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Sodium Gluconate, Potassium Sorbate, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil, Citrus Nobilis (Mandarin Orange) Peel Oil, Myristyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Myrocarpus Fastigiatus Oil, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Oil, Potassium Hydroxide, Annatto / CI 75120, Geraniol, Limonene, Citronellol, Linalool, Citral

mamakoukla · 01/07/2025 00:16

Should have added - in the winter, I overlay with squalane oil to trap moisture in

Deathraystare · 01/07/2025 11:56

Branleuse · 18/01/2025 22:30

If your skin hates oils, why do you want a face oil?

I love this one https://uk.loccitane.com/immortelle-divine-youth-oil-27DH030I22.html#

Maybe you could get samples to see if you react?

Are you sure you need moisturiser though.
Maybe try just washing face with water and not using any moisturizer for a week or so and see how it feels.

Highly fragranced.

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