Oil cleansing method

[mammya]

Thank you to the mumsnetter who mentionned this a few days ago! I looked it up and have done it a couple of times, and it is fantastic! It has made such an amazing difference to my skin in such a short time: it is much clearer, softer, with no dry patches, and some old stubborn blackheads are finally gone. And it is cheap! What's not to like!

For anyone interested more info here

in all fairness, your "freaks category" is quite large is it not?

whatchoo like, eh?

It is.
I have beryootiful skin so it doesnt worry me

well I have a veritable beard of tiny pustules

and I am blaming THIS LOT and their oil-related quackery

I look like I have been deep fried

How long does it normally take for the flannel to go cool. I only used hot water from the hot tap but it still didn't seem that hot once i'd wrung the flannel out.

The flannel takes seconds to cool down.
This morning I woke up with open pores all over my face. I've got to stop this it's no good for my skin.
I look like an orange (not in colour but in texture)

I thought this was a cult until I saw Kewcumber was here. I was expecting someone surrepticiously post a link to a group who worship the divine beings Olivio and FaceCloth and need to know a leeeetle more about us before they let us join......

I'm very tempted to try this. I have skin like sandpaper and will be using a mixture of crude oil and premium grade rocket fuel unless someone points me in a better direction. Possibly involving almond oil, because I have some of that already.

This thread is for believers only!! Begone foul doubters

Greensleeves - what are you using? If you have oily skin then you need to put some castor oil in your mix.

I run the hot tap until it's almost scalding and then wring out the cloth. By the time it gets to my face it is a little cooler so I don't burn myself.

I'm using half castor oil and half extra virgin olive oil

toffeeapple i have been told it can take up to 2 weeks for the initial worse before it gets better phase ends. what oils are you using? sunflower, avocado and almond are supposedly very good.

I sooooooo want it to work but seriously, my face is carpeted with tiny little spots, it's vile....like batter

Greensleeves, i think the article said a mix of 30% caster oil and 70% other oil for greasy skin and less caster oil for drier skins. I have very greasy skins and have been trying this for just a few days and seems to be ok so far.

Normally, I use dermalogica daily facial scrub and if I forget or use anything else even for a day or two, I end up with spots but I haven't had any spots for the last week even though I have set aside the dermalogica scrub and just used the oil cleansing method.

Toffeeapple, can you close your pores with a very cold flannel after you've done the hot ones? I did that last night, felt better.

Am feeling the Doubt, having read everGreensleeves' posts. But I'm going to soldier on through a couple of weeks and see. So far, skin is soft, slightly but not uncomfortably greasy, and dry areas have gone. Pores seem ok. Main problem so far is that we have a bloody immersion tank and therefore, hot water isn't always that hot when you need it to be! Grr.

I've been very impressed with this but my only concern is the hot flannel.

Too much of that and some skins could be susceptible to broken veins.

I'd suggest not to do this too often (ie every day) or too hot.

Yeah Mama I'll try and splash my face with cold water afterwards to see if it helps thanks. How about cold tea? Would that help?
Nappy I'm using 40% castor/60% jojoba which is supposed to be good for greasy skin. But I only started that yesterday.
2 WEEKS??? Are you sure? Sounds like a long time with open pores I don't know if I'll be able to resist using my asda scrub (which makes me look more oily anyway).

My beauty therapist friend says she always tells clients to give a new product 2 weeks before giving up on it cos it can take that long for your skin to adjust.

Thank you so much for this thread - haven't managed to get hold of castor oil yet but have been using evening primrose oil and my blackheads and pimples are clearing up a treat. Still seems a bit weird using oil but is def working for me.

god I am really fed up this isn't working for me - should I try neat castor oil?

Greensleeves I wonder if you are using too much castor? Everything I have read suggests a maximum of 30% castor for very oily skin.

What is the rest of your 'routine' - creams etc?

soap and water with occasional exfoliating scrub

I think I might try neat Castor oil, or a bigger percentage. I saw on another website that someone with greasy skin was using 80%castor and 20% of whatever (sunflower I think)

Ok I am getting good results with this method, but after a couple of minutes of massaging I start to feel gritty bits on my face, is that all the crap comeing out?

coming, even.

Yes, I get the gritty bits too, I assume it must be the crap coming out. Good in a kind of way!

Maybe the oil gets my face so soft that the skin is collapsing, hence the larger pores.