The Easiest Inexpensive Face Cleansing Method: One Year Later

Last summer, I wrote about The Easiest Face Cleansing Method…Ever and I wanted to come back after a year’s time to let you know if I gave it up or if I’m still a convert.

Still a convert, my babies.  Even more so if that’s possible.

This is a staple in the shower (to be used after a sweaty run) and another one in my bathroom cabinet:

Let’s review:

The basic recipe:  Mix a good quality olive oil with castor oil and wash yo face!

Ok, there’s a little more, but I swear that’s about all there is to it.  Was anyone else freaked out because of the castor oil?!  I was totally apprehensive when I first read the recipe.  I was all, “Castor oil?!  They still make that stuff?”

Why yes, yes they do.

My specific recipe:

1 part extra virgin olive oil

2 parts castor oil

Shake together in a bottle.

Use.

See?  Simple.

How to:

Pour a small amount of mixture on your fingertips and apply to a dry face by moving your fingertips in small circular motions around your face. Make sure your entire face is covered, then use a warm washcloth to remove, rinsing as necessary.  When you’re done, marvel at your dewy soft face.

I do this only once a day, in the evening, but know some of you will do it morning and evening.  After I wash my face I also use a tiny bit of coconut oil to moisturize.  So amazing.

My face tends to be on the dry side, until I run in the crazy heat and humidity, and that’s why I only do this routine in the evening.  In the morning, I merely splash my face with cold water (been doing that part for years, even with my old method), pat dry and moisturize with a bit of coconut oil. EASY!

Using this method, I have found that I have had considerably less breakouts during the year, even during the brutally humid summer running season.

Many have had questions about the oil; it seems counter-intuitive to put on an oily face.  Yet, the science behind this method stands, as in like dissolves like, IE oil dissolves oil…BAM!  SCIENCE!

So, back to my skin.  It’s smooth and buttery, not at all oily.  It shines in a subtle inside out way. Y’all, OMT is a woman of a certain age, you know?  Her skin and her weirdo way of referring to herself in third person should be getting, um, less than.  NOT SO!  #1) Talking about oneself in third person is fun.  Go ahead, try it.  #2) My skin looks better than it ever has.

The German (my mom, for all the new readers) is European.  She has long used oil on her face ( I hear it’s the beauty secret in Europe) and at her age (if I told you, she’d find me and kill me…let’s just say it rhymes with beventy beven) her skin looks at least a decade younger.  When I was a kid and witnessed what she put on her face, I was mortified.  After all, we lived in the scorching Texas sun and oil seemed so wrong, but baby, proof be in the pudding; her skin is fabulous.

I will say that I have tweaked my particular formula at least three times.  I’m going through perimenopause, so my needs are changing.  Right now, I’m using a 50/50 mix.  You’ll find the right percentages for your skin too because it’s so stinkin’ easy.

Last year:

What I’ve noticed in the two months since changing my face cleansing routine:

1) My face is amazingly softer and dare I say brighter…like from the inside out.

2) Fewer noticeable wrinkles.  No lie.  Even the ones that are already there seem less than somehow.

3) My face feels clean, not stripped and tight.

4) It removes make-up better than my cold cream did, even mascara.  BAM!

5) The coconut oil moisturizer is the icing on the deliciously clean cake.

This year:

What I’ve noticed in over a year since changing my face cleansing method:

1) My face is amazingly softer and dare I say brighter…like from the inside out.

2) Fewer noticeable wrinkles.  No lie.  Even the ones that are already there seem less than somehow.

3) My face feels clean, not stripped and tight.

4) It removes make-up better than my cold cream did, even mascara.  BAM!

5) The coconut oil moisturizer is the icing on the deliciously clean cake.

6) It’s insanely easy.

7) It’s an inexpensive healthy alternative to expensive, chemically-riddled, complicated face cleansing methods.

Yep, everything is the same except for the extra cash in my wallet and the extra time I’ve saved.

No idea where to get castor oil (I didn’t)?

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You can buy castor oil at your local drug store, or ORDER HERE.

What are you waiting for?  I know you’d like to save your money and time for better thangs.

Happy easy/inexpensive face cleansing, y’all!

 

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