You’re in luck! I’m going to show you exactly how to do that. I spent years frustrated and too embarrassed to show my skin to others. After a trip to the dermatologist and learning how to take care of my skin properly. I took the plunge into the world of self-care, shedding my worry-filled ways and learning to embrace the face and body I’ve been given.
Here’s
the best thing you’ll find about managing your skin care routine for
oily skin: It’s easy, fast, and totally doable! In fact, it’s so easy
that even I have successfully managed my oily skin in a mere 7 steps.
Before we dive into the ultimate 4-step skin care regimen, let’s revisit a few of the steps that can help you reduce oily skin in the first place.
Why Manage Your Oily Skin
To begin, understand why oily skin is so much more difficult to control than dry skin. For most people, oily skin seems to be at a greater risk for skin cancers (especially basal cell carcinoma). As long as your skin is oilier than your skin is dry, you’ll have a higher risk for developing skin cancers.And don’t forget about skin pigmentation: It is the body’s natural response to oiliness. The skin is especially susceptible to darkening or reddening when it’s too oily, which leads to a difference in skin tone.
Like dry skin, oily skin shows you what your body can handle without damage and what it can’t. That allows you to determine how much skin care you can safely manage, and not exhaust your efforts and end up spending more time, money, and patience with your oily skin.
But back to those steps…
If you want your skin to be oil free without adding too much breakage to your skin (as dry skin can do), take these steps to manage your skin in a quick, easy, and effortless way. You’ll love the results and your skin will thank you.
Skip the Frying
A long, hot shower can be a quick way to add oil to your skin. You’ll want to take these steps to avoid adding even more oil in the shower.Use Oil-Free Shampoo
Use an oil-free shampoo or cleansing cream for all of your washing to reduce the possibility of adding extra oil to your skin. Remember, your body can handle just a little bit of oil—an additional splash in your shower will result in extra oil in your body. And some people say using oil-free products for washing prevents it from accumulating in your pores in the first place.I personally have dry skin, so I prefer oil-free products for my body. I find that, like dry skin, oily skin likes oil-based products as well, so oil-based products will tend to stick to my oily skin instead of washing off, making my oily skin seem even more oily. That’s not how it’s supposed to work, so I do my best to avoid that.
Choose Skin Cleaning Products That Are Oily-Safe
If you want to remove oil from your skin without clogging your pores, skip the cleansing products, which can turn your skin oilier. Instead, stick to oil-free products that help clean your skin’s delicate skin, preventing oil buildup.Use Your Oily Skin Sensitive Skin Formula
If your skin is oily and sensitive to any ingredient, you’ll want to stick to an oil-free product. That means avoiding things like sunscreens and bleaches, moisturizers with alcohol and chemical additives, and emulsifiers.Use Products That Care For Your Skin’s Oily Skin
If your skin is oily but sensitive to any ingredient, use products that have oil-absorbing and soothing ingredients to minimize oiliness while eliminating dryness. You’ll find oil-absorbing ingredients like chamomile and tea tree oil that are anti-inflammatory and great for healing and reducing irritation from bumps and dryness.But the skin experts agree: You don’t want to add oil-absorbing ingredients (like some anti-ageing products) to your oil-sensitive skin. Adding just a little bit of moisture to your oil-sensitive skin, like moisturizers and serums, can cause oil to build up on your skin. By adding oil-absorbing ingredients, you’ll increase oil production, resulting in oily skin in your face and dry skin in your neck.
Instead, apply products with oil-absorbing ingredients to your dry skin.
Wipe Out Oily Skin After Bed
When you get out of bed in the morning, a few tablespoons of water from your shower should remove all of the moisture from your skin. But after that, you should avoid putting any oil or moisture on your face.After you’ve done that, use a toner, like this one that contains aloe vera and gentle peels to clean out your skin’s pores. You can also apply an oil-free moisturizer over that toner to seal in moisture and restore your skin. If you have really dry skin, you’ll want to apply an oil-free moisturizer in the morning too.
Cool Off Your Skin
When you come in from the hot sun or your hot kitchen, cool your skin quickly. Using a cool cloth with water can help, and you can also cool your skin with a cool shower when you get out of bed in the morning.When you do that, your skin won’t want to stick to your skin like oil can. After you cool off, use a moisturizer or oil to keep your skin smooth and hydrated.
Make Your Skin Stay Oil Free
When you wash your face at night, use a face wash that has oil-absorbing and soothing ingredients, like alcohol-free cleansers. If you’ve washed your face at night, try washing your face again in the morning when it’s still damp, so the oil in your skin is easier to remove.Also,
you can use a toner after washing your face in the morning to avoid
oil buildup on your skin in the future. That’s the trick to keeping
your oily skin smooth and hydrated.
Use Your Skin Care Products Right
If you’ve never used your skin care products right, there’s a reason you’re trying to keep your skin oil-free. Most skin care products have ingredients that are the opposite of oil-sensitive, like fragrances, emulsifiers, and alcohol.If your skin doesn’t seem to be responding well to your skin care products, that’s usually an indication that the product isn’t doing its job. To keep your skin oil-free, you need to use skin care products that follow the same steps as your skin care products: Start with a mild moisturizer and follow with a slightly hydrating skin care product (like a face cream or oil).
Finally, when your skin feels dry, your skin is trying to tell you something.
If you’re constantly using moisturizers or sunscreens that aren’t oil-free, you could be doing more harm than good to your skin’s natural oil production. Just like your body needs oil in your skin to stay oil-free, your skin needs skin care products that do their job right.
Refresh Your Skin’s Oil Balance
No matter what skin care products you use, your skin’s oil balance can get messed up.That’s because you don’t have to use skin care products that are going to do anything in your skin to make your skin oilier. And that’s because if you don’t follow the steps to using the right products, your skin won’t respond well to them. You can refresh your skin’s oil balance by using a face wash that has one of the skin care products below.
Avoid Cooling Skin Treatments When You’re Working Out
Cooling skin treatments do more harm than good when you’re exercising. For example, if you do a bunch of jumping or running in the heat of summer, you could lose more moisture to the air than you could possibly gain back by applying a moisturizer after working out. And, if your skin gets too dry in the summer months, you could be more prone to having issues with acne, skin infection, and premature aging than if you were moisturizing all along.
So, when you’re working out, try to use a face cream with oils, such as olive oil or jojoba oil. If your skin is getting too dry or scaly, try using a moisturizer that has hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid.
Stay Away From Sun Protection That Gets Oily
If you think sun protection might do more harm than good to your skin, look at the ingredients.Most sun protection products have ingredients that can create a build-up of oil on your skin. For example, the sun protection agents you use on your skin when you’re out in the sun could actually make your skin oily. That’s because these sun protection products are either alcohol-based or have an emulsifier. These ingredients can stir up the oil in your skin to create a deeper oil layer on your skin, which can lead to acne, oily skin, and other skin problems.
Avoid sun protection products that contain the emulsifiers silicones, alginates, and sorbitan, which are the most common ingredients that get oily.
In fact, if you apply a sun protection product with one of the emulsifier ingredients, your skin will eventually be so oily that it could require a toner to get it to calm down again.
Since you’re working to reduce your skin’s oil production, you want your skin care products to provide the best results, and the best results come from ingredients that won’t make your skin oily.
Look for products that have skin care agents that work with your skin to reduce oil production, rather than ones that keep your skin oil-free. For example, face masks and body wash with moisturizers like moisturizers and hyaluronic acid can help remove excess oil in your skin.
Also, if you’re working out or sweating a lot while you’re wearing a sunscreen that’s made with oil-reducing ingredients, you might notice that your skin does get a little greasy after you work out.
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