Water Only Face Washing
The less I do to my skin the better.
I just wash with a splash of water in the morning, and at night. Then I dab dry, and add a little moisturizer to the dry spots, in the winter.
Since I don’t wear much makeup, I don’t see the point of throwing the oiliness of my skin off by drying it out with an actual cleanser all the time.
If I wear makeup, then I use facial cleanser to get all of it off my skin, because that stuff can be tricky!
I’ve noticed my skin improve since sticking to just water washing (do NOT use soap), and occasionally I will mix some baking soda in and use it as an exfoliator, which is also a way to absorb oil and cleanse the skin.
One other alternative method I tried was Olive Oil Cleansing
One method was to use the olive oil to mix in with the oils in my skin to clean my face.
Since I didn’t use castor oil mixed in there at all, I still had to use a facial cleanser to get the olive oil off after.
So I found it to be a useless step when I had to strip it all off anyway.
The other method was olive oil mixed in with castor oil.
I haven’t tried this yet, because I haven’t purchased castor oil.
If you want to know more about it, Mrs. Money wrote about it and SWEARS by the method.
For me, I found it was too heavy on my skin, and caused instant pimples on my cheek and forehead.
As for me, I’ll just stick to Water-Only for now. It seems to work the best.
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Yeah, using just EVOO is going to do bad things to your skin. You HAVE to have the Castor Oil because it’s what actually cleanses your skin. It’s pretty awesome when done right. But I think I’m going to try just water between OCM cleansings. Thanks!
Love! I’m going to try that to. Just water-only, not the ocm.
I can't do just water because we have hard water and my face gets dry and I really hate synthetic moisturisers (I find I smell bad the next day!) So I've been using oil for a while. I put a little on a damp cotton wool ball (or a rag) and apply it like a cleanser. Then I take another damp rag and wipe it off. Then I don't need moisturiser at all. No problems breaking out unless I eat too much junk. I've been using an oil by Weleda with lavender in it but I tried olive oil and it seemed alright too – I use that on my hand instead of cream and I'll use it on my face when I get round to getting a small bottle to keep in the bathroom.
Have you tried jojoba oil? I hear it\’s fantastic.
I actually just started using oil to clean my face because I wanted to stop purchasing a ton of cleansers, but after a lot of researching into all the different oils and their properties, it ended up being too expensive and impractical to make my own so I bought a very good, all natural cleansing oil from getemu.com. There's also a few other homemade facial home cleansers on etsy that are both cheap and economical. Have been using mine for two weeks and I haven't broken out at all (well, one or two from TOTM hormones) but my skin seems to have balanced itself and blackheads seems to be less stubborn. I found that the first time I used the oil and then steamed my face and used baking soda as a scrub, it made my face GLOW and all my pores were completely clear.
I feel like I should try this again. But it really didn’t work for me.. perhaps if I bought the oil cleanser, like you?
I think I want to try changing my diet first (going more veggie-friendly, and cutting out meat), to see how it affects my body. I think for me, it’s really what I eat that determines my skin texture & health.
P.S. Baking soda as it turns out, is really bad for your skin, because it strips the acid mantle. Post on that coming up soon.
I've heard the olive oil thing works over time – that you'll break out viciously at first and for a few weeks after, but then it's supposed to magically change into beautiful skin. I'm too afraid to risk those few weeks to give it a try!
I want to go all water too – but my skin feels just too 'dirty' in the AM to do it. I might give it a try for a few weeks, see how it goes.
I do sometimes use wet coffee grounds to exfoliate my face and body. Seems like leave my skin extra soft and sort of moisturized and tighter!
I am not willing to break out at all.. haha! 🙂
My skin records every pimple as a scar or a dark spot, so I am not willing to look like a teenager again 🙁
Plus, I think I’ve hit on what makes my skin go NUTS: white sugar and butter.
I need to lay off those two & I’ll have better skin.
Milk is also something that seems to cause a bit of trouble, but butter seems to be the real culprit.
Sometimes I am lazy and I do water only too. 🙂 It’s so easy! I don’t have any problems with it. Thanks so much for the link! xoxo
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I use the OCM as do a few of my friends. We all swear by it. Some of us did breakout the first or second week, but it's fairly normal to do so when you've started a new facial routine.
Yay! I'm not the only one who uses just water. My brother made me a coconut oil and wheatgerm oil and oatbran face scrub for my birthday but the cold temperatures over the winter meant it was fairly solid most of the time so I've only started using it really the last few weeks. But most of it is going on my legs and elbows I have to admit and just a small amount to my face every couple of weeks.
I agree that simpler is better. After years of foaming cleansers, I now just do a water-only rinse or wash with a cleansing milk in the morning. I love using oil cleansers to remove my makeup. Lovely! 🙂
I use a handful of sugar moistened with vegetable oil in the shower to exfoliate and moisturise the parched skin on my legs and arms. I've never read anything about olive oil that makes me think it's better than cheap veg oil unless it is for eating. I often just give my face a scrub with a hot wet washcloth; by the time I'm getting ready for bed, most of the make up wore of ages ago!