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If you’re just joining us, please take a look at part one and part two of this series on the oil cleansing method! What oils might be suitable for an oil cleansing method cleanser for oily skin? In all honesty, my first response is that there really aren’t any good oils for oily skin…but I’m going...
I’m trying to get this search engine working, so I took LiseLise’s advice and updated the template. I really hope this works because I’m not good with change, and I miss the old template for the blog already! (And I can’t get it back as it was an old template!) Those of you who have...
We took at look at the basics of the oil cleansing method yesterday, so let’s take a look at how we might create a cleansing oil today. The base of the cleansing oil is usually a portion of castor oil, which can range from 25% to 50%. I’ve seen people using it at up to...
Lauren asked this question in the What do you want to know post? It would also be great to see a post on the oil cleansing method and a recipe for oil! What is the oil cleansing method? It’s a method by which you cleanse your face using oils. The logic is that like dissolves like...
In the What do you want to know post, Lucy asks: How do you determine best before dates? In general, we look at all the ingredients and determine which has the shortest shelf life. If we have a lotion with olive oil, grapeseed oil, e-wax, cetyl alcohol, water, green tea extract (water soluble), and preservative, the...