Maybe you’ve stayed away from facial oils because you have oily skin, or perhaps you think that your skin is properly nourished. Facial oil, however, is not a skin care product reserved solely for dry skin—practically anyone can use a facial oil as a beneficial part of their skin care routine.
Ancient Egyptians, including Cleopatra, kept their skin vibrant and flawless by using facial oils. And this (very) old-school beauty secret is making a pretty big comeback right now.
A facial oil is typically a blend of several different plant-based oils, essential oils and botanical extracts, chosen for their specific skincare benefits.
This essential comes in handy to lock in hydration, to soften, nourish, and balance skin for a healthy-looking glow. The oil-based formula of facial oils is also more effective at nourishing the skin at a deeper level than a water-based moisturizer.
Facial oils are high in natural, skin-identical ingredients that are respectful of your skin’s biology while also being highly effective.
Now, are you ready to explore the wonders of this buzzy skin care product? Follow along for the reasons to use and fall in love with facial oils.
Facial oils may be that missing step in your beauty routine to set you on the path towards a dazzling complexion. Because a healthy skin already contains oil, and the blend of the right oils can be its best friend.
They can help to heal, repair, and create a breathable, protective barrier on the skin’s surface.
Face oils are considered a type of emollient, which means they help strengthen the outer layer of your skin — the stratum corneum.
The skin barrier is made up of lipids that help seal the moisture into your skin. By using oils you will add lipids that cement this protective wall and will fortify and strengthen our own natural skin barrier.
Facial oils have antioxidant properties that work wonders for the skin, by protecting it from free radicals and prevent some of its negative skin effects, like loss of elasticity and photoaging, damaging and prematurely aging skin.
Our skin naturally produces oils and lipids, which help prevent water loss to keep it hydrated and elastic. Facial oils are specially tailored to work with your natural skin oils to help keep your skin balanced: when you feed your skin the oil it was craving in the first place, it can begin to balance out your natural oil production. Facial oils can balance oily skin and control excess oil production.
Facial oils prevent water loss while keeping skin plump. Facial oils are also rich in antioxidants that also boost collagen production and strengthen skin elasticity.
Facial oils protect skin from TEWL – transepidermal water loss.
When you apply oil on your face after your moisturizer, it seals in all of the hydrating ingredients, making your skin more likely to hold onto that added hydration and also preventing water loss from the skin itself.
Beyond helping to seal in hydration, face oils can provide nourishment of their own, as well. Plant-based oils are filled with essential fatty acids (EFAs), vitamins, and antioxidants that provide nutrition directly to the skin.
A combination of nutrition and hydration provided by facial oil can really take your skin to the next level, giving it a healthy glow.
Clogged pores can lead to pimples, blackheads, whiteheads and to cause or worsen any type of acne, etc. Facial oils are formulated with non-comedogenic oils that will not clog your pores.
As a facial oil lover myself, the first product I formulated was The Dream Glow: a rich and powerful rejuvenating night oil serum, formulated with Bakuchiol, noble oils such as camellia japonica seed, tigernuts, rosehip and enriched with pure essential oils produced in the Azores that give the oil a unique aroma and I am sure it will do wonders for your skin as it did for mine.
