Reasons to Love Facial Oils

You might have avoided facial oils because you have oily skin or perhaps you think your skin is already well-nourished. However, facial oil is not a product reserved only for dry skin—practically anyone can use a facial oil as a beneficial part of their skincare routine.

The ancient Egyptians, including Cleopatra, kept their skin vibrant and flawless using facial oils. And this (very ancient) beauty secret is making a big comeback!

But What is a Facial Oil?

A facial oil is typically a blend of various plant oils, essential oils, and botanical extracts, chosen for their specific benefits for the skin.

This essential product is useful for maintaining hydration, smoothing, nourishing, and balancing the skin to keep it healthy. The oil-based formula is also more effective in nourishing the skin at a deeper level than a water-based moisturizer.

Facial oils are rich in skin-identical natural ingredients that respect the skin’s biology while being highly effective.

Now, are you ready to explore the wonders of this skincare product? Follow along for the reasons to use and fall in love with facial oils.

Facial oils might be the missing step in your beauty routine to put you on the path to stunning skin.

 

Facial Oils Help Strengthen our Skin’s Natural Barrier.

They can help heal, repair, and create a protective, breathable barrier on the skin’s surface.

Facial oils are considered a type of emollient, which means they help strengthen the outer layer of the skin—the stratum corneum.

The skin barrier is composed of lipids that help retain skin moisture. By using oils, you’ll add lipids that cement this protective wall and strengthen the skin’s natural barrier.

 

Facial Oils Protect the Skin from Free Radicals

Facial oils have antioxidant properties that protect the skin from free radicals and prevent some of their negative effects on the skin, such as loss of elasticity, photoaging, and premature skin aging.

 

Facial Oils Help Balance the Skin’s Natural Oil Production

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 skin’s natural oiliness to help keep it balanced: when you feed your skin with the oil it was lacking, it can start to balance its natural oil production. Thus, facial oils can balance oily skin and control excess sebum production.

 

Facial Oils Can Help Reduce and Prevent Wrinkles

Facial oils prevent water loss while keeping the skin soft. Facial oils are also rich in antioxidants that also boost collagen production and strengthen skin elasticity.

Facial Oils Improve Hydration

Facial oils protect the skin from TEWL—transepidermal water loss.

When you apply oil to your face after moisturizer, it locks in all the hydrating ingredients, increasing the likelihood of your skin retaining additional moisture and also preventing water loss from the skin itself.

 

Facial Oils Provide Essential Nutrients to the Skin

Besides helping maintain hydration, facial oils also provide nourishment. Plant oils are packed with essential fatty acids (EFAs), vitamins, and antioxidants that provide nutrition directly to the skin.

 

Facial Oils Promote a Healthy-Looking Glow

A combination of nutrition and hydration provided by facial oils gives the skin a healthy glow.

 

Facial Oils Do not Clog Pores

Clogged pores can cause pimples, blackheads, and worsen any type of acne, etc. Facial oils are formulated with non-comedogenic oils, which do not clog pores.

 

As a lover of facial oils, the first product I formulated was The Dream Glow: a rich and powerful rejuvenating night oil, formulated with Bakuchiol, noble oils like Japanese camellia seed, nutgrass, rosehip, and enriched with pure essential oils produced in the Azores that give it a unique aroma and I’m sure it will work wonders for your skin, as it did for mine.