Oily Skin Care Tips For The Truly Shine Challenged

If you're here looking for some oily skin care tips, welcome. Usually when you're looking for a solution it's not a question of, "Do I have oily skin?". The question is, "How oily is it and what can I do to fix it?"

As a teenager, I had very oily skin. I can still remember when I was working at the jewelry counter at J.C. Penney's back in good 'ol Chillicothe, Ohio.

 

 

A woman and her daughter came up to the counter and commented on what nice skin I had. The comment ended something like, "I just love the look of a shiny face"! Ugh! I'd have given anything at that moment to be UNDER the counter.

I remember also trying anything and everything to dry my skin out. There were soaps, over-the-counter cleansers, harsh astringents. And surely I didn't need any moisturizers, I had oily skin, right? Wrong.

Oily skin still needs the the basic steps just like the other skin types, cleansing, toning and moisturizing. With oily skin, the more you try to dry it out, the more oil your skin will produce.

It's a vicious circle.

Here are some oily skin care tips:

 
Read the labels- The important thing to remember with oily skin is to use non-oil based products. All an oil-based skin care product will do for someone with oily skin is clog the pores and that leads to break-outs.
Be gentle with your skin. Hard scrubbing will get those oil glands working overtime.
Exfoliate- It's the only way to clear off the dead surface skin cells that tend to clog pores. Once or twice a week will do the trick. Many products absorb excess oil and are specially designed for oily skin. This should keep break-outs to a minimum.

Speaking of break-outs, when the inevitable pimple does appear, I have two words of advice. "Don't pick". Picking at a blemish will only cause scarring and make the problem worse. Ask me how I know. Been there, done that, not pretty.

How do you tell if you have oily skin? If you look in the mirror first thing in the morning and you can see your own reflection in the shine on your forehead, you just might have oily skin. Only kidding.

Seriously though, after you wash your face, wait about an hour then take a tissue and press it to your face. If you were able to blot a lot of oil, the truth is in the tissue. That's oily skin.

Luckily today there are skin care products available that give oily skin the moisture it needs. Products exist today that combine natural botanicals and high-tech science. These skin care products are created by scientists who have an understanding of your skin type and what you need to look your absolute best.

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