CLEANSING OIL – TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE OR SKINCARE ENLIGHTENMENT???
Growing up in a household that encouraged “back in the old country” solutions, my life is peppered with hundreds of uses for castor oil, avocado and cod liver oil to name a few. Our “Mima” solutions were a delicate (and sometimes marked with olfactory offensiveness) creations from the garden, the produce section, or the shelves of ethnic markets around Los Angeles.
While I am a firm believer in the oil cleansing method, I can assure you that my experiences have not been without trauma and multifarious inquiry. What is the oil cleansing method? Is it possible that using something with the viscosity of an enchanted balsamic reduction actually purifies and cleanses?
What is the oil cleansing method? It is a cleansing method that uses oil to purify, cleanse and decontaminate. How can oil do this? Oil dissolves Oil…. All skin types (even acne-prone) need your natural oils to lubricate and protect. Cleansing oils use the “good oils” to eradicate the unwanted, bad oils. In addition to its purifying effects, essential oils are antibacterial, thus making it an ideal option for even oily or acne-prone skins.
When you use the oil cleansing method, the cleansing oil binds with the impurities on the surface of your skin. The scientific, differing properties between the cleansing oil and your natural oils allows for a natural removal of impurities and will not clog your pores. Imagine for a moment you are driving with the windows rolled down on a well-earned road trip and your all-time favorite song is playing… the connection between that moment in time and your happy place is synonymous to the reaction between the cleansing oils and daily contamination on your skin.
Many oil-free cleansers can eradicate the natural oils that our skin embraces and needs to reach the utopian state of natural pH balance and glow. And who does not want to glow and be balanced??? We are thrilled to introduce our first ever cleansing oil that embraces the astounding benefits of the oil cleansing method.
Gabriela Gonzalez-Lamberson