I’ve heard that if you apply oil to your face, it makes the hair grow more/faster. Is it really true??
There are several beauty tips with oil, but I don’t want to try anything until I know for sure that it doesn’t make facial hair grow…
edit: specific oils - almond oil, olive oil & black seed oil
I use olive oil in conjunction with my moisturiser for the bits that get really dry. If used right, it does the job, without being greasy or making my face produce more oil.
As for tea tree oil, it is only supposed to be used sparingly (and diluted) and only on pimples etc. Overuse causes skin to become very dry and itchy.
Rosehip oil is excellent for many things:
"Rosehip seed oil contains Vitamin A, which helps to delay the effects of skin aging, assists with cell regeneration, and promotes collagen and elastin levels to increase. This results in firmer, smoother, and more youthful skin with greater elasticity. Rosehip seed oil also contains a high amount of essential fatty acids and Vitamin E, which further promotes healthy skin. In particular, it is rich in linoleic and linolenic acids, which are important skin nutrients. Rosehip seed oil has been used successfully to treat the following skin problems:
Stretch marks
UV damage from overexposure to the sun
Scars from surgery, burns, and acne
Eczema
Psoriasis
Wrinkles and premature skin aging
Hyper-pigmentation
Dermatitis
Burns, including those from radiation and sunburns
Age spots
Brittle nails
Dry and damaged hair"
I use it as a body moisturiser and it works better than any regular "moisturiser".
For oily skin, I would use Witch Hazel Hydrolat (this is what I use personally) or Ylang Ylang Hydrolat.
If you want to use an oil for moisturising oily skin, then Olive oil works but very sparingly.
My skin is oily but after a shower there are dry spots, such as the cheeks and forehead. I first spritz my face with witch hazel, then I spray some witch hazel on a cotton pad to dampen it. Then I drop just a single drop or two of olive oil on this damp pad (I keep Olive Oil in a small dropper bottle) and then wipe this over the dry bits of my face. Witch hazel is a natural astringent so stops the oil from being too greasy.
Then I moisturise because an spf moisturiser is still important in my opinion!
"Flower water and floral water are descriptive, but now outdated terms, used to describe the condensate water that remains after the extraction of an essential oil by water or steam distillation. Certain components are hydrophilic, which means they dissolve into water, and this produces what is variously known as a flower water, hydrosol or hydrolate."
I use Cliniques moisturizer for oily skin it has helped me a lot...my skin is very oily but after shower it feels really dry and stretchy but its just a matter of time when it becomes really greasy before I found this moisturizer i used to use neutrogenas moisturizer which made me look dark and weird and after some time i used to look very greasy and kala as if all the dhul mutti stuck to my face...even my stupid foundation didn't help...and pictures err...came out scary even when I looked good in person...so yeah this is my dhuk bhari story. But like the Clinique moisturizer is very expensive can't use it every single day broke.com even though I have to since it has made such a huge difference to my frying pan jaisa oily skin.
Where will i find witch hazel from though?
For oily skin, I would use Witch Hazel Hydrolat (this is what I use personally) or Ylang Ylang Hydrolat.
If you want to use an oil for moisturising oily skin, then Olive oil works but very sparingly.
My skin is oily but after a shower there are dry spots, such as the cheeks and forehead. I first spritz my face with witch hazel, then I spray some witch hazel on a cotton pad to dampen it. Then I drop just a single drop or two of olive oil on this damp pad (I keep Olive Oil in a small dropper bottle) and then wipe this over the dry bits of my face. Witch hazel is a natural astringent so stops the oil from being too greasy.
Then I moisturise because an spf moisturiser is still important in my opinion!
"Flower water and floral water are descriptive, but now outdated terms, used to describe the condensate water that remains after the extraction of an essential oil by water or steam distillation. Certain components are hydrophilic, which means they dissolve into water, and this produces what is variously known as a flower water, hydrosol or hydrolate."