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Aug, 13Face Creams vs. Face Oils– Part 1
There’s a reason beauty buffs and celebrities in search of a youthful, healthy glow are turning to facial oils. Skincare oils are more than just a face forward fad. Oils date back to ancient beauty rituals from thousands of years ago spanning the globe from Rome to Egypt. It’s no surprise that oils have long been poised to make their rightful comeback.
So in keeping with true Olie Logic, we want to take the stress out of understanding oils in the face of creams.
Multi-tasking Must Have
By now you know Olie believes that less is more. Streamline your beauty routine with a one shot wonder — skincare oils. We use ours as a primer, moisturizer, age fighter and frizz tamer. You’ll find you’re using less product to achieve many if your beauty to-dos. Step 1. Heal, hydrate and rejuvenate. Done! Find out how one Birchbox subscriber uses our Urban Arganizer Boxed Set to epically multi-task.
Oil Starved Skin
In a culture where we’ve been programmed to keep oil levels at a minimum, we’ve stripped our faces clear of any and all oil. Doing so leaves the skin to react by producing more and more oil. To keep your skin’s natural oil production balanced, use pure and natural oils.
Nom Nom Oils
Speaking of famished skin, oils provide a lightweight but deeply nourishing veil of essential fatty acids, vitamins, plant sterols and polyphenols for delivery directly to skin cells. Feed your skin well. What you put on your body is just as important as what you put in it.
The Royal Treatment
When your skin is reacting doesn’t it deserve only the best? Rosacea, acneic and even oily skin types benefit from using pure plant based oils. Face oil blends contain antiseptic and antibiotic properties, calm inflammation, soothe irritations and work to fade dark spots. Another Birchbox subscriber says of our 004 Hydrating Oil blend, ”It decreased the appearance of a dark spot on my forehead without peeling. I had been previously using AHAs.”
Cool Delivery System
It’s normal to want to feel like a chemist sometimes, right? Not only is it fun to play with a face oil dropper in your beauty regimen, there’s also no cross contamination during application. Dipping your fingers into a face cream leaves behind germs and bacterial growth in that jar.
Myth Busting Powers
One thing pure face oils are not, is oily. Quality natural facial oil will go on velvety and sink in quickly. Oils will leave you glowy not greasy. Creams, lotions and potions on the other hand can contain pore clogging preservatives and waxes not to mention other ingredients your skin can’t understand. With natural oils, your skin will know exactly what to do.
Maybe you’d like a few more reasons to consider skincare oils. We have 13 extras and more where they came from! Or perhaps you’ve already made the switch from a cream to oil. Tell us about it!
And if you haven’t tried oils yet, not to worry, it looks like they’ll be around for another thousand or so years to come.