Putting oil on your face seems like the less favourable option to using anti-ageing creams, because you’re worried that your skin will end up looking and feeling oily. However, putting oil on your face can actually make you less oily. The key thing to remember is moderation; you only need a few drops. According to Julie Longyear of Blissoma, an organic skin care company based in St. Louis, your skin produces oil but sometimes it needs a little help.
Natural oil can sooth that tight, dry feeling you get after a dip in the pool or the irritation you have after spending hours in the sun. Also, the scant amount of oil you apply fills in spaces between decaying cells in your skin, and seeps into crevices below the skin’s surface to actually plump your epidermis. As you age, your body’s own supply of oil diminishes, so your skin can look dull and lifeless.
We’ve rounded up a few oils for you to consider:
- Ren Clean Skincare Bio Retinoid Anti-Ageing Concentrate – This contains some exotic ingredients such as retinoid analogue extracted from Brazilian white Beggar’s stick flower and vitamin A from Andean musk rose seed oil. It’s a little bit thick but sinks in quickly, and you can use a bottle in about three months.
- Ole Henriksen Pure Truth Youth Activating Oil – This great-smelling oil contains organic rosehip seed oil mixed with tangerine peel oil, lemongrass and natural Vitamin E.
- Nude ProGenius Treatment Oil – The formula for this oil contains components of omegas 3, 6, 7, and 9, plus a blend of 10 plant oils, including apricot kernel oil and various seed oils. Nude ProGenius Treatment Oil has a very light sheer feel.
- Hourglass No. 28 Lip Treatment Oil – If you want to start small, this pricey version of a lip balm contains a blend of 28 essential oils, plant oils and vitamins.
- Clarins Tonic Body Treatment Oil – This oil works to firm your skin due to its fresh-scented blend of plant extracts and oils including flowers, rosemary and rosewood. It takes 30 seconds for your palms to feel soft and oil free, but use Clarins Tonic Body Treatment Oil on your body, rather than your face.
