HELP! My oily skin is driving me insane

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In just a week things are really looking up :worship:

The moral of the story, cut down on products if you have oily skin.

I've cut out my MAC oil control lotion, Neutrogena face crub and cleanser.

Now Im using Johnsons baby soap in the morning to was my face (keep forgetting to pick the dove one up) and only one product after that before my foundation I'll use either MAC perp and prime, strobe cream or Neutrogena oil free moisturiser then at night I've been using the No7 Cleanser and Toner for oily/combination skin and its working so well. Now when I'm not wearing any m/u I don't even have the dreadful shine anymore YIPEE! Thanks for all the advice, much appriciated :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
I discovered the Tea Tree Oil Mattifying moisture Gel by The Body Shop...i will NEVER moisturize with anything else again. I'm committed to this!

 
I was going to pick up some of the Tea Tree foaming face wash from The Body Shop - have you tried it Jinjer?

 
Hi all,

I am a new member from italy.... :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Just to add my point: i recently discovered from a review read on MUA a great oil controlling product which is, strange to say, a sunscreen.

Is the "Ultimate Sun Protection Lotion SPF 55", check the review, beacuse my english is very bad and maybe I won't be able to explain the effect of this products.

It completely dries your skin, I am usually greasy in the morning, after few hours from my make up, but know it's 11a.m. and I am still flawless (i still cannot believe this).

In the morning I put a Vit C serum (Skinceuticals), the Shiseido sunscreen and my foundation (HR Color Clone) after 15 minutes.

That's it.

Please try, you won't regret this. :thumbsup2:

Micra :p /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
Sorry I forgot to say that the the Ultimate Sun Protection Lotion i s from SHISEIDO!!!!

:eusa_wall:

 
Sometimes you need to switch up on the products you use. If you use a product for awhile it is good to alternate every so many months with something else that works.

 
Thanks Kelley!

I do have a great product that works on pore, adjust skin, and more. You can find it at my website below in siggy. Just go to the shop online section and click on right side for face. It is the Thermal Fusion Masque.

Also while there check out the personalizer for oily skin. It is a compact to carry with you all day and to use before you apply your make up. I used it when I first got with my company. After using the self adjusting re9 line I eventually did not need it though.

Ann Phelps :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
That is soooo awesome to hear! I too find the less I load on my skin, the better. Or if I feel I want certain products....I just use them less frequently, say 2 or 3 times a week or less.

Oh and I had to go out and buy the Dove Cleanser, just had to try it. I got the Sensitive Skin forumula and it's not the bar, I bought the liquid cleanser (I just thought it would be more sanitary, than the bar is all - with bacteria and storing a bar soap and all, I'm a bacteria phobia freak:whistling: ).

So far, it works fine and is gentle, but I did notice some drying.....so I backed down and use it every other day instead. Then on my off days I use my Aloette Gentle Foaming Cleanser. Not sure if the Dove was giving me the flakys or if my new found Monistat Anti-Chaffing Gel did it.....???? I've only used the anti-chaffing about 3 times and you'd think the anti-chaffing would help with flaking....so I'm assuming it's the Dove???? Or heck, maybe I just wasn't rinsing it off enough, or could have been something else too????

Sorry to ramble.

 
Kelly I too noticed some drying at first but I always make sure I use an adequate moisturiser - if your skin is usually quite sensitive you may want to buy a richer night cream or something. My skin is quite oily/combo anyway so I spend half my life trying to dry up my skin lol! so I don't actually mind. I think the bars are much kinder than the liquid version because you don't use as much foam as you would do a liquid cleanser so maybe that's another reason why it may be drying you out???

 
Thanks for the advice. I actually have EXTREMELY oily skin and I too spend time trying to get the opposite affect. It doesn't dry up my oil, just my skin got kinda patchy, but then again, it could just be my stupid period right now....stupid girl stuff.

 
not yet but i will be buying it soon...will let you know...or maybe u can try it and let me know:laughing:

 
Hi,

I also have really, really oily skin and I have a few tips that I did not see mentioned, so here goes:

As far as oil control lotion, I have tried them ALL! Recently, though I bought Biore Oil Control lotion and it is AWESOME. Seriously, I have spent more money on everything to control oil, as well as using nothing to see if that helped. Nothing else has. Plus, this stuff is like, $5.99 or something like that.

Prior to using the Biore, I used Smashbox Anti-Shine in Neutral (the colored one didn't seem to work as well....doesn't make much sense, but there you go). I still keep it in my purse for security, but I swear I have not had to use it. I still use one of the few foundations or tinted moisturizers that I have collected, but it is definitely the Biore that is making my skin matte, and not dry (although I am so oily I have never had anything make me too dry.)

Last, and this is going to sound really, really strange, but the toilet seat covers in public bathrooms work just as well, if not better than blotting papers, and they are FREE! Really, try it and see.

I hope this helps.

Krissie:yay:

 
I have problems with my oily skin too, mostly on my forehead (which unfortunatly is quite large to boot!) and on about the inch of cheek on either side closest to my nose. In this area i am also self conscious of my pores, which appear larger when they are oily. When the catherine D. collection came out at mac, I had been thinking about trying their blot powder but just hadnt gotten one yet, but the CD edition blots came in the cutest container so i picked one up...it changed my life! unlike other powders, that cling to the dryer areas of my combination skin (like normally unnoticable dry patches, or that annoying flakey area around the zit you killed and dried out the night before), it went on invisable, it was like putting on an amazing, magic powder, with no pigment whatsoever, that just simply mattifies your t-zone. you should defenatly try it, i think you will be impressed. as for skincare, i recently moved from lancome skincare, which i find too rich and sometimes breaks me out (and really has nothing for young people in terms of acne fighting stuff), to the clinique three-step system. within a week of using it, and for the first time, NOT being lazy every once in a while because im too tired to spend on my face before bed, actually cleansing, toning, and moisturizing, EVERY day, twice a day. my skin is so much fresher throughout the day, i find that i am having to blot less during the day for oil, and am defenatly not getting nearly as many annoying zits popping up. (you would probablly want to go with the '3' toner, because it does more for drying up skin than the '2'. one other product that i had just ran out of before i bought the clinique set, was a mattifying toner by lancome. it has some sort of powder right in it, so when it settles, it looks like the bottom has some murky white junk in it, but when you shake it and apply it, it is a lot less harsh than some of the toners i have tried, but the powder works to mattify your face all day long, i did find that i found a bit of difference, but at $35 a (small) bottle, compaired to $14 for the same size in clinique, it really wasnt worth the extra coin. in terms of our stupid devil pores, i have tried a million 'pore minimizers' and NONE OF THEM WORK they are all a lie, we will have them forever, so all we can do is try to hide them the best we can. someone mentioned the smashbox photofinish primer, and in doing research wanting to find a good face primer, this is the one that everyone recomends, mac's is mediocre really, im not too impressed with it.

 
ps you are very pretty! in your pic you look GLOWING, not oily, if you look like that every day, you have nothing to worry about ;) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
I have a very oily t-shone and adult acne along my jaw line. I use the Beta hyroxy acid products- the 1% and 2% in both lotions and gel depending on what's going on with my skin and the 5% Benzoyl Peroxide products from Paula's Choice skin care line. It has kept my t-zone from oiling up during the day, my pores are pratically gone and acne is gone-even has ended my bad milia problem-even under my eyes. Price is good, too.

 
i use DDF toner or Chanel toner

and use DDF lotion for oily skin..

i think it works pretty good...

 

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