Oily skin with dry surface

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Originally Posted by TeresaJ /img/forum/go_quote.gif Last night i tried the glycerin and water mixture because i am experiencing the same thing this winter. My face felt good this morning and makeup went on great. I also just spritzed some on the tops of my hands and they feel so great. I bought a spray bottle and mixed a mixture up and I will spritz my face in the evening before my moisturizer. Hopefully this will help me until summer gets here. I've heard very good things about this and I want to try this, but I just can't find any glycerin! Where did you buy yours?

Originally Posted by mowgli /img/forum/go_quote.gif WOuld def suggest drinking more water if you are dehydrated. I had the same prob as you, and one thing that works really for me is to cleanse with oil, using the oil cleansing method. Because you use a washcloth to wipe the oil off, it really polishes the surface of your skin, and an added benefit is that cleaning with oil seems to make my skin less oily - if you can be bothered, give it a try for a week or so! Just combine some castor oil and olive oil and massage that into your skin, before wiping off with a washcloth - good luck! I was thinking about the OCM for a while. But I can't find any castor oil anywhere at my local pharmacies (i heard you look in the laxatives section but I couldn't find ANY). I'll have to try Walmart or Target another day.

 

[lienny]

you know what, i have skin just like yours and found some products that work really well. I have minor laugh lines and the heavy liquid foundation just makes it worst and MMU alone doesn't give me enough coverage. So I figured that mixing my mineral makeup foundation with a moisturizer would give me a light liquid foundation with great coverage.

From reading your signature, i assumed that you used EDM as your foundation and I'm using EDM as well so here is what I'm doing:

I mix my EDM MATTE foundation with a Daily Moisturizer. This moisturizer helps me with the flaky-skin issue while the EDM matte foundation helps me to control the oil.

My moisturizer also has a spf of 30 so I don't even need to wear sunscreen/sunblock at all, how nice is that!

 

[lemurian]

Lots of people have this problem, if not all over their face at least in their t-zone, including me! It's a real bummer, but it's not necessarily a bad thing -- the flakes you see may not be from dry skin, but just your epidermis shedding it's dead layers because your cell turnover rate is really high

Which you'll think is wonderful when you're about 60 and your skin looks 30

But for now, a daily gentle exfoliation before bed (I use sugar and lemon juice -- unrefined sugar contains glycolic acids and lemon juice contains fruit acids -- should help tremendously. Don't use any harsh cleansers, instead use a little castile soap (Dr. Bronner is dirt cheap and organic!) on an Extra Gentle Buff Puff to wash twice daily. The best way to deal with it IME is regular but gentle mechanical action and light, exfoliating toners and moisturizers. And of course the right foundation makes a world of difference -- most foundation really accentuates any flakes I have. I've found HGs in Chantecaille Stick and Everyday Minerals Intensive MMU. HTH!

 

[TeresaJ]

Funny how I found my glycerine. There was some at work that had been there for ages. I just borrowed it for the weekend. I looked at Target today for some and they did not have. I have heard you can find it at Walmart in the pharmacy area or at CVS. Hopefully I will find some tomorrow.

 

[monniej]

Originally Posted by usersassychick0 /img/forum/go_quote.gif yeah i got that all round my face actually, and i even use microdermabrasion to exfoliate but that doesn't even help...my sister keeps telling me its because my skin is dehydrated and needs more water..and i don't drink enough for sure, so that may be the problem this is exactly what i was thinking. oil and moisture are actually two different things. you can be oily and dehydrated. how much water are you drinking daily?

 

[usersassychick0]

pretty much close to none

i normally get about 2 or 3 glasses.... and i know it should be about 3x that amount

It would make a lot of sense if where the lack of problem... however i do like the idea of it being an increased rate of cell turnover and therefore i am going to age really well

 

[shoegal1980]

Ugh I have this exact same problem!! My skin always feels so dry, but by the end of the day, it's so shiny it's gross!! I have been using proactiv at night only and I use a gentle aveeno cleanser in the morning. I follow both with Clinique moisturizer. I don't know what else to do!! I drink a lot of water. I have some clinique 3 step in skin type 3, which is pretty harsh. Do you think I should try that?

 

[clover]

I have the same skin too.

It's very hard to care for sometimes.

 

[rita1979]

hello

you must:

1)take vitamin E or B for best result

2)once a week use a soft peeling and after a mask for oily skin

and if you have a cream mask it will better because it's moisturing your skin.

Your day or night cream must be without oil and alcohol.

Use medical products.

 

[didiazzuri]

use origins clay masque( the dark one)... really helps

and drink a lot of water!!