Help! My skin is too oily!

Author: Silvia Pencak

I can so relate to your frustrations. It seems it doesn’t matter whether it’s summer or winter, your skin is always oily, you can’t get through a day without having that greesy feeling on your face. You’ve probably tried to use every thing imaginable just to reduce shininess on your face, but are you sure that you’re doing the right things?

Today I’ll help you understand what you need to do in order to keep your skin flawless and get rid of shiny look. Enjoy these 11 tips for oily skin and let me know which one you’re going to add to your routine.

1. Use proper skin care routine. Yes, you hear me right. My recommendation number one is proper skin care routine. If you’re new to this site, this is time to go back to older articles to find out what I mean by proper skin care routine, but let me just tell you that you need to use skin care set (not separate products from various companies!!!) suitable for oily skin. Your skin care set should provide you following benefits: cleansing, exfoliation, toning, hydration and protection. I meet so many woman with dry skin and blemishes, I have to repeat it over and over – using moisturizer at least twice a day is a must, I don’t have to tell you about the importance of cleansing at least every morning and evening.

2. Beware of exfoliation! If you have open blemishes on your face, make sure you don’t use any exfoliating products. Exfoliation will spread open blemishes all around your face and this is the last thing you want.

3. Beware of strong chemicals and extremely drying products. Less is more rule is true especially with oily skin. Extensive drying your face might cause opposite effect and give you even more blemishes.

4. Beware of oil! All the products you apply on your face should be oil-free. Take an extra care especially when buying a moisturizer as it will be on your face for few hours.

5. Avoid touching your face. Your face gets enough dirt and polutants from the environment, it doesn’t need extra add-on from your hands. Same is true about dirty hair – wash them regularly to avoid skin irritation. When wearing glasses, clean them thoroughly few times during a day.

6. Talking about cleanliness, you should also wash your pillow case at least once a week to make sure it’s clean. If you use it as a facial cloth (you don’t wash your face in the evening), make sure you change it daily.

7. Mask is your product to help you get rid of blackheads and whiteheads. Do I need to say anything else? Yes, it takes time to apply a mask, have it on your face for few minutes, but the results are just so worth it!

8. Concealer is your best friend. What would we do without concealer? Concealer is a perfect solution for your pimples and blemishes. Watch videos on this site to find out what color and type of concealer to chose and how to apply it. Concealer covers the flaws on your face so it’s perfect solution to hide any imperfections on your face you don’t like. You can also use it on your neck when needed.

9. Power of powder. Powder will take away shininess and will give you matte finish. You have few options when getting a powder, they all work well, choice is based on your personal preference. You can choose either loose powder, pressed powder, cream-to-powder or mineral powder foundation.

10. Get to know oil matifier. My personal favorite is Mary Kay Oil matifier. You need only tiny amount, dab it at oily areas of your face and shininess is immediately gone. Reapply any time during a day, even on the top of your makeup and say good-bye to shiny face. Great for on-the-go, picture time or special occassions.

11. Last but not least are beauty blotters. They don’t only instantly remove any oiliness, sweat and fluids from your face, they also leave your makeup untouched. So no reason to reapply everything all over again.