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Never has there been a time where we are so spoilt for choice, when it comes to choosing a face oil. Trying to decide can often times feel like walking through a rainforest nursery and only being allowed to take one seedling home for planting in the garden. Or if gardening isn’t your thing, being given the keys to the fashion office at Vogue HQ after Paris Fashion Week and only being allowed to choose just one pair of shoes to take home. Nigh on impossible to choose just one! But when it comes to face oils, what if I told you it is possible to narrow down the picking. And even more possible to get to the bull’s-eye when you know the skin concern that you’re wanting to target.
The role of a face oil is to deliver nourishment to the skin, to improve the look and feel of your skin, and address your skin concerns, whether that be fine lines and wrinkles, oily skin and acne, minimising pigmentation or calming redness, via the active botanicals and extracts within the formulation.
So, it makes perfect sense, that the better quality the oils, (i.e. the more nature-intact that they are) the better the results will be for you.
Ingredient tip
Please stay away from any face oil that contains mineral oil, or any of it’s derivatives. This petroleum by-product interferes with your skin’s natural function, clogging pores, exacerbating acne, and is highly likely to be contaminated with hormone disruptors and carcinogens that are linked to breast cancer and more. Instead, choose a product that contains organic plant oils.
Who should use a face oil
Anyone, irrespective of your age or skin concern.
How to use a face oil
Apply a face oil, after you have cleansed your skin and followed with a serum (if you are using one).
Alternatively, apply a face oil after you have cleansed your skin and followed with a spritz of face mist.
In the evening, a face oil might be all that your skin requires, and be the final step in your skin care sequence.
In the morning, however, you might want to follow with a moisturiser, if you’re going to be out and about exposed to the elements, as a moisturiser will provide that final layer of protection, sealing in all the beneficial properties from the products applied before.
Our favourite face oils for helping to minimise the appearance of fine lines
8 FACES brilliance serum : VIEW
LINA HANSON global face serum : VIEW
LIVING LIBATIONS royal rose CoQ10 serum : VIEW
MOROCCAN NATURAL 24K gold serum with rose oil : VIEW
PHAEDRA BOTANICALS the golden age rejuvenating oil : VIEW
RITUAL OILS moringa oil infused with blue lotus : VIEW
Our favourite face oils for helping to balance oily skin and prevent acne
LIVING LIBATIONS best skin ever immortelle : VIEW
Our favourite face oils for helping to minimise the appearance of pigmentation
AKT THERAPY rad face oil : VIEW
LIVING LIBATIONS ensorcell serum : VIEW
SOAPWALLA brilliance face serum : VIEW
Our favourite face oils for helping to calm super sensitive skin
HENNE ORGANICS serene face oil : VIEW
LINA HANSON global calm : VIEW
PHAEDRA BOTANICALS ex prunis antioxidant treatment oil : VIEW
Our favourite face oil for helping to revive dull sallow skin
HENNE ORGANICS illumine face oil : VIEW
MOROCCAN NATURAL argan glow : VIEW
PHAEDRA BOTANICALS erato’s multipurpose essence : VIEW
SOAPWALLA restorative face serum : VIEW