Comments on: Makeup Removers: Does Oil Cleansing Really Work? http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/03/15/makeup-removers-does-oil-cleansing-really-work/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: good clean fun (pt. 1)? « Quotidienne http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/03/15/makeup-removers-does-oil-cleansing-really-work/comment-page-1/#comment-78913 good clean fun (pt. 1)? « Quotidienne Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:47:37 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/03/15/makeup-removers-does-oil-cleansing-really-work/#comment-78913 [...] I was worried that I would break out in horrible acne, but the internet told me I probably wouldn’t, because acne actually can, in part, be caused by letting your skin get too dry (as often happens with regular cleansers), which prompts your glands to go into oil overdrive, which is why most people have to use cleansers in strict conjunction with moisturizers. Putting oil on your face and gently wiping it back off simply moisturizes. Your own glands are free to kick back and relax. And your face still gets clean, because “oil dissolves oil”. [...] [...] I was worried that I would break out in horrible acne, but the internet told me I probably wouldn’t, because acne actually can, in part, be caused by letting your skin get too dry (as often happens with regular cleansers), which prompts your glands to go into oil overdrive, which is why most people have to use cleansers in strict conjunction with moisturizers. Putting oil on your face and gently wiping it back off simply moisturizes. Your own glands are free to kick back and relax. And your face still gets clean, because “oil dissolves oil”. [...]

]]> By: lily http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/03/15/makeup-removers-does-oil-cleansing-really-work/comment-page-1/#comment-77056 lily Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:42:16 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/03/15/makeup-removers-does-oil-cleansing-really-work/#comment-77056 I'm hooked on Neutrogena cleansing oil, it's the best cleanser i ever used and it removes every trace of makeup or water-resistant sunblock, w/o leaving a residue. So I don't need a second cleanser or a toner. :) It's pretty messy using cleansing oils though. So sometimes I use pond's cold cream instead and tissue off, then rinse with water to be safe :) Once u start using cream cleansers or cleansing oils, all the other cleansers (e.g. gel cleansers, cleansing lotion, or cleansing milk) just don't seem good enough anymore! Cos cleansing oils and cream cleansers are the 2 most thorough ways to remove makeup. I’m hooked on Neutrogena cleansing oil, it’s the best cleanser i ever used and it removes every trace of makeup or water-resistant sunblock, w/o leaving a residue. So I don’t need a second cleanser or a toner. :)

It’s pretty messy using cleansing oils though. So sometimes I use pond’s cold cream instead and tissue off, then rinse with water to be safe :) Once u start using cream cleansers or cleansing oils, all the other cleansers (e.g. gel cleansers, cleansing lotion, or cleansing milk) just don’t seem good enough anymore! Cos cleansing oils and cream cleansers are the 2 most thorough ways to remove makeup.

]]> By: Karen Coghlan http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/03/15/makeup-removers-does-oil-cleansing-really-work/comment-page-1/#comment-65976 Karen Coghlan Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:36:50 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/03/15/makeup-removers-does-oil-cleansing-really-work/#comment-65976 I really liked the dhc products including the cleansing oil, I had been planning to come up with my own recipe for some time now, and while searching for recipes I found your discussion. It caused me to look at the DHC website for the ingredient list, and below is what I found. DHC Deep Oil Cleanser olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, caprylic/capric triglyceride, sorbeth-30 tetraoleate, pentylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, tocopherol, stearyl glycyrrhetinate, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf oil I really liked the dhc products including the cleansing oil, I had been planning to come up with my own recipe for some time now, and while searching for recipes I found your discussion. It caused me to look at the DHC website for the ingredient list, and below is what I found.

DHC Deep Oil Cleanser
olea europaea (olive) fruit oil,
caprylic/capric triglyceride,
sorbeth-30 tetraoleate,
pentylene glycol,
phenoxyethanol,
tocopherol,
stearyl glycyrrhetinate,
rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf oil

]]> By: Karen http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/03/15/makeup-removers-does-oil-cleansing-really-work/comment-page-1/#comment-61070 Karen Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:30:21 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/03/15/makeup-removers-does-oil-cleansing-really-work/#comment-61070 DHC Cleansing Oil is by far the best I've ever used. I can't wait to wash my face at the end of the day. I follow it with DHC Mild Soap and feel squeeky clean, but not dried out. Wish they sold it in stores. DHC Cleansing Oil is by far the best I’ve ever used. I can’t wait to wash my face at the end of the day. I follow it with DHC Mild Soap and feel squeeky clean, but not dried out. Wish they sold it in stores.

]]> By: Going Granola(ish) « The Capital L http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/03/15/makeup-removers-does-oil-cleansing-really-work/comment-page-1/#comment-51483 Going Granola(ish) « The Capital L Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:16:32 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/03/15/makeup-removers-does-oil-cleansing-really-work/#comment-51483 [...] For a while now, I’ve used Rosewater as perfume (a trick learned from Wonder Woman).  It smells lovely and doesn’t contain alcohol or any artificial ingredients that hurt my nose.  I’ve replaced my twice-daily Cetaphil ritual with the Oil Cleansing Method, and have had wonderful results so far (parts of the website might seem kind of hokey, but take it for what it’s worth).  The basic chemistry behind the idea is explained here. [...] [...] For a while now, I’ve used Rosewater as perfume (a trick learned from Wonder Woman).  It smells lovely and doesn’t contain alcohol or any artificial ingredients that hurt my nose.  I’ve replaced my twice-daily Cetaphil ritual with the Oil Cleansing Method, and have had wonderful results so far (parts of the website might seem kind of hokey, but take it for what it’s worth).  The basic chemistry behind the idea is explained here. [...]

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