For as long as I can remember, I’ve always had oily skin. If you’re skin is like mine, then I’m sure you know that not every beauty facial product will work for your skin.
Having a specific skin care routine for oily skin is crucial!
The real challenge is finding the proper products for cleaning. Too much oil in one product may have your facing looking like a grease basket and nobody wants that.
You have to be very careful when picking the right product for your skin type, but it’s not always easy.
After you’ve picked your products, the trial and error part begins, and if you pick the wrong kind then you have a disaster waiting to happen and the pimples will be there to prove it. That’s not fun at all, so today I’m here to share with you my skin care routine for oily skin and favorite products that I use daily to help tame my oily skin and prevent unwanted breakouts.
I’ve been using these products for several years now and they work the best for my oily skin type.
SKIN CARE ROUTINE FOR OILY SKIN
1. Clarisonic Mia 2 – hands down the best skin care investment I’ve ever made. It cleans deep down into pores so no dirt goes unnoticed.
I use this in the morning and at night before I go to bed and have found the deep pore cleanser brush to be my favorite.
2. Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel – this gel is made specifically for combination oily and oily skin. This is the only moisturizer that doesn’t leave my face feeling greasy. I apply this after I’ve washed my face with cleanser on the Clarisonic and used the clarifying lotion.
This is my final step before I apply makeup.
3. St. Ives Apricot Scrub – about three times a week, when I wash my face at night, I’ll use this in place of the Clarisonic for a deep scrub.
This is a natural exfoliant that will leave your face glowing and smooth, and it is not greasy at all!
4. Clinique Clarifying Lotion 3 – this is made specifically for combination oily skin. I like to use this after I wash my face to wipe off excess dirt prior to applying moisturizer.
I also think this helps take away any shine on my face.
5. Clean & Clear Oil Absorbing Cream Cleanser – I use this as my main facial soap. I apply it to the Clarisonic twice a day.
This works exceptionally well when washing my face in the morning before applying any makeup. It leaves a matte finish to my skin.
What is your skin care routine?
Do you have any favorite products you can’t live without? I would love to hear what has worked for you! I’m always open to trying new products!
Kate at Green Fashionista says
Yayyy Bella 🙂
And thank you so much for this post, I have such oily skin and I love my Clarisonic and the products I posted about the other day have been working well for my skin (it's cleared up substantially), but nothing gets rid of the oil slick. I may have to try the Clean & Clear Advantage.
Happy Friday!
Kalen says
Oh man I'm right there with you on the oily skin. If I face palm myself right now it won't be pretty on my hand, haha! I have a knock off of the clarisonic and just don't use it very often out of laziness, so I don't know if it'd be worth it to spend the $200 on a real one, even though I know it'd be best for my skin!
The Girl who Loved to Write says
That's the best scrub ever!
Katie Elizabeth says
I have opposite skin – it's SUPER dry – but am obsessed with my Clarisonic! Best thing ever!