Oils & Butters For Face

[soycrazy]

Was curious what kinds of oils, butters etc are good for the face.

[Jadryga]

I think this varies from individual to individual... if you run a quick search on Oil Cleansing Method or OCM, you'll see what a lot of people are putting on their faces. Olive oil breaks some people out, but some others swear by it... same with shea butter, etc.

I'd go with...

macadamia nut oil

jojoba oil

grapeseed oil

shea butter/oil (may break some out)

olive oil (may break some out too)

apricot kernel oil

watermelon seed oil

kukui nut oil

monoi de tahiti

rice bran oil

fractionated coconut oil

rosehip seed oil (may be too rich for some)

avocado oil

sesame oil

mango butter

sweet almond oil

sunflower oil

safflower oil

camellia oil

evening primrose oil (may be too rich for some)

squalane

...looks like I have nearly the whole list here. Wheat germ oil and cocoa butter have high comedogenic ratings. Coconut oil too, actually, though some can take it. Lots of people seem to be fine with monoi, even though it's based in coconut oil. One of my products is a simple mix of macadamia nut and avocado oil. So far the customers love it. They prefer it unscented which makes my life even easier I'm thinking of ordering in some watermelon seed oil.

[elegantnaturals]

Jadryga,

Do you do a 1:1 mix with the mac nut oil and avocado oil? I use a mix of FCO, Olive Oil, Grapeseed, RBO and Vit E. Not sure if I like it. I still get quite a few zits (more than I used to it seems) since I started using it. I also heard that hazelnut is particularly good for those who have oily skin.

We'll see. I told myself I'd give it at least a month before I gave up on it.

[Jadryga]

Not really, it's more like 9:1 mac nut to avocado, actually. Just enough to give it a little body, but light enough to still sink in quickly. I love a blend of mac nut, avocado and rbo for massage. I just add a little lavender since DH doesn't like peppermint (I do! )

Olive oil breaks some people out, might want to cut down or eliminate that? If your vitamin E's from wheatgerm, that might add to it too.

Yeah, I'm tempted to get a bottle of hazelnut oil from the grocer's to try, but when I research it I get a lot of different info about the shelf life. Some say it's short, some say the vit E makes it last longer...

[mystical_angel1219]

My favorite oils so far.

Emu

Evening Primose

Olive Squalane

Sunflower

Rose Hip

Borage

Monoi De Tahiti (this is fantastic on the hair as well)

Olive

Camellia

Meadowfoam

Apricot Kernal

Avocado

[soycrazy]

Fantastic thank you for all the oil recommendations. I do know shealoe doesn't like me for some reason, I put some on & my face was beet red all day yesterday w/horrible red patches. My skin is so sensitive I'm always scared to put anything on anymore. The sun makes me break out in itchy welts on my arms sometimes even with sunscreen on so it's a problem for me. I never knew there was watermelon seed oil sounds interesting.

[kidsngarden]

I use a equal amount blend of Hemp, jojoba and apricot kernal oils.

Bethany

[Crafty1]

My favs for the face are

Olive Squalane

Evening Primrose

Borage

Avocado

Carrot Seed

Wheatgerm

[CareBear]

I cannot use shea on my face at any significant level. Instant clogged pores for me.

[SpaceGirl]

Me too, it's weird. I made a really light facial lotion with sesame oil, macadamia nut oil and jojoba (along with a few other basics) and my face really liked it. BUT it was a little too thin and runny because I had waay cut down on the emulsifiers and thickeners, so I made a second batch and added some shea and upped the emulsifier to a better amount.

And it's just not as good. I was really hoping the shea would help.

So my votes for good oils are ones that have already been mentioned.

(and aloe, even though it's not an oil)

[Christina]

I'm always so surprised to see Monoi on the lists. I made a facial treatment with 50% monoi and I LOVED it it made my skin feel like instant silk....then about 2-3 days later I broke out in the worst way (which was REALLY sad as I had the BEST skin I"d had in a long time). MY problem is that I'm blaming it on the monoi. BUt the more I think about it, I realize that my "great" skin was probably hormone induced (was still dealing with pregnancy hormones) and I broke out when I started my first after-pregnancy period. I would LOVE to be able to use monoi....

Anyway, I guess what I'm getting at is...is monoi like shea, in the way that it's just luck if it works on your skin? Or does monoi seem to work on everybody even though it's based on coconut oil?

Sorry to hijack the thread...

Christina

[Prettyinpink]

In my opinion depends if you are going to wipe the oils straight after putting them on, or if you are going to leave them.

I personally would not place any butter on my facial skin, but because i know it would break out in a second if i did, I have a friend though who swears by shea butter!

Other than that many of the facial creams here have camelia and rice bran oils in them, but the only other oils i find in most cleansers are essential oils.

Check the from nature with love website, i do not buy from their because the shipping is too high for me, but they seem to have a lot of information about many types of oils and butters...

HTH's

[Jadryga]

I love the amount of information FNWL gives, but I agree, their shipping is just too high. It doesn't help me that their standard is UPS, no exceptions

Essential oils don't really count, I should think, though tea tree oil breaks me out like nobody's business. I first noticed it years ago when I used the Body Shop's tto range (this was before the notion of making my own B&B came about) and recently I tried putting a few drops with some lavender eo into my OCM. Bad idea.

My pores clog easily, so I'm frankly, quite scared to put cocoa butter or coconut oil on my face though I think it's because my skin doesn't shed dead skin cells fast enough. My shins in particular are always slightly scaly no matter how often I scrub, and I have to be very careful with hair removal methods, otherwise I become Ingrown Land.

Rice bran oil... now THAT's some good stuff. Only stuff that (with regular exfoliation) leaves my skin unbelievably soft and ingrown free.

I have a leftover tin of pure shea butter from L'Occitane that I'm contemplating mixing with some of my mac/avo to patch test on a tiny spot on my face.

Wish me luck.

[Prettyinpink]

Hi Jadryga, L'occitane's shea butter is over priced, but if it is all you have for the experiment then good luck!!

I agree i hated TBS's tea tree oil range, but when i use pure tea tree on spots it zaps them away.

Rice bran oil, camelia, sometimes olive oil, and may aloe vera oil are the only oils i would allow near my face, otheriwse i know i am only asking for trouble.

[Jadryga]

Hey PiP

Yeah, the L'Occitane shea butter is... this teensy tin costs a generous meal for me at an upscale Jap restaurant. Fortunately, my mother hoards cosmetics. Unfortunately, now that I want to carry my experiment out, I can't find that dratted tin

[sarahlf]

I can't use shea on my face - breakout time!

Try some easily penetrating oils such as Raspberry, Cranberry, Watermelon...

One I've just discovered is Plum Kernel oil- smells absolutely delish and sinks in so quickly. I tried some mixed with Macadamia oil last night and this morning and my skin feels and looks amazing.

Can you tell I love exotic oils?!

HTH,

Sarah.

[Jadryga]

Ooh... what does plum kernel oil smell like?

[sarahlf]

Plum Kernel oil smells like Amaretto liqueur/almond/marzipan. Fantastic if you like that sort of smell! It's my new favourite!

[Darbla]

The only places I know of to get rosehip oil (or rose hip?) is MMS, Mountain Rose Herbs, and Camden Grey (and I had a bad experience from CG and haven't ordered from there since), and someone above mentioned From Nature With Love but their shipping's too high. Are there better places to get it?

I also want to make something like Decleor Aromessence Rose d'Orient Soothing Concentrate. The ingredients:

Sweet Almond (Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis) Oil, Black Currant (Ribes Nigrum) Oil, Corn (Zea Mays) Oil, Bitter Orange (Citrus Aurantium Amara) Oil, Tocopherol, Sunflower (Helianthus Annuus) Seed Oil, Bitter Orange (Citrus Aurantium Amara) Neroli Oil, Carrot (Daucus Carota) Extract, Rose Oil, Chamomile (Anthemis nobilis).

Aromatic essences: Damask Rose, Roman Chamomile, Petit Grain, Neroli (2.9%).

Vegetable oils: Blackcurrant Seed, Peroxidise Corn Derivative (97.1%).

I've already got almost all of that because of my dabbling in aromatherapy and perfumery for years now, so I bet I could brew up something very close to that expensive stuff. But I'm thinking of subbing pomegranate oil or rose hip oil for the sweet almond base oil, and I'll probably skip any corn stuff altogether.

Speaking of rose oil, it's been years since I bought any. I can't imagine what it's gone up to now.

Darbla

[yoyo]

Soapnuts.com has a great chart to print on "won't clog pores" oils.

http://soapnuts.com/noncomo.html