Oily Skin Care Cleanser Moisturizer

The answer depends on just how oily your skin is. You have three steps to consider, oily skin, cleansing and moisturizing. If your skin is a "combination" type skin where you have some oily areas such as the nose, cheek bone area and chin or light oily conditions an oily skin care cleanser moisturizer product that is specific for those conditions would be a good choice.

If you have more heavier oily concentrations on the skin your best approach would be two products, one for cleansing oily skin and a moisturizing product would be the best choice possibly followed with a toner. You will be cleansing oily skin more often, moisturizing separately allows you to choose how often you would need to moisturize your skin. You may not want to moisturize every time you cleanse.

Product Selection

You need to choose your skin care products with care, many over the counter products for oily skin are formulated with harsh chemicals. Ingredients such as isopropyl alcohol, acetone, TEA or BEA, sodium lauryl sulfate or any of its derivatives are common.

These ingredients strip the skin of too much oil, leave the skin too dry. Oil will be replaced faster then it normally would which results in even more oily skin. The natural reaction would be to use these products more often then you would need to and could contribute to irritating the skin. The prolonged use of these products are toxic to the skin and the body resulting in premature aging of the skin.

Products that contain mineral oils, lanolin, petrolatum, parafin or waxes are heavy that sit on the skin creating the illusion of "moisturizing". These ingredients smother the skin much like a plastic wrap blocking elimination of toxins from the skin and not allowing the skin to breath. They clog pores and promote acne, slow down cell development resulting in premature aging.

These products are usually the OTC (over the counter) products found in many high volume retail outlets. They are cheap to make and offer high profit margins which is why they are so heavily promoted. My opinion is you don't deserve to be treated as a profit source at the expense of your health. There are much better choices, they may cost more, but what about the cost to your health? How much is that worth?

By: robert dixon

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Robert Dixon is health researcher and published author with many years experience in the health care field . You can learn more about healthy skin care at his website www.organicskincare101.com