My skin is terrible at the moment. Terrible.

So I’m about to try the much raved about Oil Cleansing Method, or at least a variant of it, as there are many different ones. It involves slathering one’s face with oil, the principle being that “like dissolves like” - the oil attaches itself to the sebum (oil) on your skin and so when it’s wiped off, all the dirt comes with it. There are many dazzling reviews of this method on the internet, although the biggest issue seems to be getting the balance right and not leaving too much oil on the skin afterwards. Another danger is actually taking too much off. When skin is stripped of oil completely, it can compensate by producing bucketloads (especially mine).

I would put up a “before” picture of myself as I currently am, sans makeup, but it would just be too awful.