Products for Oily Skin!
- Lindsey Gess
- May 23, 2016
- 3 min read
This post will include all products for you guys with oily skin! Oily skin is very hard and tricky to hide if you are not using the correct products.
1. Face washes and moisturizers
A lot of people think that it is all about the makeup when it comes to hiding oily skin and that is not true. In order for makeup to do it's job, you must have clean skin that is taken care of. If your skin is oily and it is not cleansed and moisturized, makeup is going to make it worse. It is so important to have a good face wash/exfoliator and moisturizer! A couple of cleansers that work very well for oily skin is Cetaphil's Oil Control Foam Wash and Biore's Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser. The Cetaphil one is going to control shine, remove excess oil and anything that is clogging your pores. There is also a matching moisturizer you can purchase to apply after the cleanser. You can purchase it at any drugstore from $8.00-15.00. The Biore cleanser is oil free and is going to get into every single pore and leave your face feeling super clean. It is at all drugstores including Ulta and is anywhere from $6.00-9.00. A moisturizer that I pair with this cleanser is the Cerave moisturizing cream for oily skin. It is amazing and is going to moisturize your face after that intense cleanser.
***A note I want to address is I know that some people with oily skin want to wash their face and not apply a moisturizer because they feel like it will make them oily- that is SO FALSE!! Without applying a moisturizer you're actually making your skin worse. Your fine lines will appear much more and it makes any blemishes or acne worse. Always apply a moisturizer, just make sure its either oil free or is directed towards oily skin!!
2. Primers
Always, always, always prime before foundation!!! Applying an oil free primer to your whole face is going to create a smooth and perfect complexion. To put this in an easy way to understand- it's going to essentially suck the oil out. Also, oily skin causes makeup to break up along the face and not last very long, so applying a primer before is going to increase the longevity of your makeup tremendously. A lot of people struggle with oil in their "T" zone- the nose, center of the forehead, around the mouth and the chin. The Smashbox line of primers are very good and all oil free. Particularly the pore minimizer one (purple with polka dots). This is very good for mattifying that T zone. Another line of amazing primers that I can't live without is Make Up Forever. Their mattifying and smoothing primers are incredible and make your makeup last so long. The smash box primers range from $35.00-42.00 and the Make Up Forever primers are $37. They both can be purchased at Sephora.
3. Foundation
Two amazing foundations on the high end side for oily skin is the Too Faced Born This Way foundation and the Clinique Beyond Perfecting foundation. These both are incredible and are medium-full coverage. They will not break up at all and apply flawlessly. I found that applying them with a beauty blender gives you the best results. A drugstore foundation that I love is L'Oreal true match. This foundation is directed for more oily-combo skin and a little goes such a long way! This is a lot cheaper than the high end ones and you can get it at any drugstore for $9.00-11.00. The Too Faced foundation can be purchased at Ulta or Sephora at $39.00. The Clinique foundation can be purchased online through Ulta or at Dillard's at the makeup counter for $27.00.
4. Setting powders
Two setting powders that I love are the Laura Mercier Translucent setting powder and the Tarte Amazonian Clay Translucent powder. They both are translucent that way you are not applying anything thick and added to what you already have on. They keep your makeup intact and I promise you, it's not moving all day. If you start to feel oily throughout the day and need a quick touch up- get them in the compact form and not the loose powder! You can purchase them both through Ulta and Sephora! The Tarte comes in two sizes ranging from $14.00-35.00. The Laura Mercier one also comes in two different sizes ranging from $25.00-38.00.
I know this post was somewhat long but I hope this helps for those struggling with their oily skin!
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