March 2021 Vol 13. No 1

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BE AU T Y

Facial Oils Toluwalase Olawale

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here’s only one way to really benefit from facial oil.

Save oil for the final step of your skin-care routine. If you apply oil first, any moisturizer that follows won’t be able to fully penetrate the

The benefits of using facial oil is

barrier you have created with the

enormous but if used wrongly you

oil; it’s like sitting in a car when it’s

do your skin more harm than good.

raining and expect to get wet. Remember, oils are only the gatekeepers, not producers of hydration, so load up on humectants (lotions) first, and then pile on the oil afterward to keep moisture from escaping. gw

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