Since this is my first ever video I figured before we even get into makeup let's go to the base of it all and talk about skin care.

so I'm a very firm believer in if you start with a good base then you won't have

to do so much work when you do your makeup and hair or anything really in life.

If you prepare more you won't have to primp so much! Skin care is extra important to me because

unfortunately I struggled a lot with acne. Growing up I developed blemishes and breakouts

when I was going through puberty, like most people out there. So I didn't really think

much of it. Just used products, tried to get rid of it. But once I started to finish high school

and go into college and stopped going through puberty when I thought it would clear

up and it didn't kinda started to freak out a little bit. Having this acne that I couldn't

get rid of caused me a lot of stress and then the stress intern caused more acne. So I felt

like I was stuck in this never ending cycle and there was no way out of it. I tried absolutely

everything, from Proactive to Murad to...honestly any product you can think of, I tried them

all! And most of these products say that it's going to get worse before it gets better so

I stuck to them. I would use them for at least a month, if not more, and my acne would get

worse but then it would never get better. So each product I used made it worse and worse and worse.

I actually started developing these cystic pimples, and if you don't know what

those are, they're these really really nasty pimples that don't even have a head, so you

can't pop them! And if you've ever had a cystic pimple and tried to pick it, you know that

when you do they get bigger. I eventually decided to give in and realized I was not

going to be able to fix the problem alone, or so I thought. So I went to a dermatologist,

she sat across the room from me, at least five or six feet away didn't even come close

to my skin, talked to me for maybe two minutes and then prescribed this incredibly harsh

acne product gel that I was supposed to put all over my face and sleep in. All this did

was insanely dry my skin out. Like I would wake up the next day and it looked like I

just had a bad burn. My skin was pealing and ugh it was so gross! This was really discouraging.

I thought going to a dermatologist was going to solve all my problems and it only made

them worse. I just kind of lost all hope and thought great I'm stuck with this awful skin,

and now it's dry. So, I don't even know how I had pimples and dry skin like is that even

possible? That doesn't make any sense. It's like, I don't know. It's crazy but it happened.

After this long ordeal of trying products out, I found out that I was allergic to chemicals

that are commonly in like all acne products. The chemicals I'm allergic to are benzoyl

peroxide and salicylic acid, or something like that. I don't even know how to say it

but whatever if I see it I steer clear from it. So since I have this allergy it makes

my skin freak out. So instead of doing the job of drying out the pimples individually

it dies out my whole skin, breaks me out in a rash and just makes a horrible situation.

It turns out this is actually a really common allergy even though I can't believe I had

never heard of it before and nobody talked about it. And a lot of people who suffer from

it keep using products like I did and make their skin worse and just have no idea that

they're allergic to the chemical. After finding this out I was kind of happy because I could

stop using products that had the chemical in it but I was also kind of discouraged because

now how would I ever get rid of my acne? But luckily after using any products that had

the two chemicals in them my skin did start to kind of clear up. I had acne spots in areas

but it was much much better than it was. At this point a lot of the stuff where my cystic

pimples were, more on my cheeks and my chin, went away but I still had a lot of just typically

pimples all on my forehead and like on the sides of nose and then a lot of blackheads

everywhere. I'll insert pictures that I found that kind of show my acne. Honestly I searched

forever through my computer, through old Facebook pictures, and they're hard to find cause I

was so mortified and upset about it that I never posted pictures where you could really

tell about how bad my acne was. You can notice in some of these pictures I like am blurring

the tops of them to try to hide how bad my acne was on my forehead. When I would take

a selfie it would be like eyebrows down so you couldn't see the really bad areas but

luckily there's a few candids so you can kind of see what it was looking like but, like

I said, I was so mortified by it there was no way I was letting these pictures get out

to the world. After this very long journey with me and my horrible skin I started doing

my own research on products. One day I stumbled across this new technique called The Oil Cleansing

Method. Basically you take oil and you rub it on your dry skin, makeup on and all. Sounds

absolutely insane, like I read that and laughed. Why would I take oil to put on my oily skin,

how's that going to help me at all. But you know what, I kinda got desperate so I gave

it a shot! Again everything I read said expect it to get worse before it gets better, nothing

new. But honestly I didn't notice it get that much worse, if worse at all. Maybe if anything

it was like a week or two it got a little bit worse but within a month I noticed major

changes in my skin. I could tell that this method was working. These little changes in

my skin gave me like this dash of hope that there was a chance for me to have clear skin

so I was just ready to stick to it and see what would happen. As the months went on my

skin improved just immensely. It's kind of insane to think back and think that like I

had to be careful of the angle I took a picture in or spent so much time trying to find a

concealer that would cover up all the different types of acne that I had. It just saves me

so much time and so much stress and really changed my life completely. I do want to note

that this is a method, it's not a specific product so I'm not endorsing any product by

any means. You can purchase these oils in any way you'd like, any different brand you'd

like. It's just the method that I want to teach you guys! Okay,so now that we've talked

about my back story and how I came to find the Oil Cleansing Method, I'm going to show

you how to do the Oil Cleansing Method! Before you get started with actually cleansing your

skin you're going to need to pick the oils that you want to use. Most of the recipes,

I guess we'll call them, that you find online have a base of Castor Oil. So this the one

that I use, it's um Home Health. I just bought it from the Vitamin Shoppe. I believe that

they also have an online website, might be wrong about that but you can buy it in most

wellness stores. You could buy it online. It's a pretty common household item so just

simple Castor Oil. The Castor Oil acts as your astringent. It's going to be what really

gets all the dirt out and clears up your skin. But it can also be a little bit drying so

you're going to need a second oil to kind of balance out the drying affect of the Castor

Oil. There's different second oils recommended depending on what site you look at online.

I kind of got lucky and the first one I tried was the Sweet Almond Oil. This one I got was

kind of expensive. I got it from Whole Foods and I think it was like fifteen dollars for

this tiny little thing. This thing was like five bucks so that was kind of expensive to

me, I'll probably stick to buying it from the Vitamin Shoppe or online next time. The

Castor Oil however has lasted me forever! This is only my second bottle and it's not

even half way down and I've been doing this method for a year and a half now. Some other

oils you can use are; hazelnut, olive oil, avocado oil, there's a bunch of different

kinds. You just have to find the one that works best for your skin. I will put links

bellow in the description box that give you articles that explain different oils you can

use and the affects that they'll potentially have on your skin. So you're not going into

this completely blind with guessing which oil to use. The other thing to take into consideration

before starting the process is the ratio of castor oil and your second oil. This ratio

is basically based on if you have oily, dry or combination skin. The dryer your skin is

the more secondary oil you're going to need to use because the Castor Oil's so drying.

So kind of common sense that if your skin's really dry you don't want to use too much

castor oil or it'll just dry out your skin even more. When I first started I was measuring

them and trying a couple different process, now I really just squeeze it into my hand.

I think I really use more Castor Oil and most websites don't recommend that but it's just

what I found to work best for me. Your ratios are like figuring out how much creamer you

want in your coffee. You just have to test it out and see what one makes your skin feel

right. And it's pretty easy to tell what one's leaving your skin too oily or too dry. Okay!

So let's get into the actual method, finally! What you're going to need are your two oils,

a washcloth and some hot water and that's it. Start by making sure your hands are washed

so you're not rubbing germs into your skin. Then you're going to take the Castor Oil and

squeeze the desired amount into your hand. Next you're going to take your secondary oil

and squeeze the desired amount of that also into the palm of your hand. Now just blend

the two oils together using your hand. And I know this sounds really weird because your

skin's dry and most people are used to washing their face when it's wet but you're just going

to massage it into the skin, completely dry, makeup on. If you were working out, the sweat.

Whatever. Just rub it into your skin in circular motions. Try your best to just enjoy this,

treat it like a little facial massage because you want to do it for at least two minutes.

I like to focus on the areas where I have more breakouts or I'm breakout prone. So I

will really rub it into my nose, on the sides. I can kind of feel where those blackheads

might be. Really want to get in there. Maybe focus on that a little bit longer. Around

my hair line where makeup might build up or sweat. The oil is the best makeup remover

I've ever used. So you can use it right on your eyes. It won't hurt your eyes. Try not

to get it in there, be careful, be gentle. You also don't want to be too rough around

the skin around your eyes because it's so sensitive there. I put a decent amount of

makeup on my eyebrows so I also like to make sure I rub in there. Go both ways. Little

bonus, the oils can actually help your hair to grow. So I like to really rub with the

direction I'd like my eyebrows to be growing to kind of promote that growth. Typically

I like to do this method before getting in the shower just because taking it off can

get a little bit messy and when I do it before getting in the shower I'll also bring this

oil down my neck to make sure I remove any dirt, germs, oil, etc. that has gotten there.

Once you're satisfied with the amount that you've rubbed into your skin you are going

to run hot water. Once your water's hot enough and it's a good temperature you're going to

soak your washcloth and wring it out so there's no excess water so it's not dripping. And

you're going to place the wash cloth over your skin. I like to start working from up

on my forehead and work my way down. Once you hold it over a specific area you'll notice

makeup and grime on it so you want to, again, soak it in the hot water. Let that all get

off the wash cloth, wring it out, and then do it again until you've gotten all over your

face. I like to hold it a little bit longer on my T zone to make sure it gets all that

dirt and grime out of there. The steam really gets into my pores and opens them up. Once

you feel like you've steamed out the whole area of your skin. You're just going to go

over all of it one last time, wiping super gently so you don't irritate your skin. Make

sure you just get rid of any excess oil because you don't want any product left on after,

or it can cause breakouts. Just make sure you got everything removed, following the

hairline, under the jaw, etc. So that's it! You did the whole method, it's super easy.

Just blend those together, put it on your skin and remove it. When I started the method

I was doing it roughly every other night until my skin cleared up. Now I think I've cut back.

It's like maybe twice a week really. And I just go in there to get deep cleans every

once in a while, which has really worked for me. And then you just want to be sure to put

on whatever moisturizer you use after the method. You'd be surprised, even if you have

oily skin, a lot of times acne is caused by your skin drying out and then it naturally

wanting to produce more oils to make up for that lack of oil from it getting dried out

from those harsh chemicals. Even if you're not allergic to benzoyl peroxide or anything,

you could be overly drying your skin and that's causing acne. So this is a great way to really

lock in moisture,while cleaning it out and getting rid of those blemishes. So thanks

so much for watching guys! I really hope this method works some of you. If you try it out

or have any more questions, comment below and let me know how it's going or any other

tips you might need. Be sure to subscribe for new videos every single Monday. I hope

you like my first video and hopefully there will be many more to come! Love you guys,

thank you! Bye!