OK, OK, we know?oil" Acne" Curing" What" Usually, those words aren’t found in the same sentence together, and for a very good, yet very dumb, reason: We?ve all been conditioned since puberty to believe that oil is the kiss of death for your face, and instead, you should slather acidic, drying, and hella-irritating toners, scrubs, and cleansers across your face in hopes of eradicating every spot and bump in existence. But what if we told you the key to reducing your acne-prone skin was to cover it in a thick layer of oil" Because that?s exactly what the internet is doing, and faces are being transformed practically overnight.
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It?s called the oil cleansing method (OCM, if you want to be Internet), and it has spurred thousands and thousands of blog posts and Reddit discussions for being a complete skin-changer for virtually all complexions, especially the acne-prone. The actual ?how? of OCM is pretty straight-forward: Just massage a palmful of oil?we?ll get to the specific oils in a second?over your dirty, makeup-covered face for a few minutes, gently wipe off the oil with a warm microfiber cloth, massage another palmful of oil into your skin for another few minutes, then wipe off the oil again, re-wetting the cloth and re-wiping until most of the excess oil (but not all!) is gone. That?s it. But then the magic happens. Photo: ImaxTree
According to Reddit?s most-famous oil clea...