Can oil be applied for 30 minutes to nourish the skin? Not only is it a waste of money, but it also hurts the skin. This is the correct use of skin care oil.

In the past, Xiaohongshu was popular with all kinds of skin washing, water application and seven-water therapy, and recently it was popular with oil application (nourishing the skin with oil). Several friends asked Miya what she thought of oily skin care.

I don't know if you still remember what I said before: basic skin care consists of three things: cleaning, moisturizing and sun protection. Mastering the principle of basic skin care, all kinds of so-called skin care tricks can be explained by basic skin care. In fact, oil dressing is the same, it looks like a gimmick, and in-depth analysis can't escape the basic skin care theory.

Okay, what the hell is an oil application? Let's talk today.

I saw an oil guide in the little red book: pour 10 drop of skin care oil into the palm of your hand, evenly spread it on your face and massage it on your face. After 30 minutes, wait for the oil to be absorbed and then press it with lotion.

In fact, to put it simply, the so-called oiling is to coat a layer of oil on the skin surface and use the sealing effect of oil to help the skin lock in moisture.

In addition, most of the skin care oils are mainly synthetic esters and vegetable oils, which have good skin friendliness, can penetrate into the skin well, play a role in moisturizing and relieve the problem of dry skin.

Old friends should remember: I have recommended skin care oil before. Especially dry skin and sensitive muscles, the skin is particularly dry in autumn and winter. If the cream can't relieve the dryness problem, you can use skin care oil to relieve the dryness. In addition, the correct choice of skin care oil is also helpful to repair the barrier and improve the sensitivity.

Let's talk about the effect of oil on the skin first.

Sebaceous glands of the skin secrete sebum, which will emulsify with sweat and lactic acid on the skin surface to form a sebum film after flowing out of pores. Sebum membrane and stratum corneum form a skin barrier, which plays a role in moisturizing and barrier protection.

However, sebum secretion is related to environmental temperature, humidity and personal age. When the surrounding environment is dry and the temperature drops, the fluidity of sebum decreases and the skin will feel dry. In addition, with the increase of age, sebum secretion will also decrease, and many mature muscles will have obvious skin dryness problems.

Therefore, in the case that the skin itself produces less oil, it can help moisturize the skin and improve the problem of dry skin with the help of moderate oil supplementation for external use. Correct oil supplementation is good for the skin.

Note that what is said here is the right amount. Moreover, the bloggers in the little red book always say that 10 drops of skin care oil should be applied for 30 minutes, which is totally unnecessary and really wasteful. Didn't you wipe it off with a cotton pad in the end?

There is such a post about using oil in the little red book, which is particularly popular. It is estimated that many people have heard that oil can remove freckles and want to try it.

What is the function of oil dressing? Let's go back to the essence and think about it:

Isn't oil used for skin care? As we said before, what products are used for what purposes mainly depends on the composition and formula of the products. Most skin care oils on the market are either simple oils or contain some antioxidants, free fatty acids, squalane and other ingredients.

The formula of this ingredient determines that the main function of skin care oil is to enhance moisturizing and moisturize the skin. Even if there are some whitening ingredients, it is impossible to achieve the effect of freckle removal.

Many people say that oily skin is particularly delicate, mainly by using skin care oil to strengthen moisturizing and improve the problem of dry skin.

When the skin is moist enough, the metabolic ability of old and waste keratin is enhanced, and the skin naturally looks more delicate, which is normal. In fact, there is no need to oil for 30 minutes every day. If the skin is really dry, just use a few drops every day.

I have seen some people say that oily skin can't use skin care oil, and some people say that sensitive muscles are the most suitable. Here we need to find several key points:

It is said that oil skin is not suitable for skin care oil, and the ingredients such as squalane contained in skin care oil can cause acne on oil skin. In fact, there is no scientific basis for the problem of acne caused by closed ingredients. If you are really worried that ingredients such as squalane will cause acne, you can use moisturizing and refreshing skin care oil. For example, Guerlain's Difeng repair honey and Dior's rose micro-pearl essence all belong to water-oil texture, which is refreshing and suitable for skin care.

As for the oil suitable for sensitive muscles, it cannot be generalized. Sensitive muscles have the problem of barrier damage, and most skin care oils prefer vegetable oil components in order to increase penetration. Vegetable oil is a compound ingredient. If the purification process of the product is not sufficient, impurities will cause skin irritation.

Therefore, dry skin, oily skin or sensitive muscles can actually use skin care oil. Choosing the right product is very important. Of course, if there is no obvious drying problem, there is really no need to follow the trend and use skin care oil. Don't expect to solve all your intractable diseases, it's impossible.

To sum up:

The key point of oil application skin care method is to use skin care oil to improve skin dryness and help skin moisturize. However, the method of applying oil can not improve the problems such as spots and wrinkles. As long as you choose the right product, you can use oil products for different skin types.