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[Husker]

I am about to start the regimen (when it comes in the mail later this week), but I thought I should ask now. I have never used make-up remover. For the past year or so I have just been using concealer on acne, powder, mascara and eyeliner. I have never really invested in make-up remover and I am wondering what kind of a difference it would make on my skin. I currently am using Softsoap moisturizing body wash to remove make up off my face (barely my skin, mostly my mascara). How bad is using a body wash on my face if I am using it to just remove make up? I always follow up with face wash (currently Cetaphil).

I only have light-mild acne that annoyingly comes and goes.

Also, if I were to invest in make-up remover, what kind would you recommend?

Edited by Husker, 01 November 2011 - 06:11 PM.

[Gutterflower]

I use extra virgin olive oil to take my makeup off. It's gentle enough to use it on your eyes, and it won't clog your pores because the molecules in the oil are too large. It's cheap for a huge bottle of it and it lasts forever.

All I do is take a cotton pad, put a little oil on it and take my eye makeup off. Then I put a little into my palm, rub it into my face, then use another cotton pad to wipe off the residue. Finish up with your regular cleanser, and that's it! Takes all your makeup off, doesn't hurt your skin, doesn't cost much and smells like olives (which is good if you're like me and you love olives, I guess if you don't love olives you will just have to be strong ).

[hotburrito]

I like Lush Ultra Bland makeup remover/cleanser, personally. Very non-irritating, natural ingredients

[leighbrack2]

I am not sure which soft-soap exactly you are using but the one I looked up "soft soap moisturizing body wash). The ingredients are ...........

Water , Sodium Laureth Sulfate , Acrylates Copolymer , Cocamidopropyl Betaine , Fragrance , Sodium Chloride , Sodium Hydroxide , DMDM Hydantoin , Tetrasodium EDTA , Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) , Sea Mays Oil (Corn) , Benzophenone-4 , Gelatin , Acacia Senegal Gum , Mica , Punica Granatum Fruit Extract (Pomegranate) , Mangifera Indica Fruit Extract (Mango) , Xanthan Gum , Citric Acid , Titanium Dioxide , FD&C Red No. 40 , Ext. D&C Violet No. 2

As the main ingredient is Sodium Laureth Sulfate I would never use this on my face or body for that matter. SLS is well known to cause breakouts. Fragrance being high on the list is also a skin irritant, dmdm hydantonin is a toxic chemical.


Cetaphil is not much better with the ingredient listing.........Water, , Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, , Acrylates/Steareth-20 Methacrylate Copolymer, , Glycerin, , PEG-200 Hydrogenated Glyceryl Palmate, , Sodium Laureth Sulfate, , Butylene Glycol, , PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, , Phenoxyethanol, , Masking Fragrance, , Panthenol, , PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, , Disodium EDTA, , Methylparaben,

Once again this is a pretty crappy mix of ingredients it contains mostly chemicals and synthetic ingredients known to cause skin issues. It is primarily made up of the SLS cleansers, followed by a large portion of preservatives (parabens have links to cancer).

You can do your skin a huge favor and make your own cleanser using 2 tbl honey, 2tbl water, and 1tbl of clay or flour(whatever you have on hand). You can follow with a 2tbl of apple cider vinegar to 1/4 cup water as a toner (use a cotton ball to tone and balance the skin.

Soaps are WAAY to harsh on the skin, they throw off the acid mantle balance (creating an imbalance) making your skin freak and produce more sebum (oils) to make up for the loss. This is when people can get both dry and acne prone at the same time.

Oh, I agree with the natural oils above like olive oil, but those with acne prone skin also do very well with grapeseed oil or sunflower oil. These remove makeup and the excess can be rubbed into the eye area as a wrinkle treatment.

[karebrr23]

I've just been using Vaseline for a few years now and I have never had a problem with it causing breakouts. I just put some on a cotton pad, take off my eye makeup and rinse with water. After I'm done washing my face with Dan's cleanser I like to get a little bit on my thumb & pointer finger and lightly coat my upper eyelashes. If you do it every night, you will definitely notice longer and softer eyelashes...mascara will go on soo easily and won't look as brittle.