Jojoba Oil

After searching for years and years for a moisturizer that would tame my dry and red skin without causing breakouts, I finally found out what I was looking for was simple and natural and under my nose the whole time. I've spent far too much money on department store moisturizers, trying to find some new technology to solve my skin problems. What I didn't know was that oil (per se) doesn't cause breakouts. I was walking around with dry, flaky skin, feeling as if moisture=acne. If you haven't read about this, look it up. Finding that the right kinds of oils can help calm your skin and keep it from being irritated was a huge eye-opener for me. It's counter-intuitive but now I'm definitely a believer. Of course you'll want to ease yourself in to using it, start small, try a test area first and see how it goes. I was *terrified* to put oil on my skin. Now I absolutely slather the stuff on and my skin has never been better. I recently started mixing in a couple drops of tea tree oil (in the whole bottle, not for each application--can be very drying) for extra acne-fighting potential, but it worked great before I did this as well.

IT WORKS

For me, it didn't work. That said, my skin was pretty damaged before I used jojoba oil. I was hoping it would gently moisturize my skin so that it could recover, but it either dried me out more or was so ineffective as a moisturizer that the cold winter dried my face out. I'm pretty sure it was the jojoba oil that was causing me problems because I was pretty clear using nothing but water to wash my face an using petroleum jelly at night to lock in moisture. I switched from the Vaseline to jojoba oil, and that's when I had issues. Try it, but test it first before going crazy

Jojoba is great! It made some existing acne surface during the first week, but I didn't experience a major breakout. Since using it for a couple weeks I've noticed less acne, less oily skin and a more even completion. I highly recommend this product, even if you break out during the first week, don't give up.

I use this product once daily, and I must say that the combination of this and Raw African Black Soap have done wonders. I only use two drops and apply with a small amount of distilled water. My routine is as follows: Morning: Wash with African Black Soap in Shower Dry with paper towel (unless you're using a new towel every time you wash your face, soft towels grow germs) Mist with my little spray bottle of distilled water (beautician bottle...I sometimes put a little aloe vera in there depending on my mood) Take two drops of Jojoba oil and apply on my slightly moistened face kinda as a moisture sealant Evening: Wash with Raw African Black Soap Spray my mist 1 drop of Jojoba Works for me, skin is supple clear and pores are reduced. Let me tell you, for me, Neutrogena is the devil. My skin turned into what looked like cornflakes if you can picture that. I had never had acne that severe...EVER. Sometimes you can give yourself cosmetic acne. If you find that the jojoba doesn't work for you, don't jump into another routine just yet. Start washing with clear water for a bit, then add Apple Cider Vinegar and use baking soda to spot treat. K.I.S.S. principle works with acne too. Check Youtube reviews on African Black Soap.

Jojoba oil is not suitable for everybody. If you're face is covered with inflammable acne for the most part, I wouldn't use it. If you apply it on big spots they are more likely to grow and have a huge white explosion (yuck!) after a few days. However, if you use BP and are suffering from very dry, irritated and almost burn-like skin (here in Holland we only have 5% BP or more) it is neccessary to use Jojoba oil. I use it on superdry areas like my cheeks. My cheeks are always almost clear but they do dry from the BP, even when I do not apply the BP on my cheeks. For this it is lovely and it feels like a relief for the skin. For all the ladies out there, do not apply this if you're going to use foundation right after. It will 'sit' on your skin and make you very shiny during the day. Even your mascara will smudge around your eye area. Recommended foundation if you follow the regimen (and sometimes want to use jojoba as well): Vichy Dermablend foundation. This covers really well and is not comodogenic, looks pretty, and evens out dry or red areas. Apply another layer on acne areas to cover up. Definitely NOT recommended when following the regimen and using BP and Jojoba: MAC studio sculpt foundation. Although this normally is a good foundation, it looks HORRIBLE when you use jojoba/BP. It just makes you're face look cracked open,dry,flaky and really bad. Do not use gelbased foundations when following this regimen,

I started using 1 drop of jojoba oil (so nothing excessive) in with my moisturiser and applied it to my face twice daily. At first my skin seemed quite happy, as well as nice and soft. After a week or so I started getting breakouts around my chin and mouth where I've never had them before. These were very red and tender, and when they came to a head a MASSIVE plug came out. I mean unreasonably big, about 5 times the size of my normal clogged pores. At first I didn't attribute this to the jojoba oil as everyone has said it doesn't clog pores, so I persevered. Nothing else had changed in my routine, but I tried switching to a non-fluoride toothpaste, which after two weeks hadn't helped. At this point I decided to dig further on jojoba oil and discovered that it can be pore-blocking for SOME people. I guess I am one of the unlucky few. My skin also didn't like bio oil and vitamin e oil, so maybe this kind of product just isn't for me. I've used jojoba oil consistently for about 6 weeks so I'm sure this isn't an initial purging phase.

I started using jojoba oil around 2 weeks ago, due to the raving reviews on here and [link removed]. BEWARE, oil DOES cause a "purging" period; basically the oil causes all of the crap underneath your skin to come up and out, causing an initial breakout. This part SUCKS, don't get me wrong. My self esteem has plummeted and Iv'e been hiding out in my house as much as possible...but good news is ITS GETTING BETTER! you just have to stick with it and have faith! My skin is finally getting the last of the "junk" out and I think i'm finally in the home stretch to having clear skin :) Lately iv'e gone "au natural" and done a lot of research on more natural ways to deal with my skin. Here is my regimen: AM: -wash face with cetaphil cleanser -tone with apple cider vinegar/green tea mixture -put 1-2 drops of jojoba on fingers and gently massage into skin - wait around 10 minutes for it to absorb, then apply makeup PM: - wash with cetaphil -apply whole face mask - yogurt/honey or avocado/honey according to my skins needs - spot treat by using honey/cinnamon combo for 30min-1 hour, rinse off with cold water - put a few drops jojoba on clean fingers and massage into skin, then sometimes i'll repeat the spot treatment and leave on while I sleep. *Jojoba oil definitely causes that "glow" everyone talks about, and my oil production has gone down AT LEAST 60%...and still going down! *Bottom line is, if you're sick of having bad skin, try it. The initial breakout sucks but this is bound to happen anyway when trying a new facial regimen. I'm not 100% clear yet, but I hope I will be soon and i'll write another review :) good luck!

So I bought this after being on the regimen for 3 month in hopes of reducing the dryness that comes along with it. So I did as I heard other, adding a couple drops to my moisturizer.. and I will admit it did stop my dryness, but about 3-4 days later BAM! Terrible breakout :( I was trying to figure out what I was doing wrong and I realized it was the jojoba! I was so mortified because I had been clear for almost 1 & 1/2 full months :( so I left it aside (like I do many of my previous acne products lol) tried it again about a week or two later after I was clear again thinking maybe it was just a fluke, plus I was really in need of moisture my skin was ugly! and of course, breakout :( so I stopped, and my skin cleared over time again. Then one day I was out of cleanser, and was on acne.org like usual trying to look for the best cleanser to buy in department stores since I couldn't order online at the time, and decided to try jojoba as a cleanser (my skin was also particularly dry at the time it was the start of winter). So I rinsed my face, then with the access water left on my hands added about 3-4 drops of jojoba and I used it to kind of rub away all the dead skin and makeup on my face, rinsed and WOW! All my dry skin was gone and my face was nice and moisturized which I hadn't seen in 2+ months! I woke up the next morning and my face was GLOWING! Really a big difference. So basically i've been using jojoba as a cleanser/exfoliator ever since :) for the people who said jojoba broke them out - TRY IT! :) and if you haven't used jojoba before, I won't tell you to not use it as a moisturizer cause everyones skin is different.. but it definatly made me breakout so use with caution :)

Well... I started using jojoba oil about a week or two ago due to bp and tea tree oil really drying my skin making it feel so dry and tight I tried buying a moisturisers meant for very dry skin although this helped it didnt solve the problem. My acne however was improving at this stage quite a lot ( maybe be due to the tetracyline kicking in- who knows tbh). However I didnt think these products were exactly helping my skin in the long run so i decided to get jojoba oil after hearing some pretty good reviews and the fact dan recommends it. What I did after applying tea tree and bp to acne i added 2 drops of jojoba oil for every pea size of my moisturiser i used. Know after doing so i found acne on my forehead appeared, round the nose and slight worsening of acne on cheeks mainly whiteheads which i had never really come across before. Know im not sure whether that was my skin getting use to the oil (well wax really) and that it needed time. The thing is that it made my skin FEEL great not tight at all which i really liked however just not to sure on the looking great part. The werid thing is i also broke on my chest with white heads which had never happened however i dont use it on that area with really confuses me So am kinda not sure what to do with the stuff 1) stop using it 2) maybe use less 3) combine with a oil free mosturier (which i was previously using until my skin went dry) 4) add another oil to it (which id rather not do as im using enough products as it is). Its so stressful i really wanted to get clear for xmas so i really dont know what to do :/ keep with it or stop. Id certainly give it ago to be honest .Good luck guys!! BTW email is e-nicol@[link removed] if anyone has any suggestions :)