Jojoba Oil

I have very greasy skin that's also flaky. I get all types of acne on my face, mainly blackheads and on the rare occasion some cysts. I tried jojoba oil bc I heard it mimics the natural sebum oil produced by the face and is supposed to lessen oil production. This didn't make my acne any worse (thank god) but for my skin type it's an awful moisturizer. It didn't help with the flakiness and my skin would be so oily it looked wet by the end of the day. I don't think my skin was fully absorbing the jojoba oil. Also, the way it mixed with my concealer/foundation/powder made my skin look rough in the t-zone. Jojoba oil might be better for someone with skin that is not flaky/crusty and not prone to whiteheads.

I love jojoba oil, I use it to moisturize usually in the night time and I just gently pat a bit all over my face, and then i put a good amount under my eyes because I think keeping that super moisturized can really the under eye area and reduce like fine lines and bags and stuff. Another tip for makeup users who have combination or dry skin, or want a dewy look. Put a few drops of it onto your makeup brush before applying foundation, or onto your beauty blender, or mix it with the makeup. It leaves a beautiful finish especially if you're like me and live in cold climates and you need that extra moisture in your makeup. I also believe since I have started using this everyday I have seen a slight difference in my acne scars, they appear less visible.

Throughout my life I have been very cautious about my skin and always thought I was looking after it. I have never suffered from acne or even had a bad breakout on my face, I had acne on my shoulders due to the pill & I usually got one or two spots when menstruating, but they disappeared once my period was over. However, over the past year i've noticed that my skin looks as if it's been scrubbed raw! It's not painful just very pigmented. I've been wearing less make up and avoided manmade skin products (apart from one) because of all of the harmful chemicals in them and have found a skincare routine which so far (5 months in) has been fabulous 😊 Jojoba oil is a great moisturiser. It mimics the skins natural oils which prevents the skin from over-oiling. It's also great for hair etc. and is a natural product which is even better. However, you mustn't rely on it as your only skincare product otherwise you will break out. After speaking with my dermatologist, she recommended cetaphil to use alongside jojoba oil, which works a treat! Cetaphil is a manmade moisturising product, the only difference is that it's there to restore moisture into your skin and keep it well hydrated whilst deep cleansing your pores and creating a barrier against acne. I would recommend cetaphil along with jojoba as it has made my skin look and feel amazing!

i have really oily skin and i think it clogged my pored and caused breakouts i wouldnt recommend it for oily skin

Ok, I'm pretty sure this is the secret. It basically tricks my skin into thinking it is balanced. If you use too much (oops), it will give you greasy, kind of shiny look but that's the only thing I didn't like & frankly, it was my bad. Not only does it do wonders for my face (and makes a great primer before make up) but it does work on hair and body, nails, lips, etc. Amazing! I put in a drop with my moisterizer and it is as if I pulled some magic trick on myself. I cannot explain enough how enthusiastic I am about this stuff!

Unfortunately, everybody's skin is different and this stuff is really no different from any other moisturizer in that it has the potential to make you break out (i think this stuff is very over-hyped, to be honest). I experimented with jojoba oil for over a year (used it consistently for months at a time) after reading all the glowing reviews in which people claimed it changed their life. But even as it gave me dewy skin and relief from the annoying dryness that often accompanies the use of acne topicals, more often than not, whenever I used it, it just led to more zits (even as my topicals seemed to be clearing me!). So yeah, I wouldn't recommend this for people with oily acne-prone skin. In the first place, acne is essentially caused by an overproduction of sebum (which contrary to popular belief, results solely from hormonal fluctuations--NOT dry skin!) that gets trapped in the follicles and becomes impacted. Unless you're doing a round of accutane, putting more oil on your acne-prone skin is more likely to result in additional pore cloggage pores and zits.

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 :)

I got a breakout recently and my skins been really oily so I started researching online and came across this stuff. I heard about it before and was skeptical. My Cetaphil Normal to Oily seemed to really dry my face out after washing my face. And I got to thinking maybe my skins thirsty for oils. And so I went to Trader Joes and decided to get this stuff. And I washed my face and put it on and it does seem greasy at first, but most of it absorbs. And my skin isn't greasy with sebum oil, but light oil that doesn't feel disgusting. And after rinsing it off my face feels sooo soft and amazing. I still wash with the cetaphil and afterwards my face is still soft.

the best natural product i've ever used and will continue to do so. wish i had found this miracle earlier. it's so versatile. must try for all!

Well, I got Derma-E 90% jojoba 10% vitamin E skin oil and it works very well. I can't be sure if this is the exact product that is clearing my skin because I've started using other things. The other oil I use is 100% pure tea tree oil, which is supposed to be a great antiseptic. With the combination of these (I do it night and day) plus a face wash, my skin at first got a few pimples that weren't bad at all, and they soon faded away. My skin looks clearer than ever.