Comments on: Olive Oil: The ultimate skin cleanser

By: funny

funny — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:14:15 +0000

@ Christine: Yes, I do wear makeup. Olive oil works wonderfully as a make-up remover.

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:30:54 +0000

So if you are wearing makeup (foundation and all) do you try to remove that with something else first or do you just use the olive oil to remove it?

By: funny

funny — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:33:16 +0000

Absolutely I do try to keep olive oil and anything else oily away from my eyes. Once in the eyes was enough; mercifully I didn’t have contact lenses in at the time. Keeping your eyes closed doesn’t help much: the oil oozes its way in by capillary action. It took a whole day for the stuff to work its way out, during which the world looked like a motion picture taken through a camera lens that had been “softened” with a skiff of Vaseline. I will use it to remove raccoon eyes when mascara runs, but I don’t let the stuff get very close to my eyes and have a tissue or cotton ball in one hand while I dab the oil on with the other — wipe it off instantly!

Olive oil (and, I imagine, probably coconut oil) works to remove foundation, powder, lipstick, and the like. Soap and water or a commercial mascara remover is best of the gunk around your eyes. I occasionally use a moisturizer after cleaning the face with olive oil — if you rinse off with a hot washcloth, the overall effect is about the same as washing with soap. So sometimes a moisturizer is good.

I’ve never tried castor oil. Too lazy to track all that stuff down. Mostly for DIY projects I just use what’s in the house.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:48:59 +0000

Hi. I’ve been reading your blog and the comments about the olive oil. I wear makeup most days and even if I don’t use any foundation (because I’m not leaving the house) I still put on eyeliner and mascara. I was wondering if you use the olive oil to remove the eye makeup too? I’ve been reading about using different oils to cleanse with and did purchase some virgin coconut oil to give it a try. But I got the oil in my eyes even though they were closed and made a mess on my contacts! Maybe I didn’t close my eyes as tight as I thought I did or should I NOT use it for that? Also, I’m not a young girl, but I always try to look as good as I can. I’ve used just about every product out there and am really used to cleansing, scrubbing, toning, firming, retinoling (?lol) moisturizing, de-aging, all in an effort to decrease lines and wrinkles (thankfully I don’t have many even at my age and look 10 years younger than I am) and to get rid of those unsightly clogged pores! When I look at my face close up, all I see are those pores. I use every product out there that says “Will not clog pores”. But I still have em!! Nothing really works, except those little retinol pads that remove spots and make my face a little more even toned. Anyway, I just went upstairs and washed and steamed my face using my coconut oil. I had to pry my hand off the moisturizer jar to keep from using it. I miss it already. I’ve been on a mission to use up everything I purchased in the last year just because it was expensive and hate to toss it. I think I may stick with the coconut oil thing for a few days, then try olive oil to see if anything good happens. OH OH..thought of another question….do you mix the EVOO with castor oil? Every article I’ve read about oil cleansing includes a mixture of both. Just wondering…..

By: funny

funny — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:09:23 +0000

See, the problem we’ve got here, choche, is that when you don’t agree with someone and you tell that person to just shut up, you cut off discourse. That’s not what grown-ups do. Grown-ups engage in conversation, not yell shut up. Take a course in freshman comp; if your instructor knows how to teach, he or she will help you learn how to cross the threshold into adulthood.

By: choche

choche — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:00:25 +0000

Somebody your age should act a bit more grown up. To me it seems that you are the one with no life, if you can wrongly accuse one man of causing this country to go into economical turmoil. If you are going to write a blog keep your dumb comments about Bush to yourself . It was a blog about olive oil being good as a cleanser, not an article to bash Bush. We didn’t come here for your political views hun. Doesn’t sound like you need to be writing anymore blogs if you cant stay on the topic!!! And btw I have a life and just cause I have an opinion doesn’t mean I don’t.

By: funny

funny — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:39:13 +0000

@ Useful: LOL! Do you drink it to ease the upset stomach or rub it on your noggin to relieve the headache?

By: Useful Genius.

Useful Genius. — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:26:00 +0000

I too found that olive oil helped me through this nightmare that is Obama. Watching the George Soros socialist puppet show is not easy and I find that Olive oil helps me relax and get some sleep even during this fiasco of a presidency. No golden teleprompter can convey depth and true brilliance. It’s sad to watch affirmative action fail on such a grand stage.

By: Intelligent Person

Intelligent Person — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:29:51 +0000

This worked and Bush was awful. Leave it to Repubbies to get personally offended by the truth. Thanks!

By: judy

judy — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 05:25:38 +0000

oh and also—-tonight after work, i rubbed the olive oil all over my face. Beforehand, I got a pan of water going on the stove, boiling. After I put oil on my face, I poured the boiling water in a big bowl and steamed my face for about 5 minutes. As kind of a “deep cleaning” (or…deep steaming) !! It feels good and gets down inside!!!