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  • Zoe

    Hey Guys, just wondering – if any of you OCM users still see this post- what facewash do you usually use? As Crunchy Betty says, it is bad to switch between store-bought cleanser and oil, but I will only have time to use the oil at night. What do you suggest I use to wash my face with in the mornings?

    • Zoe

      i see- honey- gotcha! very excited to try an all organic facial regime :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/kimberly.t.hart Kimberly Tamayo Hart

    If you don’t use the OCM daily, then what do you cleanse your face with on alternate days?? I wear mineral makeup daily due to my work.

  • http://www.facebook.com/kimberly.t.hart Kimberly Tamayo Hart

    If you don’t use the OCM daily, then what do you cleanse your face with on alternate days?? I wear mineral makeup daily due to my work.

  • Lannerz

    I have recently started the OCM have been using it now for just over a month. I have been battling very bad hormonal cystic acne on my neck, and a week after using this method noticed a huge difference, It was like every night i looked forward to how good my face was going to feel!! my face is much less oily and reducing in reddness.
    I had to experiment for a while on the right mixture and right now using the “normal skin” cause i actually found the “oily skin” combo was drying out m face too much!
    However just now i noticed im back to getting deep acne!! I am looking to switch up my oils i think. Would you suggest the jojoba oil instead of olive oil?

  • gondrej

    I know I am a little late jumping on the OCM bandwagon, but I am on it, so, better late than never. I am 49 years old and have been fighting oily skin and breakouts since I was a teen. I have used expensive products and not expensive products. I have also tried products claiming to be “natural” Most would work for a while then stop. One product that had worked long term for me is Proactive. I had been using it for years. All 3 steps, plus a moisturizer, anti-aging product and a weekly mask. Proactive kept my skin clear, but by the end of the day, I would still have an oil slick on my face. I liked my clear skin, but did not like the chemicals, the stripping everything out, then trying to add back and compensate with more chemicals. Plus, I was spending a small fortune on skin care. I started reading about the OCM a few months ago and decided to try it. After playing around with oils, and learning that my EVOO wasn’t as virgin as I thought it was, I learned it was adulterated, therefore found a purer EVOO; and playing with the caster oil/EVOO ratio, my face is marvelous! I use 1/3 caster oil, 2/3 EVOO, a few drops of tea tree oil and a few drops of lavender oil. I can mix up a bottle that will hold a little more than an ounce and that bottle will last about a month It took 6 weeks to get my oils right and my ratios right for my face to clear and adjust to the regiment. I love it! My complexion looks great. I cleanse every night. I moisturize with a tiny bit of Jojoba oil after cleansing and occasionally in the AM. Initially, I spent about $50 on oils to get started, this will be much more economical that what I was using. My previous routine averaged out to about $25-$30 per month and I know this will be much less.

  • Suse

    Hi I was just wondering about using a small amount of wheatgerm oil in the mix? I am going to start ocm on my troubled, red and generally unhappy skin that’s on the oily side. I have got some almond oil and castor oil but after a load of research it seemed that wheatgerm oil helps rejuvenate the skin and help with scars (I’m a terrible picker) but barely anyone has used it for ocm. What are your thoughts on the matter? Any help please!!

  • beth

    Where do I get the right castor oil? What brand should i get? I bought some today at the store, but its just the store brand. I used that tonight, but I’m guessing I shouldn’t.

  • Sally

    Hi I had a question, as someone who likes to wash my face in both the morning and evening, is it advisable to use the OCM in the morning as well, or just once at night? And if it is better once at night, then what should I wash my face with in the morning? I have combination skin with usually just monthly breakouts.

  • Meagan Claire

    How do you know when you’ve rinsed the oil properly? I’ve been doing OCM for about three weeks now. I noticed dramatic improvement within the first few days. This past week. I’ve developed a lot of small whiteheads. They mostly go away quickly, but they’re replaced by others. After reading some comments, I think I’m not rinsing thoroughly enough – but I have been avoiding scrubbing, and onlynvery gently wipe. i still feel the oil on my skin, but having never done anything like this, I thought it was normal. I’ve suffered with terrible acne for many years. Now, at 30, I’m fed up with dermatologists and esthetician a who evidently don’t know squat.

  • Sasha

    Thanks for the great advice! Just a quick question though, is it ok to use olive oil or coconut oil instead of the castor oil?

  • CU

    I have a question about the rest of the routine…I wash my face twice a day, night and morning. Do I use my normal face wash followed by my normal moisturizer in the morning and the OCM method just at night?

  • Nicole

    I just started this but had a question about when to use toner?? Do you have to with this method?

  • RH

    Has anyone noticed if the OCM has enlarged their acne scars? I have never had an issue with acne scars before, but my last few pimples that went away when I first started using this method left small scars and they have only gotten larger since. Everything else about this method is wonderful. I haven’t broken out at anymore at all!! I didn’t even go through the ” purge”. It may not be the OCM that is making my scars appear larger. It may be just a coincidence. Any thoughts?

  • africanstardust

    Oh. My. Word. I just tried this for the first time and my skin is soooo soft…I have super dry skin and my face has not been this soft since I was 10. Wow. I really hope this keeps working because it rocks my world…also, it does take a little bit longer, but doing OCM feels like I’m giving myself a spa treatment instead of just washing the gunk off, so it’s worth it! I did still moisturize because my skin is so dry, but I think I could have gotten away with not doing it. And yeah, my makeup just melted off…I find it funny that OCM is way more effective than store bought stuff. Thanks for this post!

  • Niki

    What’s a carrier oil?

  • Lindsey

    Coconut oil with used coffee grounds makes a great scrub! also, the use of a scrubbing agent leaves your skin with less excess oil :)

  • Yarnoven

    Pardon me, I am very confused! LOL I see you say to never use coconut oil, but everyone and their sister raves about using it for the oil cleansing method(this is actually the first site I have been to that actively warns AGAINST using it). I don’t know what to try or start with.

  • http://twitter.com/katgaskin Katherine Gaskin

    My skin is combination/acne-prone and ProActiv was really drying my skin out so I started OCM back in February. I was using about 1/3 Castor Oil to 2/3 Jojoba Oil with some lavender, tamanu and evening primrose which Crunchy Betty recommends for acne-prone skin. The first 2 weeks my skin was great. All the plugs were coming out and no more tightness from my dry skin. I was excited! THEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE. After 2 weeks, I began seeing large cystic acne on my chin, jawline and hairline. New clusters of blemishes would pop up every day and they were deep and severely painful. I increased my OCM to twice a day thinking this would help, but it actually made it worse. I don’t know what I was thinking, but I was OCMing in conjunction with No ‘Poo (for the first time). March roles around and I had THE WORST skin I’ve ever had in my entire life. It was at the point that I didn’t even want to be seen in public and no amount of make-up could solve my problems. I did some research and it looks like castor oil was the culprit of my skin problems. After a trip to the doctor, OCM gave me a bacterial skin infection (which is WAY worse than acne) and I had to go on antibiotics for 2 weeks, which didn’t even help. The stress of my horrible skin wasn’t helping. Finally, my husband suggested swabbing Hydrogen Peroxide (3%) over the affected areas and that’s cured me. 2 months later, I’m now left with dark acne scarring while my skin still heals. Just thought I’d share my experience with OCM. Great at first, but horrible afterwards. Monitor your face and as soon as you have a reaction STOP.

  • Sophia

    If you decide to only do this 2-3 times a week, what should you do inbetween? It says that mixing it and washing your face on other nights with store-bought facial cleansers will send mixed signals and your skin won’t know what to do with your own oils…