Healthy Skin, Healthy Wallet.

So. Skin care products can be obscenely expensive. Make-up remover, masques, lotions, creams and ointments can cost a fortune. Being but a lowly college student, I took it upon myself to explore my options. So, without further ado, let me present to you my miracle, desert-island product:

 

That's right folks. Extra-virgin olive oil. 

I use it as my:
-Make-up remover
-Shaving lotion
-Moisturizer
-Facial Cleanser

It is without a doubt, THE most effective make-up remover I've ever used (especially for the eyes.) It's gentle enough on the delicate skin of your eyes, and it moisturizes your eyelashes too! I've been using EV olive oil as my primary make-up remover for about a year now, and I can honestly tell you NOTHING works better. My eyelashes are fuller and healthier, and my skin feels nourished and moisturized. I keep a little dish of it in my medicine cabinet and use round cotton pads to remove the make-up.

It's great for shaving too (especially the bikini and under-arm areas.) My skin is pretty sensitive, and I always seem to end up with razor-burn no matter how much lotion I use. I used EV oil oil to shave my legs, bikini line and my underarms, and it left literally NO razor-burn. And because it's a natural moisturizer, I didn't have to put on lotion afterwards!

I also use a solid, 100% olive oil soap bar to wash my face. I kid you not, within three days of using it, almost all of my blemishes and redness were gone. I've tried Clearasil, Oil of Olay, Dove, Neutrogena, and even some of those really harsh benzoil peroxide treatments, but nothing has worked as well as olive oil soap. And the best part about it? One bar of soap costs $4 and it lasts me about a month. It's amazing. I can't praise it enough. Once I started using it, I began to rue all the money I spent on countless skin creams, night masks and moisturizers. But hey! I'm older and wiser now right? I get my soap from www.jacobsspring.com

So, not only is Extra-Virgin Olive Oil great for cooking, seasoning and dressing, it is my all-in-one skin-care regimen!

So....Go try it! Stop wasting your money on chemically-enhanced products! Yay!

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-E