DIY All-Natural Face Oil for Acne-Prone & Oily Skin
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This DIY All-Natural Face Oil for Acne-Prone and Oily Skin combines the best carrier oils and essential oils to keep skin clear by fighting blemishes and reducing oil production. Yes, applying oil to your skin can actually reduce the skin’s own oil production! Learn why it works + grab the recipe!
Some things are just real head-scratchers…
Like how putting oil on your face can actually make your skin less oily and less break-out prone.
It took me years of frustration and poisoning my body with chemical-laden skin care products before I finally experienced this last one firsthand.
I always thought that oil in skin care products was to be avoided at all costs.
So putting straight oil on my face? Oh heck no.
But then I got desperate. And I did it. And it worked. And now I’m hooked!
P.S. Want to take all the guesswork out of it? I’ve bottled up my best face oil blends — the Body Unburdened Beauty Blends — just for you. Beauty Blend No.2 is my best-seller, formulated to gently but effectively transform blemish-prone skin.
So how exactly does oil help to keep skin clear?
Face oils help to keep skin clear and blemish-free in a few different ways.
1. Face oils help to regulate the skin’s own oil production
The skin produces oil (a.k.a. sebum) as a natural moisturizer. Sebum is totally natural and even necessary, but excessive sebum production can increase the risk of blemishes. Applying oil to the skin can help reduce the skin’s own production of oil.
Important note: excess oil production is often a symptom of hormonal imbalance. You can learn more about this and how to balance hormones naturally in my book Glow: The Nutritional Approach to Naturally Gorgeous Skin.
2. Face oils are rich in antioxidants, which prevent skin sebum from oxidizing
When the skin’s own oil or sebum oxidizes, it becomes extremely comedogenic or pore-clogging. More and more, this is becoming recognized as a primary cause of acne and breakouts. Most face oils are rich in the antioxidant vitamins A, C, and E, which prevent sebum oxidation.
3. Face oils breakup the gunk in our pores
When it comes down to it, a zit is really nothing more than a sticky mess of oil and dead skin cells. And since like-dissolves-like (in other words, oil and water don’t mix but water and water do mix as do oil and oil), applying oil to the skin can actually help to break up this sticky mess and clear it from the pore.
4. Face oils soothe and moisturize the skin
By helping to reduce inflammation and moisturize the skin, face oils help blemished skin heal more quickly and help reduce the risk of scarring.
Applying oil to my face was a total game-changer for me!
My breakouts became virtually non-existent.
Yes yes, I’m now one of those lucky ladies who gets to freak out when she gets one little zit before her period and it feels AWESOME.
Want to know the feeling? This simple face oil for acne and blemish-prone skin can help you get there!
DIY All-Natural Face Oil for Acne-Prone & Oily Skin
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons jojoba oil
- 1 tablespoon tamanu oil
- 6 drops lavender essential oil*
- 6 drops frankincense essential oil*
*This is a 2% essential oil dilution (in other words, the essential oils make up just 2% of the total final mixture)
You’ll also need a 2 oz. glass bottle with glass dropper.
Why these ingredients?
- Jojoba oil: a light oil that is easily absorbed. It mimics the skin’s sebum, tricking it to produce less oil.
- Tamanu oil: has strong anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antibiotic, and antioxidant properties, making it ideal for acne sufferers. It also helps regenerate skin cells, helping to heal broken skin and reduce the appearance of acne scars.
- Lavender essential oil: has powerful antibacterial properties and also helps calm inflamed skin.
- Frankincense essential oil: has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory benefits to the skin, making it ideal for acne-prone skin. It is also a natural toner, decreasing the appearance of pores and evening skin-tone.
Directions
- Add all of the ingredients to the dropper bottle.
- Put the cap on and give it a little shake!
- Apply 4-6 drops to clean, dry skin.
Yes, it’s as simple as that!
Interested in other carrier oil and essential oil options?
Have fun and get creative! You’ll find all of the information you need in these blog posts:
- How to Make A Custom Face Oil Blend
- The Top 10 Essential Oils for Skincare
- The Best Face Oils By Skin Type
Hello Nadia-
I just found this site and I’m looking forward to trying these oils. The only oil I’ve tried is coconut, which works well for my legs and feet but not my chest and face. I have bags under my eyes as a result of pulling on them from contacts. (I didn’t know) Do you think if I add oil under my eyes it will make the bags worse? I would also like to know if you exfoliate, how often and what you use? My skin is somewhat dry and I’m starting to get adult acne and it’s also becoming a little sensitive. I feel like I should be exfoliating but I know your supposed to be gentle too, so I’m confused about the best way.
Thank you!
I loved this post and I really want to try this out! I was wondering tho if I should put this on at night after I wash my fave and then wash it off in the morning or if I should wear it during the day? And if ai can wear it during the day if its okay to wear under makeup? Sorry for all the questions! Thank you 🙂
Hello nadia, my boyfriend is 25 years old and has a bad eczema condition on his face and forearm. I’ve researching about EO and Oregano oil popped up. But I’m really scared to try since I’m afraid that it would worsen his condition. Is there any idea how to start? And what is the best carrier oil I can use?
I outline my whole routine here https://bodyunburdened.com/all-natural-skincare-beauty-routine/ 🙂
i love this idea! But what do you use for a face wash? My face is very acne prone and extremely oily. Any advice would be amazing!!
I use coconut oil on my face every night and morning. I love it is never found a moisturizer that made my skin feel so good but id like to get some oils to add to it. …. what would be a good blend? Im 33 and aging lol i have acne prone skin like 3 weeks out of the month and its kind of oily but not bad. I was thinking lavender and tea tree…. is there anything else i could put with it?
Totally understand!! To be honest though, you could pick just 1 face oil and use it (I often use just jojoba oil) as a moisturizer. But I talk about some of my favorite natural beauty and skincare brands here: https://bodyunburdened.com/resources/ 100% Pure sells a nice face oil blend, actually. And I talk about some of my favorite products from these companies here https://bodyunburdened.com/all-natural-skincare-beauty-routine/ if you’re interested!
I would love to do diy’s, but really with 2 young babies…I just can’t find much free time. Do you have suggestions on all natural store bought items for a full face routine? Make-up remover, wash, toner, moisturizer, mask. Anything really would be great!
Hi! I am actually very sensitive to jojoba oil and break out in a rash every time I apply it to my skin. Do you have any suggestions to oils that are similar to jojoba? Thanks!
I had just asked about my daughter.Also what carrier oil and essential oil would you recommend. She has acne prone skin but also very dry skin, that it looks like she has a rash at times. Her skin is sensitive. Thank you in advance.
My daughter has acne prone skin but also her skin is extremely dry. She looks like she has a rash on her face at times. Is there anything that you could recommend.
Thank you.
Yep, it’s totally customizable based on your skin needs – this is just the blend that I really like that works best for *my* skin. It depends on how much you use – if you use just a few drops as I mention in the post, it will last you for quite some time. No need to add vitamin E oil as a preservative but you could if you want.
Hi,
how long does this bottle last for? do you need to add vitamin e to it?
Can you change the frankincense to lemongrass? Or geranium?
Can you us geranium instead of frankincense oil?
I can’t wait to try this, but I was wondering if I can use this twice a day or would it make my face more inflamed?
I personally do not do OCM but instead use them as moisturizers.
I’m interested in trying oil cleansing but I’m not sure how. Do you use this face oil after you cleanse or do you use this as the face cleanser? Thanks
personal question, do you find that argan clogs your pores?
i use a very similar formula to this (including argan), and while I have fewer pimply breakouts I feel like I have more blackheads. I’m also not sure how I feel about tamanu.
anyhow, thanks!!
Oh no, that stinks! No, I have not ever tried olive oil.