Blotting Paper For The Oily Skin Type
So you have oily skin and you do what you can to keep the oil and breakouts at a minimum. You eat properly, cleanse and moisturize effectively and if you use makeup, you use the products that work best with oily skin. There are times where excess grease builds up on your skin and you’re not in an ideal place to cleanse. This typically occurs after a lengthy and stress filled day. A great example of this is a night club, after dancing away all night in a humid and smokey night club the grease can accumulate. A different example is traveling. Long distance flights can be stressful and inconvenient and you are unlikely to get a lot of time to be bothered about your skin. So what do you do in this situation. Have you tried blotting paper?
You may have heard of blotting paper being used in other ways. It’s most popular purpose was to soak up ink. This was when dip pens were more commonly used. Blotting paper has also been used to distribute drugs such as LSD. For all its uses, blotting paper is best used on oily skin. Blotting paper does the same job with skin as it does with its other uses. It soaks up moisture. In the case of the skin, it soaks up the excess oils of your skin. Sounds ideal to me!
Blotting paper is a fast and easy temporary solution for the removal of the excess grease from your skin. It’s basically the very same paper that is found in typical public toilet seat covers, they are offered in small packs and you can easily carry them in your handbag or pants pocket (or you could just use toilet seat covers, they are clean!). Whenever you sense that your skin is getting just a little too greasy, you can go to the lavatory and blot the surplus grease of your skin. Its fast, its easy and its useful. To use the blotting paper you have to apply moderate pressure and hold it to your skin in the greasy places until finally the oil is soaked up. You must not wipe the blotting paper all over your face. I find that the perfect time to use blotting paper is just before a photo. In photos my t-zone often comes out appearing extremely glossy so blotting paper is a fast and easy solution for this oily skin.
When buying blotting paper simply search for the cheapest alternative. They’re all virtually the same. If you do a quick search on the net for blotting paper you’ll get options of places you can buy blotting paper from. You can even have a go at cutting your own up but just remember that using standard paper or tissue doesn’t work in the same was as blotting paper. It is also important to keep in mind that blotting paper isn’t an alternative for a good quality cleansing routine, which is why blotting paper is sometimes called emergency blotting paper.
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