natural moisturizer
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I need to hydrate my face. I believe I have a systemic fungal issue that I'm working on. I gave up on creams and lotions long ago and have bounced around using every oil out there, and now every oil I use I end up getting small irritation or red patches or blackheads/pimples. I have extremely dry skin so when I use nothing my skin is clear but super itchy and flakey and tight.
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@nothingclever I made some methylene blue mixed in tallow, coconut oil, honey, and beeswax and its amazing. healed some long standing acne scars on my face. yuka is a good app to check products for poison if you don't feel like making it yourself.
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@samson thank you. I’ve tried tallow in the past and it was greasy and led to breakouts. And I like coconut oil in the summer for my body to deal help with sun exposure but it also makes my face break out. I’ve used honey as a face wash and mask I’m the past and it’s great but pretty drying
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Additional info: I’ve found Squalane oil (specifically derived from sugarcane, the olive ones clog pores) to be the least irritating and pore clogging but it offers little help with dryness, as I have to use a lot and have to reapply to combat dry flakes and tightness, and then I end up super shiney and still kind of dry. I drink salted water and fruit juice and broth so I’m internally hydrated. I’ve tried the oil cleansing method but seems to irritate my skin so now I’m just washing with filtered water
