Oily Skin - Pros, Cons and Solutions

Oily skin can be a blessing and a curse. Your skin produces sebum/oil to keep the sensitive facial skin moist. Your face is the most often exposed to the sun, hence most at risk for drying out.

Pros=
▻The oilier the skin, the longer it will retain its youthful appearance
▻Oily skin wards off wrinkles till later in life
▻Oily skin tans easier


Cons=
▻We may not like the oily look
▻ Many cosmetics slide off of oily skin
▻Oily skin tends to be more acne prone

There are numerous face washes designed for oily skin and/or acneic skin. However, over washing, using harsh cleansers sends a signal to your skin to produce more oil! The secret is to wash your face daily, removing excess oil along with accumulated dirt and airborne crud. Then use a non alcohol toner, like simple witch hazel, and a moisturizer that is not oil based. I prefer the ones water or aloe vera based moisturizers.

It is much better to soak up the excess oil during the day, rather than trying to prevent it's production (which ends up drying out your skin, and making more oil). There are numerous products for this, including blotting papers, and Oil Control Powders. Many oil control powders contain chemicals, but there are natural makeup ingredients that do a fantastic job of soaking up excess oil. Our Oil Control Mattifying Powder contains Kaolin Clay, a centuries old solution for clarifying and mattifying the skin. We also include a special silica that is designed to absorb seven times it's weight in oil! This ingredient acts like a million little sponges at work all day, keeping your skin smooth and matte :)

Additionally, since oily skin can be acneic, we include Allantoin, a natural antiseptic and skin soother. Silk powder is also one of our ingredients, and it functions as a natural moisture balancer (it also feels great against your skin).

The powder can be applied before or after your foundation. We recommend using a mineral makeup foundation combined with our Oil Control Powder.

For only $2 you can try a sample of our Oil Control Mattifying Powder with no obligations, no risk, and no auto-ship commitments.

Stay Beautiful,

Lorraine
CEO & Founder
L.A. Minerals

SPF and You

Some of you may wonder why not all makeup products claim a specific SPF rating. At LA Minerals, we choose not to claim a specific SPF rating for various reasons:

1. Once an SPF rating is claimed the cosmetic becomes a drug.

2. As a drug, SPF ingredients are limited. For instance Titanium Dioxide, as an active ingredient, is limited to 25%, which is the level used in some sunscreen with very high SPF levels. In a cosmetic, the FDA does not limit inclusion percents!

3. It costs thousands of dollars PER SHADE for SPF testing. As a young and growing company, it would be cost prohibitive to do this, without passing the cost along to you, our valued customer.

4. The accuracy and reliability of SPF testing is controversial. The amount of product used varies from one person to the other. There is no way a lab can determine how much you put on. I recently watched a news clip on this, and to achieve the proclaimed SPF, the person would have needed to use about a 1/4 c of lotion, on their arms!

But just so you know, we do include Titanium Dioxide, and High Micron Zinc Oxide in most of our mineral makeup foundations-Hollywood, Valley Girl, and our new Wet foundation, at the following percentages:
Hollywood: Titanium Dioxide = 14%, Zinc Oxide = 7%
Valley Girl: Titanium Dioxide = 19%, Zinc Oxide = 14%
LA Wet: Titanium Dioxide = 10%, Zinc Oxide = 5%

Armed with this knowledge, it's pretty easy to look up other makeup brands active ingredient percentages and get a rough idea of our products approximate SPF. However, I strongly recommend, that if you spend a lot of time in the sun, it's best to also use a moisturizer with SPF ingredients.

We are registered with the FDA under their Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program (VCRP). The VCRP helps the FDA in its mission to protect consumers, while also helping cosmetic manufacturers and distributors make informed decisions. This basically tells them we exist, and makes it easy for them to look over our shoulder if they want. It also tells them that we practice their recommended Cosmetic GMP, good manufacturing practices.