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How to get rid of oily skin
While there are no cure-all oily skin remedies, there are plenty of daily habits and preventative measures you can use to mitigate uncomfortably oily skin—regardless of stress or hormone levels. Ahead, seven ideas for how to stop oily skin.
• Stay hydrated
Dehydrated skin produces excess sebum in an attempt to keep itself moisturized, potentially creating an environment for increased acne breakouts.
• Keep your skin clean
Many professionals recommend using a gentle cleanser twice a day to reduce sebum buildup and remove any dirt or pollutants from skin. Avoid washing more than twice a day or with overly hot water. Doing either can over-dry skin, which causes your body to overcompensate by actually increasing oil production in order to keep skin hydrated.
• Use an astringent
A gentle astringent³ toner is one of many oily skin remedies. Use once a day to remove excess oil and keep oily skin at bay. As with cleansers, be careful not to overuse astringent toners—doing so might cause skin to produce more oil as a result.
• Use a noncomedogenic moisturizer⁴
Avoid skin’s overcompensation response by applying a non-comedogenic product like Vaseline® Jelly to help prevent skin from drying out after cleansing and toning.
• Avoid pore-clogging ingredients
Certain ingredients found in everyday makeup can lead to acne when applied to oily skin. Always be sure to check ingredient labels when purchasing makeup.
• Always remove makeup before bed
One of the simplest ways to avoid an unwanted acne breakout is to remove makeup before going to sleep. Those who have oily but not acne-prone skin should consider using Vaseline® Jelly to easily remove makeup—even waterproof mascara—before bedtime.
Oily skin can be annoying at times, but sebum is crucial to maintaining healthy skin. Sebum keeps your skin moist, soft, and pliable, which slows down the aging process and prevents wrinkles as you age. Furthermore, it helps to protect skin’s barrier.

Wash Your Face. Every. Single. Night.
Let’s start off with a very basic (and very important) nighttime skincare tip: wash your face every night. As Skincare 101 as this may be, many clients tell me they don’t wash their faces consistently at night. Here’s why it’s smart to flip the script on this neglect: Your face is the dirtiest part of your body. The DIRTIEST. Think about it. We unintentionally touch our faces all day long spreading bacteria from our keypads, our phones, pretty much everything we touch. Add in surface film from SPF, makeup, and sebum. Wrap it all up in environmental pollution and indoor ventilation and it’s dirty wrapped in filthy.

The most radiant glow is the one that can’t be bottled.
It comes from the way you pause, breathe, and give yourself a little extra love.
From washing away the day’s chaos. From pressing warm hands against your cheeks, reminding yourself that you’re enough.

Skincare is not vanity.
It’s connection — with your body, your mind, your peace.
Every drop of oil, every gentle massage, every quiet ritual is a love letter to yourself.

Your glow doesn’t need approval.
It doesn’t need perfection.
It just needs you — choosing yourself, every single day.

✨ Glow is a feeling first, and a look second.

Beauty isn’t built overnight. It’s layered — like your favorite moisturizer.
Each layer tells a story.
Of late nights and early mornings. Of quiet moments in the mirror. Of choosing to care, even when no one’s watching.

True beauty isn’t loud.
It’s in the calm confidence that comes from consistency.
From knowing your skin. Honoring your texture. Listening to what it needs — not what the internet tells you.

This is your space.
To glow. To heal. To love the skin you're in, exactly as it is — evolving, real, and deeply yours.

✨ It’s not about perfect skin. It’s about your skin, treated with love.