Oily Skin Regimen – The Ordinary Oily Skincare Routine

The Ordinary Oily Skincare Routine & The Best The Ordinary Products For Oily Skin

The Ordinary Oily Skincare Routine – You can add these products direct to your basket

• 🛒 Salicylic Acid 2% Solution
• 🛒 Niacinamide
• 🛒 Natural Moisturizing Factors
• 🛒 Silicone Primer (optional)

Oily Skin Regimen using The Ordinary

This is your morning and evening skincare routine using The Ordinary.

Morning Routine	Evening Routine
Morning Cleanse Niacinamide Natural Moisturising Factors Primer (optional) SPF	Cleanse Salicylic Acid Niacinamide

The Ordinary Niacinamide

• Targets: Regulates sebum, minimizes pores
• Available in 30ml & 60ml
• You can use niacinamide AM & PM
• Apply directly after cleansing or after other water-based products but before oils/creams.
• There is also a Niacinamide Powder, but it has a lot more conflicts than The Ordinary Niacinamide Serum. If you are new to skincare, I would recommend using the serum.

The Ordinary Salicylic Acid

Salicylic Acid

• Targets: Lacklustre tone, the appearance of blemishes
• Apply morning and/or evening
• Apply to cleansed dry skin either as a spot treatment or all over your face.

Natural Moisturizing Factors

Natural Moisturizing Factors

• Targets: Hydration, Skin repair
• Available in 30ml & 100ml. The 100ml is better value.
• Use morning, evening, or whenever you wish.
• There are now 3 The Ordinary moisturizers to choose from and you may wish to look at Natural Moisturizing Factors + Beta Glucan for Oily Skin.

The Balance Set by The Ordinary

You could also look at purchasing The Balance Set that includes the Salicylic Acid Masque.

You could also look at purchasing The Balance Set and buy the Salicylic Acid 2% or the Salicylic Acid Anhydrous Solution separately.

The Balance Set includes;

• Squalane Cleanser
• Salicylic Acid Masque
• Niacinamide
• Natural Moisturizing Factors

All About Oily Skin

About Oily Skin & Oily Skin Regimens

• How do I know if my skin is oily?
• The best The Ordinary products for oily skin.
• How do I find my skin type?
• Treating Oily skin.

How do I know if my skin is oily?

You may already have a clear idea of your own skin type, but if not, here is a way to help you find out. After cleansing with your usual cleanser, don’t apply any products but leave the skin to rest for two hours, then look at it in the mirror. If after 2 hours you have visible oil and shininess, you are oily.

Finding My Skin Type

You may already have a clear idea of your own skin type, but if not, here is a way to help you find out. After cleansing with your usual cleanser, don’t apply any products but leave the skin to rest for two hours, then have a look at it in the mirror.

• If after 2 hours you have visible oil and shininess, then you are oily

Read about other skin types and The Ordinary.

Important notes– Daily sun protection is very important regardless of skin type.

How to treat oily skin

If you have oily skin, you are more likely to suffer from acne and blocked pores. You might find that makeup doesn’t last very long, and you look pretty shiny all the time. Dehydration can worsen oiliness.

Skincare aims: Exfoliation, oil reduction and pore cleansing

Ingredients to avoid: Plant oils can clog pores

Ingredients to search out: Gentle foaming cleansers, clay masks, acids, retinoids and watery hydrators

The Best The Ordinary Products For Oily Skin

• Lactic Acid 5% & 10% + HA
• Salicylic 2% Masque
• Niacinamide 10% + Zinc
• Niacinamide Powder
• Retinol 0.5% in Squalane
• Natural Moisturizing Factors + Beta Glucan

Examples of more skincare routines & how to layer

Morning Routines

• Cleanse – Niacinamide – Natural Moisturizing Factors + Beta Glucan + SPF
• Cleanse – Hyaluronic Acid/Marine Hyaluronics/Amino Acids – Niacinamide – Natural Moisturizing Factors – SPF

Evening Routines

Cleanse – Niacinamide – Retinol – Natural Moisturizing Factors + Beta Glucan

The Ordinary Cleanser – Lactic Acid 5% – Niacinamide – Natural Moisturizing Factors

Cleanse – Salicylic Acid Masque + Moisturizer

Avoid Retinol & Acids in the same routine.

The Ordinary Guides

• The Ordinary Skincare Routines
• More Deciem Routines
• How To Layer The Ordinary Guide
• Products you can and cannot mix