Is your T-zone shiny, your pores dilated, and your pretty face prone to minor imperfections? There's no doubt about it, your skin is oily. Good news: knowing your skin type gives you the best chance of adopting a beauty routine tailored to its needs and ensuring its optimal health.
Why is my skin oily?
It's important to remember that oily skin is a skin type. It's therefore largely linked to your genetic makeup. Like dry skin, it results from an imbalance in the hydrolipidic film, the thin film composed of water and fat that covers the entire skin. In the case of oily skin, the sebaceous glands are overactive and produce excess sebum. This phenomenon, called seborrhea, leads to shine, particularly in the T-zone on the sides of the nose, forehead, and chin, dilated pores, and uneven skin texture. It can also lead to imperfections such as comedones, blackheads, and small pimples, but this is not systematic.
Overproduction of sebum can also be caused by hormonal imbalance or external factors such as changes in temperature or an overly vigorous beauty routine.
My skin is oily, what should I do?
Oily skin is the victim of many preconceived notions. In an effort to stop its "greasy effect" at all costs, it is often stripped and treated harshly with ultra-purifying and astringent skincare routines. Big mistake! Oily skin is fragile and can show signs of sensitivity. It must therefore be pampered and treated with gentleness and delicacy, otherwise, beware of the rebound effect.
SOS ingredients for oily skin
To care for your oily skin, turn to suitable products made with appropriate ingredients, such as bamboo powder, zinc, or Chilean mint. Bamboo powder is known for its mattifying and absorbing properties. It provides a matte finish and reduces shine. Zinc, on the other hand, is a powerful antibacterial. It purifies and cleanses the skin, effectively fighting imperfections and limiting their reappearance. Finally, Chilean mint is sebum-regulating, meaning it regulates excess sebum. In addition, it helps rebalance the skin's natural ecosystem and limits inflammation. Chilean mint is the key active ingredient in Pâte Grise, our range specially designed to pamper oily skin with imperfections.
A gentle and thorough cleaning
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One-off treatments to exfoliate and mattify
To give oily skin a boost, there's nothing like a few targeted, one-off treatments. Exfoliation can be occasional to gently remove excess sebum and dead skin. It helps smooth skin texture, which is often uneven in oily skin. The Purifying Exfoliating Stick with Grey Paste unclogs and tightens pores. It eliminates blackheads for a clearer face and a radiant complexion. The purifying mask helps reduce the size and appearance of imperfections. With charcoal giving it its original black texture, our Purifying Rebalancing Mask cleanses the skin and limits excess sebum. For annoying shine, the discreet and helpful Grey Paste Mattifying Papers immediately absorb excess sebum and mattify the skin in one step!