Alas, even the out-of-this-world beautiful Maggie Q is not immune from oily face. I don’t know about you, but I personally consider oily face to be one of the greater evils in the world of beauty. Who really wants to feel like their face is melting off, ummmm… their face? Or like your face is so oily that one only needs some lemon juice to make the perfect summer salad — okay, that was gross. Anyway, if you suffer from the shiny’s, as I like to call it, try switching your moisturizer to oil-free moisturizer formulated for men’s skin during the hot summer months.

As it turns out, men’s skin and women’s skin aren’t as similar as I’d thought at first. Apart from being thicker, men’s skin actually produces more oil, 20% more to be precise, than women’s skin because they have more sebaceous glands (glands found in our skin that produce sebum, or oil). This is why there is a separate line for men’s skincare — products are formulated specifically for their skin and therefore are more efficacious in controlling pesky oil. Geez, here I was thinking they were just being too finicky with the frilly packaging!

Here are a few of men’s skin care products that I sourced from Sephora.com. A product worth the mention, but not shown here, is Murad’s Essential-C Moisture. I bought the Night moisture for myself, but was not crazy about it (will do a review in a later post) so I gave it to my bf to try. He has oilier skin than I do and he loves it!
 

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