When you leave home in the morning for work, or you are out on the town in the evenings, one thing you always desire is to have your beautifully made up face retain its nice matte finish for hours on end throughout the day or through the night till the wee hours of the morning.

There are a lucky few who do not have oily skin so they can't imagine the agony people with oily skin feel a couple of hours or less after careful application of their make-up. Oily skin can be at the least, irritating, but to many people, it causes self consciousness, mild embarrassment and even low esteem.

As a woman ( or man ) on the go, if you have oily skin - whether mildly or excessively -obviously you won't have time to remove that oily shine off your T-zone and keep  re-applying your make-up when the oil begins to seep out through the facial pores.

Well, it seems that many people, men or women, are unaware of the existence of facial oil blotting papers. Most are more familiar with wet wipes or the plain old tissues.

WHY WOULD YOU NEED FACIAL OIL BLOTTING PAPERS?

When the face - usually the T-zone - starts to show the shine, your well applied make-up is destroyed. Destroyed because  the oil, combined with make up,  changes colour and ends up looking patchy and displeasing.

A woman must ensure that her face looks fresh, clean and oil free at all times, whether she wears make-up or not. The answer to this is to use facialoil blotting papers.

Using plain old tissues only ends up wiping a large portion of your make-up off your face, and that's asides the fact that it will never absorb as much of the shine as oil blotting papers do.

Washing your face every couple of hours throughout the day is not feasible either. You will,  in the process remove all your well applied make up.  Just to get rid of shine?

Using wet wipes instead of using oil blotting paper has almost the same effect as washing your face. It  removes all your make up and you will have to reapply again.

And because you wont have as much time and comfort as you have in your home to apply make up, you end up just dabbing a bit of powder, a few strokes of the eye brow pencil and slap on a bit of lipstick. It will never  be the same.

It's very simple to use facial oil blotting papers. They are quite thin and look almost like greaseproof paper so you can imagine how great they will be for mopping oil from the face.

Pull a sheet out of the pack of oil blotting papers - they always come in easy to dispense packs - and press gently but firmly against the shiny areas of your face, starting with the T-zone areas of the nose, chin and forehead. Press and pull away from the face.

You will see very clearly the oil from your face because the paper becomes transparent on the portions that has absorbed the facial oil.

And you will notice the instant difference on your face as the shine totally disappears.

You can find facial oil blotting papers at local stores around you or you can conveniently order them online from the comfort of your home. They come a minimum of 60 in a pack, depending on the manufacturer.

• Lavender
• Camomile
• Natural Powder
• Plain & Powder free
• Tea tree

Many people love the Lavender and camomile oil blotting papers, but most prefer to use the Powder free plain version so as to avoid unnecessary skin allergies. They are odourless and work like magic, keeping your face and make up looking well made up for hours.

Blotting papers can be used over make-up or on bare skin for an alluring and perfect matte finish.

So if you want to keep your skin looking shower fresh shape always take with you a purse-sized pack of blotting papers that will absorb your excess oil and shine.  Compact and easy-to-use pop-up case of tissues is hygienic and perfect for your handbag.

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