Editors’ Pick for Thanksgiving: DHC Deep Cleasing Oil Review

Cleaning up your makeup thor­oughly after a night of par­ty­ing is just as impor­tant as putting on run­way makeup. DHC is well-known for its sim­ple, qual­ity prod­ucts that do the job, and its sig­na­ture prod­uct — the Deep Cleansing Oil — is the embod­i­ment of this very phi­los­o­phy. Here is our review of the DHC Deep Cleansing Oil and why it should sit tight in your makeup bag this hol­i­day season.

Easy to use
I used to be one of those peo­ple who have 5 prod­ucts for makeup removal — cold cream, eye makeup remover, and facial cleanser. I didn’t real­ize the DHC Deep Cleansing Oil could actu­ally be used as an eye makeup remover as well until one day I acci­den­tally smudged some over my eye­lids, and I noticed how my water­proof mas­cara just came right off. Usually I get a tiny bit wary of pulling some of my eye­lashes off when remov­ing stub­born mas­cara clumps, but sur­pris­ingly the DHC Deep Cleansing Oil did the job “with such grace” (the very words of my makeup-product-skeptic mother) and, def­i­nitely, great ease. No makeup residue what­so­ever after 1 minute of mas­sag­ing my face with the DHC Deep Cleansing Oil — a result way bet­ter than Pond’s Cold Cream, eye makeup remover, and facial cleanser combined.

Thorough Cleansing
We all know the risks of not clean­ing your makeup thor­oughly enough — cos­met­ics prod­ucts are, no mat­ter how nat­ural they are (or claim to be), chem­i­cal prod­ucts that are not sup­posed to be on your skin 24/7. Leaving traces of makeup on your skin for a pro­longed period of time could lead to chronic acne and skin aller­gies. The DHC Deep Cleansing Oil has a unique water sol­u­ble for­mula that is able to rinse any chem­i­cal prod­ucts off your skin com­pletely, leav­ing no traces of pore-clogging dirt, makeup, or exces­sive oil. It works extra­or­di­nar­ily well on my water­proof mas­cara and lip­stick com­pared to other eye or water­proof makeup remover, and the DHC Deep Cleansing Oil actu­ally remove debris on your skin so it works per­fectly well as a oil cleanser for peo­ple with oily or sen­si­tive skin as well (like myself).

Gentle and Moisturizing
I had some mod­er­ate acne prob­lem grow­ing up as a teenager and has been reli­giously stick­ing to acne facial cleansers that focus more on dry­ing up zits and pim­ples than mois­tur­iz­ing and hydrat­ing my skin. As I grow older, the need for a more gen­tle and hydrat­ing prod­uct also grows (I’m in my early 20s now) since acne prod­ucts often dry up my skin and leave it acne-free yet some­what dull. The DHC Deep Cleansing Oil was great for this pur­pose as the main rea­son of my occa­sional break­out these days is more of an envi­ron­men­tal rea­son (makeup, dirt, etc) than teenage hor­monal rea­sons. The gen­tle for­mula of the DHC Deep Cleansing Oil is good enough to rinse off pore-cloggers thor­oughly with­out suck­ing the mois­ture out of your skin, and the vit­a­min E and olive oil do a fab­u­lous job both hydrat­ing and retain­ing water in your skin. Extra upside: great prod­uct to use for a late night facial mas­sage before head­ing to bed!

Black Friday Deal
DHC is host­ing an amazing Black Friday Special Deal that gives you a free Full Size Velvet Skin Coat (DHC's another bestseller - $21 value!) and shipping with any orders of over $100. Great time to try out our Editors’ Pick of DHC Deep Cleansing Oil as well as other DHC prod­ucts that are on sale this Thanksgiving week­end! The free Full Size Velvet Skin Coat deal lasts from Nov 26 — 30, 2009.