If you take a look at Instagram or read beauty blogs, it would seem like facial oils are the pinnacle of skincare.

It also seems like the elusive substance is only for beauty aficionados who know exactly what they’re doing.

Perhaps the fact that they’re called ‘oils’ makes them seem daunting – by the sound of it, surely they’d only make your skin oilier?

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