A BEAUTY whizz has revealed the simple £2 product she swears helps her skin age in reverse.
Taking to her social media account, Melanie explained that while you should do your own research, castor oil is the only thing you need to even your skin tone out, get rid of hyperpigmentation, tighten the skin and prevent acne.
Holding a giant bottle of castor oil in one hand, she shared: “Many people are over complicating their skincare routines, you don’t need to do that.
“I feel like the people using retinol and tretinoin and doing all these extra steps… People ask me all the time, really. It’s Jojoba oil to take off my make-up, that’s it.
“And then I put castor oil on a clean face. It’s one ingredient and it’s the castor bean… It’s the oil from the cold pressed castor bean.”
She said the single ingredient can help with a multitude of different issues a person might be dealing with.
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The list includes: acne, psoriasis, rosacea, dark circles or puffiness under the eyes, neck lines and turkey neck, tightens skin, lines around eyes, cellulite, varicose veins, spider veins.
“It will not clog your pores and it’s good for all skin types,” she continued to tell viewers.
TikTok user @melaniesandford18 ended the video by urging viewers to give it a try themselves for just a week to see the benefits.
In the caption, she added: “I forgot to mention that I’m 42 — I feel like my skin is reversing an age . I call this the fountain of youth, It’s best not to over complicate your skin care.
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“My nighttime routine is castor oil that’s it. It has helped smooth out my skin tone so much and it’s tightened up the wrinkles around my eyes.
“It’s also tightened up the lines on my neck and it helps with any kind of inflammation any kind of hyper pigmentation. Do your research, of course and this is not dermatological or medical advice.”
People were quick to comment on the clip as one person wrote: “I’m 58 and don’t use anything but castor oil and Vit E 10000 it helps so much. I don’t buy lotion anymore!”
Another person said: “I love to use it…how in the world you keep from getting all over your pillow case and your sheets?”
Melanie replied: “You can also place a towel down on your pillow to avoid staining”.
A third shared their own concern as they wrote: “I’m afraid that after using it on my face some day I will wake up with a beard.”
Melanie responded: “It won’t grow a beard, but just avoid the moustache area and underneath the chin”.
And a fourth added: “I been using it for 2 weeks and it’s legit changed my skin,” and Melanie replied: “That’s amazing. Thank you for sharing.”
Castor oil has been used for these purposes since the 1800s and can now be purchased for as little as £2 from Amazon and eBay.
In another clip around the use of castor oil, she said she read a book by Edgar Cayce’s Natural Cures: The Healing Oil, which shares how you can mix it with baking soda to create a paste, too.
All you have to do is mix it both in a cup before smoothing it onto your skin, she said.
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“These are the grandfathers of castor oil that kept journals of their patients,” she explained.
In the caption, she added: “William McGarey is also in this book and he’s a doctor that wrote another book called The Oil that Heals and it’s a journaling of how he treated his patients with Castor oil packs after surgery or after their injuries— it’s so fascinating. In the book Dr. McGarey talks about using castor oil mixed with baking soda for age spots, and you know I was all over that!”
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