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The '''oil cleansing method''', often abbreviated as '''OCM''', is a system for cleaning the human body.
In accordance with skin type variations, [[castor oil]] may be too harsh in some skin-care regimens and is sometimes used in a 1:9 ratio. However, overly oily skin can make use of a larger proportion of castor oil.<ref name="Oxenreider2010">{{cite book|last=Oxenreider|first=Tsh|title=Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JmaUYKyec9oC|accessdate=2 December 2013|date=
==History==
[[File:Stamnos women bath Staatliche Antikensammlungen 2411.jpg|thumb|Stamnos women bath Staatliche Antikensammlungen 2411]]
Before the widespread availability of [[soap]], which has existed for thousands of years, but was not produced industrially until the 19th century, people in many cultures generated their own soap by rubbing ash on their bodies and then rubbing down with oil and removing this mixutre with a scraping implement called a [[strigil]]. In the Roman [[Roman baths|baths,]] a man would bath in this way before taking a [[Caldarium]]s or 'hot baths'. [[Pliny the Elder]] himself mentions ancient bathing practices.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WIFiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA494 |title=The Natural History of Pliny|last=Elder.)|first=Pliny (the|date=1890-01-01|publisher=G. Bell|language=en}}</ref>▼
The modern OCM method claims to be derived from ancient bathing practices. It differs from these practices in its focus solely on oil, and the ancients would also use water. Modern soap was not produced industrially until the 19th century. In the ancient world people would use olive oil as part of their bathing. They may have combined the oil with ash, and we know they used a scraping implement called a [[strigil]].
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==Method==
In this beauty treatment, the oil is rubbed into skin for approximately two minutes. Next, a warm, damp [[microfiber]] wash cloth is used to wipe off the excess oil.<ref name="Oxenreider2010"/> Applied sparingly, oil may be used to moisturize the skin after the cleansing oil has been removed from the face.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/09/01/what-is-cleansing-oil_n_6158450.html|title=Why You Should Wash Your Face With Oil Instead Of Soap|last=
==References==
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