No, your oil acts as a moisturizer and doesn’t need to be washed off. By the time you finish your massage, your face and neck should feel sufficiently moisturized but not overly greasy or left with residue.

If you’ve ended up using too much oil and have a thick layer on your face, simply dab it off with a dry tissue or cloth.

Still prefer to wash it off? Leave it applied for at least 20 minutes so that your oil can act as a moisturizing mask, before washing it off. 

Depending on their ingredient combinations, face oils can be used both in the morning and evening, meaning you'll have round-the-clock care. While day-time face oils (like Kesaradi Oil) give you optimal and lasting moisturization along with skin that appears glowy, night-time face oils (like Manjish Glow Elixir) help to fight away tiredness and fatigue by clarifying your look for a rejuvenated appearance, thus refreshing and nourishing it while you sleep. 

Typically, face oils prove to be intensely hydrating and moisturizing by themselves. Most of our customers don’t feel the need to use a cream after applying their oil.

However, if your skin is extremely dry and you live in a dry climate, you might feel the need for added hydration. In this case, make sure to use a 100% natural cream or concentrate that doesn’t negate all the Ayurvedic goodness you’ve just applied through your oil. An excellent choice is Ajara’s Turmeric Tangerine Youth Concentrate. It is formulated specifically for dry, mature, aging skin types. 

1. Mix with moisturizers

One of the best ways to use oils differently is to combine them with moisturizers for extra moisture and to lock in hydration. Together, their light-heavy textures complement each other and you can ensure that your skin gets the best of best, especially if it dries too quickly or too much when you just use a serum or moisturizer. This also suits aging and mature skin types which tend to need more than usual hydration. Your best bet is to use a potent, deeply moisturizing face oil like iYURA Yauvari Amplified Youth Spring which is designed to impart a more youthful and livelier look to mature skin that appears ‘saggy’ or ‘crepey’. 

2. Combine with serums 

Serum is a concentrate of active and powerful ingredients which targets specific skin concerns, and deeply hydrates. On the other hand, face oils are moisturizing in nature. 

As serums are for hydration and oils for moisturization, a combination of these two would be immensely helpful for aging skin that’s prone to dryness and dehydration or Vata-aggravated skin types. If your skin needs extra support with these two qualities, apply a serum first to hydrate your skin followed by an oil to lock in that hydration. Together, serums and oil provide an all-round effective layer for lasting softness and velvety smooth skin. 

Using a serum and face oil is never an either/or situation and most times, by adding a few drops of face oil, you can ensure that your skin is also enriched with all the natural and herbal essence needed to enliven your look such as with iYURA Prinourish Skin Enriching Superfood Serum. This face oil has a charming serum-like quality naturally and can give your skin an extra boost and support to revive under-nutritioned skin that looks dry and goes hand-in-hand with your other usual serums. 

The directions on your bottle will give you an idea of the amount of oil you should use, but it’s generally between 3 and 6 drops. It might be more if you have dry skin, live in a dry climate, or are applying to not just your face but also your neck and décolletage. Remember that less is more! If you’re using a Kansa Wand for face massage, you will use more oil to ensure smooth gliding of the wand. More on Kansa massage later! 

Once in the morning after cleansing your face, and once at night, before going to bed. 

Yes! iYURA oils do not protect the skin from UV rays. Always apply an SPF before stepping out. 

1. Use as a primer 

To create a naturally flawless base before you apply makeup, iYURA’s Prinourish Skin-Enriching Superfood can be used as an incredibly instrumental all-natural makeup primer. Prinourish is colorless and light, and allows foundation (powder or liquid) to blend beautifully on the skin.  

2. Mix with your primer

The purpose of primers is to increase coverage and lengthen the amount of time your makeup stays on, but they can dry the skin out. By adding a few drops of face oil to your primer, you can finally stop feeling like your skin is stretched out by the primer! Along with keeping your face moisturized, face oils smooth over the look of blemishes, wrinkles and lines and also add a touch of sparkle and glow that will seamlessly blend with your look no matter which style you decide on for the day. Again, iYURA’s Prinourish Skin-Enriching Superfood Serum is a wonderful choice. 

3. Mix with foundation 

Mixing face oil with your foundation is another interesting way to use your face oil. Add 2-3 drops of Prinourish or Varanya to liquid foundation and mix it well before applying. It will help blend and smoothen your foundation! 

4. Use as lip primer 

Since iYURA oils are 100% natural, there’s no harm in applying them on the lips. In fact, they make for a wonderful lip primer to keep the lips moisturized and plump under your lipstick! Apply a thin layer on the lips and allow a few minutes for the oil to get absorbed (it’s important to give the oil enough time to absorb). Apply your lipstick, and done! 

5. Use as makeup remover 

Did we mention that face oils are incredibly versatile? We really meant it too! You can not only use a face oil before and with your makeup products, but also to cleanse and wipe it all away too! Soak your makeup removing wipes or your washcloth with a few drops of your face oil and follow a gentle dab and wipe motion to remove your makeup, dead skin cells, dirt and any other leftover residue. While most of iYURA’s polyherbal formulations contain herbs and therefore microparticles of the herbs, we don’t recommend using those to remove eye-makeup.

Instead, try iYURA Pure's Cold-Pressed Coconut Oil. Coconut oil comes with a ton of different kinds of benefits for skin from moisturizing to clarifying, but it’s also an effective makeup remover as it almost-magically wipes away any leftover residue of makeup from persistent traces of eyeliners to lipliners and eyebrow pencils and even lipsticks! What a wonderful replacement for those chemical-laden makeup removers that often leave your skin dry and might even sting! 

If you're not too fond of the aroma of one of your Ayurvedic oils:

You may want to mix it with another oil suitable for your skin type, with an aroma you prefer.

Alternatively, you can also mix it with a carrier oil that will dilute the oil and its aroma. You can try out iYURA Pure's Cold-Pressed Almond Oil or Coconut Oil, both of which suit most skin types. 

If you want to amplify the effects of your Ayurvedic oil:

You can add just 1 drop of iYURA's Turmerisa Double-Turmeric Facial Essence, the Ayurvedic Activator Oil! Though Turmerisa may be used as a regular Ayurvedic face oil throughout the day, its true nature is observed through its ability to amplify the impact of other iYURA oils. Just 1 drop can boost the power of your skincare ritual and help the already potent ingredients involved in the skin-beautifying process to nurture the skin even deeper. 

This depends on what the body oil is for. If it’s one that will alleviate discomfort of joints and muscles like iYURA Rujahari Oil, use it only as a massage oil.

But, if you're using a skin moisturizing oil like iYURA Balaayah Black Gram Body Booster, then you can us it both as a massage oil as well as a pre- or post-shower body moisturizer too.

We know: your Balaayah Black Gram Body Booster arrives and the directions say, “Use an hour before taking a shower or bath.” What?! 

When we talk about washing it off, we are talking about the Ayurvedic practice of Abhyanga (self-massage) where you would massage the oil into your skin, allow it to sit for 15-30 min while you practice pranayama, meditation, or just go about other things you need to accomplish, but ideally it should be relaxing. Then you rinse off the oils (use no, or very little soap as oils have cleansing properties themselves) and you should find you don’t have a need for a moisturizer 

Alternatively, you can apply the body oil after your shower much like you would a moisturizer or lotion. Because we are an Ayurvedic company, we do present the option of Abhyanga. 

When you use body oils for longer, more rigorous and intense spa-like massage sessions, such as once a week, you can take a shower to wash off the oil after waiting for at least 20-30 minutes so that the oil will have absorbed fully.  

But if you’re using it as you would use a body lotion, then no, you don’t need to wash it off. Simply dab off any excess oil that would get soaked into your clothes. It’s a good idea to wait a few minutes before putting on your good clothes, so that the oil absorbs into your skin and not your clothes. 

Wait a few minutes before showering/ washing it off if it’s a longer massage session. Ideally, Ayurveda recommends keeping the oil on, after the massage for at least 20-30 minutes before showering which gives the oil ample time to absorb into your skin. 

Or, if you prefer, you can also use your body oil as you would a lotion, in which case, you can just leave it on your skin, just as it is.  

If you’ve done abhyanga or self-massage, you’re likely using more oil, and it will take longer to get absorbed. In this case, wait at least 20-30 minutes before putting on your clothes, so that the oil absorbs into your skin and not your clothes. Gently dab off any excess oil before getting dressed. 

If you’ve applied the oil as a moisturizer, you would have used less oil. Wait for 5-10 minutes before wearing clothes, and dab off any excess oil before getting dressed. 

No, you don’t. Ayurvedic body oils are naturally hydrating and intensely moisturizing on their own, plus they provide a lasting effect especially oils such as iYURA Balaayah Black Gram Body Booster for dry skin and iYURA Sandalumi Sensitive Skin Sheath for sensitive skin or post-shave applications.  

You can use body oils both in the morning and evening every day, just after you step out of the shower, or before going to sleep, for round-the-clock care and protection of your skin. For drier areas like elbows, knees and soles of your feet, you can use body oils that have pro-age features of rejuvenation and support (like iYURA Shamanri Young-Energy Body Oil) multiple times a day targeting these spots. 

It depends on your skin type, the climate you live in, and your preferences. Would you apply your body lotion daily? Then you can apply your oil daily, too. If you have extremely dry skin, you might find it beneficial to apply it daily.  

Ayurveda recommends doing Abhyanga or self-massage daily, too, though you'll receive wonderful benefits even from practicing it just 2-3 times a week 

Yes, you can! On days that you aren’t doing a full scalp and hair massage, to smoothen the feel of split ends and to bring back that shine, take just a drop or two of your hair oil and smear it over the ends of your hair strands for 30 seconds or so. 

An excellent choice for a hair oil that you can use both for a massage and to enliven the ends is iYURA Ambhring Age Embrace Revitalizer and Hair Oil. 

Yes, most Ayurvedic hair oils can be used on treated hair without ruining it as they’re 100% herbal and come in polyherbal formulations that support treated hair by providing better nourishment, like iYURA Saromyas Hair Elixir.