What is the best skin care routine for oil skin types?

The best skin care routine for oily skin is to be as gentle as you would if you had paper dry skin. The major mistake many people make with oily skin is in believing that you can beat it into submission with hot water, steam, toners, masks and topicals, when in fact what it truly wants is a little understanding. Oily skin is trying to protect itself from a harsh environment, and making its world even harsher through heat, cold or chemicals, will tend to make it produce more oil than ever.