Knowing your skin type is absolutely necessary in order to make a right decision about a proper skin care or treatment, which is suitable for your particular skin needs. The initial quality, or type, of your skin is genetically determined - meaning that you are born with it.
However, the health and beauty of your skin later in life largely depends on what you eat and how you take care of yourself. A popular Russian saying states that, after the age of 30, a woman looks the way she deserves …To always look great, the first step is to determine your skin type so that you can match it with the best recommended methods to improve your look and slow the aging process. 5 Home-Made Face Masks for Winter Skin Care… Generally, we can single out five basic skin types: normal, dry, oily, combination, and sensitive, with each having particular characteristics and requiring specific care and/or treatment.
To determine your type, use a simple test** ** with a clean facial tissue (or paper) to wipe your face in the morning, when you have just woken up:
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1. Normal Skin
If you skin belongs to a normal type, the tissue will not reveal any traces of oil. Your skin should feel vibrant, elastic, and supple. Normal skin is the least problematic type.
It looks clean and smooth and has a good circulation and healthy complexion. Even with a minimum care, it will look good well into your advanced age. 10 Fall-Winter Skin Care Tips for Radiant Skin …
2. Dry Skin …
If your skin is dry, the paper will be clean, too, but your face skin will feel flaky, dry, and tight after you have wiped it.
Dry skin can easily develop a sallow tone, wrinkles, and fine pores, and it is very prone to aging and irritating. It might still look great on a young person, but, to keep it healthy, you should apply thorough care and use regular skin or beauty treatment with natural masks and moisturizers.
If you have oily skin, the paper will have spots of facial oil on it, corresponding to the areas of your cheeks, nose, and forehead. Oily skin is problematic - it usually looks greasy, thick, coarse, and shiny, has enlarged pores, and tends to break into acne.
A good thing, though, is that oily skin is not prone much to aging and wrinkling. Careful cleaning, minimizing of carbohydrate consumption, and avoiding rich creams can be helpful in improving the quality of oily skin. 9 Best Eyeshadows - Expert Reviews…
4. Combination Skin …
If you skin is combination, like that of most women, the tissue will have traces of oil coming from your nose and forehead, but will be clean in the areas that touched your cheeks.
Combination skin has patches of both dry and oily skin, and it requires different types of care in relation to particular facial areas.
Dry zones, which are usually located on the cheeks and around the eyes, should be treated with rich creams and moisturizers, while oily areas, usually on the forehead and nose, will benefit from frequent and thorough cleaning. 5 Best Mascaras - Expert Reviews…
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5. Sensitive Skin …
Sensitive skin is usually very dry, tends to feel tight, and becomes inflamed and irritated easily. Typically, sensitive skin develops reddish and scaly areas, can be itchy and tingly, and is prone to breaking into spots. It is the most problematic and fragile type of skin, which needs a very special type of care. To get the right body products for this skin type too requires great research.
So, what type of skin do you have? Have you found great skin care products that work beautifully for your skin? Please do share…
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Janna
2010-03-08T04:29:31.000Z
I'm 14 years old and I have combination and sensitive skin. My forehead is extremely oily as well as my nose. I have blackheads on my nose and I have these small bumps all over my cheeks. My skin gets red and irritated really easily and the only time it looks slightly normal is in the morning. What product can I use; since most of the things I tried were for dry sensitive skin.
Anonymous
2011-10-21T12:40:02.000Z
Really awesome :) My skin is combination between oily and dry
Anonymous
2011-10-05T21:10:04.000Z
Hi! I'm thirteen and I'm not sure if I have oily or combination skin. My nose and t-zone are definitely the most oily areas of my face. There is lots of shine there and also big pores. But on the rest of my face my pores are smaller and it isn't as shiny, though I still see some shine there throughout the day. What skin type do you think I have?
anon
2013-02-05T15:11:57.000Z
Hi :) I have skin that is a combination/normal and is also oily. My T zone is the oily part (with acne) and the rest is normal/a combination. I can't find any product that suits my skin. Please help :) thanks
Nevanya
2010-06-26T12:18:59.000Z
Well, I don't know what type of skin I have. In summer my skin is fine, like combination skin; oily and sometimes dry but not excessive. This is the first winter I've noticed my skin this bad. It's dry and flaky almost everywhere; like big red flaky blotches everywhere; it's really sore and red and irritated. It's just started looking like this recently but doesn't wan to get better at all. What can I do ?? Any products anyone reccomends ?? Oh and I'm 15 years old, soo plz ??
Julia
2012-04-06T15:07:00.000Z
how do you check your skin type.. what does 'the paper' mean?
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