Quick Steps to determing skin type

step 1
cleanse and dry your face and leave it bare for 2 hours.

step 2
press a piece of blotting paper against your nose.

• if there is no oil, tightness or flakes, your skin is normal.
• if there is no oil but your skin feels tight or flaky then you have dry skin
• if there is oil on your nose and cheeks, you have oily skin.
• if you have oil on your nose but not your cheeks, then you have combination skin.

Dry Skin

 

• Semblance: Dry skin is prone to cracking easily , raising the likelihood  of infection and premature wrinkling.

• How to manage : Stay Hydrated— avoid alcohol-heavy skin products, and for added benefit use a moisturizer. Use  an oil-free brand if in fear  that overkill will cause greasiness.

Normal Skin

   

• Semblance:  Neither here nor there, the skin isn't dry or greasy but in-between.

• How to manage: Do what feels right. Treat it "normally" — use whatever non-soap cleanser and other products that feel right and don't disturb the healthy balance. Moisturizing is not a requirement — feel free if your skin feels dry.

Oily Skin

   

• Semblance: Oily skin is the curse of a pimple-plagued teen, but this greasy, sometimes shiny skin type can become a blessing as you age because it keeps you younger-looking than your dry-skinned contemporaries.

• How to manage Wash it more than once a day — as many times as you feel the need. Skin care products with alcohol will make the skin less oily.

Combination Skin

   

• Semblance: Some areas are oily — often the forehead, nose and chin — while others, such as your cheeks, are normal to dry.

• How to manage: Wash the oily areas, the so-called T-zone, at least twice a day with a non-drying cleanser.