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Mixed Up About Your Skin Type?

There are five basic types of skin: dry, sensitive, oily, combination and ageing (also known as sun-damaged skin because exposure to the sun is the main cause of premature skin ageing). How much oil your skin produces is the determining factor in the particular skin types, and genes, diet, medication and stress levels all play a part in how much or how little oil your skin produces.

If you think you have combination skin then there’s a simple way to find out for sure. After washing your face gently pat it dry with a soft towel. If your skin feels tight in certain areas, such as the cheeks, or shows signs of flaking then this means you have dry skin in those areas. If your skin in the T-zone area (the forehead, nose, around the mouth and the chin area) looks shiny and becomes greasy soon after washing then this means that those areas of your face have a tendency to be oily. So, this mixture of dryness in some parts and greasiness in others means that you have combination skin!

In the next post we'll talk about the t zone a little more and there'll be more on combination skin...

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My Skin Type. What Is It?

If you're struggling to define your skin type, here's a couple of quick pointers to help you along the way. Obviously oily skin is going to look aggravatingly shiny, whereas drier types can feel itchy and uncomfortable, especially if you make the wrong choice with your moisturiser. If either of these is difficult to categorise, combination skin is probably your type.

A quick and dirty way to determine which type you are is to try some of your regular cleanser and wait a while before moisturising. If after, say 15 minutes you get a 'tight' feeling, your skin is most definitely dry. Wait a little longer if you don't experience these symptoms, because the oily skin check is next. To perform this wait, say 30 minutes then arm yourself with a good old fashioned piece of tissue paper and blot the nose and chin area. The results will speak for themselves, with oil showing up on the tissue.

Of course, you may have a mixture of the two skin types. In this case, you'll have to choose your products carefully, or have them professionally recommended by a trained therapist.

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Mixed Up About Your Skin Type?

My Skin Type. What Is It?