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How to Know Your Skin Type At Home & How to Know the Right Cream for your Skin

How to know your skin type at home? And how to know the right cream for your skin? Your skin type can be normal, oily, normal or combination skin. How do you know what skin type you have? Don’t worry, it’s not very hard! Just follow the below instructions.

Skin types

Skin types: 

  1. Normal skin
  2. Oily skin
  3. Combination skin
  4. Dry skin

How to know your skin type at home

1. Normal skin type

How does normal skin look like: 
  • Smooth
  • Healthy
  • Clean looking 
  • Not extremely dry
  • Not extremely oily
  • Good elasticity
  • Small pores
  • Even skin tone
  • Good blend of oil and moisture
How to know if you have normal skin:

Take a face blotting strip or a clean tissue and rub it on your face gently. If it takes a tiny amount of oil from your forehead, nose or chin, then you have normal skin.

How to care for normal skin: 

Use a moisturizing lotion for your face and body to keep your skin soft and smooth.

For example:

Organic moisturizing lotion with Aloe vera

Organic La Chinata Body Lotion with Honey

Organic Whamisa Naturally fermented Double Rich Lotion

2. Oily skin type

How does oily skin look like:
  • Big pores
  • Greasy appearance
  • Lots of pimples
  • Lots of blemishes
  • Lots of blackheads
  • Whiteheads
How to tell if you have oily skin?

Blot your face with a soft tissue paper. If it shows several transparent spots that feel oily, then you have oily skin. 

How to care for oily skin:

Cleanse your face daily. Wash it with a face wash for oily skin and then apply a toner for unclogging all the pores. Next, massage your skin with an oil-free moisturizing lotion to get smooth and non-greasy skin.

For example:

Gentle Face Wash for Oily skin with Organic Wild Soapberries

Organic Rose Water Facial Toner for Pore minimizing – 4 oz

Organic Skin Repair Oil-free Moisturizer (No dyes, No Perfumes) 

Andalou Naturals Acai Kombucha Oil-free Moisturizer for Oily skin

3. Combination skin type

How does combination skin look like:
  • Oily and dry areas on the face
  • Greasy T-zone (nose, forehead, chin)
  • Dry spots covering the eyes and the tops of the cheeks
How to tell if you have combination skin:

Rub your face with a tissue paper when you wake up. If the tissue paper picks up lots of oil from your T-zone but the rest of your skin feels dry, then you have combination skin.

How to manage combination skin:

Wash your skin with a fine quality cleanser, then tone your T-zone with a toner. After that, massage the skin with moisturizer and focus more on the dry patches of your skin.

For example:

Organic Wild Soapberry pH 5.5 Balanced Body Wash

Organic Rose Water Facial Toner for Pore minimizing – 4 oz

Organic Face Moisturizer with Hyularonic acid by Thena

4. Dry skin type

How does dry skin look like:
  • Unable to retain much moisture
  • Gets fine lines and wrinkles easily
  • Has a flaky appearance
  • Small pores
  • Susceptible to irritating agents, UV rays, hot and cold weather
How to tell if you have dry skin

If your skin feels flaky and harsh in the morning, you have dry skin. Clean your face with a tissue paper, if it doesn’t show any traces of oil, then you have dry skin. Dry skin may feel itchy and tight.

How to take care of dry skin daily

Wash your face with a mild face wash and massage your skin with a good night cream for sealing in moisture.

For example:

Organic Soapberry Face Wash for Dry Skin – 4 oz 

Best Organic Night Cream by Bee Friendly Skincare – 2 oz

Organic Night Cream by Thena Natural Wellness

How to know the right cream for your skin

Normal skin: Get a body lotion designed for normal skin. Lotions for normal skin have mild, soothing and skin softening agents like cucumber and Aloe Vera. These lotions are generally light, not thick, and not too oily. Body lotions or creams for normal skin give the skin fresh and light feeling.

Oily skin: Oily skin type needs a body lotion that extracts the excess oil from the skin. Body lotions that contain alpha-hydroxy acids are appropriate for this skin type. The alpha-hydroxy acids will tighten the pores and will work on the clogged pores as well. Choose lightweight lotions only, as lotions with thick viscosity aren’t suitable for oily skin type.

Combination skin: Get a moisturizing body lotion that has alpha-hydroxy acids to close the dilated pores and balance oil content. 

Dry skin: Get a creamy and heavy moisturizer with heavy oil content, so the skin can regain all the lost moisture. During the summer season, opt for a light moisturizing lotion that does not have a greasy texture. For the winter season, choose body lotions which contain glycerin, lanolin, and alpha-hydroxy acids. 

 

Source: Brenda Reed “Lotion making for beginners”

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