How To Determine Your Skin Type

The first step toward getting a beautiful skin is figuring out your skin type. Confused about which category—combination, oily, normal, or dry/sensitive—you fall into? You’re not alone. Most women misdiagnose themselves and, as a result, wind up using the wrong skin care regimen and
products . Caring for the wrong skin type can aggravate skin, lead to acne, or even make your skin look older than it really is.

Products formulated for your skin type offer the best chance of giving you the results you want. Follow these simple steps to determine your skin type.

#1 Wash Your Face

Remove all your makeup and cleanse your face with a mild soap free cleanser.

#2 Wait One to Two Hours

After one to two hours your skin will come back to its natural state, so now starts your work. Look for the following characteristics to determine what type your skin fall into.

1. Normal Skin

Normal skin is smooth and radiant, it reflects light evenly. It neither shows dryness or oiliness or is said to change as the weather changes, like it becomes dry in winter and oily in summer but not on the extreme side. If you having normal skin, you are one the lucky persons on earth. You can try range of products than those with oily or dry skin beauties.

2. Oily Skin

Oily Skin looks shiny and greasy or sticky to touch. It is more prone to acne and black/white heads.

3. Dry Skin

Dry skin often feels rough and tight. Certain products easily cause them redness, or itching and they tend to become selective while choosing what to use on their skin. Moisturizing is a must must for dry skin.

4. Combination Skin

It is the most common skin type. Combination skin is oily on t-zone and forehead and normal to dry over rest of the skin. It has characteristics of all three above. Special care is required for this type of skin.

The whole idea of determining your skin type is to treat your skin like how it should be treated according to its needs and problems. So choose products according to your skin type and see what works for you and then stick to it.
Your skin is part of you. It can be affected by your environment, products you use, your stress levels, diet, lifestyle choices and more. These factors can change your skin type to fluctuate.

• Drink loads and loads of water, I can't stress enough on this, drinking more water flushes out toxins from your body and keep your skin hydrated.
• Also follow a proper cleansing and moisturizing routine, have enough sleep and eat diet rich in proteins and antioxidants. These things will make your skin age gracefully and show the radiant you.