If your skin feels taut or tight, the balanced state of your skin is dry. Dry skin means that your skin has a low level of water and oil on the surface of the skin.
If your skin feels oily across the forehead, down the nose and on the chin only, you have a combination skin. This is also called T-zone skin because the oil appears in a T shape on the face.
Combination skin can have normal or dry cheeks to accompany the oily T-zone. If your cheeks are normal, it is best to treat your skin with oily skincare products. If your cheeks are dry, it is best to mix your products using oily skincare products on the T-zone and dry skincare products on the cheek area.
2. The only other factor you need to be aware of is whether your skin is sensitive or not.
If your skin tends to react within the hour to certain products, you have sensitive skin. A reaction can be a burning sensation that doesn’t go away, redness or bumps, and sensitivity to extreme hot or cold weather conditions. It is important to include in your skin type whether you are sensitive or not. Once again, only you know whether your skin is sensitive or not, and it is your responsibility to tell the cosmetics salesperson helping you exactly what your skin type is.
Once you know your skin type, you can approach any cosmetic line and ask what products they have for your particular needs. With this knowledge, the line person will focus only on products that fit your skin type, and you won’t feel overwhelmed with a counter full of bottles staring you in the face.
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