Getting healthy-looking skin requires using the right products, but you must first evaluate your skin’s type and condition to choose the moisturizers and creams that are right for you to achieve the best results.
Your skin type is determined by the amount of oil your skin produces and how quickly it reacts to products or the environment. Choose your skin care products based on whether you have oily, dry, or combination skin.
Your skin’s condition can be related to the environment, products you use, medications you take, and lifestyle issues, such as stress. Skin can become dehydrated, break out, or develop other conditions. Choose products with ingredients designed to treat specific problems.
Combination skin that is oily in some places and dry in others is the most common skin type. Many people with combination skin are oily on the forehead, nose, and chin and have dry skin on their cheeks. If you have combination skin, use a light foaming cleanser, hydrating toner, and treatment gel on your T-zone during the day and a hydrating serum for your cheeks before you put on a hydrating moisturizer. Use an oil-absorbing moisturizer on your nose and chin. You can treat combination skin on your cheeks with products containing hyaluronic acid, aloe, green tea, and algae. Use salicylic acid, camphor, and niacinamide on your T-zone and silicone around your eyes.
If your skin produces too much oil, it can appear shiny or dull and have large pores and pimples. Combat this by using a foaming gel or clay-based cleanser and purifying wipes to remove oil. Apply a clay-based masque twice a week. Use a lightweight moisturizer and overnight treatment gel to exfoliate and absorb oil. If you are planning to spend time in the sun, choose an oil-free matte sunscreen. Use a cooling gel around your eyes. You can reduce oiliness by choosing products that contain laolin, bentonite, salicylic acid, lactic acid, sarcosine, zinc gluconate, benzoyl peroxide, enantia bark, and tea tree oil.
Dry skin can affect the whole body. You can add moisture to your skin with a creamy emollient cleanser, cream-based masque, hydrating serum, and heavier moisturizer. You should use a gentle exfoliant three times a week and use products with vitamin E, rose oil, argan oil, evening primrose oil, sunflower, shea butter, sodium hyaluronate, and avocado serols.
Consider your skin’s type and condition when choosing skin care products. Using the right moisturizers, creams, and other treatments can give you beautiful, glowing skin.