Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Identify your skin type

The tissue test
Wash your face with a neutral (not made for a type of skin) or soap cleanser (like Neutrogena for normal skin). Rinse with water. Pat attempt with a towel just enough to absorb moisture do not rub. Wait an hour, and then soak your entire face with a layer (or layer) of a large facial tissues. Gently press down on the face and leave for about a minute. Then remove the paper to consider carefully and near a window or a light.

What do you see?
• If you see oil throughout the fabric, you most probably oily skin.
• If you see oil only in the T-zone (across the forehead, nose and chin down), you most probably combination skin.
• If you see very little oil in everything, you most probably normal skin.
• If you see any signs of oil at all, you most probably dry skin.
• If your skin slightly irritated or itchy, you most probably sensitive skin.

You need to perform this test several times a year, spring, summer and winter, as the skin changes with the seasons


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