Normal skin is uncommon and mostly in young women. She always looks fresh, supple and smooth, not scaly, not shiny and has a healthy appearance. Most often problems with it does not happen: acne, dilated blood vessels and irritations do not bother her happy owner. With proper care normal skin retains a nice even color for many years, and wrinkles appear in the very mature age.
Dry skin is characterized by a thin layer of fat and a small amount of the sebaceous glands. It looks soft and smooth, has a pinkish color with a matte shade and fine pores. Usually, it does not deliver youth acne problems, but more prone to other early appearance of wrinkles. Dry skin does not tolerate frost and sun, which cause redness and irritation, as well as the likes of soap and very demanding on the quality of water.
For oily skin is characterized by large pores and a strong shine. It looks like a thick, rough, sometimes covered with pimples and blackheads. Due to insufficient blood supply it can have a yellowish or olive green and stale appearance. At the same time abundantly catching fat creates a good protective film, whereby oily skin is not sensitive to various harmful influences (sun, wind, frost, etc.), the same protection and prevents the early appearance of wrinkles.
Combination skin generally looks healthy and has a flat structure, but its main feature is the combination of different types: oily forehead, nose and chin (T-zone), dry or normal on the cheeks, temples and around the eyes or in other combinations. In other words, this skin can be inherent features 2 or 3 main types (normal, dry, oily) in different areas of the face, so it is characterized by manifestations related to different types of skin (acne, redness, irritation, etc.). Proper care can help to ensure that over time will become normal combination skin and it will not long wrinkles.
Sensitive skin reacts negatively to any external influences: the cold, ultraviolet radiation, dry or polluted air, beauty treatments and facilities, as well as psychological stress and overwork. It is characterized by a feeling of tightness after washing, increased irritability, red spots that appear on the face and neck after the application of new cosmetic products, acne during stressful situations, itching with dry, fast burning in the sun. Particular problems are delivered around the eyes, the T-zone, neck and décolleté. This skin requires careful and thorough care.
To determine your skin type, you must first remove the makeup, thoroughly clean the face and neck without toners and moisturizers that can affect the outcome, and give your skin a break from makeup for several hours. Then you need to carefully consider it in a simple magnifying mirror or desirable in the daylight and to evaluate the pore size, color and luster of the skin, the presence of acne, blackheads, scaly areas and other problems.
Next test should be performed with a few sheets of tissue paper, putting them in turn to the nose, forehead, chin and cheeks, and evaluate the result by the presence of grease on each of the sites. In particular, oily skin, they are visible on all sheets in combination - to the accompanying T-zone, and at normal dry and may not be visible. According to the results of visual inspection and test on paper can be concluded accessories skin to a particular type, given their characteristic features.
It must be remembered that the skin changes with the seasons: summer, it may look oily and shiny, thin and dry in the winter, and in the normal may appear dry and scaly patches. With age, any skin almost always becomes drier.