Get To Know Your Skin Type..

The appearance of skin defines our perception of others and ourselves. A rash, wrinkles, eczema, can cause an astonishing degree of anguish because, let’s face it sometimes beauty is skin-deep!!
Skin is the body’s largest organ. If we stepped out of our skin and put it on a set of scales, it would weigh just under 3 kg. Its total surface area is almost 15000 square inch! Skin is dynamic and made up of cells and tissues. It is designed to act as a protective barrier against the environment and impedes the penetration of microorganisms.

• Skin Type: Oily Skin, Dry Skin, Combination Skin, Sensitive Skin & Normal Skin

• Oily Skin: Does your skin is prone to have pimples, blackheads and whiteheads? Does your skin has large pores? Does your face looks shiny when you wake up, especially in the T zone, to the chin? Does your foundation wear off after a couple hours? That proves that your skin type is Oily.

• Your skin tends to overproduce sebum, making it feel and appear oily. This could be a good thing, actually, because it means your skin is always well moisturized, and you will have fewer wrinkles as you age. On the other hand, you are more prone to breakouts, since sebum has the tendency to mix with dead skin cells in your pores; this clogs them and produces pimples.

• Dry Skin: If your skin feels itchy or tight, especially after cleansing, if your skin has rough, flaky or red patches, if your skin is sensitive to be sun, wind and cold, if your complexion look dull; that means you have dry skin.Dryness occurs when your skin doesn’t produce enough moisture and sebum. It can happen because the dry air saps or artificial heaters, sun overexposue or chlorine from swimming pools.

• Combination Skin: One can have cheeks dry but T-zone oily or pimple-prone! Or, pimple-prone along the perimeter of face, but dry everyplace else! It is called combination skin, oily and dry!Many have combination or unbalanced skin, since the T-zone naturally contains more oil glands than the rest of the face. Also, using the wrong products can result in skin that’s drier in some places and oilier in others.

• Sensitive Skin: Does your skin irritate easily? Is your skin often red or blotchy? Do you have allergic reaction to certain beauty products? Do you sunburn easily? If yes, you have sensitive skin.

• Normal Skin: Bingo!! If your skin always feel and look supple, with or without moisturizer, if you have few or no breakouts, if you can use almost any products without problem and if your skin tone is even; consider yourself to be few of those LUCKY ONES!!