Skin Care - Understanding Our Skin

In order to get the best for our skin, we first need to understand what skin type we have, thousands of pounds are wasted each year with people using the wrong products for their skin type. There are five skin types, these are:

Dry, Normal, Sensitive, Oily, Combination.

To develop a better understanding of our skin, answers the questions below and discover which skin type you are

1) How does your face feel if you cleanse if with facial wash and water ?

A) Tight as though it's to small for your face.
B) Smooth and confortable.
C) Dry and itchy in places.
D) Fine-quite comfortable
E) Dry in some areas and smooth in others.

2) How does your skin feel if you cleanse it with cream cleanser ?

A) Relatively comfortable.
B) Smooth and comfortable.
C) Sometimes comfortable, sometimes itchy.
D) Quite oily.
E) Oily in some areas and smooth in others.

3) How does your skin usually look by midday ?

A) Flaky patches appearing.
B) Fresh and clean.
C) Flaky patches and some redness.
D) Shiny.
E) Shiny in the T Zone (area around your forehead, nose and chin)

4) How often do you break out in spots ?

A) Hardly ever.
B) Occasionally, perhaps before or during your period.
C) Occasionally.
D) Often
E) Often in the T-zone.

5) How does your skin react when you use a facial toner ?

A) It stings.
B) No problems.
C) Stings and itches.
D) Feels fresher.
E) Feels fresher in some areas but stings in others.

6) How does your skin react to a rich night cream ?

A) It feels very comfortable.
B) Comfortable.
C) Sometimes feels comfortable, other times fels irritated.
D) Mankes my skin feel very oily.
E) Oily in the T-zone, and comfortable on the cheeks.

Now add up your A,B,C,D and E's. Your skin type is the one wihich as the majority answers.

Mostly A's: Your skn is DRY Jergens Ultra Healing Extra Dry Skin Moisturizer - 10 oz (3 Pack)
Mostly B's: Your skin is NORMAL Light Touch Body Lotion 250ml (Normal Skin)

Mostly C's: Your skin is SENSITIVE. Olay Double Action Day Cream - Sensitive 50ml

Mostly D's: Your skin is OILY Exfoliators by Lancome Pure Focus Exfoliance (Oily Skin) 100ml

Mostly E's: Your skin is COMBINATION. RoC Hydra+ by RoC Fresh Hydrating Gel 40ml Combination Skin


Now you know what skin type you have, come back tomorow for advice on looking after differnt types of skin.

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