My Facial Facts: Is Your Skin The Best It Can Be?

You’ll know if you’re oily, with no mistake, but just in case, here are a few guidelines:

After washing your face, do you get shiny after a few minutes?

After a few hours?

If you’ve answered ‘yes’ to either of these questions, you have oily skin.

To further make sure, if you notice larger pores on your forehead, cheeks and chin (the typical T-Zone area), then indeed, you’re oily.

If you don’t have large pores and you feel dry, then you’re most likely dry.

Remember: don’t rely on judging your oilyness or lack of oiliness by the pores on your nose. These are typically larger on the majority of people, regardless if they’re oily or dry.

But what if you have large pores in certain areas but feel dry?

(Note: If you’re skin is visibly oily —it still gets super shiny, but the texture is very rough, like sandpaper— then you need to exfoliate with a glycolic or fruit enzyme. No scrubs! they won’t help.)

This is the most confusing state of skin.

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 The skin is very complex and we find that people are constantly misdiagnosing their skin type and skin condition. 

What is the difference? 

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