The new year rolled over and your resolution of investing in your skin kicks in. So, while you look for the perfect skincare products, all of a sudden you get slammed with that one anxiety-ridden question that an esthetician will probably ask you: “What’s your skin type?.”
For the life of you, you have no idea what the answer is so you stand there and embarrassingly shuffle your feet. Knowing your skin type and what products best work for your skin in the vast world of skincare can be overwhelming, to say the least. We all need help with our skin in one way or another and finding out your skin type can eliminate testing out products that just won’t cut it for you!
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What is a skin type & why does it matter?
Skin type refers to the natural hydration levels of your face. Moisture and hydration are necessary in order to have good skin. However, our bodies don’t work with us at times and our skin needs topical TLC. Lacking hydration can visibly show wrinkles, dark spots, flakiness, and an array of issues that can pop up. When we learn how to get the most hydration whilst looking the best we can save money, pick products that actually work, and get some phenomenal results!
Now we leap into skin concerns, if your skin is dehydrated or sensitive these are classified as concerns, not skin types. The reason for this is that you can have ultra oily skin but also sensitive skin. On the other hand, you can have ultra-dry skin but also have sensitivities. Unless you have normal skin everyone has dehydrated skin in one way or another. Your skin type is a manifestation of the hydration levels of your face. If it’s lacking the essential hydration that it needs, it shows this by either producing a tonne of oil on the skin or by not producing any oil resulting in dry skin.
So how do we find your skin type?
For the love of all that is good in this world, avoid complex google searches with endless information that won’t be specific for you. Instead, break it down into these three easy steps.
Step one: Pick a good gentle cleanser, use your LUNA to effectively cleanse the skin, removing up to 99.95% of dirt and bacteria on the skin. Once cleansed, rinse the remaining cleanser off and pat your skin dry.
Step two: Rest your skin for at least an hour and do not touch! Pop on that episode of Emily Loves Paris you’ve been dying to watch and let your clean skin entirely rest.
Step three: Examine your skin. Your skin will be one of three things: oily, dry, or combination. Looking at your pores, the bigger your pores the more active the skin is in creating oil. The smaller the pores the less active in producing oil. Humid environments can affect how our skin presents so grab one of those ultra close-up mirrors that makes you question your skin’s existence in life, and have a look at your pores!
- If your skin presents as shiny and you have enlarged pores, you have oily skin.
- If your skin presents as tight it feels stripped or looks flakey, you most likely have dry skin.
- If you pop up to the mirror and have both shiny and tight, flakey skin, you have combination skin.
Skin types can be fluid
It’s important to note that skin can change after time so keep this easy three-step examination in your back pocket to use at a later date. If you do not see any oil and no dryness the skin gods have blessed you with normal skin and I do not want to know you.
Now that you know how to work out your skin type you can find products that work best for your skin and in return save hundreds of dollars testing and trying products that simply aren’t for you!
Hello, hello Cornelia! Thank you for sharing! It is important to know your skin type in order to personalize your skincare routine <3 Glad this article has helped – stay tuned for more coming!
This was very helpful! Thank you for the detailed breakdown. Everyone should pay attention to their skin’s needs, especially now when there are so many products available and it’s really easy to get tempted to bombard our skin with stuff it doesn’t need.
Hiya Marianne! Sometimes less really is more! Stay tuned for more useful tips and tricks <3
I love reading your articles especially when it comes to how to properly treat your skin. The best way to start correctly is to first find out your exact skin type and include the right products in your care. Thank you and I look forward to the new text.
Thank you, dear Bethany.
Keep reading us. <3
Thanks for this helpful and informative post. Love your blog!
Thank you, Anna, for reading us. We are more than happy if we can help you. <3
I feel like my skin has been changing over the years. It used to be oilier and thicker, and now its drier and thinner, I am 45…I tried so many different skincare lines, and so far my faves are Estee Lauder, Khiel’s and Ordinary. I feel like they address all the issues I have and are in the right price range for me. You Luna brush is absolutely great because it’s so gentle, and using it everyday does not damage the skin barrier.
It is normal for skin to change. :)
Great thing is that LUNA will be gentle to your skin for many, many years and it will adapt to all the changes in your skin.
Thanks for this text, it was helpful especially as I always thought dry and dehydrated skin were the same thing just because my skin is both dry and dehydrated. I got luna3 a week ago and it seems to me that the moisturizer absorbs better after clensing with luna because my skin seems to be less dehydrated…
Hi, hi, hi! Thank you for sharing! WOW – we are so happy this article helped you identify what is the best for your skin type! LUNA™ 3 will for sure do wonders for your skin <3
Thanks for the advice!
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