Curious about your skin type? Here’s how~
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Take the quick quiz and find out your skin type, here:
1. Does your skin look dull or flaky?
2. Does your skin have a shiny, slippery texture?
3. Does your skin feel itchy and taut?
4. Do you have enlarged or clogged pores, or acne?
5. Does your skin react adversely to cosmetics containing alcohol, synthetics, fragrances, and artificial colors?
6. Does your skin appear consistently plump, moist, and vibrant?
7. Does your forehead, nose, or chin appear oily, while the skin around your cheeks, eyes, and mouth is normal or dry?
If you answered yes to 1 or 3, you have DRY skin.
If you answered yes to 2 or 4, you have OILY skin.
If you answered yes to 5, you have SENSITIVE skin.
If you answered yes to 6, you have NORMAL skin.
If you answered yes to 7, you have COMBINATION skin.
As many of you may know that the human skin is a remarkable organ, the body’s largest, but it is often taken for granted. We have driven ourselves to look good and feel good by training/exercises and eating clean, so what about our skin? Most of us are content to let skin be until dryness, oiliness, a rash or a wrinkle rouses attention, well we all want to have a great physique so what about our skin?
Did you know? An adult’s skin compromises between 15 and 20 percent of the total body weight.
What is sebum? Sebum is the chemically complex oil that lubricates the skin and coats hair.
So which skin types do you think are your closest match?
Dry Skin Types
Having dry skin causes by under or inactive oil glands that do not produce enough sebum to keep the skin naturally lubricated. It usually has a dull appearance, feels dry and itchy and is sometimes sensitive.
Note: Dry skin has a thin layer and papery texture, the pores are very fine and it feels dry to touch.
You may consider taking Vitamin E, or Fish Oils, or cook your food with olive oil. Having dry skin must be hydrated regularly, so it’s important to drink water a day, (I drink water at lest a gallon a day), as well as using rich hydrating creams or lotions every time you wash will work.
Oily Skin Types
Having an oily skin caused by glands that produce too much sebum, as a result to this the skin tends to be greasy slippery texture, and appears to be shiny with often times has large clogged pores. Also, having oily skin are prone to develop acne ( a condition resulting from sebum trapped inside the skin). However despite the disadvantages, oily skin generally remains younger looking and more elastic overtime than the other skin types.
So you may not need to take Vitamin E with higher I.U., minimal is good for this type of skin. In addition, oily skin can benefits from periodic herbal steam treatments and masks. Steam room is the best to use after a workout. I love going to the steam room after a good workout because it feels good to stay there for 15mins and ensuring that my skin is getting the substantial amount of care. Ahhh now I can’t wait. :D
Sensitive Skin Types
Are you sensitive enough? Let’s see having sensitive skin can be dry, normal or oily and can be easily irritated. It can be a skin condition than it is a skin type. You may want to see a dermatologist for this one yet unless if you know how your skin works then should be fine to use natural, gentle, skin care products, steaming and as well as essential oils. Typical reactions are itching, burning, chafing and stinging. After a wash a wash it feels dry and itchy in places, by midday there are flaky patches and some redness. Occasionally break out in spots. But why do we have sensitive skin? It frequently reacts badly to environmental conditions and often needs special treatment in order to remain in good condition. This skin type is prone to react poorly to cosmetics containing alcohol, synthetically manufactured oil type ingredients, fragrance oils, and artificial colors. Use a moisturizer to strengthen your skin and provide a barrier against irritants.
Normal Skin Types
You’re lucky to have a normal skin, often times having a normal skin type not too oily and not too dry. But anyways, about normal type skin, the oil glands produce sebum at a moderate rate, resulting in a balance state. Normal skin consistently looks plump, moist, and vibrant. What a great blessing but it still requires no less attention than other skin types. Regular cleansing, toning and moisturizing to maintain the balance of skin. By having a normal skin is great to maintain vitamins and water intakes daily which provides a great helps for your skin. I also like to stay in the steam room after a good long workout; it really helps to open up my pores, and washing it with good face wash (I used Murad with Vitamin C with environmental shield) gives me glow and healthy looking skin. It feels soo good. 
Combination Skin Types
This skin type that most people has, it’s a mixture oily and dry which is often times characterized by an oily “T-zone” area that covers the forehead, nose and chin. While the skin around the cheeks, eyes and mouth is normal or dry. These types of skin can have different ways of treatments, frequently you may either wash your skin and apply different products on differnt areas of the face.
For those of you who are curious about your skin on your body, it is similar to your face skin. I usually have body scrub once a week just to get rid of those dead skins which is called Stratum Corneum continuously slough off and are replaced by new ones coming from below of Epidermis which is the topmost layer of the skin. The Skin completely renews itself every 3-5 weeks. Most mild peels work by partly removing the stratum corneum and thus speeding up skin renewal. Then after the scrub follows by a good body butter or lotion.
Well now there you have it, taking care of our body is what we love to do…we always want to look great in front of the mirror. So having a beautiful vibrant skin makes even more attractive. J Hope this helps a little.
Suggestions, and comments are welcome. 
Xoxo,
Mary Jhane
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