When it comes to skin care, knowing your skin type is the first step to achieving a clear, even toned complexion. Using the wrong type of products/ingredients can clog your pores and even worse, cause imperfections and break outs on your skin. There are four main skin types. They are normal, dry, oily, and combination. Each of these skin types have specific qualities that require a particular type of treatment. If you are unaware of your skin type, here is a simple test you can do to figure it out.

1. What’s Your Skin Type?

2. When it comes to skin care, knowing your skin type is the
first step to achieving a clear, even toned complexion.
Using the wrong type of products/ingredients can clog
your pores and even worse, cause imperfections and
break outs on your skin. There are four main skin types.
They are normal, dry, oily, and combination. Each of these
skin types have specific qualities that require a particular
type of treatment. If you are unaware of your skin type,
there is a simple test you can do to figure it out.

3. Skin Type Test
When you wake up in the morning, use a clean
facial tissue paper and wipe your face first thing
after waking up, if you have normal skin, there will
be no trace of oil. If the facial tissue paper, has no
trace of oil but your face feels dry, flaky or tight after
you wiped it, you have dry skin. If the facial tissue
paper has spots of facial oil on it, then you have oily
skin. If the facial tissue paper has traces of oil
coming from your forehead and nose but otherwise
dry on your cheeks, you have combination skin.

4. Normal Skin
Skin is vibrant, elastic and supple, it is the least problematic skin
type. And even with minimum care, it will look good well into your
advanced age."
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Tips for Normal Skin"
Cleanse and moisturize daily with gentle products for your skin
type like the Clear Essence Complexion Soap for Normal Skin. "
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“You might also consider adding retinoids or vitamin C to your
routine several times a week to boost collagen production, says
Ava Shamban, a dermatologist in Santa Monica.”"
Finally, don’t forget moisturizer―one with sunscreen for the day
and one without SPF at night.

5. Dry Skin!
Dry skin more than other skin types develop less of a glowing complexion,
can develop wrinkles easily and often have fine pores. It is prone to aging
and irritation."
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Tips for Dry Skin"
To keep your complexion radiant and healthy, use thicker creams that will
quench the thirst your skin is constantly seeking, try Clear Essence’s
Swiss Complex Collagen with Vitamin E Crème. "
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“Skip foaming face washes, since they strip away lipids, and avoid
anything containing harsh retinoids and alpha hydroxy acids, says Fran
Cook-Bolden, a dermatologist in New York City.”

6. Oily Skin!
Oily skin can have a lot of skin issues. It usually looks greasy and shiny
with enlarged pores and often battles acne but it is not prone to aging and
wrinkling like dry skin types."
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Tips for Oily Skin"
To keep your pores unclogged and prevent acne exfoliate away dead skin
cells daily with products that contain salicylic acid or alpha hydroxy acids.
You can find both ingredients in many Clear Essence Skincare products.
Clear Essence’s Blemish Control Wash Formula contains salicylic acid as
its main ingredient. The Complexion Soap with AHA contains Lactic acid,
an alpha hydroxyl acid great for both oily and aging skin."
“Use oil-free lotions and sunscreens, which won’t exacerbate acne,” says
Leslie Baumann, the author of The Skin Type Solution.

7. Combination Skin
Combination skin is the most common skin type. People with combination
skin experience patches of both dry and oily skin and must treat those
areas in relation to guidelines for that skin type."
Tips for Combination Skin"
Balance is very crucial for this skin type. Striking a good balance between
the oily and dry areas of your face can lead to the type of skin you want.
This means try to avoid over-cleansing the T-zone and chin while
protecting the dry areas without overdoing the moisturizer. “Use a gentle
cleanser and lukewarm water to wash your face and look for an emollient
facial moisturizer to soothe dry areas.”

8. Until next week ladies, remember, “Fresh skin, Just lip!”
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