Before you decide how to treat your skin, it’s essential to know its strengths and weaknesses, then choose products and treatments accordingly.

There are a few common skin types that may help you build your daily skin care routine

*Normal skin 

Normal skin has medium-size pores, looks clear, with even color, feels soft and bouncy to the touch; isn’t tight or greasy, doesn’t feel uncomfortable or irritated.

Isn’t essentially prone to blackheads or spot.

*Dry skin

has fine pores, feels flaky or rough, sometimes with red patches; feels tight and sometimes irritated after washing, especially if you have used soaps or been in a dry atmosphere for sometime; fine lines develop early around the eye area.

*Combination skin

The only difference between this and normal skin is that combination skin, which is the majority of woman are thought to have, has an oiler T-zone and may be prone to breakouts there , cheeks tend to be normal , possibly a little on the dry side , especially in winter.

*Oily skin

Has large pores and shiny skin, skin tends to be thicker, with rough, irregular texture and coloring; is prone to blackheads and spot; is very common in teenagers and young adults, rare after the age of 35.

*Testing skin type  

Most people know, what their skin type is, but if you don’t, ask a skin care consultant at any pharmacy,or try this simple test:

• remove the makeup and rinse your face with water, pat it dry with a clean towel and leave it for 1 hour.

• place a single layer of white tissue (peel apart a tissue and it will give you two or three thin layers) over your face and press it over the surface, pushing it over the corners and crevices.

• leave it for a few minutes, then lift off and inspect the result.

• oily skin: the tissue will stick to sebum, pick up oily spots and become translucent.

• Normal/Combination skin: it will stick only to your T-zone

• Dry/very Dry skin: the paper won’t stick to any area of your face as you have very little sebum.