Skin is your body largest organ, covering
and protecting the surface of your body. The secret of a beautiful,
healthy skin is to understand how your
skin functions, because this will help you to treat it correctly, keeping it
strong and supple.
Choosing the wrong products for your skin
type is detrimental for your skin, self image and increase expenditure on
skincare products. The key to
developing a skin regime that works for
you is to analyze your skin.
To develop a better understanding of your
skin and what will suit you best, is simplified by answering these questions
below. Then add up your score and check with the list at the end, to discover
your skin type that fits you.
If you know how best your skin react to
different things, then check your skin type before buying skin care
products. If you have been told what
your skin type is. It is even a more good idea to answer the skincare quiz now,
because your skin will change over a period of time, due to lifestyle,
nutrition, race, environment, age, health conditions, hormone changes and
hygiene capabilities.
1. How does the skin feel if you cleanse it
with facial wash and water?
a. Tight, as though its too small for your
face.
b. Smooth and comfortable
c. Dry and itchy in place.
d. fine- quite comfortable.
e. dry in some areas and smooth in others.
a. Relatively comfortable.
b. Smooth an d comfortable.
c. Sometimes comfortable sometimes itchy.
d. Quite oily.
e. Oily in some areas and smooth in
others.
3.
How does your skin usually look by the middle of the day?
a. Flaky patches appearing.
b. Fresh and clean.
c. flaky patches and some redness.
d. Shiny.
e. shiny in the T-zone.
4. How often you break out in spots?
a. hardly ever.
b. occasionally, perhaps before or during
your menstrual cycle.
c. Occasionally.
d. Often.
e. Often - in the T-Zone.
5. How does your skin react when you use
facial toner?
a. It stings.
b. No problems.
c. Stings and itches.
d. Feels fresher.
e. Feels fresher in some areas, but stings
in others.
6. How does your skin react when you have
applied a rich night cream
a. It feels very comfortable.
b. Comfortable.
c. Sometimes feels comfortable, other times
feels irritated.
d. Makes your skin feel very oily.
e. Oily in the T-Zone, comfortable on the
cheeks.
Find out your skin type by adding up the a’s, b’s, co’s, d’s and e’s. Your skin
type has the majority of same letters you choose.
Mostly b’s: Your skin is Normal
Mostly c’s: Your skin is sensitive.
Mostly d’s: Your face is oily.
