Skin Types

What’s Your Skin Type?

Most skincare advice assumes you already know your skin type. This page starts one step earlier — a plain-language way to figure out which of the five main types actually describes your skin, so every product and routine recommendation after this makes sense for you, not for skin in general.

Oily Skin

Oily skin isn’t a flaw to fix — it’s sebaceous glands doing their job a little too enthusiastically....

Dry Skin

Dry skin isn’t just “needs more moisturizer” — it’s usually a barrier that’s losing water faster tha...

Combination Skin

Combination skin means two different skin behaviors on one face — an oily T-zone and normal-to-dry c...

Normal Skin

“Normal” doesn’t mean perfect, and it doesn’t mean skincare-free — it means your skin’s oil and mois...

Sensitive Skin

Sensitive skin isn’t “delicate” in a vague sense — it’s usually a compromised barrier letting more i...

Quick Self-Check

Wash your face with a gentle cleanser and wait 30 minutes without applying anything else.

Shiny all over, especially T-zone? → Likely Oily
Tight, flaky or rough, no shine anywhere? → Likely Dry
Shiny T-zone, normal-to-dry cheeks? → Likely Combination
Comfortable, no tightness or shine? → Likely Normal
Redness, stinging or itching during or after this test? → Likely Sensitive (this can overlap with any of the above four — sensitivity is about how skin reacts, not how much oil it makes)

Why This Matters Before You Buy Anything

Skin type decides three things: how much oil-control you need, how much hydration you need, and how cautious you should be with strong actives (Retinol, Vitamin C, exfoliating acids). Buying based on a concern alone — “I have dark spots, I need a brightening serum” — without knowing your skin type is how oily skin ends up over-stripped and dry skin ends up irritated by the same product that worked for someone else.