Caring for different skin types: the main rules
It's no secret that dry skin flakes off, oily skin glitters, and sensitive skin turns red from the wind. The skin of the face changes under the influence of age, climate and hormones. These changes leave their mark, and they are not always positive. Proper care keeps the balance and prevents problems.
Japanese care formulas stand out among their analogues with natural extracts and deep penetration into the dermis. They restore the barrier without irritation, while slowing down aging. In addition, such products act gently but effectively.
Complete the quiz below to receive a personalized selection of cosmetics. He will take into account your skin type and select products from the catalog.
Dry skin is demanding, vulnerable
Dry skin loses moisture and remains tight after washing. Clean it with micellar water or sulfate-free foam in the morning and evening.Apply serums with hyaluronic acid and shea butter or jojoba oil. Consolidate the action of useful ingredients with ceramide cream and apply it at night. To maintain water balance and if there are no contraindications, you can drink 2 liters of water and eat avocados and nuts.
To avoid causing dryness, avoid hot water and wind. Use moisturizing masks with aloe once a week.
Oily skin is shiny and shiny, but requires nutrition.
Oily skin glitters by lunch, and the pores are enlarged. To ensure a matte, even tone, wash your face with salicylic acid gel twice a day.Tonic with niacinamide narrows the pores, mattifying cream with zinc controls sebum. Apply SPF fluid in the morning. Drink green tea and eat fish to get the benefits of Omega-3. Oily skin also needs hydration.
Use a clay mask once a week, which absorbs excess sebum from the skin. But do not try to clean the pores too aggressively, do not scrub your skin daily, this will cause the opposite effect – excessive sebum production.
Sensitive skin is delicate and thin
Reactive skin reacts by reddening to cold or cosmetics. Choose products without alcohol and perfumes, give preference to hypoallergenic formulations.Serums with probiotics, which strengthen the barrier, creams with panthenol, soothing redness, are suitable. Apply SPF daily. Be careful about retinol products, introduce new care products one at a time, testing for allergies.
Approximately once every three days, soothing masks will be required. For example, with extracts of oatmeal, aloe, honey, egg membrane. They relieve irritation and leave a feeling of comfort.
Combination skin – both greasiness and dryness
Combination skin combines an oily T-zone and dry cheeks. Clean it with a special mixed-type gel.Such skin needs an integrated approach. A high-quality tonic balances the pH, a serum with hyaluronic acid provides central hydration, and a light cream mattifies the forehead. SPF-fluid protects during the day. Adjust your diet: try to consume less sweets, the skin is likely to become less oily in problem areas.
Alternate between different masks: mattifying masks are needed for the T-zone, moisturizing masks for the cheeks.
Problematic skin – imperfections that can be eliminated
This skin is covered with pimples and black dots. To remove these imperfections, use cleansing foams, for example, with benzoyl peroxide.To clean the pores well, after washing, you need a lotion with salicylic acid. It dries out the inflammation. It is also necessary to moisturize and nourish such skin, but the products should not contain comedogenic oils in high concentrations.
Apply retinoids at night – they fight acne while you sleep. If indicated, take zinc-containing foods, such as pumpkin.
Do not crush the pimples, it will worsen the problem. Another rule is that it is better to change the pillowcase weekly so that there are no skin secretions left on it.
Aging skin – maintaining youth
After 50, elasticity is lost, wrinkles appear. And then the most gentle cleansing is required, without soap.Serums with peptides and vitamin C smooth out, a cream with retinol at night reduces the severity of wrinkles. Biorevitalization and massage will help keep you young longer, it improves lymph flow.
For age-related skin, which is prone to pigmentation due to its characteristics, the use of SPF 50 is mandatory. Collagen will become a faithful helper: additionally get it from products or supplements, select products with it in the composition.
Young skin – it's time to start caring for it
Up to the age of 25, the skin is supple, but there is often a tendency to acne. In most cases, a soap-free foam is suitable for cleansing, which cleanses gently and effectively.The next stage of cleansing is a tonic that removes chlorine from tap water. A light cream is mostly enough to moisturize. Before going to bed, be sure to clean your skin with micellar water from makeup and wash your face with a suitable remedy. Use sun protection products, they prevent the appearance of pigment earlier.
To eliminate acne, apply the appropriate masks once a week. Tea tree oil is a popular and effective component of such products.
Normal skin is a balance that needs to be maintained
Normal skin is smooth and does not require extreme care measures. The basic rules of beauty rituals remain the same: cleansing foam, refreshing tonic. Choose a day cream with sun protection, with SPF 30. Nighttime – with antioxidants to prevent signs of aging. Maintain a balance with vitamins A and E, which are found in most healthy foods.
To keep the tone smooth and radiant, do the peeling once every 10 days.
Choose your skin type in the quiz and get a ready-made set of Japanese remedies. They will penetrate deeply, restore radiance without allergies.
QUIZ
Quiz questions 1.
How does the skin behave 2 hours after washing?
- Tightened, flaky (dry).
- t glitters in the T-zone (bold/combined).
- Blushes or burns (sensitive).
- Smooth, without discomfort (normal/young).
- No, the skin is matte (dry/age-related).
- Dilated in the center of the face (fat/problematic).
- Only on the forehead and nose (combined).
- Small, inconspicuous (normal).
- Rarely, mostly dryness (dry/sensitive).
- Often in the T-zone (problematic/oily).
- Occasionally on the cheeks (combined / young).
- No problem (normal/age-related).
- Flakes, cracks (dry/ age-related).
- Glitters more (greasy).
- Blushes, itches (sensitive).
- Does not change (normal/young).
- Wrinkles, loss of elasticity (age-related).
- Acne, greasy shine (young/problematic)
- Mixed zones (combined).
- The balance is without pronounced defects (normal).
Add up the points for the answers (each option = 1 point by type). The dominant type determines the result. In case of a draw, it is combined.
Example: 3 points for "dry" → dry skin. Results and transition: Dry skin: "Your skin is dry. We need moisturizers with hyaluronic acid. Get a set → [link to catalog]".
Similarly for others: oily (matting gels), sensitive (probiotics), problematic (salicylic acid), age-related (peptides), young (light tonics), normal (SPF balance), combined (zonal care).
The "Pick up cosmetics" button leads to a catalog with a filter by type. Japanese accent: "Products with oriental extracts will restore balance gently and deeply."
