What is Combination Skin

Are you feeling like numerous parts of your face are competing with each other? One part of your face is consistently oily, even though the other part is drier than the desert? Then you may be affected by what is commonly named combination skin. It”s not an unusual thing, so don’t feel that something’s wrong with you.

What is Combination Skin?

Some people have dry skin, many have oily skin, and others skin are what we would name as “normal”, as in their skin is neither exceedingly dry nor incredibly oily. However, other people discover that their skin is a combination of both dry and oily skin, thus the name, combination skin. This Is due to the moisture or dryness of you skin. It only pertains to whether your skin dry in certain areas and oily in others. Lots of people mistake combination skin as a condition relating to how sensitive your skin is, but that’s not the case here. Sensitive skin and combination skin are two distinct issues.

How Do You Know You’ve Got Combination Skin?

Throughout, particularly after washing your faceCertain parts of skin on your face are dry, rough, or flaky (typically your cheeks)
Other sections are really oily, shiny, greasy, and susceptive to acne (normally your chin, nose, and forehead)
If you’re not certain as to what type of skin type you have, then simply wash your face, wait for moment, and then see how it responds. Use the bullet points above as resources. Which category do you fall in to?

Why is Combination Skin Such a Big Deal?

The main struggle that comes along with combination skin is knowing which skin care and make up products to buy. Most products are geared towards specific skin types, either oily, dry, or regular. But if you’ve got a little bit of everything happening on your face, then it becomes a bit of struggle to find the best products for you.

But we’ll break down which make up and skin care products to use for combination skin in a future post.

What to Avoid

If you’re struggling with combination skin, you’ll want to be sure that you steer clear of the following

Fried foods
Greasy foods
Excessive sun without sunscreen
Letting your skin dry out completely

Now that you know your skin type, be sure to check out our review of the best foundations for combination skin!

Tony