The combined skin type is one of the most common and complex in the care. The fact is that this type can combine all three skin conditions: dry, normal and fat.
Girls who have this type, notice wrinkles on their face much later than owners of normal or dry skin , but it is difficult enough to choose the right cosmetics. Sometimes it is required to have at home all three types of creams for different types of skin to maintain the beauty of your face.
How to identify a combination skin?
- Mixed skin type is easy to determine by appearance: the face shows enlarged pores in the region of the nose, forehead, and sometimes the chin. In the summer, such skin is prone to fatty type, and therefore the pores are seen more clearly, and the shine in the nose and forehead appears quickly after washing and applying cosmetics.
- The area of the cheeks, as a rule, does not have pimples, dilated pores and black dots: here it has either a dry or normal type.
- In winter, such skin is prone to dryness, and therefore the area of the forehead, nose and chin refers to the normal type, but the skin of the cheeks becomes drier.
- In transitional seasons - in the spring and autumn, this type of skin can manifest unpredictably: there is peeling or excessive fat content.
Mixed skin care
Daily care for the combined skin type should have 2 stages: cleansing and moisturizing. These stages include several steps, and, accordingly, the means used.
Cleanser
First, the skin is cleaned with a special facial cleanser. It should correspond to the combined type, as the use for normal or dry skin will give insufficient purification, and the use of a cleanser for a fatty skin type will very dry it.
The cleansing stage is the basis of skin beauty, so it is better to use a foam with microparticles that will exfoliate dead cells. This will prevent the appearance of peeling, which in the combined type occurs in the spring and autumn, as well as in any skin type with insufficient purification.
Mixed Skin Lotion
The cleansing stage is completed with the use of lotion: it should not contain alcohol and act as gently as possible. This remedy can be selected from the category for dry skin and used only at night.
Mixed Skin Cream
Moisturizing the skin can be with the use of additional means: serums for smoothing the skin color, creams with matting effect, etc.
Moisturizing care for mixed skin can be not only with the help of special creams, but also oils: for example, daily use of olive oil will only benefit.
Cosmetics for mixed skin can include funds from other categories: for example, applying a moisturizing cream for dry skin on the cheeks in the winter will come in handy, especially when it comes to evening care. Also in the summer, you can use a cream for oily skin in the forehead, chin and nose.
The most important rule in caring for any type of skin is to try to understand what it needs at the present time and not just be limited to a certain type of skin.
Masks for combination skin
Cosmetics for combination skin also include masks: especially those that are made on the basis of clay, as it cleans pores, which are, as a rule, the main problem of mixed skin type, are especially effective for it.
For combination and oily skin is effective green clay : it moderately dries, absorbs fat and cleanses deep debris in the pores. This mask can be made independently, diluting the clay bought in the pharmacy, with water in such quantity that the creamy mass is obtained. Then the clay should be applied to the cleansed skin for 15 minutes, and then rinse with warm water.