How to choose the best skin care products for your skin.

Whatever your skin type or age, the routine for good facial skin care is the same. Daily you will need to cleanse, exfoliate and moisturize. Every now and then you may want to freshen up your skin with various masks and as you get into your mid 30’s its advisable to invest in some good eye and throat creams and nourishing night cream. But before rushing out and buying the best skin care products available its vital to know your skin type, as you want to choose the skin care product that is suited to your skin type.

Find out which you have - oily skin, dry skin, normal, sensitive or sun damaged skin.

Its very easy to find out what your skin type is. First, wash your face and pat it dry. Then take some fine tissue paper (lens cleaning paper is perfect) and press it against various parts of your face – forehead, nose, cheeks and chin. If the paper sticks or picks up oily marks then you have oily skin. If it doesn’t stick or pick up any marks then it is dry skin. If your forehead, nose and chin are oily and your cheeks dry, then you have normal or combination skin type. Most women have combination skin type.

Sensitive skin is usually very fine and delicate. It often is prone to skin rashes and allergic reactions and could suffer from flushes and broken capillaries. Sun damaged and aging skin tends to feel tight like dry skin, but has visible wrinkles with slack skin around the cheeks and jawline and excessively sun damaged skin has a leathery texture.

So now you know what skin type you are, here are some of our recommended skin care products suitable to treat each skin type –

• Cleansers

Normal/Combination skin - M.D. Forte Facial Cleanser II.
Oily skin -PCA SKIN pHaze 1 Facial Wash Oily Skin.
Dry skin - MD Formulations Facial Cleanser.
Sensitive - MD Formulations Facial Cleanser Sensitive Formula.
Sun damaged/Aging -Pevonia Power Repair Hydrating Cleanser.

• Exfoliating

Normal/Combination skin -  CITY Face Skin Refinisher.
Oily skin -Cellex-C Speed Peel Facial Gel.
Dry skin - MD Formulations Face & Body Scrub.
Sensitive - June Jacobs Sensitive Formula Mandarin Polishing Beads
Sun damaged/Aging -Donell Super Skin Mini Microdermabrasion Scrub.

• Moisturizers

Normal/Combination skin - L'Occitane Shea 24 Hours Ultra Rich Face Cream.
Oily skin - Sundari Essential Oil For Kapha Skin.
Dry skin - ATOPALM MLE Cream.
Sensitive - L'Occitane Honey Harvest Face Cream.
Sun damaged/Aging - SkinCeuticals Face Cream.