Combination Skin

Skin care for combination skin can get a bit tricky. Often you'll need to battle oily skin and dry skin at the same time. It's not uncommon for people with combination skin to have oily skin at the forehead and nose areas (called a "T-zone"). Before you embark on a skin care regime for your combination skin, you need exactly which areas are oily, which are dry and which are normal. Once you determine these factors, you can treat your combination skin fairly easily.Wash with warm water and a cleanser twice daily. Make sure you use soap-free products. Read labels to make sure that your cleanser is free of alcohol, soaps, or harsh detergents. For the oily parts, use a cleanser which contains salicylic acid specially designed for the reduction of sebum production. If you choose to use toners or astringents as part of your combination skin care routine, make sure whatever you use is alcohol-free; if it isn't, it will make your dry patches even worse. Apply a small amount of the liquid to your face, ideally in only the oily areas. After washing or toning, apply an oil-free moisturizer to the dry (and, if you want,) normal parts of your skin. There is no need to moisturize the oily parts of your skin. Before going out into the sun, make sure to apply an oil-free sunscreen. As for weekly treatments, those with combination skin may wish to apply two masks weekly- a clay mask for the oily areas and a moisturizing mask for the dry areas.