If your skincare is not working, the products might not be the problem. Your skin type might be. Here are 5 signs you have been using the wrong ones.
If you wash your face and you are shiny again within two hours, your cleanser is stripping your skin. Oily skin overproduces oil as a defence. You need gentler, not harsher.
You are probably using the wrong texture for your skin type. Dry skin needs occlusive ingredients like ceramides. Oily skin needs humectants like hyaluronic acid. The wrong one disappears.
Rich serums designed for dry skin can clog pores on oily or combination skin. If a product everyone raves about keeps giving you breakouts, it is probably the wrong product for your type.
If you think you have different skin types in different seasons — you probably have combination skin. Indian weather reveals it. Oily T-zone in summer, dry cheeks in winter. One product rarely covers both.
Foundation reacts to your skin type underneath it. Too cakey means dry or dehydrated skin. Too shiny means oily. No amount of setting spray fixes a mismatch at the base.
If you have cycled through 5 cleansers and none feel right, you are probably not using the wrong brands. You are using the wrong type of product for your actual skin.
Wash your face. Apply nothing. Wait 60 minutes. What you see is your real skin. Shiny all over — oily. Tight and dull — dry. Shiny nose, normal cheeks — combination.
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