If you are not new to my blog, you would know that my skin is oily. A friend of mine actually asked me to make a blog post for combination skin, and I was like that's a good idea cause not all of readers have the same type of skin or hair or body like I do. Mostly when I blog about something, I would have tried it and searched for it; however this is not the case in here. I am basing my tips on research and some few trials.
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In order to know how to take care of any skin / body / hair type, you need to understand it. Typically combination skin is a two typed skin, you've got your oily T zone "forehead, nose and face" and you've got your dry cheeks on the other hand. The oils glands on your facial skins that keeps the moisture are very active only on your T zone, your water glands on the other hand are more active on your cheeks and that leads to lake of moisture. It's not easy to have shine and breakouts on part of your skin and dry patches on other parts of your skin. These tips I have summed up for all of you out there who are combination skin beauties.
1) Half of the time, you will consider that you have two faces. You need to treat your T zone very differently than your cheeks so you can normalize them both. What will be accepted by your cheeks might not be accepted by your T zone
2) When removing your makeup, use baby wipes. The great thing about baby wipes that they don't have alcohol which is awesome cause alcohol tends to over dry the skin. Anything a mom will trust to put on her baby's butt and body, you can trust to put on your face.
3) Never use soap bars to wash your face, no matter what the advertising claim. Soap bars tend to over dry skin, even the oily parts. When you go ahead and strip all of these natural oils, your oily skin is stubborn so it will just produce more and more oils which will end up in shine, acne and white heads.
4) You will need to wash your t-zone twice a day with cleanser, however your cheeks should be washed with cleanser only once a day. Using two types of face cleansers depends on how oily your T zone is. For your T zone, a gel based or foaming cleanser is great to regulate that oily monster going on underneath. Your cheeks will need a cream based cleaner, something that contains glycerin to clean your skin and keep it moisturized. Never use a cleanser that has any type of fragrance in it.
5) Make your own toner and again you will need to tone your oily parts twice a day while your dry parts will need only one time toning, you can even use toner on your dry parts every other day. Use rose water as a home made toner. If you tend to have a really oily T zone, you can add vinegar to the rose water that you will use on your T zone only.
6) Use sun screen. I know that sounds like a dah! moment, especially that we're in the summer. Using sunscreen always prevents your face from the sun and that prevents wrinkles on the long run. Look at the ingredients of the stuff you're buying, look for itanium dioxide and zinc oxide.
7) Nose patches work for me, they're not instant though. For some reason the nose is always ready to have white and black heads, I find that nose cleansing patches work wonders. I would put my head in the steamer so I can open up my pores, If you don't have one just facing steam from hot or boiling water does the same thing. Put the patch on your nose while making sure there is no air bubbles, wait for 15 minutes then remove in fast motion. Wash your face with cold water after doing so, the cold water will minimize your pores while clean. Allow a period of 3-4 days between each usage.
8) St Ives scrubs are oil free and they are amazing. Oily skin needs to be scrubbed 2-3 times a week and dry skin needs to be scrubbed once a week. Scrubbing your oily parts will get red of excess oil and dry parts needs to be scrubbed to get red of dead skin that causes dryness. You can make a good home scrub for your T-zone out of salt, and lemon, your dry skin home made scrub is made from olive oil and sugar *yummy*.
9) Make sure to moisturize your dry parts twice a day using cream based moisturizer. Your oily parts will need only to be moisturized only once daily or every other day even with a light weight moisturizer. A great natural moisturizer that can be used on both parts is coconut oil also Moroccan aragan oil.
10) Use honey as a face mask all over your face once a week. after you evenly spread the honey all over your face, get an egg, crack it and take the white of it. Spread the white of the egg on your T zone, egg whites is great to minimizing pores and shine.
11) Before your make up, use oil free primer on on your T-zone. Using a stipple brush to even out your primer is great. A hydrating serum or oil based primer on your cheeks.
12) It's not practical to use two different foundations, because it won't be easy to have two different foundation with the same shade. Using the hydrating serum will help your cheeks in hydrating under oil free foundation.
13) Buy a creamy concealer, because you will need it under your eyes to your cheeks. If you are like me and use concealer in conturing, then you will need to get another crayon concealer for your nose, forehead, above your lips and under your lips.
14) When you're done with your primer and foundation, apply mattefying powder all over your T zone area. Having done that you will prevent shine in that area and will hold your foundation for a longer time.
15) Your blush only goes on your cheeks so you should use cream blush. It won't over melt or anything, cause your cheeks are dry and they will be happy with cream based blush. Cheek tint or cheek stain mostly come in sticks and cream form, so always go for them when trying a more natural look.
16) You can use cream based bronzer on your cheeks and use another bronzing powder for your forehead and chin. The other trick is you can get a regular bronzer and dip your brush in cream nude eye-shadow before you apply it to your cheeks.
17) If you get shine during the day on your T zone, it's going to be very in practical to redo your makeup. Carrying around a little box of blotting papers is ideal for these cases. A blotting paper is a miracle because they suck up all that excess oil and they give you a matte look in a second. Just tab on your nose / forehead ./ chin with one of these papers and Voila, matte again.
18) In the winter you will need to take more care of your cheeks, in terms of moisturizing. It;s normal to moisturize more and be patient with it.
19) If you have excessive oil production, you don't want the oils your hands to add more oil to your face. Invent in a good set of brushes for your makeup, so you won't have to put your makeup on with your fingers. Makeup brushes make hell of a difference in applying makeup and the finish result. Also during the day try not to touch your face, you could have any oils from food or dirt that can get into your face.
20) Lay low on food with tons of saturated fats and refined sugar. Go for good fats and lots of veggie. The nutrition you get into your body can get you a glowing healthy skin and can ruin it for you.
In order to know how to take care of any skin / body / hair type, you need to understand it. Typically combination skin is a two typed skin, you've got your oily T zone "forehead, nose and face" and you've got your dry cheeks on the other hand. The oils glands on your facial skins that keeps the moisture are very active only on your T zone, your water glands on the other hand are more active on your cheeks and that leads to lake of moisture. It's not easy to have shine and breakouts on part of your skin and dry patches on other parts of your skin. These tips I have summed up for all of you out there who are combination skin beauties.1) Half of the time, you will consider that you have two faces. You need to treat your T zone very differently than your cheeks so you can normalize them both. What will be accepted by your cheeks might not be accepted by your T zone
2) When removing your makeup, use baby wipes. The great thing about baby wipes that they don't have alcohol which is awesome cause alcohol tends to over dry the skin. Anything a mom will trust to put on her baby's butt and body, you can trust to put on your face.
4) You will need to wash your t-zone twice a day with cleanser, however your cheeks should be washed with cleanser only once a day. Using two types of face cleansers depends on how oily your T zone is. For your T zone, a gel based or foaming cleanser is great to regulate that oily monster going on underneath. Your cheeks will need a cream based cleaner, something that contains glycerin to clean your skin and keep it moisturized. Never use a cleanser that has any type of fragrance in it.
5) Make your own toner and again you will need to tone your oily parts twice a day while your dry parts will need only one time toning, you can even use toner on your dry parts every other day. Use rose water as a home made toner. If you tend to have a really oily T zone, you can add vinegar to the rose water that you will use on your T zone only.
6) Use sun screen. I know that sounds like a dah! moment, especially that we're in the summer. Using sunscreen always prevents your face from the sun and that prevents wrinkles on the long run. Look at the ingredients of the stuff you're buying, look for itanium dioxide and zinc oxide. 7) Nose patches work for me, they're not instant though. For some reason the nose is always ready to have white and black heads, I find that nose cleansing patches work wonders. I would put my head in the steamer so I can open up my pores, If you don't have one just facing steam from hot or boiling water does the same thing. Put the patch on your nose while making sure there is no air bubbles, wait for 15 minutes then remove in fast motion. Wash your face with cold water after doing so, the cold water will minimize your pores while clean. Allow a period of 3-4 days between each usage.
8) St Ives scrubs are oil free and they are amazing. Oily skin needs to be scrubbed 2-3 times a week and dry skin needs to be scrubbed once a week. Scrubbing your oily parts will get red of excess oil and dry parts needs to be scrubbed to get red of dead skin that causes dryness. You can make a good home scrub for your T-zone out of salt, and lemon, your dry skin home made scrub is made from olive oil and sugar *yummy*.
9) Make sure to moisturize your dry parts twice a day using cream based moisturizer. Your oily parts will need only to be moisturized only once daily or every other day even with a light weight moisturizer. A great natural moisturizer that can be used on both parts is coconut oil also Moroccan aragan oil.10) Use honey as a face mask all over your face once a week. after you evenly spread the honey all over your face, get an egg, crack it and take the white of it. Spread the white of the egg on your T zone, egg whites is great to minimizing pores and shine.
11) Before your make up, use oil free primer on on your T-zone. Using a stipple brush to even out your primer is great. A hydrating serum or oil based primer on your cheeks.
12) It's not practical to use two different foundations, because it won't be easy to have two different foundation with the same shade. Using the hydrating serum will help your cheeks in hydrating under oil free foundation.
13) Buy a creamy concealer, because you will need it under your eyes to your cheeks. If you are like me and use concealer in conturing, then you will need to get another crayon concealer for your nose, forehead, above your lips and under your lips.14) When you're done with your primer and foundation, apply mattefying powder all over your T zone area. Having done that you will prevent shine in that area and will hold your foundation for a longer time.
15) Your blush only goes on your cheeks so you should use cream blush. It won't over melt or anything, cause your cheeks are dry and they will be happy with cream based blush. Cheek tint or cheek stain mostly come in sticks and cream form, so always go for them when trying a more natural look.
16) You can use cream based bronzer on your cheeks and use another bronzing powder for your forehead and chin. The other trick is you can get a regular bronzer and dip your brush in cream nude eye-shadow before you apply it to your cheeks.17) If you get shine during the day on your T zone, it's going to be very in practical to redo your makeup. Carrying around a little box of blotting papers is ideal for these cases. A blotting paper is a miracle because they suck up all that excess oil and they give you a matte look in a second. Just tab on your nose / forehead ./ chin with one of these papers and Voila, matte again.
18) In the winter you will need to take more care of your cheeks, in terms of moisturizing. It;s normal to moisturize more and be patient with it.
19) If you have excessive oil production, you don't want the oils your hands to add more oil to your face. Invent in a good set of brushes for your makeup, so you won't have to put your makeup on with your fingers. Makeup brushes make hell of a difference in applying makeup and the finish result. Also during the day try not to touch your face, you could have any oils from food or dirt that can get into your face.20) Lay low on food with tons of saturated fats and refined sugar. Go for good fats and lots of veggie. The nutrition you get into your body can get you a glowing healthy skin and can ruin it for you.
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Hi, thank you very much for help. I am going to test that in the near future. Cheers
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