How do I know what my skin type is?Updated 3 months ago

The standard skin type categories are dry, oily, combination, balanced and sensitive. You can determine your skin type by trying at-home methods such as the “bare-faced” method.

Wash your face with a gentle cleanser. After thirty minutes, examine the size of your pores. If your pores look large, you most likely have oily skin. If your pores appear small or are barely visible, you most likely have dry skin. If your pores are large in some areas (like your T-zone) but smaller in others, you most likely have combination skin. After an hour, if your face feels tight, this is also an indicator that you have dry skin.

If over 50% of the products you’ve tried have irritated your skin, causing redness or a series of tiny bumps where the product was used, you have sensitive skin.