It’s important to use cosmetics that are made specifically for your skin type, whether it be dry, oily, or a combination of both. If you’re not sure what your skin type is, all you need to do is wash your face with regular facial soap. Then, about an hour later, feel your skin. If it’s tight, then you have dry skin. If it’s shiny, then you have oily skin. If one part, like your cheeks, are tight, while your forehead is shiny, then you have combination skin.

Dry skin is good for the most part. But you need to care for it properly because it’s more likely to wrinkle. That means using a good creamy moisturizer twice a day, and probably a weekly moisturizing mask.

Oily skin is more susceptible to breaking out than dry skin, but then it tends not to wrinkle so much. (Where’s that happy medium?!) So to keep your skin healthy, you’ll need to wash it with a gel cleanser, three times a day if you can. And a mud mask would be good about once a week.

If you have combination skin, you don’t have to buy both types of cleanser and moisturizer. There are special products designed for your type of skin, so don’t worry. This may sound a bit silly, but it’s important for you to remember that your skin covers your whole body. Of course it does, but the point here is that you need to care for the skin on your whole body, not just your face.

The skin around your neck and chest is similar to your facial skin so, although you don’t need the cleansing systems you use for your face, you do need to use proper cleansers, like a gentle body wash or shower gel. And the rest of the body needs attention, too. So after you bathe, use a soothing body lotion. One thing to note here is that it’s beneficial to think ahead when you use a lotion – is it going to clash with your favorite fragrance?