- Welcome back to the Adore Beauty YouTube channel.
My name is Amy Clark,
I'm the Senior Editor here.
Today, we are talking all about skin types.
I actually don't recommend spending any money
on any skincare products,
until you know what your skin type is.
The other reason we are talking about skin types
is because we have a really exciting announcement.
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We are launching the Skincare school care podcast, whew.
Over 12 weeks, you have myself
and Dr. Michelle Wong, AKA Lab Muffin,
and Beauty Science in your ears
taking you through everything you could ever
possibly wanna know about skin care.
I feel like a lot of us say,
"Oh, my skin's really sensitive or I have sensitive skin,"
but it's not actually a skin type.
Is it?
- So some people do have properly sensitive skin
in terms of their genetics.
So they're just more predisposed these days.
A lot of us accidentally make
our skin temporarily sensitive.
- No phones in class.
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- So, why do you need to know your skin type
before buying products?
Basically your skin type is like a roadmap of your skin.
It's like,
if we're building the house here,
before we can get into the mansion
with the Lafferty products,
we need to lay the foundation
and the foundation is your skin type.
Cause it's basically like a DNA profile or your person
your skin's personality.
Once you know how your skin behaves
and what it likes and what it doesn't like it.
Then you can go ahead
and find the best products to suit those concerns.
Another way to think
about skin types is it's basically just a sliding scale
of how much oil your skin naturally produces.
So for example, for dry skin,
you don't produce enough oil
but oily skin produces too much.
So we're gonna figure out where
on this oily scale you sit.
Skin type number one, normal skin.
Now I wanna say "normal,"
in quotation marks because every skin type is,
"normal."
You know, we've all got our unique skin type.
You don't need to strive to have "normal skin."
So what is normal skin?
Basically, it's the Goldilocks of skin types.
It's not too oily, not too dry.
Your skin probably doesn't bother you too much.
And you might have not even really gotten
into skin care that much.
It's actually not really much going on.
So let's just go to the next one.
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Skin type, number two, dry.
So I have dry skin.
So I feel like I can speak from personal experience,
dry skin means that you have a lack of oil in the skin.
So your skin naturally doesn't produce enough oil to
keep your skin barrier nice
and healthy and a healthy skin barrier.
Basically it helps with everything
from skin tone and texture to the appearance
of pores and the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
So if you have dry skin
you might feel like your skin is flaky.
It gets a bit red has that tight stripped feeling.
After you've cleansed.
My skin is perpetually thirsty.
I could drink 10 liters of water a day
and it's still gonna just keep drinking it up.
So if we go back to that analogy of skin types
being how much oil you produce,
dry skin is like trying to fry an egg
in a fry pan with no oil,
it's just burning.
It's smoking.
You just need more oil.
Skin type number three is oily skin.
So this is basically on the other end of the spectrum.
And oily skin actually produces more oil than necessary.
Sometimes people who have oily skin feel
like they could maybe fry an egg on their forehead.
You might find that during the day
your nose and T-zone and chin become shiny.
Maybe your foundation separates.
You might feel like you need a towel off
cause there's just that much oil going on
but essentially your skin naturally produces too much oil.
And finally, number four is combination skin.
So as the name suggests, you are a bit of both.
Think of combination skin like the Gemini of skin types.
You might find that you are oily across the T-zone,
the chin, the forehead but dry
and parched across the cheeks.
So basically you just get the best of both worlds.
It's really fun.
So how do you find out what your skin type is?
Well, that's the million dollar question.
Basically you wanna think
about how your skin looks and feels most of the time.
So obviously there's all sorts of things going on
in your daily environment,
maybe you work in an office
and you've got air con
how your hormones are playing up.
All these different things can affect how your skin looks
and feels.
So if most of the time you find
that your skin just feels really dry
and thirsty and it's slurping everything
up,
then you probably have dry skin.
On the other side, if you find
that your T-zone is like an oil slick,
20 minutes after you've done your foundation
or you normally feel like you have more enlarged pores
then you probably have oily skin.
But if your skin is kind of acting all
over the place one day, she's dry,
one day she's oily
and we've got no idea what's going on.
What you wanna do is strip your routine right back
to the basics.
Cleanser, moisturizer, and sunscreen.
Do this for 30 days, wait for your skin barrier to reset
and then hopefully your true skin type will emerge.
So what about sensitive skin?
I hear you say,
fact, sensitive skin isn't actually a skin type.
It's more of a skin condition
or a skin state that happens because of other factors.
So if a family member has a sensitive skin condition
like rosacea or dermatitis, then it might be more
of your skin type,
but often sensitive skin.
We actually do it to ourselves by using too
many actives,
impairing our skin barrier,
or, you know
even things like living in a humid climate
or eating spicy food or smelling fragrances can all
cause our skin to react and become sensitized.
So that is your quick and dirty guide to skin types.
I'll see you in your ears,
on the Skincare school podcast,
and catch you next time.