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Dealing with dry, itchy patches in certain parts of your face and excessive oil in others can be incredibly frustrating. How can you hydrate dry skin while also reducing skin shininess and enlarged pores from oily skin? Fortunately, combination skin products exist to target both dry and oily skin to reduce discomfort and help achieve a healthy-looking complexion.
Here are tips for targeting combination skin with the best products for both dry and oily skin:
What does combination skin look and feel like? Common signs
Those with combo skin commonly have oily skin in the T-Zone (forehead, nose, and chin) and dry, patchy skin in the other portions of their face.
The typical signs of combination skin include:
The typical signs of combination skin include:
- Enlarged pores
- Shiny skin in T-Zone that is greasy to the touch
- Itchy, flakey patches of dry skin that are often uncomfortable
What causes combination skin?
Combination skin can come as a result of genetic reasons as well as lifestyle choices. Stress, hormonal changes, environmental pollutants, and a poor diet can make skin more dry and oily.
Choosing the wrong skincare products can heighten these issues too, so you’ll want to look out for gentle, plant-based skincare products to incorporate into your combination skin routine.
Choosing the wrong skincare products can heighten these issues too, so you’ll want to look out for gentle, plant-based skincare products to incorporate into your combination skin routine.
How can a skincare routine help to relieve combo skin? The best combination skin products
The best skincare products for combination skin have balancing properties, meaning that they hydrate dry skin while simultaneously mattifying oily skin to reduce excessive oil production.
Consider these products when assembling your skincare routine:
Consider these products when assembling your skincare routine:
Face mask
Cryo-Flash Mask is great for all skin types and works great as a combination skin face mask. This gel-cream, icy-cold mask provides 24-hours of hydration, visibly reduces the appearance of pores, and boosts your skin’s radiance with just 10-minutes of wear time.
Face cleanser
Choose Purifying Gentle Foaming Face Cleanser for Combination Skin to gently cleanse, purify, and mattify your skin while washing away impurities, pollution, and makeup. Leave your skin refined, refreshed, and shine free with this top cleanser for combination skin.
Serum
Clarins’ iconic Double Serum Light Texture Anti-Aging Serum smoothes and hydrates dry skin while its lightweight texture makes it perfect for those with oily skin as well. This serum was carefully crafted with 21 plant extracts to target every visible sign of aging – from wrinkles to fine lines – for a refined glow.
Moisturizer
To keep your skin hydrated day and night as well as balance oily skin, you need to be using day and night creams or moisturizers.
Consider using Clarins Hydra Essentiel creams designed to prevent visible aging in your 20s, Multi Active to support youthful looking skin in your 30s, Extra Firming for your 40s, Super Restorative creams if you’re in your 50s, and Nutri Lumiere if you’re over 60. Moisturizing with Clarins combination skin moisturizer can help balance your skin for a better youthful looking complexion.
Face primer
Instant Smooth-Perfecting Touch Face Primer is the best combination skin face primer thanks to its pore filling, nourishing, and hydrating properties that leave you with foundation-ready skin in moments.
Facial sunscreen
The best sunscreen for all skin types (including combo skin) is UV PLUS Anti-Pollution Tinted Sunscreen. With its broad spectrum SPF 50, this oil-free, multi-protection sunscreen fights free radicals and protects the skin from photo-aging, dark spots, and the negative effects of indoor and outdoor pollutants.
What to do if you have combination skin that is also sensitive?
People with dry and oily skin are often sensitive to skincare products, environmental pollutants, stress, and more. If you find that your combination skin is also sensitive, you need to find balancing skincare products made from gentle, plant-based ingredients to help protect your skin without irritating it.
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