Knowing your skin type helps you choose the right product that will make your skin healthier and look beautiful. As you might be aware, there are four skin types, namely – Oily, dry, sensitive, and combination skin. Now which one of these is your skin type? If you have oily skin, you will find that your skin looks shiny all the time with large visible pores oozing oil. These pores will be prone to breaking out into pimples, acne or blackheads. To know if your skin is oily, cleanse your face with a mild cleanser and pat dry to leave your skin bare for 30 minutes, without applying any face cream or moisturizer on your face. If you notice that areas on your cheeks, nose, chin and forehead are shining, then you have oily skin. To verify this further, you can gently pat a blotting paper on the areas of your face where you see the shine. If the sheet picks up more oil, then it is extremely likely that you have oily skin. If you have a combination skin, you will find your skin oily only in some prominent places such as the nose, chin and forehead – sans the cheeks, which would be dry.

Every season comes with a set of changes to the environment. This also brings about a few changes in your body, especially in your skin. It is therefore essential to look after your skin properly. While many women hit the salon for a little beautification, a lot of women prefer to take care of it themselves. If you are among the latter and are trying to figure out how best to beautify yourself in the fall season, then you can make use of the following measures to ensure that you get the best results. Here some of the tried and tested DIY beauty hacks to look great throughout the fall season: To keep your skin fresh and oil-free throughout the fall season, you need to find a natural mixture which will help you keep the oil proportions in your skin under control. You can take sea salt as a main ingredient in the mix. Add a few drops of water and ensure that you are making a thick mix. You can place the mixture over your skin and keep it for around 10 minutes. Then remove it after some time. This mixture will not only remove the extra oiliness from your skin, but also ensure that you prevent contact of any bacteria with your skin.

Your skin is the most exposed area of your body. It is forced to bear with changes in the external weather conditions and seasons – hot, dry, wet and cold. These conditions play havoc with your skin if you do not choose the right skincare products and maintain a proper skin care regime. Much like how you upgrade your wardrobe from season to season and stock up on medical supplies for immediate care, you need to also upgrade the skincare products in your beauty closet from time to time to match seasonal changes. The fall season brings with it cold, windy and dry weather conditions that can make your skin lose its natural moisture content, as well as make it scaly and dry by depriving it of oils. As we all know, little to no attention is paid to a proper skin care routine by most of us for different seasons of the year. It is important to reorganize, stack and switch products that will help your skin stay healthy and supple. Here are a few pointers to help you get started on that: Recommended Read:  Know Your Skin Type Ditch the soap Fragrant soaps might leave you clean and fresh during summer, but they will not work well on your skin during colder seasons, as they lack moisturizing content.

An invigorating morning shower with hot water on your body leaves you feeling energized and refreshed for a hectic long day ahead. Likewise, a shower at night helps calm senses, and to rejuvenate and relax your muscles for a sound night’s sleep. Now, with a plethora of bathing soap bars, shower gels and aromatic body washes crowding the shelves of supermarkets, you could be easily confused about choosing the next best buy. The one that soothes, tones and relaxes your body without depriving your skin of essential oils, usually proves to be the ideal bet. While the cosmeceutical industry, with its advances, continues to amaze buyers with new skincare products such as mild soaps for sensitive skin types, body cleansers and aromatic shower gels with the goodness of natural oils; consumers, on the other hand, are still figuring out the difference between a body wash, a shower gel, and a bar soap. Most people tend to simply jump on the bandwagon of celebrity endorsements blindly, to decide the products most suitable for them. They fall into habits, using certain products through time manufactured by reputed FMCG majors; such that switching brands and products become a hassle they’d rather avoid. Added to this habitual restraint, as well as price-related constraints, very little awareness is provided to the end-user with regards to choosing between body wash, shower gel or bar soap.

Sun is the primary source of energy for the earth and all its inhabitants. But, under certain circumstances, it can also be harmful to all of us. The stratosphere and ozone layers filter the harmful radiations of the sun from reaching the surface of the earth. Excessive exposure to the sun is highly detrimental to the health of the human skin, which is highly sensitive and prone to allergies. Ultraviolet radiation manages to pass through the atmosphere is small units, and that harms the skin. Skin diseases are commonly diagnosed across the world. It comes with additional problems of skin tanning, skin aging, sunburn, sunstroke, etc. Read on to learn about some do’s and don’ts that form the prerequisites of skin care, to avoid the scathing effect of the sun. Don’t avoid the application of sunscreen: This might seem obvious, but it’s always worth keeping in mind. Applying sunscreen is a must, not only when moving outdoors, but also while staying indoors. There are multiple commercially available products of various SPF screens, and these must be applied on the exposed skin without failure. Sunscreen helps protect the skin from harmful UV rays and accentuates the beauty of skin even on a hot sunny day.