The Know Your Skin Test

How well do you know your skin? Are you devoted to your dermis or estranged from your epithelials? Answer a few easy questions and find out what description best fits your skin type.

You can also get some great ideas for natural skincare at home, based on your skin type. Should you be feeding your face with papaya, or looking for lavender in your lotions?

1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. It's a cold, damp day in March and you've spent the afternoon outside. When you come home, the skin on your face feels...
Tight and itchy?
Cold and damp, like the rest of you. You want a cup of tea.
Sore?
The same as it did when you went out?
4. Your natural, untanned skin tone is...
Very pale
Pale
Olive
Medium
Dark
Very dark
5. When you wake up in the morning, your skin looks or feels...
Dry and flaky?
Greasy on or around your nose, forehead or chin?
Tight and dry?
Grimy and in need of a wash?
Not much different from how it looks all day?
Like you slept on it?
6. How do you react to the sun (as if you were not using sunblock or protection)?
Very sensitive. You spend the summer under a hat.
You use sunblock, or you burn. Simple as that. Tan? What tan?
You find you don't burn that readily, and you tan fairly easily.
You peel. And you hate it.
You sweat. A lot. And you hate using sunblock, because it feels greasy.
The sun doesn't seem to affect your skin as much as the rain or cold does.
7. Your skincare regime consists of...
Wash. Then go.
Lots of different products; you haven't found the right ones yet.
Rich moisturisers.
Astringents, toners, cleansers, and lots and lots of cotton wool balls.
As little as possible, in case you come up in blotches.
The latest anti-wrinkle cream that seems to work for Jane Fonda.
8. You win an away day at the local spa. You sign up first for...
A full facial, with clay masks and cucumber slices?
A sauna?
A full-body massage with essential oils?
Dermabrasion and a skin renewal therapy?
A swim in the pool?
9. During the average day, you notice your skin gets...
Tired and dull. You can't wait to take off your make-up when you get home.
Dry and itchy.
Greasy. You're forever nipping to the ladies' to powder your nose.
A bit shiny, but nothing untoward.
10. If you could change one thing about your skin, it would be...
Blemishes and enlarged pores
Fine lines or wrinkles
Uneven skin tone
Greasy or oily skin
Skin sensitivity
Dryness, itchiness or flakiness
11. In the past five years, you think your skin has changed...
A little
A lot
Not really
It's definitely dryer than it was
It's definitely oilier than it was
Acne. Arrrgh!!!
12. Last question. If you're going out for the evening, you'll...
Make sure you take your powder compact, tissues or facial wipes.
Give yourself a facial the night before.
Use twice the amount of moisturiser you normally do.
Hope the lighting is flattering.
Not deviate from your normal routine in case you end up going out with blotches on your face.

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