Taking care of your skin is a vital part of beauty. In order to do this, your first must be able to evaluate what skin type you have.
If you have blemishes along with oily skin, then you have an oily skin type. Oily skin tends to appear shiny within an hour after cleansing. Also, this skin type tends to have large pores and little color in the face.
Normal Skin Type
Joey Products, from Joey New York located in the heart of New York City, are a new trend in the beauty world. These skin care treatments and beauty enhancement products help to smooth and create flawless skin. Even though all of Joey New York products contain only all-natural quality ingredients, those with sensitive should still be careful. For those with sensitive skin, the Joey Calm and Correct products, which include a cleanser, toner ($24.00; joeynewyork.com), moisturizer ($40.00; joeynewyork.com) and serum ($42.00; joeynewyork.com) help to reduce skin redness, spider veins on the legs and dark circles under the eyes. Juice Beauty products are another modern beauty product that works well on normal skin types. These products nourish the skin with vitamins, antioxidants, enzymes and aroma therapeutic oils. Pure Comfort Cleansing Milk ($26.00; sephora.com) and SPF30 Sheer Moisturizer ($29.00; sephora.com) are recommended products.
Dry Skin Type
Moisturizing products are the best solutions to dry skin. Since Biotherm products are formulated with exclusive, patented Thermal Spring Water, they work wonders on dry skin. Biotherm's Detoxifying Moisturizing Cream for Dry Skin (biotherm-usa.com; $36.00) is a non-greasy cream that helps improve oxygen absorption and keeps skin smooth and fresh. Biotherm also has good cleansers, however, Neutrogena's new Advanced Solutions Facial Peel ($29.99, at local drugstores) deep cleans the skin providing professionals results. This new product is formulated to peel away dry and damaged surface skin cells, thus revealing clear and smooth new skin.
Oily Skin Type
The Umbrian Clay Body Care collection helps to purify and revitalize oily skin with exfoliating and nourishing crushed olive seeds, meadow foam seed oil and macadamia nut oil. Treatments from the small Italian town of Nocera Umbra, the Umbrian Clay Exfoliating Body Cleanser ($48.00, Neiman Marcus stores) or the Umbrian Clay Treatment Bar ($38.00, Neiman Marcus stores) reduce oiliness and tighten pores. Bath and Body Work's offers the Neem Pore Refining Face Mask ($16.00, Bath&Body Works stores) which not only tightens pores but sloughs away dead skin cells with the use of East Indian neem leaves.
What's Hot
Christine Chin's new spa in New York City is a favorite among Penelope Cruz, Kimora Lee Simmons, Hilary Swank, Josie Maran and many others. She offers quality services, which include facials, body waxing, nails and microderm abrasion; however, her products work the same wonders as her services. The Pore Purifying Astringent ($28.00; christinechin.com) is said to be the best toner that leaves every skin type feeling super clean, rejuvenated and tingly. The new Energizing Eye Gel ($49.00; christinechin.com) is a best seller and said to instantly firm under eye puffiness and smooth deepening wrinkles.
- Jacqueline Howard, Associate Editor
