Dry Sensitive Skin

Dry skin is very often sensitive as well, which just makes it more difficult to care for. Dry sensitive skin feels taut because of the lack of natural oils and has a tendency to develop small expression lines that will eventually evolve into wrinkles. Furthermore, this type of skin makes one more exposed to allergic reactions, rashes, capillaries breaking and sudden flushes. Therefore, the taking care of dry sensitive skin proves quite a challenge at times. It is worth mentioning the fact that it affects people regardless of age, colour or gender.

You need to follow rigorous rules in your choice of cleansing, moisturising and make-up products when you have dry sensitive skin to take care of. First of all, you have to minimize the amount of products you put on your skin. The fact is, the more chemicals you come into contact with, the higher the chance of getting rashes. The products have to be perfume-free and hypo-allergenic so that you don't develop red, irritation blotches. Blusher and foundation could present some difficulties for dry sensitive skin.

Try not to put on too much make-up in order to permit the skin to breathe adequately. When shopping for make up, other than the hypo-allergenic label, you should also make sure that they are oil free. The foundation or the blusher should be water-based because they won't clog your pores. Oil-absorbing foundations are not recommended for dry sensitive skin, because they will make your skin even drier.

It is also not recommended that you use exfoliants or astringent products on dry sensitive skin because they can irritate the thin epidermis. The same thing has to be said in relation to washing: over-washing of the face means removing the natural oils that lubricate the skin, which will result in an increased dryness.

Furthermore, your day-time moisturiser should have a sun-protection factor (SPF) of at least 15 in it. However, however much you may like sunbathing, dry sensitive skin does not really allow you to enjoy such outdoor, skin-parching pleasures.

If you have dry sensitive skin, don't expose it to the sun unnecessarily to tan it, because you will only achieve premature ageing and possibly even fairly serious health issues. And last but not least, a warning must be signalled that you should change some of your cosmetic products for other ones along the lines mentioned above.

If you decide that you should to change to another make of skincare products, it is very important that you test the product on a small section of skin in order to test whether it triggers any negative manifestations.