Recognize your personal skin characteristic and choose a program that suits your current needs:

Note: Skin Characteristics change. Do not assume what you are today will be the same forever. Compare these various characteristics to what you see today.  Recheck your skin with each season and adjust your skin care system to suit current skin characteristics.

Your skin is the first line of defense against infection, treat it seriously!

Dry Skin Characteristics

Most commonly known as normal to combination. Fine lines in the hollows of the cheek, a dull finish to the skin and a general feeling of tightness especially when not using a good skin care program are common characteristics of a dry skin; an  oily T-zone is a common characteristic of all  skins, it is not an indication that all of your skin is oily.

Sensitive Skin Characteristics

The skin may be dry, oily or combination. The skin appears thin, transparent and   blushes easily. Frequent rashes occur.  When you are under stress, illness or  new medications your skin  can exhibit  sensitive inflamed characteristics.

Sensitivity is a negative, topical reaction to exterior stimulus. This reaction can be caused by sun, chemicals, wind, environmental pollutants and can cause skin to react negatively to natural or botanical ingredients.

Sensitive to wind and beauty products. A transparent pink skin with a dry surface.

Surface Tension: To remove water from the tissue leaving it dull, inflamed, rough and flaky. Dehydrated tissue without proper care can crack and bleed.

Large pores over the entire face and skin is uncomfortably moist within a couple of hours after cleansing. The skin is thick, sallow and rough textured.

Most simply Acne is a hair follicle or pore that has become clogged with sebum. (Oil forms beneath the dermis) dead skin cells, and bacteria forms and skin becomes inflamed, bacteria increases and the acne spreads. Acne can be triggered by many things from the environment to hormone changes, to drugs and some cosmetic products, as well as diet. Acne has three characteristics:

• Excess oil
• Inflammation
• Multiplying bacteria.

A blemish is an infection at the surface of the skin. The cells in an attempt to protect the infection, develop a dome. The dome is a protection for the infected and inflamed area and is the only thing you see. When the dome is squeezed or dried out the infection spreads and another dome appears. Pimples or blemishes are often a sign of topical sensitivity.

Paper thin and tight. A red blotchy skin color with patches of flakiness and cracking over the face.

An over-production of oil at any age is caused by an over stimulated oil gland. Hormone therapy, sun, improper diet and an improper and aggressive cleansing routine can aggravate and dry out the surface skin and stimulate your oil glands. Skin is oily all day, all over the face. (skin is prone to blemishes and or acne)