The first step to creating you ideal skincare routine starts with determining your skin type and primary skin concerns.
Your skin type is on the spectrum between a very oily to a very dry, with combination and normal skin sitting in between. Let's determine your skin type.
Follow these three easy steps to determine your skin type
1. Cleanse your face before bed.
2. Leave your skin bare without moisturising or adding any other product to it.
3. In the morning analyse your T Zone and C Zones. Your T Zone is the skin on your forehead, nose and chin. Your C Zone is the skin on your cheeks and surrounding your T Zone. Are they oily and shiny or dry and flaky? Is your skin red or normal? Does your skin feel tight or comfortable?
Signs you have oily skin
An oily T Zone and C Zone appears greasy and shiny in nature, with excess oils.
If you have oily skin, you'll be looking for a routine that balances your oil production and hydrates your skin, because dehydrated skin can trigger excess oil production.
We recommend these hero products for oily skin:
Gel Cleanse is made with gentle cleansing surfactant, sodium coco-sulfate to break down and combine oils + impurities. Plus, green tea extract to reduce sebum (an oily substance on your skin). Paired with Tailor Towel to gently & effectively wipe everything away.
Polish is made with absorbent bentonite clay to soak up excess oils and impurities while 2% salicylic acid fights congestion.
Hydrate with 2% hyaluronic acid deeply hydrate without adding oils. Niacinamide brightens and protects.
Illume contains 1% bakuchiol to mimic retinol for all the benefits without side effects. Squalane moisturises and helps balance natural oil production.
Shop skincare for oily skin here.
Signs you have dry skin
A dry T Zone and C Zone which may appear flaky in nature. The skin may also feel tight and can be red in appearance.
If you have dry skin, you'll be looking for a routine that deeply hydrates and moisturises your skin, while adding fatty oils to nourish and protect your skin from moisture loss.
We recommend these hero products for dry skin:
Oil Cleanse contains 100% pure cold-pressed oils and Vitamin E which cleanse, nourish and deeply moisturise dry skin. Paired with Tailor Towel to gently & effectively wipe everything away.
3% probiotic lysate in Renew strengthens the skin's protective barrier plus reduces sensitivity and redness.
Restore is made with a higher % of nourishing oils & butters; including squalene, shea butter, jojoba oil & sunflower seed oil to deeply nourish, moisturise, enhance your skin barrier & prevent water loss.
Illume is made with 1% bakuchiol and hemp seed oil to moisturise, soothe inflammation and lock in moisture. Plus, it also rebalances oil production.
Shop skincare for dry skin here.
Signs you have combination skin
Both oily and dry skin, the most common is pattern an oily T Zone with a Dry C Zone.
If you have combination skin, you'll be looking for a routine that soaks up excess oils and helps balance oil production while hydrating and nourishing dry patches without adding excess oils.
We recommend these hero products for combination skin:
Gel Cleanse is made with gentle cleansing surfactant, sodium coco-sulfate to break down and combine oils + impurities. Plus, green tea extract to reduce sebum (an oily substance on your skin). Paired with Tailor Towel to gently & effectively wipe everything away.
Oil Cleanse contains 100% pure cold-pressed oils and Vitamin E which cleanse, nourish and deeply moisturise dry skin. Paired with Tailor Towel to gently & effectively wipe everything away.
Use Polish as a t-zone mask to soak up excess oils and impurities and buff away dry skin. 2% salicylic acid fights congestion.
Hydrate with 2% hyaluronic acid deeply hydrates dry areas of the face without adding oils.
Restore is made with a higher % of nourishing oils & butters; including squalene, shea butter, jojoba oil & sunflower seed oil to deeply nourish, moisturise, enhance your skin barrier & prevent water loss.
Illume contains 1% bakuchiol to mimic retinol for all the benefits without side effects. Squalane moisturises and helps balance natural oil production.
Shop skincare for combination skin here.
Signs you have normal skin
Neither oily or dry T and C Zones. Skin does not appear flaky or shiny and is not red in complexion. If you have this skin type consider yourself one lucky individual!
If you have normal skin, you'll be looking for a well-rounded routine that continues to nourish and balance your skin.
Shop skincare for normal skin here.
It’s important to remember that your skin type may change over time and is most commonly affected by: health, age, hormones, diet, smoking, pollution and seasonal changes in weather.
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