How to choose a cream for oily and combination skin?

Features of oily skin care

The most important step in caring for oily and problematic skin is cleansing. But here it is important not to overdo it, because the destruction of the lipid layer makes the epidermis vulnerable to external factors.

For daily cleansing, experts recommend using cosmetics that contain vitamin C and fruit acids. You can use sebum-regulating masks or special serums in courses. Cosmetics with a mild effect are suitable, which remove sebum well, but do not harm the hydrolipid mantle.

Exfoliation is considered an equally important component of care. For oily skin, scrubs with sebum-regulating and antibacterial components are usually used. Clay masks are responsible for deep cleansing, they even out the texture of the skin, cleanse and tighten pores.

Many girls neglect an important stage of care - moisturizing. Yes, with increased sebum secretion, the skin also needs hydration. Cosmetic products with a gel-like texture are suitable for this. Often girls choose a moisturizer for oily skin with a mattifying effect. It makes the face more attractive, hides imperfections, and eliminates excessive shine.

For daytime care, it is better to use a light mattifying cream, and at night apply a cream with retinol and moisturizing ingredients. The use of dense nutritional products with silicone in the care of shiny skin is absolutely excluded. They may have a comedogenic effect.

In the case of problem skin, it is also necessary to strictly follow the sequence of use of cosmetics103:

• cleansing (it is important to choose products that do not cause tissue dehydration);
• toning (restores the pH of the epidermis, prepares it to accept the active components of the cream);
• moisturizing (experts recommend using mattifying creams during the day, and sebum-regulating creams at night).

When caring for combination and oily skin, you can apply different types of products to different areas, for example: use mattifying creams on areas with high oil content, and moisturizing and nourishing products on drier areas103.

What types of professional facial products are there?

• Cleansers. Foams and lotions, scrubs and mousses are all products designed to cleanse and exfoliate the skin. Without such cosmetics, no self-care can be called complete, because cleansing is necessary to renew and prepare the skin for the application of further products.
• Active serums and concentrates are the most concentrated products; they are most deeply absorbed by the skin and facilitate the penetration of cosmetic components applied on top of the serum. Thus, serums are applied in a small amount to the skin, and a mask or cream is applied on top of them according to the skin type. This combination guarantees the most lasting results.
• Face masks are used once or twice a week, providing complete nourishing, moisturizing and rejuvenating care for the facial skin. Typically, masks are applied to cleansed skin on top of serums, which enhance their effectiveness and efficiency.
• Daytime face creams are applied in the morning to clean skin; it is also recommended to apply serum. Experts call the most important function of day creams the protection of the skin from external environmental factors: wind, dust and solar radiation. Such creams are real assistants in personal care; they help maintain water balance, prevent skin damage, and make applied makeup more durable.
• Night face creams work actively during sleep, that is, at a time when the skin is most actively restored. That is why night creams often include ingredients that promote regeneration, rejuvenation and lifting. However, do not forget that any night cream should be applied no later than an hour before bedtime, so as not to provoke swelling.

Care for oily skin in summer and winter

In the heat, the sebaceous glands work with increased activity, so you should not clog your pores with products with a dense texture. It is better to choose a cream fluid or light gel that will saturate the cells with moisture and control sebum secretion. In summer, you need to use cosmetics with SPF filters for your face, which will protect the epidermis from ultraviolet radiation. For oily skin, a cream that has the following actions is suitable:

• improves the structure, evens out the relief of the epidermis;
• regulates sebum secretion;
• protects the epidermis from ultraviolet radiation;
• has antiseptic and antibacterial effects;
• saturates cells with moisture, restores water balance;
• slightly dries the inflamed areas.

In winter, sebum production is significantly reduced, so the condition of the epidermis gradually normalizes. But this does not mean that it does not require special care; it’s just that in winter, cosmetics are given slightly different tasks - nourishing and moisturizing the skin, as well as strengthening blood vessels.

Facial cosmetics – care and concern for your skin.

Beauty industry professionals are unanimous in the statement that cosmetics are necessary for complete care of the skin of the face, neck and décolleté, and you need to start using them as early as possible. Cosmetics fill the skin with nutrition and precious moisture, help resist age-related changes, eliminate wrinkles, age spots and swelling. Of course, it is necessary to carefully select products for skin of different ages and use them regularly, and not from time to time. Choose the best for yourself: gels and serums, lotions and tonics, masks and face creams, the online store “Constellation of Beauty” offers you a wide range and at affordable prices.

How to choose a cream for oily skin?

There are several typical signs of oily skin. The most common of them are enlarged pores, greasy shine, to which blackheads are sometimes added. Creams for oily skin are designed to solve specific problems:

• Nutrition. In the autumn-spring period, the condition of the epidermis may worsen due to a deficiency of vitamins and minerals in the body. During this period, it is advisable to use special products that can saturate the cells with the necessary active substances.
• Hydration. Dehydration of cells leads to worsening flaking of the skin. It is important to restore the hydrobalance in a timely manner, otherwise the sebaceous glands will begin to secrete more sebum, which in turn provokes the formation of new acne*. The composition of a face cream for oily skin should include components such as salicylic, glycolic, hyaluronic acid, vitamins A, B, C, E, as well as essential oils and extracts of medicinal plants. Each of these components has unique properties that will help improve the condition of the epidermis.
• Matting. Oily shine, blackheads, enlarged pores look unaesthetic. Using mattifying cosmetics, you can disguise existing imperfections. It usually contains vitamins C and E, panthenol, hyaluronic and salicylic acid, as well as sorbents in the form of powder, talc, clay, zinc or starch. Mattifying cream can perform several tasks at once: narrow pores, maintain cell hydrobalance, control sebum secretion, and have antibacterial and antiseptic effects.

To slightly hide existing aesthetic defects, use foundation for oily skin. When choosing, keep in mind that oily skin does not tolerate heavy and oily textures. Therefore, it is better to choose light creams or fluids that have high covering power. It would be good if the foundation contains the following components:

• Antioxidants. Resveratrol, vitamins C and E, polyphenols protect cells from free radicals, prevent early aging, slowing down oxidation processes.
• Hygroscopic agents. Glycerin, panthenol, hyaluronic acid absorb moisture and create a barrier that maintains water balance in cells.
• Sorbents. Powder, clays, zinc, starch, talc absorb sebum and give the face a matte finish.
• Salicylic acid. Promotes exfoliation of dead epidermal cells, activates regeneration processes, evens out the color and texture of the face, and effectively fights local inflammation.
• Additional components. Emulsifiers combine all the ingredients into a single formula, and stabilizers help preserve it.

For oily and problem skin, two effects that foundations provide are of particular importance - durability and mattification. To maintain tone and maintain a youthful face, you need to regularly use day cream for oily and combination skin. At the same time, it is important that it does not create a greasy and dense film on the face.

OILY SKIN

As paradoxical as it may sound, oily skin needs to be moisturized even more than normal skin, since the proper functioning of the sebaceous glands is ensured by a sufficient amount of moisture in the skin. Girls with oily skin types should choose the lightest texture of the cream, which is immediately absorbed and does not form a film on the skin.

Search in:

Salicylic acid; AHA acids; Sulfur; Zinc; Retinol; Hyaluronic acid.

Avoid in:

Petrolatum; Paraffin; Mineral and vegetable oils; Squalane.

Features of choosing a cream for combination skin

Mixed skin types need hydration and mattification at the same time. To do this, you can use different products, but preferably with a lightweight texture. These can be creams for oily/combination or normal/combination skin. In the first case, they have a pronounced matting effect, adsorb sebum and normalize its production. In the second, they moisturize the epidermis, so it is better to use them in the cold season, when the sebaceous glands are not so active.

Cream for combination skin may contain the following components:

• Essential oils (tea tree, lavender, jasmine, ylang-ylang, rosemary). Helps regulate sebum production and prevent the development of inflammation.
• Minerals (silicon, perlite). Absorb sebum and have a mattifying effect.
• Vitamins (C, E). They have an antioxidant effect, stimulate skin immunity, regenerate the hydrolipid mantle, and restore epidermal cells.
• Plant extracts (geranium, chamomile, aloe vera). They make the skin soft and silky, normalize sebum secretion, and have a calming effect.

The products also often contain panthenol (regenerates epidermal cells), allantoin (accelerates tissue repair processes), and hydrofixatives that normalize water balance.

Day creams for combination skin perform the following important functions:

• protect the epidermis from UV radiation, free radicals, toxins, and pollution;
• eliminate oily shine;
• prevent the formation of wrinkles;
• soften and smooth the skin;
• Helps ensure quality makeup application.

Night creams help the skin recover. They usually have regenerating and moisturizing properties.

SENSITIVE SKIN

Products for sensitive skin should be gentle in nature, promoting deep hydration and restoration of the protective layer of the epidermis.

Search in:

Hyaluronic, linoleic acids; Panthenol; Antioxidants; Inulin; Hexapeptide 46; Aloe Vera; Allantoin; Lactic, lactobionic and ferrulic acids.

Avoid in:

Vegetable oils; Alcohol; Parabens; Petrolatum; Abrasive scrubs; High concentrations of acids; Tap water.

SKIN WITH COUPEROSIS

Proper daily care is important for skin with rosacea. Cosmetics with aggressive components will cause harm and lead to negative consequences. also remember that you need to avoid high temperatures, for example, a bath.

Search in:

Lactic, azelaic, lactobionic, tranexanoic and ferrulic acids; Vitamins C, K; Niacinamide; SPF 30/50.

Avoid in:

Vegetable oils; Alcohol; Abrasive scrubs;

SKIN WITH PIGMENTATION

Skin spots may appear due to the body's overproduction of the pigment melanin, which is produced by the enzyme tyrosinase as a natural defense against exposure to sunlight. Special protective cosmetics with an SPF factor will help prevent their appearance: it weakens the effect of ultraviolet radiation on the skin.

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Azelaic, lactic, ferrulic, mandelic, kojic, tranexamic, citric acids; Arbutin; Vitamin C; Licorice root extract; Acerola extract; Niacinamide; SPF 30/50;