The Ultimate Skin Care Guide

How to find your skin’s inner glow, from beauty product picks to step-by-step skin care.

Skin Savers

7 Vitamin-Packed Skin-Care Picks
Get your daily dose with nutrient-rich products that address complexion needs.

8 Solutions for Sunblock-phobes
Skin experts have heard every reason under the sun for why people won’t wear SPF. Here, resolutions for various excuses.

6 Rich Body Washes for Dry Skin
In winter’s rough winds and chills, these cleansers will exfoliate and moisturize to keep skin healthy.

Hand Picks

6 Nourishing Hand Creams
Keep your skin extra soft with these rich and creamy lotions.

5 Luxurious Hand Washes
Upgrade your usual sink-side pump: Indulge yourself with an affordable little luxury.

Buy the Right Products for Your Skin Type

One tricky thing about shopping for skin-care products is working out which ones suit you. Is your skin sensitive? Oily or dry? And when does it become “mature”? If you find that two or more points in any one of the categories below describe you, try products labeled for that skin type.

• By midafternoon, a greasy film has developed on your face, even though your skin felt fine when you left home this morning. The culprit? You probably have an oily T-zone.
• Acne breakouts are making you feel like your 16-year-old self. Minus the homework and boy-band crushes, anyway.
• The more you scrub your skin, the oilier it seems to get, and the more you seem to break out. That’s because stripping the skin of oils prompts it to produce even more oil to compensate and restore balance.

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