"Oily," "dry," and "combination" get thrown around as fixed categories, but skin type isn't as stable as the label implies. It shifts with weather, with air conditioning, with age, and with what you've already put on it. A product that suited you a year ago in a humid month can feel wrong in a dry, air-conditioned office six months later.
A simple way to check where you currently stand: wash your face, wait an hour without applying anything, then look. Shine across the forehead, nose and chin but not the cheeks usually points to combination skin. Shine everywhere points to oily. Tightness or flaking points to dry. This costs nothing and is more useful than guessing from a chart.
The practical use of knowing your type is choosing texture, not chasing a different product line entirely. Oilier skin generally tolerates a lighter, gel-based moisturiser better than a heavy cream, which can feel like it's sitting on top rather than absorbing. Drier skin usually wants the opposite — a heavier cream that a gel formula won't deliver.
Combination skin is the one that trips people up because it wants two different answers on one face. Some people solve this by using a lighter product overall and accepting slightly less moisture on the drier patches; others apply a heavier layer only where it's needed. Neither is objectively correct — it's a matter of what feels comfortable through a full day.
None of this is permanent diagnosis. It's a five-minute check worth repeating every few months, especially across a change of season. this contact form is a fair way to ask a supplier which texture in their range suits a given skin type before buying.
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