Understanding the five primary skin types
Skin types are determined by natural sebum production levels and moisture barrier retention capabilities. Dry skin lacks sufficient natural lipids, resulting in tightness and flaking. Oily skin produces excess sebum, leading to shine and enlarged pores across the face. Combination skin experiences an oily T-zone alongside normal or dry cheeks.
Sensitive skin reacts easily to environmental shifts with flushing or stinging, while Normal skin maintains a balanced, comfortable moisture ratio.
Our quiz evaluates your post-cleanse tightness, pore appearance, and seasonal reactivity to categorize your skin baseline accurately.
Knowing your primary skin type allows you to select cleansers, hydrators, and sunscreens formulated specifically for your skin's natural behavior.
Selecting products tailored to your skin profile
Once you determine your skin type, selecting skincare products becomes simple. Dry skin thrives on rich ceramide creams and gentle cream cleansers. Oily skin benefits from lightweight gel hydrators and salicylic acid. Combination skin requires balanced hydration that controls T-zone shine while soothing dry cheeks.
Glowki's skin type breakdown provides clear recommendations for step sequencing and ingredient selection tailored to your profile.
Tailoring your routine to your genuine skin baseline prevents over-cleansing dry skin or clogging oily complexions with heavy creams.
Follow our structured skincare advice to sustain a comfortable, healthy moisture barrier year-round.
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The eight questions here focus on how your skin behaves rather than how it feels at a single moment: tightness after cleansing, midday shine, pore visibility, reactivity, flaking and breakout frequency. Behaviour over a day is far more informative than a snapshot.
Answer based on a typical week rather than today. Skin varies with sleep, weather, hormonal cycle and what you used last night, and a single bad day will push the result toward whatever went wrong rather than toward your baseline.
Skin type also changes over time — with age, climate, season and pregnancy — so a result from five years ago is not necessarily still true. Retaking this once or twice a year is more useful than treating an old label as permanent, and it is the single most common reason people are using products aimed at skin they no longer have.
The result names a primary type, but skin frequently has a secondary characteristic worth accounting for — oily and dehydrated at once is common enough to be its own category, and sensitivity can accompany any of the five. Reading the two concern pages closest to your result usually gives a more complete picture than the label alone.
Do not answer this immediately after cleansing, which is when skin is least representative of its normal state. Wait a couple of hours and answer on how the day usually goes.
Skin type drifts with age, climate and season, so retake this once or twice a year.