Dry skin is very often sensitive as well, which just makes it harder to care for. Dry sensitive skin feels taut because of the deficiency of natural oils and has a tendency to develop small expression lines that will eventually evolve into wrinkles. Furthermore, this type of skin makes one more exposed to allergic reactions, rashes, capillaries rupturing and sudden flushes. Therefore, the taking care of dry sensitive skin proves quite a challenge at times. It is worth mentioning the fact that it afflicts people regardless of age, colour or gender.

You need to follow rigorous steps in your selection of cleansing, moisturising and make-up products when you have dry sensitive skin to take care of. Firstly, you need to reduce the amount of products you put on your face. The fact is, the more chemicals you use, the higher the chance of getting rashes. The products have to be perfume-free and hypo-allergenic so that you don’t get red, irritation blotches. Blusher and foundation can present some problems for dry sensitive skin.

Try not to use too much make-up in order to allow your skin to breathe adequately. When you are shopping for make up, other than looking for the hypo-allergenic label, you should also try to make sure that they are oil-free. Furthermore, foundation and blusher should be water-based because they don’t clog your pores. Moreover, oil-absorbing foundations are not recommended for dry sensitive skin, because they will make your epidermis even drier.

It is also not to be recommended that you use exfoliants or astringent products on dry sensitive skin because they could irritate the thin upper layers of skin. The same thing has to be said in relation to washing – too frequent washing of the face means eliminating the natural oils that lubricate the skin, which will result in an accelerated dryness.

Furthermore, your day-time moisturiser should have a sun-protection factor (SPF) of at least 15 built-in. However, although you may enjoy sunbathing, dry sensitive skin does not really allow you to enjoy such outdoor, skin-parching pleasures.

If you have dry sensitive skin, don’t expose it to the sun only to tan it, because you will only achieve premature ageing and possibly even fairly serious health problems. And last but not least, a warning must be given that you should change some of your cosmetic products for other ones along the lines mentioned above.

If you decide that you want to switch to a different skincare brand, it is very important that you test the product on a small piece of skin in order to check whether it triggers any negative manifestations.