Skin Care Advice

Combination Skin

Your skin type is determined by how much - or how little - oil your skin produces. Genes, stress level, medication and even your skin care regimen all determine how much oil your skin produces. If you have combination skin, your skin is likely to be oily in your T-zone (forehead, nose, chin) and normal to dry in other areas.

The goal with Combination Skin is to remove excess oil from your skin’s oily areas, while leaving the normal to dry areas moisturized and hydrated.

Your Skin’s Moisture Barrier

Illustration of a Pore

Your skin has a natural moisture barrier and it plays an important role in maintaining clear, healthy-looking skin. Your moisture barrier helps defend against external elements that cause blemishes, dryness and sensitivity. When that barrier is disrupted, cracks form, allowing external elements like dirt, bacteria, pollutants and cosmetics to enter, which may lead to blemishes and sensitivity. Those cracks also allow precious moisture to escape, leaving your skin looking and feeling tight and dry. Therefore, it is important to use products that are gentle and do not disrupt your skin's moisture barrier.

3 Simple Steps

A daily skin care routine is important in managing your combination skin. Using the right products and having both a morning and night routine is key to keeping your skin clear and healthy-looking.

  1. Combination SkinFragrance Free 1 CleanseSpectro Jel® Cleanser for Combination skin penetrates pores to remove impurities while protecting your skin’s moisture barrier. Use every day, morning and night.
  2. Combination Skin 2 MoisturizeAfter cleansing, smooth Spectro HydraCare® Daily Facial Moisturizer for Normal to Combination skin over your face and neck. Spectro HydraCare® contains advanced moisturization technology to replenish your skin’s moisture barrier and leave your skin soft and smooth.
  3. Deep Pore Vanishing Lotion 3 TreatApply Spectro AcneCare® Deep Pore or Sensitive Skin Vanishing Lotion to blemishes or acne prone areas. Spectro AcneCare® Lotion works to treat and prevent pimples while killing the acne causing bacteria, P. Acnes.

Spectro is recommended by Canadian Dermatologists.