TEST SKIN FOR OILINESS OR DRYNESS

Wash face thoroughly with PH balanced soap. No deodorant soaps, no other kinds of soap. Do not apply creams or lotions. Wait three hours.
Use one of the following: onion skin paper, facial blotting paper, eyeglass cleansing papers or cigarette papers. Cut the paper into four 1- inch square parts.
Mark them 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Hold #1 on the forehead, #2 on the cheek, #3 on the nose and #4 on the chin. Hold each in turn for a count of ten.
Now, take a look at the papers in a good light, preferably natural lighting.

a) Those papers that come away dry or unmarked indicate areas of dry skin.

b) Those papers that come away with a slight oily residue indicate areas of oily skin.

c) Those papers that come away with a heavy oily residue will tell you where your skin is very oily.

d) If you have garden variety combination type skin, paper #2 will be dry and papers 1, 3, and 4 will have some residue, more or less, depending on the oil level of the skin.

e) Slight residue on all four pieces indicates normal skin. You can use this method to determine what type of skin care you need on all parts of your face.