Take the quiz

Eight quick questions, about two minutes. Answer for how your skin behaves in a typical week, not on its worst day. Nothing to sign up for, and nothing leaves your browser.

Two hours after washing your face with nothing on it, how does it feel?
Look at your pores in daylight. What do you see?
By midday, what has your makeup or sunscreen done?
How often do you break out?
A rich, heavy face cream would…
In winter, or in dry heated rooms, your skin…
When you try a new product, how does your skin react?
How easily does your face go red — from heat, wind, a hot drink, exercise?

How the quiz scores you

No mystery algorithm. Six of the eight questions each cast one vote for oily, dry, combination or normal. Whichever type collects the most votes is your result.

If two types tie, we call it combination. That's not a cop-out: a face that genuinely can't decide between two behaviours is, by definition, behaving like combination skin.

The last two questions don't vote at all. They check sensitivity — one asks about stinging, one about redness. You're flagged sensitive only when both point that way, so a single bad reaction to a harsh scrub doesn't label your whole face.

What the quiz can't do is look at your skin. It's a self-report, and self-reports are only as accurate as the week you remember. That's perfectly fine for picking a starting routine. For a baseline you can measure again in a month, use a photo analysis or ask a dermatologist.

The five types in one line each

  • Oily — shine across the whole face within hours, visible pores, recurring breakouts. Ages slowly.
  • Dry — too little oil. Tight after cleansing, dull rather than glowy, flakes in patches.
  • Combination — oily T-zone, normal-to-dry cheeks. The most common type.
  • Sensitive — a condition rather than a type: reacts with redness, stinging or itching, and can sit on top of any of the others.
  • Normal — balanced. No persistent shine, no tightness, breakouts are occasional.

Want the long version, with the blotting-paper test and what to do next? Read how to find your skin type.

Quiz vs. selfie: what a photo analysis adds

A questionnaire measures memory. A photo measures the surface. Both are useful, but they fail in different ways.

The quiz is quick, free and private, and it captures things a camera can't — how your skin feels at 3 pm, how it reacts to a new serum. Its weakness is that people are bad witnesses of their own faces. Most of us overestimate oiliness, underestimate dehydration, and answer for the skin we had two years ago.

A photo analysis reads the oil distribution, pore visibility and texture that are actually there, and gives the same benchmark every time you re-test. Its weakness is lighting, angle and makeup, and it can't know your skin stings. We've written honestly about how accurate AI skin analysis is.

The practical move: take the quiz, then run a skin vibe check from a bare-faced selfie in daylight. If the two agree, you have your answer. If they disagree, trust the photo for oil and pores (a pore and texture read helps here) and the quiz for sensitivity.

The 30-minute bare-face test (manual cross-check)

The classic at-home test, and still the best free way to check a quiz result. It takes half an hour of doing nothing.

  1. Wash your face with a gentle, fragrance-free cleanser and pat dry.
  2. Apply nothing. No toner, serum, moisturizer or sunscreen. Wait 30 minutes.
  3. Look in a mirror in daylight and check the forehead, nose, cheeks and chin separately.
  • Shine everywhere → oily.
  • Tight or flaky everywhere → dry.
  • Shiny T-zone, comfortable or tight cheeks → combination.
  • Comfortable, no shine → normal.
  • Redness, itching or stinging anywhere → add "sensitive" to whatever you saw.
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Do it in the morning.

Skin gets oilier as the day goes on. A morning test gives the truer baseline, and matches the quiz's "two hours after cleansing" question.

Why your result can change

Skin type is a moving target, which is why the quiz asks about a typical week rather than "your skin" in the abstract.

  • Season. Cold air and indoor heating pull water out of the skin, so many combination faces test dry in January and oily in July. Our seasonal skin guide walks through the shifts.
  • Age. Oil production peaks in the late teens and twenties and falls steadily afterwards. Oily skin at 20 is often combination at 35 and normal-to-dry at 50.
  • Hormones. Cycle phase, pregnancy, contraception and menopause all move sebum output and sensitivity around.
  • Dehydration. Oily skin that is short on water can feel tight and flake, which fools the quiz into saying dry. If your result surprises you, read about dehydrated skin and try a hydration check.

Retake the quiz when the season changes or when something obvious shifts — a move, a new medication, a new decade. Compare results instead of trusting one.

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

Is this skin type quiz accurate?
It's as accurate as your answers. The scoring is transparent — six votes for a type, two checks for sensitivity — but it can only report what you tell it. Treat the result as a strong starting point and cross-check it with the bare-face test or a photo analysis.
What's the difference between dry and dehydrated skin?
Dry skin makes too little oil; that's a type. Dehydrated skin is short on water; that's a temporary condition any type can have, including oily skin. If the quiz says dry but you also get shiny, dehydration is the likelier story.
Can I be oily and sensitive at the same time?
Yes. Sensitivity is a layer, not a type. The quiz reports it separately for exactly that reason — you can get "oily (sensitive)" or "dry (sensitive)", and the routine advice changes accordingly.
How often should I retake the quiz?
Twice a year, roughly when the seasons flip, and whenever something big changes: climate, hormones, medication, a new decade. Your skin from two years ago is not the skin you're treating today.