Oily or Dry?

[Hilly]

Because the gods like to mess with me and play jokes, my ever oily skin has turned dry! It's so strange. I live in 100% humidity and have not had a change in medicines or products really, but all of a sudden I have a different skin type...like over night!

I used to always be, well the grass is greener on the other side, and wanted dry skin. Now I have it and I'm not sure about it.

What would yall rather have, dry patches or be a grease ball?

 

[MACATTAK]

I have oily skin & would much rather have dry skin. Oily skin is hard to control & I have a good amount of breakouts. It seems like with dry skin, you just pop on some moisturizer & you are good to go. I don't know if it's that easy???

 

[frocher]

I have very dry skin, it is a pain in the ass. But I have seen what my friends with super oily skin have gone through and I prefer my problem.

 

[CantAffordMAC]

my skin is weird, too.
It is usually oily, no matter what. and if I start sweating then somehow that turns it oily too. But now I've started using astringent to get rid of the oil, and even if i put some moisturizer on sometimes I'll still have dry spots.

its annoying. but i figure u can probably moisturize your skin if its dry easier than taking out oil. so i chose dry skin

 

[NeoMatrix66612]

Oily skin is lessens the appearance of wrinkles and lines when one gets older, and it's always easy to manage with a moisturizer and blotting sheets.

 

[Lerina]

As hard as it is to control oily skin, I won't have as many wrinkles if my skin continues to be as oily as it is. I look at my very shiny-faced mother and she hasn't got any lines on her face, even with all the sun exposure. So, as much as I don't like my skin...I'll be thankful for it, in the long run.​

 

[Holly]

Sometimes I wish I had oily skin. Especially with the fact that it lessens the appearance of wrinkles! And I can blot the oil etc.

My skin goes from dry to extremely dry.

Sometimes my face is so dry its completely flakey and gross, and no exfoliant can fix it, and other days I just put on a lot of moisturizer and Im good to go.

 

[Simply Elegant]

It depends on the season what my skin is. In the spring and fall, it's normal and I like that best and then it's slightly oily in the summer which I think is next best and slightly dry in the winter. I think that's the worst because it makes my makeup look not as good as it could even though I use moisturizer to fix it.

 

[BlahWah]

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeoMatrix66612 Oily skin is lessens the appearance of wrinkles and lines when one gets older, and it's always easy to manage with a moisturizer and blotting sheets.

Exactly why I'll put up with it. It takes a bit of experimenting - just like with makeup colours - but eventually you can find the right combo for your skin to be within the manageable part of the spectrum between oily and dry (manageable, not perfect!).

 

[melliquor]

My skin is extremely dry and sensitive. I would rather have oily skin because dry skin is so painful. For about 2 weeks, my face was the dryest it had every been. It was tight and red and flaking. I could barely move it. It went away after awhile and is fine now but I would never want to go through that.

 

[glam8babe]

i have oily and i prefer it

 

[AfricanaEyes]

Because you can always moisture up dry skin....but oily skin, especially in the summer is so hard to maintain!

 

[flowerhead]

I have dry skin & I definately prefer that because you can use a nice rich moisturising cream and you don't get as many spots. I would really dislike to have oliy skin, i'd be caking on the powder!

 

[jenjen_lin]

wow most of u guys prefer dry but if u had my problem of constantly flaky patchy dry skin that no matter any amount of water or constantly sapping of moisturizers on my face wouldn't change a thing. it makes me makeup application esp. 5 mins afterwards a living hell!

oily please cuz then it'd be much easier to control compared to a case of no control whatsoever w/dry skin.

 

[L281173]

Oily skin tends not to wrinkle quickly.

 

[mzkrizzlerocks]

I Hate my oily skin. It's sooooo freaken annoying. I hate the fact that EVERY time i wear makeup it's get's all greasy and gross within an hour. Errrr!!! I hate it!!

I swear i tried EVERYTHING to get rid of it. But, nothing works.

Oily skin sucks bigg time. I wish i had dry skin.

 

[miss_emc]

I would much prefer oily skin as it as hard to make anything look good on very dry skin, everything just looks flakey and cakey. Also the added bonus of excess oil production is that you are less likely to age prematurely, people with very dry skin tend to lose firmness and gain fine lines much quicker

 

[dirtyMartini]

Get some jojoba oil.. It saved my skin from the benzoyl peroxide dryness... I know it's kinda off topic but I say this to everybody with dry skin because it really helped me a lot!

 

[jilliandanica]

I think i'd rather be oily than dry. I have a few friends with SUPER dry skin and constantly struggle with finding the right OTC products or even RX products to help them look "normal". Being Oily isn't the best for makeup but I guess I just wouldn't wear any or as much which means I'd be saving some $$ for other things and on top of that I wouldn't have to spend mucho dinero on anti-wrinkle cream or other moisturizers in general!

 

[anaaliyahfan03]

well hdirenzo..u know we livin in the same city and the same thing has happened to me too..i usually got oily skin and now its dry in some areas..personally i want neither..i want normal skin..no putting up with dryness nor putting up with constant blotting