Skin Types

Skin type describes how your skin reacts to the sun upon first exposure: Does it burn or does it tan?

The skin type is identified by various characteristics, such as hair colour or fairness of complexion. The skin is classed in four different types:

Skin type 1:

Fair skin, often with freckles
Blond or red hair
Blue or green eyes
The skin is extremely sensitive to the sun, always burns and does not tan
Personal protection time of three to 10 minutes
Its useless to try to tan this type of skin-you are only doing harm to yourself! Use a self tanning lotion if you must have a “tan”.

Skin type 2:

Fair skin, but a little darker than skin type 1
Blond to dark blond hair
Blue eyes
The skin is also sensitive to the sun, tans slowly and not always and is prone to sunburn
Personal protection time of 10 to 20 minutes

Skin type 3:

Slightly darker complexion
Dark blond to brown hair
Various eye colours
The skin is only slightly sensitive to the sun, tans easily and quickly, the tan lasts a long time
Personal protection time of 20 to 30 minutes

Skin type 4: