Baerry's Guide to Skincare for Every Skin Type

There's no one perfect routine — only the right one for your skin. Here's the Baerry girl's cheat sheet: a simple, effective K-beauty edit for each of the four main skin types.

Baerry's guide to skincare for every skin type

Oily skin — light, balancing, matte-friendly

Oily skin routine picks

Keep it light and calming. A centella toner to balance, a soothing heartleaf lotion, and a gel-cream that hydrates without grease.

Centella Toning Toner → · Heartleaf 70% Lotion → · DIVE-IN Soothing Cream →

Dry skin — rich, replenishing hydration

Dry skin routine picks

Layer humectants and seal them in. A plumping PDRN serum, a nourishing dokdo cream, and a rich soybean-panthenol cream to lock moisture in overnight.

Shop the PDRN edit → · 1025 Dokdo Cream → · Bean (Soybean Panthenol) Cream →

Combination skin — balance the T-zone

Combination skin routine picks

Hydrate the dry areas, calm the oily ones. A B5 soothing serum, a barrier-repair panthenol cream, and a classic dokdo toner to keep everything even.

No.1 Pantothenic B5 Serum → · Mighty Bamboo Panthenol Cream → · 1025 Dokdo Toner →

Sensitive skin — soothe and protect

Sensitive skin routine picks

Reach for cica and gentle actives. A calming teatree pad, a balanceful cica serum, and a pine-calming cica cream to strengthen a reactive barrier.

Teatree Trouble Pad → · BALANCEFUL Cica Serum → · Pine Calming Cica Cream →

The Baerry girl takeaway

Find your type, start with these three steps, and adjust from there. Skincare works best when it fits the skin you're actually in.

FAQ

How do I know my skin type?

Tight and flaky is dry; shiny and pore-prone is oily; both at once is combination; easily irritated is sensitive.

Can my skin type change?

Yes — season, climate, age and products all shift it, so reassess a few times a year.

What if I have combination and sensitive skin?

Start with the gentlest sensitive-skin picks and add lightweight hydration only where you're dry.

How long until I see results?

Hydration and calming show within days; barrier repair and tone take about 4–8 weeks of consistency.

Written by Esther Kim

ESTP, Perfectionist, ingredient nerd, and champion of the 4-step routine. She believes good skin is a system, not a shopping spree, and builds every recommendation like she's the one paying for it.