What you may not have known about our products!

 
At Skinsational we believe in the highest quality products and services. Therefore we have chosen Guinot and Dr. Baumann as our premium lines of skincare and body treatment products.

With 40 years of experience and its expertise in skincare and beauty, Guinot puts at your disposal cosmetic treatment excellence. To obtain exceptional results Guinot researchers use rare, precious and superior active ingredients in the highest concentration, focusing on efficacy and tolerance.

You can further enhance the benefits of your spa treatments by using Guinot products at home. Come in and enjoy a full selection of this superior skincare line.

Always looking for the best choices in skincare for our clientele, Skinsational is pleased to offer Dr. Baumann products in our spa. Dr. Baumann achieves the bionome quality criteria for skin-friendly, animal-friendly and environmentally friendly products.

• Free from preservatives
• Free from mineral oils
• Free from animal substances
• Free from perfume, except for special products containing essential oils

Live a better and healthier life by giving your skin the best care possible while protecting the environment and animal welfare.

Does Drinking Water Help Treat Dry Skin?

You hear it all the time, but is it true?

It’s the middle of winter and a lot of my dermatology patients have dry skin, even in our relatively mild climate here in Coastal Northern California.  Many are perplexed about it because they’re drinking plenty of fluids. 

Unfortunately, drinking water won’t fix dry skin any more than taking a bath will quench your thirst.

To hydrate your skin you have to add water and oil from the outside.  Bathing actually becomes therapeutic if you moisturize right after you towel off. Taking a bath or shower actually adds the water your dry skin needs.  If you apply a moisturizer right after you towel off then you trap that moisture and – presto – moist skin!  If you don’t apply a moisturizer then all that water evaporates, leaving you with even dryer skin.  

The key is the moisturizing step! The only way to treat dry skin is with hydrating skin care! 

Step 1: Bathe

Take a shower or bath in warm water, not hot, and ideally for 5 or more minutes to load your skin with water. Water temperature is important.  To treat dry skin use warm, not hot, water to bathe.  Washing your skin is just like doing the dishes in that hot water cuts oil better and you don’t want that because it dries out your skin.

Step 2: Mild soap only and use it sparingly!