Did you know that 60% of men and women in the UK don’t know what skin type they are.

Here is an easy guide to help define whether you have a dry, dehydrated, oily or sensitive skin and the best Gatineau range for your skin type.

Dehydrated Skin

Dehydrated skin is a skin condition where the skin lacks water. It is mainly due to external factors, i.e air conditioning, central heating, severe weather conditions, sun, wind, smoking, harsh detergents and an inadequate diet.

Characteristics of a Dehydrated Skin

• Tightness
• Rough Texture
• Dull, Sallow skin
• Fine surface lines
• Lack of suppleness and firmness
• Premature ageing

Recommended Product:- Gatineaus Hydromineral Absolute Concentrate (pictured above) £34.50

Dry Skin

Dry skin is caused by a lack of oil in the epidermis. The hydrolipidic film starts to deteriorate and there is no cohesion of the cells.

Dry skin is usually due to internal imbalances and are more often hereditary. It is a skin with poor sebum secretions, lacking nourishment, and can be extremely irritated.

Characteristics of a Dry Skin

• Flaky Patches
• Deeper Lines
• Tight Pores
• Matt
• Dry
• Irritated

Recommended Product:- Gatineaus Nutriactive Nourishing Day Moisturiser (pictured above) £35.75

Sensitive Skin

Sensitive skin is a skin with a poor self-defence system against internal and external aggressions. It reacts to weather changes, pollution, stress, spicy foods, alcohol and aggressive products. The skin needs products to reinforce its natural defence system, strengthen blood capillaries, stimulate the micro-circulation and transport oxygen.

Characteristics of a Sensitive Skin

• High Colour
• Fine, Fragile Skin
• Blotchiness
• Broken Capillaries
• Sore
• Reactive

Recommended Product:- Gatineaus Refreshing Soothing Stick (pictured above) £31.75

Oily Skin

An oily skin is a skin with excess sebum activity. The skin may be a basic oily skin, shiny but with no blemishes or an oily pimpled skin with open pores and pustules. Due to severe medical treatments the skin may be severely dehydrated and sensitive.

Characteristics of an Oily Skin

• Shiny Appearance
• Dull
• Blackheads
• Large, open pores
• Papules
• Pustules
• Congested
• Red

Recommended Product:- Gatineaus Primrose Gel Cleanser (pictured above) £17.00

Professional skincare range Gatineau was founded in France in the 1930s by Mme. Jeanne Gatineau, a physiotherapist and chiropodist who opened her first beauty salon in Paris in 1937. Her fundamental philosophy was to combine nature’s purest ingredients with the latest biotechnology - summed up in Gatineau’s slogan, ‘Pure Technology’.

Gatineau was brought to the UK in the early 1990s by Andrew Bagley, who was impressed by the company’s years of pioneering research and development. During his travels through Europe, Andrew spent some time in France, where he noticed that many French women had beautiful complexions. It’s common for French women to use sophisticated salon beauty ranges - in France, such products are often considered an essential part of a skincare routine from the teenage years onward. This approach to skincare inspired Andrew to launch Gatineau in the UK in 1991.

Today, almost 70 years on from Mme. Gatineau’s first salon, Gatineau has become one of the most renowned, envied and advanced anti-ageing skincare houses. As life expectancy continues to increase, Gatineau’s aim is to develop skincare that helps to maintain a beautiful, supple and healthy skin throughout a woman’s life.

Gatineau products and facials can be found at Truly Scrumptious Beauty Salon, Farnborough.

Please call for your free skincare consultation.