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Top Skincare Ingredients With Colloidal Oatmeal for Eczema

Did you know there are over 36 million people in North America living with eczema- this painful, often embarrassing skin condition? Because of how common eczema is, consumers look for...

Washing your hands is critical to keeping us all healthy.

We need to wash our hands often. It's critical to help keep each of us healthy. As contagious as COVID-19 is, we have a fighting chance if we practice social distancing, effectively clean our surfaces, wash our hands and don’t touch our faces.

Wash your hands!

As we face the Coronavirus outbreak - this is such a critical refrain that I find myself repeating to my family (and myself) constantly. But how we wash our hands is also important. We need to wash thoroughly and completely with warm water and cleanser - to do our best to wash away germs that may have taken up residence on our skin. But all of this washing can strip vital lipids from our skin barrier and create dryness, irritation and even cracked skin. 

Winter Skincare Solutions from the Total Skin Nerds

Dermatologists agree that the most effective moisturizers contain all three types of ingredients. In winter, it’s more critical than ever to ensure your skincare is effective at hydrating, nourishing and protecting your precious skin barrier.

Put the baby fat back where it belongs

When we’re born, our skin barrier is plump with vital lipids. As we age, those lipids decrease. A decrease in lipids causes water loss through the skin, a slowing of desquamation (skin’s natural exfoliation of dead skin cells on its surface), a loss of elasticity, skin rigidity, a reduction in skin’s self-repair mechanisms, increased vulnerability to environmental aggressors and more!

Do you know what ceramides are?

Did you know that atopic skin (skin that is predisposed to a hypersensitivity reaction, often a hereditary condition like hereditary eczema), is often unable to produce adequate amounts of certain ceramides?

We believe in JOMO…

At Skinfix we embrace the Joy of Missing Out. We don’t jump on skincare trends – but rather work diligently to fulfill our mission of skin barrier health.

We believe in being over-protective…

My kids criticize me for being an over-protective mom. I want them to build their confidence, to experience life’s undulations, to learn to fail, to make mistakes, and to own their triumphs. Secretly I want to wrap them in a protective and impermeable barrier that protects them from disappointment, heartache, embarrassment, and sadness. I realize this would stifle their development – and I do my best to strike a balance as best as I can. So, I fulfill my urge to be over-protective in formulating products for your skin!