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Product Guide · March 2025
Discover GdanSkin by Ziaja: Hydration and Anti-Aging Inspired by the Baltic Sea

Ziaja's GdanSkin line, inspired by the coastal city of Gdańsk where our history began in 1989, blends tradition, modernity, nature, and science. This unique skincare offers freshness and elegance, with a fragrance and packaging design referencing the sea, rocky flora, and city architecture.
The Importance of Water for Your Skin
Skin's water content is crucial, decreasing from 50–70% in deeper layers to about 13% superficially. Even slight dehydration leads to dry, inflexible, rough, irritated, and wrinkled skin, often causing tightness. Optimal hydration requires water-binding components to strengthen the skin's barrier and retain moisture.
How GdanSkin Works: A Three-Fold Hydration Process
GdanSkin employs a comprehensive three-layer hydration process for water balance:
- Long-term epidermal moisturizing.
- Sealing the hydrolipid barrier.
- Supplementing Natural Moisturizing Factor (NMF).
This ensures deeply hydrated, soft, flexible, smooth, rejuvenated skin with fewer wrinkles, protected from irritation and over-drying.
Key Ingredients – Coastal Inspirations
- Water Hyssop: Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic; protects, slows aging, strengthens blood vessels, soothes.
- White Horehound: Antihistamine, actively moisturizes, strengthens skin barrier, calms irritation.
- Soluble Collagen: Strengthens skin structure, reduces wrinkles, binds water, stimulates natural collagen.
- Micronutrients (Bioferments): With zinc, silicon, copper, magnesium, iron; strengthen barrier, reduce oxidative stress, increase cellular energy, anti-inflammatory, improve microbiome.
- Shrubby Everlasting: Antioxidant; delays aging, protects outer lipid layer, regenerates, soothes.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Deeply moisturizes, smoothes wrinkles.
- Mannuronic Acid and Silanol: Anti-aging, protect collagen, moisturize, smooth, tone, regenerate.
- Alga Laminaria ochroleuca: Soothes, moisturizes, protects.
The GdanSkin Collection
The GdanSkin line targets dry, dehydrated skin with anti-wrinkle benefits:
- Multi-Moisturising & Wrinkle Smoothing Serum: Cream-gel booster for creams and make-up base (30+); moisturizes, firms, tones, reduces wrinkles.
- Collagen Wrinkle Smoothing Night Cream: Rich, creamy emulsion for three-layer hydration and night regeneration; durably moisturizes, reduces wrinkle depth, improves firmness and elasticity.
- Moisturising Face & Body Mist: Ultra-light, vegan mist; moisturizes, tones, refreshes, energizes; for face, body, hair (even over make-up), maintaining pH.
Sea Body Care for a Home Spa Experience
- Glycerine Shower & Bath Gel: Contains exfoliating grains and illuminating minerals; cleanses, moisturizes, supports exfoliation, helps restore microbiome.
- Oil Body Scrub with Crushed Scallop Shells: Thick, oily paste with sugar, salt, and crushed shells for effective exfoliation; nourishes, softens, enhances elasticity.
- Illuminating Body Balm: Intense balm with three-layer hydration and illuminating minerals for a radiant glow; ensures long-lasting hydration and smoothness.
- Hand Cream with Black Pearl Extract: Light, quickly absorbing cream; softens, moisturizes, provides velvety smoothness.