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Natural Baby Skin Care

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:19:42 +0000

Babies spend the first nine months of their lives in the most natural environment, their mother’s womb. Baby skin care for newborns should be kept simple. New parents are sometimes unsure of what are the best and safest products to use on their newborn babies skin.

More parents are choosing to use natural baby skin care products as a gentle approach to help protect babies skin against dryness and diaper rash.

Research has shown that many skin care product ingredients are possibly contaminated with harsh chemicals that irritate the skin. Many skin care products contain synthetic fragrances, preservatives, artificial colors, and additives. Not only do these ingredients irritate your baby’s sensitive skin but they can also affect their health.

Watch for signs of sensitive skin such as red, dry patches which can be caused by harmful chemicals in skincare products and detergents. If your baby develops diaper rash, wash baby’s bottom with warm water, change diapers frequently, use a protective diaper rash ointment, and leave baby without a diaper as often as possible to expose the area to fresh air. Avoid using petroleum jelly which traps moisture against the skin.

When choosing natural skin care products look for products that contain natural healing herbs and essential oils.

Ingredients such as natural aloe, shea butter, olive oil, avocado butter, coconut butter, and natural beeswax help moisturize and act as a protective barrier on baby’s sensitive skin.

Other ingredients such as calendula, comfrey, chamomile, and lavender help soothe and heal baby’s skin.

Be careful when using new skin care products. Keep in mind that your newborn’s skin is very sensitive. Use skin care products in small amounts for the first few weeks until you are sure your baby has no sensitivities to the ingredients.

A little research and some common sense will help you make the right natural skin care choices for your precious new bundle of joy!

How Are You Caring For Your Baby’s Skin?

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:00:07 +0000

Loving parents attempt to do their very best for their baby and children in every area of their young lives. As parents, you are their protectors and guardians. Parents have the innate desire to gain as much wisdom as they can and apply it for the greatest good of their babies’ and children’s care. Come to know that your child’s baby skin care and natural hair care is a topic of importance. Your decisions in buying natural skin care products and natural hair care products can affect your child’s health. Your baby needs not suffer from skin irritations nor lose his or her beautiful natural glow he or she is born with.

Baby Skin Care Research

An current report in Clinical Pediatrics reveals that more than seventy-five percent of newborns suffer rashes within the first few months of birth. Researchers suspect that contributing factors include the very products that promise to soften, clean, and moisturize children’s skin. They note in their research, “Newborn skin is relatively more permeable to topically applied agents than adult skin. Therefore, the risk of systemic toxicity is much greater in newborns. “If parents stop to read labels of supermarket and drug store baby skin care products, they will find that:

Many contain ingredients likely to be contaminated with formaldehyde, 1,4-dioxane, and possibly even nitrosamines, all of which are cancer-causing, highly irritating or both.
Baby talc-based powders contain tiny particles that irritate the skin and may contain perfumes, a leading cause of allergy and irritation. Parents would be wise to avoid baby powders containing talc. Although baby powders are most frequently applied to diaper rash, there can be better ways. Allowing fresh air to get to your baby’s bottom whenever you can reduces the likelihood of diaper rash. Also, most pediatricians specializing in natural skin care warn parents to avoid petroleum jelly, which traps moisture against the skin and is also a common allergen. If your baby has developed a diaper rash, Baby Cakes diaper rash cream & Baby Cakes diaper rash ointment formulas take care of baby’s skin irritations gently and quickly. Baby Cream, Baby Ointment, Baby Lotion and Baby Massage Oil can relieve irritation. However a parent would be wise to use baby skin care products & natural hair care products free of artificial colors, synthetic fragrances and petrochemicals, which are themselves irritants.

Healthy Baby Skin Care

Look for baby skin care products that are pH balanced with healing herbs such as Soy Calendula Oil which has anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties and stimulates cellular regeneration of healthy skin. Other baby friendly healing herbs to look for in baby bath, baby lotion and baby massage oil include:

Borage: one of the richest sources of gamma linolenic acid, and it also contains important vitamins and minerals. It is typically used in high-end cosmetic formulations to nourish and hydrate the skin. Use Borage oil in facial blends for maturing skin or in blends for damaged skin where regeneration of new skin cells is needed.

Avocado Oil: Easily absorbed by the skin and scalp. A good source of vitamins A, D and E, amino acids and sterols. Herbalists traditionally have used avocado oil in natural hair care and scalp preparations. It is very soothing and calming for skin and scalp.

Vitamin E: Vitamin E is a powerful anti-oxidant that helps retard cellular aging associated with free-radical damage. Protects the skin against UV-induced inflammation and maintains skin hydration. Vitamin E regulates abnormal proliferation of the superficial skin layers. (Vitamin E is derived from soy.)

Green Tea: is a potent extract used primarily for fighting free radicals. Green tea extract contains potent antioxidants which are intimately involved in the prevention of cellular damage.

Now available to parents are Baby Cakes Body Lotion and Baby Cakes Baby Bath & Massage Oil which is free of cancer-causing chemicals and irritants and creates a soothing layer of protection for baby’s tender skin. A gentle massage with Baby Cake’s Body Lotion or Massage Oil can be a loving experience for you both!

When using baby shampoo, a mild baby shampoo is best. Parents can recognize a good natural hair care baby shampoo by what it does not contain: synthetic fragrances, artificial colors, highly allergenic and irritating preservatives including quaternium 15, imidazolidinyl urea, and parabens. Baby Cakes 2-in-1 Baby Shampoo & Baby Cakes Therapeutic Baby Shampoo are excellent products enriched with organic aloe juice, organic green tea distillate water, organic botanical extracts and essential skin care vitamins A, C & E. This product is much safer than other supermarket or drug store products.

So what is the most sensible approach when it comes to baby skin care?

Overall, in the beginning months of life, let Mother Nature do her job without your newborn baby having to cope with chemicals. Although plain water on newborn skin is usually good bet, occasionally a small amount of baby bath and baby shampoo may be required. If so, use Skin Care Baby’s Baby Cakes natural skin care products & natural hair care, specializing in All Natural, Organic skin care, which are made with safe and healthy Natural Botanicals, Herbal Extracts and Essential Oils for your baby’s delicate skin. They avoid toxic preservatives, foaming agents and other potentially hazardous ingredients. These products may be a little more expensive than the drug or supermarket brands, however they are completely safe, truly natural and nontoxic.

Also, pediatricians recommend avoiding antibacterial soaps.

Baby Skin Care Tip

Parents, your basic baby skin care common sense message is: use small amounts of all natural skin care products for at least the first couple of months of your baby’s life. It would be best to consider this baby skin care principle when you use any other types of products in your baby’s environment as well. By doing this, your baby will have a chance for its own immune system to develop and come to be strong and healthy. I don’t believe you will go wrong with this very simple baby skin care message.

For more great tips about baby skin care visit our website:

www.skincarebaby.com

where you will also find more ideas and great award winning baby skin care products, which are wonderful for adults too!

Here’s to your family’s good health!

Diane Cuesta

Owner of SkinCareBaby LLC

By: Diane Cuesta

Skin Care – Truth About Creams For Getting Rid of Dry Skin and Making it Baby Soft!

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:42:16 +0000

Skin care can be a challenge if you are struggling with extreme dryness and chapping. Are you frustrated with those difficult areas like elbows, knees, and heels that have unsightly dry, rough patches?

Believe me, that’s for the birds, or should I say alligators. All joking aside, there is help and you don’t have to continue dealing with this problem. Baby soft skin is possible once you learn the truth about creams for getting rid of dry skin.

Watch Out for Harmful Ingredients

If you are like me, you prefer to use natural topical creams for dry skin whenever possible. It seems we are exposed to enough toxins on a regular basis, in which we have no control over, that it just doesn’t make sense to purposely buy products with toxins to put additional stress on our bodies.

With new research constantly becoming available, our eyes are being opened to some popular myths about our skin care regimens. For example, consider petroleum jelly. I used it myself to soften up my ‘not so pretty’ dry feet regularly.

Now to discover it tends to create a seal and prevent toxins from naturally being released. Most manufacturers still load products with mineral oils as cheap fillers, only giving short term results. Yet long term, it is just not a healthy option.

Benefits of Going Natural

The good news is: The latest research and technology is bringing safe, yet effective natural ingredients to market. Keep in mind that just as vitamins and minerals need to be taken in the correct form and quantity to work correctly in our body, the same thing applies to topical creams and lotions.

An added benefit of products using natural ingredients in the correct, active, combination is that they heal more than just dry skin.

I was very pleased to find out for instance that a product called “Age Defense Active Body Lotion” which is an intense, natural treatment for dry patches, also accomplishes a lot more. Not only is it one of the top creams for getting rid of dry skin, but the same ingredients also powerfully address other issues related to anti-aging and acne.

This is possible because of the synergistic healing properties and the ability to penetrate and go to work below the surface. Things like wrinkles and acne scars begin to fade, which is a real confidence booster.

So there you have it: Put this to the test right away and begin using natural topical creams for dry skin. At the same time reverse the clock and restore that smooth, youthful appearance you once had.

By: B. K. Smith

Natural Skin Care For Infants – Which Products Are Best?

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:47:07 +0000

There are plenty of products filling up the market these days, advertising themselves as the best baby natural skin care for your little one(s). But there are lots of shortcomings in these ads especially since many of what these products claim to do just never happen or they fall short of what they are supposed to do. Eventually this leads to your baby suffering from skin irritations, rashes and allergies because of the chemicals and other irritating ingredients found in these baby products. If you are really looking for the top-of-the-line products for your baby, make sure that the products you buy don’t contain anything which would irritate your baby’s skin. The first step for you would be to go for products with natural ingredients rather than those with chemicals.

As you turn towards natural ingredients, remember to avoid ANYTHING (no matter how good it is) which has petrochemicals. Take care when buying lotions and moisturizers because these are the ones which usually contain petrochemicals. This means that you have to take off petroleum jelly from your baby skin care products’ list too.

To keep your baby’s skin as smooth as petals, go for baby lotions made from natural oils. Many of the best baby natural skin care products contain aloe which is an important ingredient in moisturizers and looks after irritations too. Another natural ingredient that you want to be looking for is chamomile. Chamomile is known for its soothing effect on the skin. Watch out what essential oils you buy and if in doubt, consult your pediatrician about prospective products.

Just because you want the best doesn’t mean it has to go out of your budget. There’s absolutely no necessity for you to buy expensive products just because you want good quality products. There are plenty of products out there which can fit snugly within you budget AND look after your baby’s skin too. Start looking from your local health food store!

Smaller companies might actually be the best providers of baby natural skin care. This is because smaller companies are more committed towards making sure that the products you get are of high quality and packed with all the right ingredients. It’d be ideal for you to support a local company as you are more likely to know where all the ingredients came from.

If you still have little or no idea about what might be best for your baby, look for a board or guide that ranks organic and natural products. Read the labels and pick products which don’t have any artificial fragrances or colors.

The more natural the product is, the better it will look after your baby!

By: Susan Hutson