Your baby's skin is thinner and more delicate than adult skin, so it needs special attention. Plus, you want to choose safe products that are free of potentially dangerous chemicals such as phthalates, dioxanes and parabens. Keep in mind, however, Safe Mama's advice to use less skin care products overall: "They don’t need to be slathered in lotions and powders. A little warm water and a washcloth is all they really need." For spot treatment of occasional dry or rashy skin, however, a safe and baby-friendly lotion or cream may be in order.
Little Twig
Little Twig makes a "bodymilk" lotion for babies that is made with organic ingredients, mineral oil and paraben free and also free of nut, soy or wheat products. It incorporates aloe, vitamin E and tea tree oil for extra effectiveness. Little Twig offers its bodymilk with either a lavender fragrance or unscented.
California Baby
California Baby offers a range of baby skincare products, including a "calming aromatherapy" lotion, a fragrance-free lotion for super-sensitive skin, and a calendula-based lotion. Each product contains all plant-based ingredients including vitamin E and aloe vera plus cold-pressed organic natural oils.
Earth Mama Angel Baby
Earth Mama Angel Baby uses 100% certified organic botanical ingredients in all of its products including its hypoallergenic lotion. Their recipe includes rooibos to soothe eczema and diaper rash. plus aloe and shea butter. The company is committed to offering only cruelty-free, vegan and eco-friendly products.
Weleda
This large international natural beauty products company offers a calendula-based baby cream to moisturize and heal your baby's dry or irritated skin. In addition to the calendula, the cream contains chamomile, almond oil and lanolin.
TruKid
TruKid guarantees that its products are all-natural and free of parabens, dioxane, BPA and phthalates. Its Happy Face and Body Lotion contains a number of natural botanicals including chamomile, lavender and aloe plus a blend of cocoa butter, almond oil, coconut oil and sunflower oil. It's free of any added scent and suitable for extra-sensitive skin.
Badger
Badger Baby Balm may have the shortest ingredients list of any baby skin care product out there--just extra virgin olive oil, beeswax, castor oil, calendula extract and chamomile essential oil, all certified organic. This makes it one of the safest and most natural products on the market. Their Baby Oil and Night Night Balm have similarly short and clear ingredients lists. As a company, Badger supports sustainable agriculture, environmental responsibility and charitable giving programs.
Yes To Baby Carrots
Yes To Baby Carrots baby lotion is petroleum and paraben free. It's made with 100 percent natural ingredients including aloe, cocoa butter and, yes, organic carrots. The parent company, Yes to Carrots, donates part of its profits to sustainable agriculture projects.
Stuff for Sprouts
Stuff for Sprouts is a small company that offers both a lotion for "crunchy kids" and a cream for "extra-crunchy kids." They promise "nothing gross" and "no weird stuff"--meaning they're phthalate free, plant-based and free of mineral oil, parabens, nut oils, soy and artificial colors--and they offer fun natural fragrances like beach, jelly bean, blueberry muffin and front lawn.
Nature's Baby
Nature's Baby Face and Body Moisturizer is fragrance-free and incorporates calendula and chamomile, two popular skin-soothing herbs into a blended oil base that includes shea butter, olive oil, jojoba oil and safflower oil. Their products are free of parabens, phthalates, artificial fragrances and propylene glycol.
Member Comments
Alyson714 July 26
Little Green is also a great hair and skincare line for babies and kids. Little Green products are extremely safe on baby's sensitive skin because they are made from only the best ingredients including aloe, oat extract, liquorice root, vitamins B5 & E, and silk proteins. All of Little Green's products are hypoallergenic, clinically and dermotologist tested and do not contain any allergens, parobens, or sulfates. The two soft scents that the products come in are very pleasant, and not at all overpowering.
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