Two Sunscreen Myths
Myth: Sunscreen provides total sun block.
Truth: No sunscreen blocks 100 percent of Ultra Violet (UV) rays. SPF 15 can protect against 93 percent. SPF 30 protects against 97 percent. SPF 50-60 shuts out 98 percent. The higher the SPF the more harsh chemicals are in the product.

Myth: An SPF 60+ sunscreen provides double the protection of an SPF 30 sunscreen.
Truth: This is exactly why the FDA is putting a cap on high SPFs. SPF 30 provides skin with 97% protection, where as SPF 60 provides skin with 98-98.6% protection. There is less than 1.6% difference in protection factor. A SPF 60+ needs more chemicals to achieve a higher SPF, potentially putting more toxins in your body.

The real confusion to shoppers has been what a product can do and can’t do. There are a number of sunscreen products are available on the market today. The trick is to become educated! Do you believe that just because sunscreens are labeled “sweat proof” or “waterproof” that they are? Currently, the FDA is banning the word “waterproof.” Now the term, “water/sweat/perspiration resistant” is accurate, however; this only means the sunscreen offers SPF protection after 40 minutes of water exposure. The term, “very water resistant” gives 80 minutes of protection. So to be safe, use this basic rule of thumb: re-apply, re-apply, and re-apply!For people who don’t have a lot of time, especially parents, a trend today has been to use aerosol sunscreens because they find them easier to apply. However, people may not be effectively protecting their skin! While being applied, aerosol sunscreens can lose much of their protection during the transfer from the bottle onto the skin. This is because not all of the molecules land on your body. 

Sun Protection Tips:

Apply Sunscreen Generously
Your basic common sense skin care message is: Generously apply sunscreen to all exposed skin using a SPF of at least 15 that provides broad-spectrum protection from both ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) rays. Reapply every 80 minutes, even on cloudy days, and after swimming or sweating.

Seek Shade
Sunscreen is not all you need to stay safe. Although it is very important to use a natural sunscreen, also seek shade whenever appropriate. Remember to seek shade between the hours of 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM. This is when the sun’s UV rays are strongest. Here’s a shadow rule for when you are in the sun: Look for Your Shadow. No Shadow, Seek Shade!

Watch for the UV Index
While many sunscreens provide some UVA protection, it is important to watch the UV Index, which provides important information to help you plan your skin care and outdoor activities. The UV Index was developed by the National Weather Service (NWS) and EPA, and is issued daily in cities across the United States.Some safe ingredients found in broad-spectrum sunscreens include zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. These ingredients reflect the sun to prevent overexposure to the sun by sitting on top of the skin and not by being absorbed.

Wear Protective Clothing and Have an Annual Skin Exam
Cover up with clothing: wear a broad-brimmed hat, UV-blocking sunglasses, a long-sleeved shirt and pants whenever possible. Be sure to give yourself a self-exam and examine your children. Schedule a yearly professional skin care evaluation for the entire family. Early detection of melanoma can save your life. Carefully examine ALL of your skin once a month. A new or changing mole in an adult should be evaluated by a dermatologist.

Use Caution near Water, Sand and Snow
Water, sand and snow reflect the damaging rays of the sun, which can increase your chance of sunburn.

Avoid Sun Tanning and Tanning Beds
Don’t fret! You can still have a healthy glow with a little bit of sun each day and get your vitamin D naturally and safely. But too much UV light from the sun and tanning beds can cause skin cancer and wrinkling. So if you want to look tan at the beach, you may want to consider using a natural self-tanning product, but continue to use sunscreen with it.

For more great skin care tips visit our website: http://www.SkinCareBaby.com where you will find our 2008 iParenting Media Award Winning Sunny Days SPF 30+ Natural Mineral Sunscreen, which offers strong sun protection for those scorching hot days when lots of exposure to UVA and UVB rays will occur. SkinCareBaby.com also offers Sunny Days SPF 30+ Natural Mineral Sunscreen Water Resistant Face Stick, which is an easy-to-use sunscreen in a stick formula that can be spread easily across the face for effective protection against the sun’s harmful rays.

Here’s to your family’s good health!

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate Exposed

The more the public is aware, the better we as consumers can make the best possible choices for our health. From head to toe, the skin is our body’s largest organ and it is extremely sensitive to whatever it comes in contact with. We mainly tend to think of our skin as a barrier. Yet it is to realize that our skin is very “thirsty.” Whatever touches the skin is absorbed to some degree directly into our body. What we put on our body inevitably ends up in our body. On the day I learned about the health concerns of Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, I went on a quest to my local supermarket to find a shampoo that did not contain SLS. I spent almost an entire hour going up and down the aisle, reading the ingredients on each and every popular shampoo bottle, only to discover that they all contained SLS! Quite shocked, I walked out of the store without purchasing shampoo. I later learned that SLS is in 90% of all the commercial shampoos and conditioners on the shelves! SLS is considered unsafe when used in hair and skin care products in amounts over 2%. (Most consumer products contain more than 20% of SLS!)

You Deserve To Know

Why is Sodium Lauryl Sulfate in your shampoo at all? As mentioned earlier, this inexpensive synthetic substance is commonly used in most hair shampoos for its foam-building abilities. Its emulsifying action removes oil and soil from the hair and skin. A variation of SLS is Sodium Laureth Sulfate. It is a similar, higher foaming variation of SLS. Yet while you are busy working up lather, these detergents are potentially harming your hair and skin because they clean by corrosion. Do you know anyone that is prematurely losing their hair or going bald? SLS corrodes the hair follicle which may create hair loss and impede hair growth. It takes much longer for your hair to grow when it has been affected by SLS. In addition, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate is known to dry out skin as it strips the protective lipids from the surface leaving your skin ineffective at regulating moisture.

Investigate The Research

Various studies indicate that exposure to SLS can result in eye damage, irritations, skin rashes and infection. It can also cause scalp scurf (a condition similar to dandruff). Exposure to SLS can lead to allergic reactions, a burning sensation, coughing, wheezing, laryngitis, shortness of breath, headache, nausea, diarrhea and vomiting. SLS can penetrate children’s eyes and prevent them from developing properly. It can also lead to cataract formation in adults. Another more serious problem is that SLS can be transformed into nitrosamines (nitrates) when it reacts with certain ingredients used in skin care products. Nitrates are potentially carcinogenic. Due to the penetrating power of SLS, these carcinogens are absorbed through the skin into the body. The body retains SLS in the tissues. In long term use, SLS penetrates your eyes, brain, heart, lungs, liver and can remain absorbed in your body degenerating cell membranes and damaging your immune system. Laboratories actually use Sodium Lauryl Sulfate on test animals for clinical testing to irritate skin! Then products are tested to see how effective they are at healing the irritated skin.

So What Can You Do? Simply stop buying shampoos that contain SLS. This is the most effective way to let the skin and hair care industries know that you are an educated consumer no longer willing to be poisoned. Sodium Lauryl Sulfate is a chemical that can be responsibly taken out of skin care products. In the meantime, come to know that you always have choice. There are 100% safe shampoos on the market. Now available are pure & natural organic shampoo products for babies, children and adults at www.SkinCareBaby.com. Discover Organic 2n1 Shampoo & Body Wash and Organic Therapeutic Shampoo & Body Wash. Your scalp will thank you as it absorbs healthy ingredients enriched with organic aloe juice, organic green tea distillate water, organic botanical extracts and soothing organic oats, organic gourmet coconut milk, pure organic honey and essential natural skin care vitamins A, C & E.

Here’s to your family’s health and healthy, shiny hair!

Consider this article as opinion only. Seek the advice of your own physician in connection with any questions or issues you have regarding your health.

How to Begin

You will need: 2 soft towels, a clean diaper, natural baby massage oil & baby shampoo Baby your little baby! Begin the baby massage when you and your baby are in a relaxed, calm state. The best time is usually before your baby’s bath, at least a half hour after the baby has eaten. Sit comfortably on the floor with the soles of your feet together and form a diamond shape with your legs. Be sure to select a place without drafts and make sure the room temperature is a warm 78 degrees. Then drape a soft towel over your lap. Undress your baby, just leaving on a clean diaper and rest your baby on the towel over your legs so your baby will feel comfortable and secure. Cradle your baby’s head with your feet. Then put some baby massage oil on your clean hands and rub them together so they will be soft and warm before you start. Your baby will not be happy if he or she receives a massage from cold hands! Then using massage oil for baby, begin with long gentle strokes from your baby’s head to his or her toes. If you find that your baby responds well to the massage, proceed to gently massage your baby’s body section by section.  If your baby does not cooperate, simply massage him or her at another time.

While you massage your baby you may want to softly talk, hum, sing and/or play healing meditation music during the massage. To further bond with your baby, give your little one eye to eye contact during the baby massage.

Baby Massage Tips:

• Make your strokes gentle but not ticklish.
• With soft and gentle touches the baby massage flows from the head to the toes. Tenderly begin on the head and then move to the face, shoulders, arms, hands, chest, stomach and down to the legs, feet and toes.
• Follow your baby’s mood signals about when to stop the massage. If the baby wants to change position let him or her do so. A baby massage can comfortably last anywhere from 10 minutes to 30 minutes, depending on his or her mood.
• When you gently massage your baby’s body parts, you may want to cover the areas of the baby’s body that are not being massaged with a second towel to avoid baby from getting a chill. Run your fingertips lightly over the body using circular motion. Avoid massaging your infant’s navel area, if the cord hasn’t completely healed, avoid pressure on the spinal cord and avoid the genitalia area.
• You can hold under your baby’s knees and gently press the knees up toward his or her tummy. This position can help your baby to expel gas. Massage the scalp in small circles with your fingertips as if you were shampooing.
• Following the massage, wash your baby’s hair with a natural baby shampoo. This may require two washes to remove all the oil.
• Make it a good habit to give your baby a baby massage as part of your baby’s pre-bath schedule. After the massage, caress your baby and then give your baby a warm bath.
• SkinCareBaby.com recommends using ULTRA Bath & Massage Oil for your baby’s massage. This baby skin care oil moisturizes dry skin and protects delicate baby skin with Calendula infused Soy Oil, Borage & Avocado Oils and Green Tea Extract. This baby skin care baby bath and massage oil is pH balanced for healthy baby skin care. It softens dry skin while it calms and relaxes.

ULTRA Bath & Massage Oil Active Ingredients: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 dry skin. Use Borage oil in facial blends for maturing skin care or in blends for damaged skin care where regeneration of new skin cells is needed. Soy Calendula Oil: Calendula has anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties and stimulates cellular regeneration of healthy skin. 

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

For more great tips about baby skin care visit 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!

Consider this article as opinion only. Seek the advice of your own physician in connection with any questions or issues you have regarding your baby’s health.

It is essential to protect your children from the potentially dangerous effects of nasty insect bites. Since children playing outdoors are often bitten or stung by insects, when children are outside and no matter what they are doing, it is important for them to be protected.  

Insect Bite Facts

When an insect bites, it injects venom or other substances and bacteria into your child’s skin. Bites from bees, yellow jackets, wasps, hornets, fire ants and some spiders are usually the most problematic. Bites from mosquitoes, fleas, ticks, biting flies and spiders can also cause reactions. While only a small percentage of children develop severe reactions to insect venom, it can definitely cause an allergic reaction depending on how sensitive your child’s skin is.

• Some signs to be aware of are: fever, hives, skin rashes, painful joints and swollen glands. Call Your Doctor Within 24 Hours if you feel your child needs to be seen.
• Some symptoms of an allergic reaction can be very severe. Anaphylaxis is a response that leads to shortness of breath or wheezing, tightening of the throat, shock and loss of consciousness. If this is the case, Call 911 immediately. Your child may need an ambulance for symptoms of anaphylaxis from bee, yellow jacket, wasp, or fire ant stings.

Most of the time pesky bug bites or stings only cause mild swelling and an annoying experience of itching or a stinging sensation. Watch out for sores from children scratching since their bites can become infected and leave scars.Prevention is Your Best Bet  Teach your children to play it safe. Preventing bug bites is important since insects can be transmitters of disease. You can bring awareness to your family’s skin care by being an example. Children respond better when they see you protecting your skin. Begin by following these recommendations:

Helpful Tips

• If your child has had a serious reaction to insect bites or stings, ask your doctor about an emergency care kit.
• Try not to provoke insects. Avoid quick, jerky movements around insect hives and nests.
•  Play in safe areas. Do not allow your child to play in high grass or weeds. Limit the time your child spends in wooded areas.
• Avoid wearing perfumes.
• Avoid wearing floral-patterned clothing. Instead, wear light, solid colors.
• Protect your child well by having them wear protective clothing to properly cover their skin when out in the woods. Wear long-sleeved shirts and tuck pant cuffs into socks to help protect their ankles. This helps to avoid ticks and the risk of contracting Lyme Disease.
• Make sure they wear shoes while walking or running in grassy areas to avoid stings to the feet.
• Cover your child’s head and neck with a full brimmed hat to shield them from getting bites.
• Have them wear gloves when they help you in the garden to avoid bites and stings.
• Regularly check their clothes for bugs.

Additional Tips:

• Stay out of shady areas near bushes and shrubs. Use protective netting when sleeping or eating outdoors. Flying pests like mosquitoes and gnats come out to feast after the sun sets.
• Eat outdoors with caution, especially or in areas near garbage cans. Avoid sweetened foods and beverages.
• Give your dogs and cats flea and tick treatments
• Have properly-fitted screens on your home’s windows.
• Remove standing water from your yard. Mosquitoes commonly breed in standing water.

Use an All Natural Insect Repellent

Although it may not be possible to prevent all bug bites, observing these recommendations may reduce the number of bug bites your child gets. The first line of defense against annoying bug bites is to use an appropriate insect repellent.

SkinCareBaby.com’s AWARD WINNING ALL NATURAL Insect Repellent is for baby, children & adult care alike. This baby skin care insect repellent has an herbal, natural skin care recipe that blends essential oils & extracts to work hard yet naturally to keep mosquitoes, fleas & bugs away from your child’s skin. This natural skin care insect repellent is pH balanced for healthy baby skin care – and it smells great too! This insect repellent contains NO DEET, NO POISONS OR SYNTHETIC INSECTICIDES. It is ideal for spraying you’re your infant carrier, baby stroller, baby clothes, bed linens and even your picnic blanket.

Here’s to your family’s good health!

For more great tips about baby skin care visit www.SkinCareBaby.com where you will also find more ideas and great award winning baby skin care products, which are wonderful for adults too!

Consider this article as opinion only. Seek the advice of your own physician in connection with any questions or issues you have regarding your baby’s health.

Baby Skin Care Research

A 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 help babies’ 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. 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.

Healthy Baby Skin Care

A parent would be wise to use baby skin care products free of artificial colors, synthetic fragrances and petrochemicals, which are themselves irritants. Look for pure baby skin care products that are pH balanced with natural healing herbal extracts and essential oils such as Calendula, Aloe and Chamomile. Baby friendly healing herbs to look for in diaper rash cream and diaper rash ointment include:

Calendula: Calendula provides anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial activities and stimulates cellular regeneration of healthy skin.

Aloe: Aloe Vera helps restore tissue integrity and provides soothing anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties.

Chamomile: Chamomile inhibits the release of histamine and decreases the inflammatory response. It stimulates cellular regeneration of healthy skin.

Rose Hip: Rose Hip contains high levels of vitamin C and bioflavonoids which strengthen blood vessel walls, increasing vascular resistance and integrity and thus improving skin circulation.

Evening Primrose Oil, Sunflower Oil: These cold-pressed oils provide the essential fatty acids omega-3 (linolenic acid) and omega-6 (linoleic acid) as well as GLA (gamma-linolenic acid), important modulators of the inflammatory response. Help regulate epidermal proliferation and desquamation of the skin.

Carrot Seed Oil: Carrot Seed Oil is an exceptional moisturizer for skin care and promotes healthy cellular regeneration.
 
Sambucus: Sambucus (Elderflower) promotes healing of skin conditions and reduces inflammation associated with allergies.

Vitamin A: Vitamin A is necessary for the growth and repair of body tissues and helps maintain healthy skin integrity. It improves the resistance of the skin and mucous membranes to chemical and physical irritants.

Vitamin C and Bioflavonoids: Vitamin C and bioflavonoids work synergistically to strengthen connective tissue in blood vessel walls, thereby increasing vascular resistance and integrity, and improving circulation. Vitamin C’s anti-oxidant action provides photo-protective effects against UVB-induced damage in human epithelial cells. It supports immune and endocrine system function.

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. It regulates abnormal proliferation of the superficial skin layers.

If your baby has developed a diaper rash, now available to parents are two pH balanced baby skin care products that provide a protective, soothing and breathable natural skin care barrier for your baby’s tender skin. Award Winning Baby Cakes diaper rash cream & Baby Cakes diaper rash ointment formulas take care of baby’s skin irritations gently, safely and quickly.

SkinCareBaby’s Award Winning  Diaper Rash Cream is an especially effective natural skin care baby cream for diaper rash, irritated skin and eczema. This new baby skin care formulation is thicker to really coat the skin and helps speed healing without the use of harsh chemicals. This natural skin care diaper rash cream absorbs easily leaving skin feeling clean not greasy.

Herbal Diaper Rash Ointment calms irritated skin. It is an especially effective natural skin care ointment for baby diaper rash, dry skin care and even for adult dry skin care and chapped lips. This whipped diaper rash ointment looks like a lotion, goes on the skin like an ointment and is not greasy.

Baby Skin Care Tip

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

Parents, your basic baby skin care common sense message is: In the beginning months of life, let Mother Nature do her job without your newborn baby having to cope with chemicals. Allow fresh air to get to your baby’s bottom whenever you can and change your baby’s diaper often! This will reduce the likelihood of diaper rash. Pediatricians also recommend avoiding antibacterial soaps. Use skincarebaby.com natural skin care products that avoid toxic preservatives, foaming agents and other potentially hazardous ingredients. These products may be a little more expensive than the drug or supermarket brands but they are completely safe, truly natural and nontoxic. It would be best to consider these baby skin care principles when you use any other types of products in your baby’s environment as well. 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 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!

Consider this article as opinion only. Seek the advice of your own physician in connection with any questions or issues you have regarding your baby’s health.

It’s troubling when your beloved little baby unexpectedly develops cradle cap! Although it is not very attractive, cradle cap is a very common yet harmless scalp condition found in perfectly healthy newborn babies. So take a breath parents and don’t fret! Cradle cap is like baby dandruff. It can develop between two weeks to three months after birth and may last from a few weeks to up to a year. Your baby cakes may have to put up with it for a time, however cradle cap usually clears up on its own with proper care.

Cradle cap is a condition created when a newborn’s oil-producing scalp glands become over-active as a result of hormonal changes. This can produce mild cases that look like flaky dandruff to more thick, crusty yellow patches on the scalp, the ears, and/or the eyebrows.  

Although some parents swear by using mineral oil or petroleum jelly, these products can worsen the condition by clogging the pores of your baby’s skin. Mineral oil is a common ingredient used in baby skin care products; however, did you know that it is produced as the byproduct of the distillation of gasoline from crude oil! 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!

Baby Skin Care Tip For Cradle Cap

Parents, here’s your best common sense tip: Frequent, gentle shampooing is the best way to control the condition until it disappears naturally.  Natural massage oil can be used to gently massage the scalp and remove the crusty scales. Do this with a soft toothbrush several times per week, let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes, and then gently comb out the flakes.  Follow up with a mild, natural baby shampoo. You 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. Cradle Cap TreatmentNow available to parents are Skin Care Baby’s ULTRA Bath & Massage Oil and Organic Therapeutic Shampoo and Body Wash. ULTRA Bath & Massage Oil moisturizes dry skin and is free of irritants. Its pH balanced formula for healthy baby skin care is excellent for Cradle Cap care. Creating a soothing layer of protection for baby’s tender skin, it protects delicate baby skin with Calendula infused Soy Oil, Borage & Avocado Oils and Green Tea Extract. This massage oil softens dry skin while it calms and relaxes. A gentle massage with massage oil can be a loving experience for you and your baby! Organic Therapeutic Shampoo and Body Wash – Natural Organic Therapeutic Baby Shampoo and Body Wash for baby problem scalp & skin care. This organic therapeutic baby shampoo & body wash is a mild, safe and effective natural skin care & natural hair care cleanser enriched with herbal extracts, vitamins, Tea Tree Oil and soothing organic oats, organic gourmet coconut milk and pure organic honey. This baby shampoo provides relief from symptoms of scaling, flaking and itchy dry skin also associated with Eczema, Psoriasis and Dandruff. It improves dry skin & scalp WITHOUT the use of harsh acid peels, tars or steroids. Pamper precious skin with this rich, baby skin care cleanser that contains no parabans and is pH balanced for healthy natural skin care & natural hair care. Oils give it a natural fragrance everyone will love without the use of perfumes. For more great tips about baby skin care visit 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!

Consider this article as opinion only. Seek the advice of your own physician in connection with any questions or issues you have regarding your baby’s health.

Baby Skin Care Research

A 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, SkinCareBaby.com’s diaper rash cream & 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 baby 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 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!

Consider this article as opinion only. Seek the advice of your own physician in connection with any questions or issues you have regarding your baby’s health.