Weleda Skin Care Continuing Its Award Winning Ways
Weleda skin care voted Best Natural Range for 2010
What an achievement. For the second year running, Weleda has won Best Natural Range in the Natural Health magazine Beauty Awards, beating runners up Burt’s Bees, REN, Trilogy and Ole Henriksen.
We all know that Weleda has an excellent product range, and here’s an explanation from Natural Health explaining why Weleda was a clear winner in the natural category:
Natural Eczema Treatments
Eczema – What is this stupid name anyway. It’s hard to pronounce, it’s hard to get the spelling right, and it’s as itchy and painful as hell to deal with. Lets save everyone the spelling and pronunciation trouble and just call it X-ma or Exma.
But come to think of it, ‘eczema’ is actually quite a fitting name for this itchy skin condition. It’s bloody annoying – just like the pronunciation, and it’s a pain in the arss to deal with – just like the stupid spelling of the word.
5 Baby Skin Care Products Every Parent Should Have
Newborn babies are generally very clean. Under your protection, your baby is kept away from dirt and other grotty things. So keeping your baby clean is generally not a major obstacle. It is protecting your baby’s delicate skin from the harsh environmental conditions that is the challenge.
The following 5 baby skin care products will help clean and protect your baby and should be kept within every baby household.
Stretch Mark Creams
All stretch mark creams claim to do 2 things, and there are generally 2 objectives we want to achieve when using a stretch mark cream.
1. To prevent stretch marks from appearing or
2. To get rid of existing stretch marks.
At this stage, I’ve yet to come across a stretch mark cream that will totally eradicate those unsightly streaks on the belly, hips and buttocks. That’s not to say that stretch mark creams don’t work in helping to get rid of stretch marks, but it is just part of the solution.
Organic Baby Products
“Why do I need to use organic baby products for my infant”, you may ask? From the clothing they wear, the food they eat, to the personal care products they use, here are some valuable statistics that will help you in deciding whether to use organic baby products for you precious little one.
* Depending on the body weight of your baby, standard chemicals are up to 10 times more toxic to children than to adults. This is due to the fact that babies take in more toxic chemicals relative to body weight than adults and have developing organ systems that are more vulnerable and less able to detoxify toxic chemicals.
* Infant’s skin is thin and delicate and is up to 100 times more sensitive than adults.
Natural Diaper Rash Treatments & Remedies with Proven Results
For all you concerned parents that are looking for an effective natural diaper rash treatment with proven results, then stick around and find out more. For those of you looking for chemical treatments using anti-fungal, antibiotic, corticosteroid medications or creams, you may need to make a U turn.
The following treatment methods will be dedicated to using only natural organic, homeopathic and holistic methods to heal your baby’s diaper rash problems. Some methods are so effective that you will notice results within just a few hours.
Diaper Rash Causes
Diaper rash is a very common form of inflamed skin for babies characterized by bright red, puffy, tender skin on the butt, thighs or genitals. Most babies at some point will develop some form of rash around the diaper area.
Diaper rash may be caused by friction due to wet diapers or irritants like feces, urine or cleaning agents rubbing against the baby’s skin. It may also be triggered by a fungal or yeast infection following antibiotic use or an allergic reaction to solid foods,diapers, detergents, baby wipes, soap, harsh skin products.
In the following article we are going take an intensive look at natural diaper rash prevention and natural diaper rash treatments.
Pregnancy Skin Care Tips & Secrets
Uncontrollable hormones flying through your body during pregnancy means blotchy facial skin, unwanted stretch marks, nasty acne, sore legs & Feet…….and other skin problems. Find pregnancy skin care tips to help treat your skin conditions?
Before we even begin to go into your personal skin problems, it is vitally important to put the safety of your unborn child first. In choosing the skin care products to use, only use organic natural skin care products which are non toxic and chemical free. What you put onto your skin during pregnancy gets absorbed into the blood stream (even in small quantities) and ultimately can cause harmful effects to your unborn.
Avoid products that contain the following ingredients:
Sodium Laurel/Laureth sulphates
Salicylic acid
Retinoids
Propylene Glycol
Parabens
Petrochemicals Petroleum by products
DEA, TEA
Animal derivatives and harmful chemicals.
Click Here for information on the harmful effects of these ingredients
Baby Rashes – How to Avoid Your Baby the Pain & Suffering.
Babies have thin delicate skin, and are more susceptible to developing baby rashes, skin allergies or sores from skin irritants. The good news is that most of these irritants can be easily avoided, and it’s just a matter of being more careful and selective when choosing your baby skin care products.
Having a itchy skin rash is not a good feeling and your baby shouldn’t have to suffer such uncomfortable pain. Lets investigate 3 commonly used products for babies which if chosen correctly, will save your baby and yourself much pain and suffering.
– Baby bath Products
– Baby Shampoo Products
– Baby Powder Products