Moisturizer

Most moisturizers on the market contain any one or more of these chemicals:

• BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) and BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene)
• DEA (diethanolamine) and DEA related ingredients
• DMDM Hydantoin, diazolidinyl urea, imidazolidinyl urea, methenamine, quaternium- 15, and sodium hydroxymethylglycinate-Formaldehyde releasing preservatives
• Parabens
• Fragrance
• Peg compounds
• Petrolatum
• Siloxanes
• Retinyl Palmitate

Take a look at your own moisturizers and lotions; you may be surprised at what you find. Look for anything that has PEG in front of it or Para in the front or end of an ingredient. Popular products such as Aveeno, Vaseline, Gold Bond, Olay, Lubriderm and The Body Shop contain these chemicals. Even worse-products that are labeled "Natural" and "Organic" often still contain these chemicals.

Babies under the age of 2 are at the greatest risk being ten times more vulnerable to carcinogenic chemicals than adults, and for some cancer-causing agents are up to 65 times more vulnerable. Children from age two to fifteen are three times more vulnerable to carcinogens than adults. Just because a product says it’s recommended by Pediatricians or made for baby, still take a closer look at those ingredients.

My favorite store bought baby lotion 

Desert Essence My sweetie Pie Lotion (bought at Dominion)

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My favorite online baby lotion

Earth Mama Angel Baby lotion is 100% natural-zero toxins.(Order this favorite product online from Andrea Johnson at www.ecobabycanada.com)

Adults can use these lotions too.  If you are looking for something that doesn't say baby on it, go to http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ click on Moisturizers and it will list hundreds of chemical free products.

Try my homemade recipes and let me know how you like them:

Homemade Body Lotion (Adult and Babies)

-Coconut Oil
-EV Olive Oil (Optional) add 1 teaspoon per 1/2 cup CO

Coconut oil by itself does absorb into the skin quickly, not as fast when mixed with Olive oil so you may have to wait a few minutes before getting dressed.  Or you can try my homemade body scrub in the shower and then there is no need to moisturize after getting out.

Homemade Body Scrub

1/2 cup Brown Sugar

1/2 cup Coconut Oil

8 drops Tea Tree Oil

Keep a small container of this in the shower to use as a body or facial scrub.  I wouldn't use it every day but I have had no trouble using it every second day on my sensitive skin.  It makes your skin feel wonderful and it smells nice too.