Greasing Up Baby
June 25, 2008 by Noel Boehm
Filed under Baby Products, Bath & Body, Cosmetics, Eco-Friendly, Skin Care
Kids are weird.
They are odd, little people that live in your home. One day they’re these larval, immobile creatures with floppy heads and tiny mouths. Then, suddenly, they’re walking, talking little humans capable of saying “MAMA!” as they stare at your husband.
Strangely, they need much of the same things we do. Food. Shelter. Moisturizing.
In the old days, that meant slathering on cotton ball after cotton ball of baby oil.
Baby oil, in case you don’t know, is a by-product of the production of gasoline. It’s actually mineral oil–a colorless, odorless liquid. Savvy marketers decided to add fragrance and market the readily available waste product as Baby Oil.
In the history of advertising over substance, this decision is, perhaps, only equalled by Proctor & Gamble’s decision to market Secret Deodorant to women by changing the packaging but not the formula…adding their famous tag-line to try to show how it was made for women.
Enough history.
Today, we have wonderful, new alternatives to the chemical-laden, wasteful, potentially cancerous mineral oil. We have the power of sunflower seed oil!
Little Twig Baby Oil is filled with all kinds of fragrant natural oils and works great with our home-made wipe recipe.
This way, you don’t have to feel like you’re wiping your baby with a gallon of crude oil.
Via LittleTwig.com
Please, include the back label of Little Twig Baby Oil. I would like to see the ingredients.
Thank you.
Great information!
THE LISTED INGREDIENTS:
INGREDIENTS:
Helianthus annus (sunflower) seed oil*, Prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, Lavendula Officinals (Lavender), Citrus Limonum (Lemon), Melaleuca alternifola (Tea Tree), Tocopheryl acetate (Vitamin E acetate) *Certified Organic
Great product!
I love the entire Little Twig line and the company. I got some of their body milk for my little guy and somehow, it ended up in my bathroom and it’s now a permanent part of my daily routine. Can’t imagine how THAT happened…. *looks shifty*
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