Guest guest Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Hello, I was about to buy some baby products for a baby shower from a line called Common Scents Baby. I happened to look at the ingredients. Are the essential oils in this lotion safe for a baby? Some don't seem like they would be. Unless they are very diluted? Ingredients: chamomile & rose infusion, safflower oil, sweet almond oil, vegetable emulsifying wax, glycerine, shea butter, cetyl alcohol (from coconut), calendula oil, d-alpha tocopheryl acetate (vit e), glucose, glucose oxidase & lactoperoxidase (milk & sugar enzymes), anise, bergamot, amyris, molasses, howood, cedarwood, geranium, cinnamon, lavandin, palmarosa, vanilla, patchouli, ylang ylang, styrax & tonka bean (essential oils & natural extracts). Thanks, liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Hi Liz, Most of the ingredients listed would be fairly common in a baby lotion or cream . . . Until you get to the fragrance ingredients. Anise, howood, cedarwood, cinnamon, styrax and tonka bean, either as an essential oil or alcohol extract are not exactly skin safe for all adults, let alone babies. I don't know what percentages this formula uses, but I'd never use any of those in a product for a baby. I'd be hesitant about bergamot, as well, especially if it wasn't bergaptene free. Now, you've got me real curious as to what this smells like. Looks like overkill in the amount of fragrance material. The chamomile and rose infusion are no doubt mostly water, but you would want to know if there are pesticides in the botanicals used, as they will carry over to the water infusion. If this is a more commercial product, you run the same risk, depending on how their water infusions are prepared or where they come from. They could be alcohol extracts of the botanicals added to water. Does this company have a website; it would be easier to evaluate their products, if so. Be Well, Marcia Elston http://www.wingedseed.com http://www.aromaconnection.org " Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot. " Hausa Saying from Nigeria ________________________________ On Behalf Of bluefleuri Thursday, March 01, 2007 3:53 PM OT: is this baby product safe? Hello, I was about to buy some baby products for a baby shower from a line called Common Scents Baby. I happened to look at the ingredients. Are the essential oils in this lotion safe for a baby? Some don't seem like they would be. Unless they are very diluted? Ingredients: chamomile & rose infusion, safflower oil, sweet almond oil, vegetable emulsifying wax, glycerine, shea butter, cetyl alcohol (from coconut), calendula oil, d-alpha tocopheryl acetate (vit e), glucose, glucose oxidase & lactoperoxidase (milk & sugar enzymes), anise, bergamot, amyris, molasses, howood, cedarwood, geranium, cinnamon, lavandin, palmarosa, vanilla, patchouli, ylang ylang, styrax & tonka bean (essential oils & natural extracts). Thanks, liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 , " Marcia Elston " <samara wrote: > > > Hi Liz, > > Most of the ingredients listed would be fairly common in a baby lotion or > cream . . . Until you get to the fragrance ingredients. Anise, howood, > cedarwood, cinnamon, styrax and tonka bean, either as an essential oil or > alcohol extract are not exactly skin safe for all adults, let alone babies. > I don't know what percentages this formula uses, but I'd never use any of > those in a product for a baby. I'd be hesitant about bergamot, as well, > especially if it wasn't bergaptene free. Now, you've got me real curious as > to what this smells like. Looks like overkill in the amount of fragrance > material. The chamomile and rose infusion are no doubt mostly water, but you > would want to know if there are pesticides in the botanicals used, as they > will carry over to the water infusion. If this is a more commercial > product, you run the same risk, depending on how their water infusions are > prepared or where they come from. They could be alcohol extracts of the > botanicals added to water. > > Does this company have a website; it would be easier to evaluate their > products, if so. > > Be Well, > Marcia Elston http://www.wingedseed.com > http://www.aromaconnection.org > " Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot. " Hausa Saying from > Nigeria > Hello Marcia, Thanks for your response. I think Iwill skip buying this lotion it kinda scares me. I saw this product on this site http://www.babysenchantedgarden.com/home/be1/page_960_209/common_sense__\ baby_lotion_8oz.html <http:///> Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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