Pregnancy Belly Creams and Oils
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With pregnancy belly creams and oils, I choose to be extra careful. Therefore, the “best” product options below have been selected based on even stricter criteria than regular skincare.
- Earth Mama Belly Butter
- Earth Mama Belly Oil
- Neal’s Yard Remedies Mother’s Balm
- Pure Haven Mom Balm
- Primally Pure Baby Balm ⚠️ Emu Oil is not organic (organic emu oil may not even exist, yet it is very beneficial) (ReadLabels10 code)
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With pregnancy belly creams and oils, I choose to be extra careful. Thus, the products that would normally end up in the best category, I placed in the better category. But every pregnancy is different so, perhaps, the “better” products will turn out to be the “best” for you!
Related: A Helpful List Of Chemicals To Avoid During Pregnancy
In my opinion (❌ medium or high concern, ⚠️ low concern):
Worst
Belli Skincare Stretchmark Minimizing Cream
❌Triethanolamine: see the slides in the gallery
❌Ethoxylated ingredients (e.g., ceteareth-20, glycereth-2 cocoate): see the slides in the gallery
❌Iodopropynyl butylcarbamate: see the slides in the gallery
⚠️Carbomer: contains acrylic acid that may cause allergy
⚠️Retinyl palmitate (vitamin A): not recommended during pregnancy for the risk of overdose
⚠️Phenoxyethanol: see the slides in the gallery
⚠️ Non-organic oils and extracts
Bio-Oil Skincare Oil
❌Fragrance: see the slides in the gallery
❌Red 17: a synthetic dye; see the slides in the gallery
⚠️Retinyl palmitate (vitamin A): not recommended during pregnancy for the risk of overdose
⚠️Non-organic oils and extracts
⚠️Mineral oil: see the slides in the gallery
⚠️Triisononanoin: no safety data
Queen Helene Cocoa Butter Face + Body Crème
❌Fragrance: see the slides in the gallery
❌Sodium borate: see the slides in the gallery
❌Yellow 5 (CI 19140), yellow 6 (CI 15985), red 33 (CI 17200), red 40 (CI 16035): see slides for synthetic dyes
⚠️Mineral oil: see the slides in the gallery
⚠️Paraffin: see the slides in the gallery
⚠️Non-organic cocoa butter
Bad
Mustela Stretch Marks Cream
❌Fragrance: see the slides in the gallery
⚠️Polyacrylate crosspolymer-6: no safety data on this synthetic ingredient
⚠️Non-organic oils and extracts
Palmers Cocoa Butter Formula with Vitamin E, Tummy Butter for Stretch Mark
❌Fragrance: see the slides in the gallery
⚠️Microcrystalline wax: petroleum-based, limited safety info, per the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), it might contain nano-particles
⚠️Non-organic oils and extracts
DERMA E Scar Gel
❌Fragrance: see the slides in the gallery
⚠️Phenoxyethanol: see the slides in the gallery
⚠️Non-organic extracts
Better
Pipette Belly Butter (with the iHerb affiliate link, get either $10 or 10% off)
⚠️ Non-organic oils and extracts
⚠️ Carbomer: contains acrylic acid that may cause allergy
Pura D’or Professional Vitamin E Oil (with the iHerb affiliate link, get either $10 or 10% off)
⚠️ Lavender oil is controversial (there are studies on both sides; normally, we don’t worry about it in skincare and personal care products)
Celsus Bio-Intelligence Scar Cream (with the iHerb affiliate link, get either $10 or 10% off)
⚠️ Lavender Oil is controversial (there are studies on both sides; normally, we don’t worry about it in skincare and personal care products)
⚠️Tocopheryl acetate (vitamin E) (tocopherol would be better, in my opinion)
Motherlove Pregnant Belly Salve (with the iHerb affiliate link, get either $10 or 10% off)
⚠️ Apricot Kernel Oil is not organic
⚠️ Lavender Oil is controversial (there are studies on both sides, normally, we don’t worry about it in skincare and personal care products)
Best
Neal’s Yard Remedies Mother’s Balm
Primally Pure Baby Balm (Use the discount code ReadLabels10)
⚠️ Emu Oil is not organic (however, an organic version might not exist, yet this oil is very beneficial)
Related: A Helpful List Of Chemicals To Avoid During Pregnancy
