Soft As A Baby’s Bottom: The Best Non-Toxic Lotions We Love
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We know hydration is important, and keeping our skin looking healthy and vibrant is nice too. Finding the best moisturizers to help keep skin soft and supple is a never-ending quest it seems due to all the chemicals in even some of the best lotions. Take a look at the best non-toxic lotions we love, and nourish your skin back to that baby-bottom feel.
We say it all the time and we know you know it. Your skin is your body’s largest organ, and as such, it’s important that you treat it right.
That means that you drink lots and lots of water to keep it healthy from the inside out, and you find the best non-toxic products for the outside too. Yes, smelling good is something we all want to do, but let’s be real. The toxicity that those stores that are full of the buy three, get two lotions and wash sets is off the hook. They’re full of the ingredients that the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and Think Dirty cringe at, and your body does too.
Why Should You Consider Non-Toxic Lotions For Your Skin?
There are several reasons you should look for the best non-toxic lotions–the biggest is that you don’t have to worry about poisons and chemicals doing internal damage to your organs. Because your skin is an organ, what goes on it goes in it, systemically, and the junk that’s in a lot of lotions is literally poison. If you wouldn’t consider eating it, you may want to think about slathering it all over your skin.
Additionally, the best non-toxic lotions will not be irritants to your skin. If you have sensitive skin, you know how easily your skin gets aggravated and even if you don’t have sensitive skin, some of the ingredients definitely irritate. When you look for the best non-toxic lotions, you’ll find ones that have clean and healthy alternatives to some of the chemicals in other lotions, and they do just the job you want without the skin irritation.
More, a lot of the ingredients that are in lotions today have come about because of the evolution of industry and skin-enhancing chemicals. But what did our grandmothers’ grandmothers use? You got it–plant-based ingredients that used the best Mother Nature had to offer to enhance our skin and our glow. Many of the ingredients in the best non-toxic lotions are ones that have been around since the dawn of time, and they’re amazing at nourishing our skin.
When you buy better quality products, you’re going to find you don’t need to slather anywhere near the amount of product that you may if you buy something that’s full of chemical and filler. Good moisturizers and non-toxic lotions do a great job of nurturing the skin because of their ingredients, and many of those ingredients can very cleanly and affordably be used.
And since we’re talking about ingredients being cleanly made and used, when you look for non-toxic lotions, you’re looking for products that are made without ingredients that are harmful to you AND harmful to the environment. When you’re looking for the best non-toxic lotions, look for companies who are committed to the earth and her people. Look for companies who want to take care of the environment as much as they want to take care of you, and try to give back in some way.
What Should You Avoid In Lotions?
There are some ingredients in lotions that you just need to stay away from Period. If they have dyes, parabens, silicones, synthetic fragrance/perfumes, phthalates, formaldehyde, and alcohol you want to stay away from them. They’re not good for your body, they’re not going to make your skin any softer or more nourished, and they may even end up stealing nutrients from your body.
What Should You Look For In The Best Non-Toxic Lotions?
If you know what to avoid in lotions, you’ll also want to know what you should look for. The best non-toxic lotions are ones that are full of vitamins, minerals, and plant-based ingredients. Some of the most common ingredients in the best non-toxic lotions are:
- Shea Butter
- Aloe Vera
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin E
- Oats/Collodial Oatmeal
- Argan oil
- Jojoba oil
- Almond Oil
- Sunflower
- Organic Glycerin
Why are so many of the best non-toxic lotions rich in various oils? It’s because they help support the function of your skin. They’re anti-inflammatory and many have anti-oxidant and even healing qualities, and they keep your skin soft by restoring your skin’s barrier. It does this using fatty acids. The outer layer of your skin (the stratum corneum) has more longer-chain free fatty acids. It also has a higher content of C-18 unsaturated free fatty acids like linoleic acid found in sunflower oil. Research has found this to improve the skin barrier, which protects your entire body, and those are the ingredients you’ll get a lot of benefit from.
The Best Non-Toxic Lotions We Love
We’re sort of in love with Au Natural Skinfood. Their Prepare Spray-On Brightening Lotion will balance your pH and acts as the perfect toner for your face. It has been clinical tested to show that even after three hours of being on, it inhibited bacteria on your face (Staphylococcus aureus by 63%) and it keeps your face clean and hydrated. The concentrated Vitamin C will help pigmentation issues on your skin and it reduces redness and age spots too. We love that the New Zealand based company uses their prized Manuka honey to moisturize and nourish and if we’re honest, their whole Skinfood line is pretty divine.
Indigo Wild Zum Body Lotion – Sea Salt
Indigo Wild is another company we can’t get enough of, and we’ll be honest…they had us at “We love dogs and we hate breast cancer.” They ensure all their ingredients are clean and green, and the Indigo Wild insists nothing toxic, harsh or unnatural and chemical will go in their products. They use ingredients like shea butter, meadowfoam seed oil and aloe vera, as well as carrot and hibiscus for the ultimate microcirculation for your skin. The Sea Salt Wild Zum body lotion helps regenerate cell growth and fight free-radical damage, and its handmade goodness leaves your skin as soft and smooth as you can get. Plus, they give back to causes like breast cancer and dog rescue, so you’re making a difference with every dollar you spend.
Evereden Lifting Firming Lotion
Evereden is a company we can get behind! Created by a team of Ivy League dermatologists and pediatricians, they had high standards. Even better, as moms, they had higher standards and wanted to make sure the things they were putting on their children and themselves were clean and green. All their products are made in the United Staes and are created to be non-toxic and pure. They’re natural and plant-based without fragrance and their three main ingredients in this lifting firming lotion are avocado, collagen and seaweed. It helps lift and tighten skin, takes away the appearance of cellulite (really) and is completely safe for pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers as it has none of the 1400 harmful ingredients that the European Union won’t allow (but are still somehow used all the time in products here in the United States).
They’re EWG Verified, which means they have EWG’s highest ratings, and they’re certified by the NSF and with Made Safe. There are no GMOs, synthetic fragrances, phthalates, parabens, sulfates or natural irritants and every lotion they make is made to be safe for baby.
Farmhouse Fresh Citrine Beach Body Milk
Yes, we’re suckers for companies that take care of the earth and its inhabitants and that’s just one of the reasons we love Farmhouse Fresh. Their mission is to make clean products for the people of earth, and as they do, they’re a non-profit farm animal sanctuary. That’s right–they’re a company that wants their skincare to save, and they focus on being green in their ingredients, their methodology and in their caretaking of rescued and rehabilitated animals at their sanctuary. Purchases help take starving donkeys off slaughter trucks, among saving other animals in other ways, and you can’t help but love this Beach Body Milk. It is like a vacation in a bottle with a touch of lime and a dash of coconut and the Texas grapefruit extract renews your damaged and tired skin. It pours over you like a light milk, and your body drinks it up like it can’t get enough.
In 1891 Sebastian Kneipp began a quest for naturopathic and hydrotherapeutic movements. He had a passion for medicinal plants and used the power of water to propel products to their full potential. The products are all plant-based and designed to improve overall well-being. To this day, they do things the right way–Epsom salts not made in a lab but drawn from the actual salt wells in Germany where Kneipp was founded. This almond blossom lotion smells divine and is free of all the bad and full of the natural, nourishing ingredients your skin will beg for more of.
Another company that’s in tune with nature and harvests all the ingredients as we align with the moon and the stars is Weleda. Founded in 1921 in Switzerland by one of the first female doctors, Weleda continues to believe that people are part of nature and that our body’s rhythms can be awakened with the right formulas from nature. This Skin Food is like a cult classic with beauty experts everywhere, and it’s nothing but soothing ingredients that fortify your skin. It’s full of sunflower oil and beeswax and it can even be used to tame frizzy hair and hydrate dry ends. It’s a must-have for nourished, youthful-looking hands and cuticles and your skin really will consider it food.
Juice Beauty Green Apple Firming Lotion
Juice Beauty has been one of our fave clean companies since they started with their organic botanical juice-based ingredients. They believe that every drop of every product they make is designed to feed your skin and this luxurious body moisturizer combines rich jojoba and shea butter and brightening malic acid from organic green apples. Nutrient-rich essential fatty acids and age-defying Vitamin C and peptides replenish, nourish and help firm skin from head to toe. They don’t use inexpensive fillers like petroleum glycols or added water, and your skin will thank you with every use.
Babo Botanicals Healing Ointment
So this may not be considered a traditional body lotion but I couldn’t leave it off the list. My son has had the worst skin and eczema since he was a baby. It wasn’t allergy-related or food-related and specialist after specialist and naturopath after naturopath would recommend different treatments for him. I would find some that would work, though what I found was the more ‘natural’ the less effective.
Until Babo’s Healing Ointment.
I stumbled across it because a friend said it was good for her baby, and I figured, “Why not?” I found the most incredible healer and moisturizer ever! My son’s eczema (as well as every other rash on the planet) disappeared and it is now my absolute go-to for dry skin that won’t moisturize or heal. Babo is a certified B Corp that makes all its products in the United States, and they don’t use any harsh chemicals or irritants. It’s NSF Organic certified, and it can be used for everything from chapped skin to bug bites to eczema to glowing skin after a tough day. Babo uses medical-grade colloidal oatmeal, organic calendula, shea butter, and love (seriously, you should see their packaging) for a product that works. They’re a leader in premium mineral and botanically-based health and beauty products and they’re committed to social and environmental transparency and performance. When it comes to a ‘lotion’ you must have on hand for just about everything? This is it.
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