So early in the morning and I am reading about fat burner components. But as much as I want to finish everything, I could not read more of these at the moment since I’m bringing my son to school. At the moment I am also trying to place an order at the Indogomanila site because most of our Indigo products, such as the Shoo Fly Don’t Bother Me, YummyMummy Cocoa Butter, Spellbath Salt are almost depleted. SO gotta be back later to do some reading…
My son’s doctor recommended Calmoseptine Ointment (Zinc Oxide plus Calamine) for us to use on him when he gets those itchy things on his neck. Prickly heat it was, the doctor said.
But when we bought the ointment, we found out it’s not only good for prickly heat. Calmoseptine, “a multipurpose moisture barrier ointment which protects, soothes, and helps promote healing,” is also ideal for skin irritations caused by urine (diaper rash), perspiration, wound, impetigo, minor burns, cuts, scrapes, chafing, hemorrhoids, fungus infection, allergic rashes… Very effective in managing/relieving skin itching, it could also be used as treatment for eczema. We’ve been using it in insect bites and pimples too.
I have already posted a review of sort about Indigomanila’s Spellbath Salt, but I wanted to share something that I –or my son to be exact– have recently experienced with it.
As I’ve mentioned before, my son is asthmatic and allergic. Every now and then, he has bouts of skin allergies, mostly occuring on the neck and upper chest area. Few days ago, he has started to scratch that particular area again. And because I don’t want to resort to an allergy medicine just yet, and since I’ve read once that a mother used it on his son’s skin allergies, I tried to manage my son’s itch with the Spellbath Salt.
And I saw for myself that it’s true indeed. After a couple of days of letting my son get into the “salty” bath, his skin has somehow improved. After three days, the tiny bumps are all gone –thanks to Spellbath.
If it was hate at first try with the Ilog Maria Propolis Toothpowder, it was love at first use with the Ilog Maria Honeymilk Lotion. Oh well, how can I not love it when it effectively makes my skin soft and supple. Also, unlike the toothpowder, its scent is fresh and light.
The consistency of the lotion, however, is a bit watery but that’s no big deal for since it is really good in keeping my skin moisturized. And then because it is made of all natural ingredients which are as follows: royal jelly, honey, beeswax, propolis and natural flower, herb and seed oils, I don’t really worry much about getting in contact with unwanted chemicals.
Don’t be deceived into thinking that this product is only for babies, because the Jar of Hope is certainly not.
According to label, this product can be applied on insect bites, inflammation, rashes, cuts, wounds, chicken pox, diaper rash, baby acne (and for me, adult acne too!) and sore nipples. It may also be used to help relieve burnout, stress, motion sickness. Then, I have read of mothers using this gel, as it is 100% natural, to soothe the gums of their teething babies.
Apart from that, I have read testimonials about adults who, like me, put it on their zits. True, it doesn’t magically let those pimples disappear in record time but it does help in relieving their redness. In my case, I noticed that they help my pimples get dry. And right now, with me pregnant, this is the only skin treatment product that I use on myself as I trust that this is an all-natural gel.
For my tot, I use it on his bruises, scrapes and insect bites a lot. In fact, if there’s one Indigo product that I most use on him, this is it. My son, who doesn’t like smelling mentholated creams and gels, has no problem “accepting this product” and he likes it so much he applies this on his skin himself, even demands to at times (even if there’s no need to). I reckon that it must be because the gel has cooling ffect on the skin that he loves (as advised I store it in the fridge to maintain its freshness). Oh well, Aloe Vera certainly cools and soothes the skin.
Among the IndigoManila products that I’ve tried, this one smells differently. It doesn’t have any lavender scent to it (and you’ll know why in latter part of this post, the ingredients) but has a yummy smells faint apple scent that I instantly love.
Ingredients: Blue Chamomile Essential oil, aloe vera gel, witch hazel extract, triple distilled water, vitamin E
Lastly, because of its all-around purpose and use and its healing properties, I give it my highest rate -a 5!
I honestly have no particular thing to review today. Actually, I wanted to do a review about a bakeshop but I haven’t processed the picture that will go with it…so I’m kinda stumped. And sleepy. I’ve been thinking of sleep since I first sat on this chair! So while browsing a site that offers pearl jewelry I thought, sleep I will have to do in the next few minutes and I will have to do my Olay routine before doing that.
Ah Olay. I did think Olay. So I guess that will have to be the topic of this post. Aside from their soap and body wash, my skin loves Olay Total Effects Normal. It’s been a part of my nighttime routine for a couple of months now. With SPF15, it can be used during daytime too (although I much prefer to put it on at night).
And I hope it’s not just my imagination *lol* but I feel it’s making my skin smoother and finer. I just can’t be too sure if it’s really effective on the wrinkles because I still don’t have that (I hope!) at the moment. But it does seem to work on my moisturizing and keeping my skin zit-free. Plus, plus it’s affordable. And then here’s the part that amazes me. I really don’t know why but unlike the Gentle variant which terribly makes my head ache because of its smell, the Normal variant doesn’t bother me that much.
For skin irritations, itches, insect bites, cuts, etc…, here’s my first aid answer.
Burt’s Bees Res-Q Ointment. A part of Burt’s Bees Outdoor products, it is formulated with Vitamin E, comfrey and rosemary leaf extracts, olive, sweet almond and germ wheat oils and is 95.7% natural (as indicated on its label). It is definitely soothing and it mildly smells like refreshing herbs (that I so like). It’s a little expensive compared to local balms but I think it’s worth its price.
BTW, I use this on my son, too.
