Baby love, my baby love.... (Boots Baby Skin Oil)

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Product:	Boots Baby Skin Oil
Date:	26/01/02 (55 review reads)
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Advantages: Moisturises the skin, Smells good, Extremely fun to use in the bedroom! ;-)

Disadvantages: The dodgy rash I got!

Well, at last I've got around to posting an opinion!! It is one that was perhaps worth taking time over anyway, as my opinion of this product has changed considerably over time.

Baby lotions and oils are very popular for use by adults and kids alike. This is Boots 'own brand' which I chose as it was slightly cheaper than the Johnsons version and I thought they'd all be pretty similar. It's good value at under £2 for 300ml.
First impression of the Boots version: well, it's presented nicely in a clear, contoured bottle and has all ingredients and information stated clearly on the back. It smells gorgeous, quite flowery. It really moisturises well and doesn't feel very greasy on the skin once you rub it in thoroughly. This oil contains Aloe Vera and Vitamin E, intended to nourish the skin and keep it soft and conditioned. The oil is also suitable for use on cradle cap in babies. The oil is also Lanolin free and hypoallergenic.

I will confess now that my reasons for buying this were not very innocent - my boyfriend Mo and my naughty self were more interested in the fun to be had from massaging this stuff all over eachother, never mind moisturising the skin....pah!
It's absolutely marvellous stuff for massage! It's pleasantly slidey, warming to the touch and smells lovely. We had hours of slithery fun so it gets a definite thumbs up for that, 5 star fun!

However, after all that fun I decided to put the baby oil to the test in terms of moisturising. It's excellent to soothe dry skin after a bath or shower, in fact it prevented any dryness on my skin. But after a few weeks I noticed a small dotted rash on one leg! I presumed it must have been the dye in a very black pair of jeans I'd recently bought or perhaps washing detergent. I've been using the same toiletries for a long while so I'm satisfied they were not responsible.

I decided to figure out the cause using the process
of elimination. I stopped wearing the jeans, kept using the oil and checked if I was still washing my clothes in the same detergent as usual. The rash remained!
Plan B was to stop using the oil and still not wear the jeans. The rash subsided after a fortnight. When it cleared up totally I did a little skin 'patch test' with some of my suspect baby oil on my leg. Sure enough, the next morning I had a small bruise-like linear rash on that small patch of skin. I've no idea what exactly it is in this particular brand of baby oil that does this to me, but I'm certainly avoiding it as a moisturiser.
As for the occasional 'adult fun' with the oil, well I'll have to try another brand. Nothing keeps Laura from her adult fun! ;-)

I don't have kids myself yet, but I certainly don't find it reassuring to think that the oil can make someone come out in quite a vicious looking rash. I don't recommend this oil if you're prone to skin problems, but it's hard to judge. It's possible it would have no ill effects for somebody else. So unfortunately Boots, personally I have to give this only 2 stars.

And as for my jeans; happily I'm wearing them again.

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