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I must admit that is a harsh looking Headline on this post, but I recently had this question from Jenny and feel it is worth sharing.

Jenny wrote “Hi- I am 7 months pregnant, and my beauty ‘worries’ are my facial skin, and hair. It’s a lie you ‘glow’ during pregnancy-I look rough! I feel I can’t use all my normal face and hair products because I’m scared the ingredients aren’t safe during pregnancy. My skin looks dull, and my hair looks thin and flat. Help?!”

I wrote back; “Pregnancy affects everyone differently and I’m really sorry that you are not feeling like you are glowing.  One of the main things to remember though is that you become far more sensitive in every way during pregnancy and most women develop an almost sixth sense as to what’s good for them and what isn’t, so you are absolutely right to question what you are putting on your skin and hair.  This is a wonderful time and a perfect excuse to start using the gentlest, most natural products around and the benefits will pay off for both you and your baby.  I am sending you our Fragrance Free Face Balm which is made from only organic oils and waxes and you can use this all over your body as a general moisturiser and even add it to your bath water to soften it.  It is not essential that you use Fragrance Free products during pregnancy but some women’s sense of smell becomes so heightened that they often prefer to use unfragranced products.  A good rule of thumb is that if you can eat it you can put it on your skin, so experiment with making face masks with mushed up avocado or a deep conditioning hair oil with warm virgin olive oil for instance.  We unfortunately don’t have any shampoos or soaps at Balm Balm as all our products are 100% organic and all foaming products unfortunately have some synthetics in them, so you really just have to go with a company that you trust to use as few chemicals as possible.  Green People or Neil’s Yard would be a good place to start.   A great natural way to perk up your skin or hair is cold water.  For hair give it a final rinse with cold water.  If you are let feeling chilly you can return to warm water afterwards.  The change in temperature really stimulates the scalp which will liven up you hair.  For your face, splash with cold water any time of day.  Again, this stimulates blood flow which will give you a lovely glow.”  

I do hope this helps Jenny? Bye for now, Glenda