I make kids with sensitive, dry skin.
I guess I couldn’t help it. My hands are always dry and scaly by the end of the day. I keep lotion by my bedside table to apply every night and I go through bottles of the stuff at work. My hands crave the humidity of summer and wither away in the dryness of winter. It is a curse. And apparently I’ve passed it on to my children. Especially Cameron.
My oldest boy has dry skin too. His hands are consistently dryer than mine. His cheeks get bright red and chapped throughout the entirety of winter. We have to be constantly vigilant for new areas of dryness that will pop up anywhere on his body. I try to make moisturizing a thing in our household – part of our nightly routine. Go pee. Brush teeth. Put on lip chap. Moisturize. But no, he rarely lets me lather his skin in soothing ointment. (I’m thrilled I have managed to get the boys to deal with their chapped lips nightly, at least!)
Because of Cameron’s refusal to include moisturizing in a nightly regime, I often find his skin needing some very serious attention after a week or two of none.
I fell in love with natural moisturizing products when I was pregnant with Gavin. My belly got exceptionally large and nothing I was applying to my skin was helping the cracked, burning skin. I would rush home from work so that I could take of my shirt, it was that painful. I tried everything. Oil. Lotions. Finally, I found a container of a locally made, natural balm that my friend had given me when I had my first baby. I had put it aside in favour of the big name brand lotions and pulled it out again in a last ditch attempt to sooth my cracking belly two years later.
The natural, organic balm worked when nothing else did. I started to feel comfortable again. I started calling it my miracle cream.
From that point on, I started shopping exclusively for natural creams, especially when it concerned my children. When I decided to use cloth diapers, this became a more pressing need. I knew that I was more likely to find cloth diaper approved bum cream in the natural section of my local baby boutique than in the baby section of the drug store.
When Reese and Luke offered to send me a sample of their products to try, I was smitten. This is exactly the kind of product that I want to be putting on my kids’ skin. The goal of Reese and Luke was to create an Eco Friendly organic baby balm for diaper rash treatment and they ended up making a balm that can be used to smooth any dry skin – for babies and their Mamas! Their balm also does not damage or stain cloth diapers and allows cloth to remain fully absorbent.
We have been using Reese and Luke Organic Baby Balm since receiving them. Currently, Reese and Luke offers two baby balms, the Shea Butter Original Baby Balm and the Shea Butter Lavender Baby Balm. The Lavender tin is travel sized and ideal for diaper bags or purses, and it is also Cameron’s favourite scent of the two.
I often find lavender to be an overpowering scent in products such as these, however neither the Original Shea Butter Baby Balm or the Lavender Shea Butter Baby Balm have strong scents. They are subtle and unobtrusive, which is very nice. Reece and Luke products are made with pure African Shea butter in its raw and natural state, which keeps it chemical free and allows it to retain all of the natural botanical benefits that makes Shea butter renowned as a skin remedy.
I am always impressed when I switch from a major store-brand moisturizer to a natural organic one, and switching to Reese and Luke was no exception. We’ve been fighting with certain patches of dry skin on Cameron for months, and since using the Organic Shea Butter Baby Balm, I can finally see a difference from day to day.
Reese and Luke will continue to be our go-to remedy for Cameron’s dry skin and Gavin’s diaper rashes. I can also assure you that I am saving myself some for my next pregnancy. If things go anything like the last time, my belly will be eternally grateful for Reese and Luke Organic Balm.
You can find out all about Reese and Luke at their website. They’re a Canadian company, but Reese and Luke products are available internationally in markets throughout North America and Asia. You can buy their product on Amazon.
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The small print: I was sent a container of Reese and Luke Shea Butter Organic Baby Balm – Original and a tin of Reese and Luke Shea Butter Baby Balm – Lavender for the purposes of this review. I have not been compensated otherwise. I chose to review the product because I knew that it would be used and appreciated in our household.
My 3 year old has dry skin. It is so sad… the winter is the WORST for her. Poor babe.
Crystal,
Our daughter gets super dry skin in the winter too! We’re so not cold climate people. At home we use our products for dry skin, skin irritations, itchy skin, scrapes and cuts, etc for us adults and our daughter. You don’t even have to use much either. The products are designed to “melt” in your hand to allow for maximum absorbency into the skin that you are trying to cover.
If you have any questions about our products or would like to chat you can reach me by email at info@reeseandluke.com or cs@reeseandluke.com.
Cassandra.
I have only ever used such organic baby balms for my sons skin, or just straight up coconut oil.
I even recently started making my own baby bum balm :)
This sounds great! And I love when companies make their products available in Asia. Have to look it up. Thanks for sharing this, Laura!
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I have never run across this product. I am currently 38 weeks pregnant and can definitely empathize with the dry, itchy belly! I rub anything I can find on it…mainly organic coconut oil and Palmer’s products. However, I want something really pure for my baby. And my husband has psoriasis on his hands which are always cracking and bleeding from work…I wonder if this would help?
Hi Sarah,
These products would be PERFECT for your itchy belly! They contain shea butter and olive oil which moisturize the skin and St- John’s Wort, Calendula and Tea Tree Oil which offer relief from itching, reduce inflammation, etc. And if you use the Lavender tin there’s the added bonus of relaxation for the slight Lavender scent.
At home we use our products on everyone – our daughter for dry skin, skin irritations, diaper changes, scratches, etc. Husband for dry skin and itchy spots and me for pretty much all of the above (except the diaper changes :P).
Reese and Luke products can be used as a treatment option in addition to whatever your husband is currently doing to keep his psoriasis at bay. It’s really good for dry skin (I get severely cracked hands in the winter time from the lack of humidity) so I could see it helping. If you decide to buy a tin or jar let me know how it works on him.
If you have any further questions or wanna chat about the products you can reach me by email at info@reeseandluke.com or cs@reeseandluke.com
Cassandra.
My son has super dry skin and severe eczema. Would love for him to try this balm.
As a momma-to-be with dry skin, I can definitely see this being useful! I’m a constant user of coconut oil, but sometimes it’s too greasy to use in certain areas – I can see this being better.
My 6yo has the driest skin. In the winter (when he refuses to wear his gloves on the playground because “it is too hard to do the monkey bars with gloves on”) his hands get so dry that they bleed. Poor little guy.
Hi Gina,
Yeah mom, who would want to use monkey bars with gloves on?!?!?!? Lol!
Our products are perfect for children of all ages. It can be used on pretty much all parts of the body, we use it on hands, feet, elbows, legs, arms, face (you get the picture) at home. This would definitely help with your son’s dry skin in the winter.
If you have any more questions or just want to chat about the products you can reach me by email.
Cassandra.
Especially in the winter months my skin and my youngest
We all have sensitive skin here.
Yes, I suffer from sensitive skin and mild eczema.
Kayla,
My sister in law also has eczema and she says that our products work well for her.
Cassandra.
My dearest friend is pregnant and suffers from terrible dry skin! I would love to share this with her.
My daughter does , its really bad that she itches till it bleeds :(
I have dry skin, and my mom always had dry skin – this balm looks wonderful!
My oldest girl has the most sensitive skin of us all…she ends up with dry patches on her hands after all the washing they do at school, especially in the winter.
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Yes, we have dry skin!
Thanks for sharing this! :)
My son and daughter both have eczema and dry skin. My daughter hands get all dry and wrinkled in the winter.
We all get really dry skin in the Canadian winters! My older daughter struggles with eczema too and I’d love to have a cloth-diaper friendly creating hand!
I get dry hands from working in my garden, and love natural balms for soothing and healing!
My family tends to have really dry skin in the winter and sensitive skin in general.
I suffer from dry skin and skin peels when exposed to hot water.
Two out of my four kids have very dry and very sensitive skin. I am always looking for productst that we can use for them. And I LOVE that the smells aren’t overpowering, I totally agree with you about the lavendar smell in a lot of lotions and soaps being just too much.
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I have thyroid disease and my skin is always really dry as a result. I would love to try this! I am also sensitive to products with too much fragrance!!
We don’t typically suffer from dry or sensitive skin here. But we do get bum rashes :( (Well, the kids do! Hopefully not Dave or I..)
My daughter has psoriasis & most moisturizers we try only make things worse. Would love to try this “miracle cream”!!!
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