I know stretch marks can't be prevented by creams, but even so, what are you using on your tummy? I've just been using regular lotion out of the shower, but I think I might switch to something a little more intensive...just not sure what!
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I've tried lots of things but got hooked on Origins Precipitation Extra. It's $30 for a big jar and it lasts a really long time. The cream is amazing! It gets right into your skin, doesn't leave it greasy and it's so soft! I really absolutely love it. I also have very sensitive skin and this is all 100% natural and just super awesome
I haven't found the need to do aynthing differently yet... My skin stays pretty happy in the summer though, I may need something more powerful when the dry winter weather kicks in.
I am using Organic Virgin Coconut Oil. You can get it at Whole Foods. It comes in a large tub and last for a long time. I have had a few friends use it and it really moisturizes!
I'm just using my usual body lotion on it for now (Vaseline brand cocoa butter lotion), but will switch to something more intensive come late fall/winter b/c I have major dry skin issues.
I've been using udder cream for feet and hands. I like it because it's not sticky feeling after I rub it in. No extra stretch marks.Been using it since 10 weeks.
I was using the Palmer's coco butter cream and also used their lotion, but was going through it fast - I moisturize the belly 2-3 time a day and also used those ones on the rest of my body once a day. Now I am using St. Ives Collagen Elastin lotion. It's a huge pump bottle and much more cost-effective. Smells light and pretty and absorbs really well.
I do think there really is no proven way to prevent stretch marks, but I think that staying really well hydrated would help more than anything - the marks happen well below the surface, not on it. It just seems to make sense because drinking lots of water is so good for your skin (and the rest of you).
I've been using a C. Booth's bath/shower oil. I rub it on while I'm still wet, before I get out of the shower. Even though it is an oil, it absorbs really well and doesn't leave me feeling greasy.
i use bella b's tummy honey butter, and i love it! it's not real expensive either, and a little goes a long way. it's really cheap on amazon.
it's like a balm, and looks like it would be greasy, but it's not at all. plus, it sinks into my skin really quick but yet i can feel it all day/night. i use it twice a day!
it says it's for stretchmark prevention, and i know everyone says you can't prevent them, but it's awesome for moisturizing and why not try to prevent those suckers in the meantime? my sister used it, and never got one single stretch mark, even though my mother did.
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I started off using the "expensive" creams because I was petrified of stretch marks but soon realized that its all genetics. So now I just use Bert's bees mama bee belly butter. I love it, no scent and it isn't sticky or anything.
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I started off using the "expensive" creams because I was petrified of stretch marks but soon realized that its all genetics. So now I just use Bert's bees mama bee belly butter. I love it, no scent and it isn't sticky or anything.
I was doing the same thing. Found Bert's bees and love it. Doesn't leave me sticky like the other stuff.
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I am using Organic Virgin Coconut Oil. You can get it at Whole Foods. It comes in a large tub and last for a long time. I have had a few friends use it and it really moisturizes!
YUM! Sending the hubby to get some of this tonight (he works right next to a Whole foods)!
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I am using Vitamin E oil. My aunt who is a nurse recommended it to me when I had a serious burn from a motorcycle tailpipe. I applied it then after all the oozing was done and it had really started to heal. I never had a scar from that burn. So I am convince Vit. E will work if anything can work.
I am using generic (Publix) cocoa butter lotion. It is not greasy at all and I actually don't think it smells as bad as some of the other cocoa butters I have smelled.
I was just using regular lotion but started having some intense dry skin around my breasts, so with a sephora gift card I purchased L'Occitane Almond Supple Skin Oil. Mostly because I loved the smell and it seemed less greasy than the butter products they had available! So far it has kept my skin nicely hydrated and I don't think I've popped enough yet for the stretchmarks to start to appear.
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Burts Bees. I had something called Belly Balm, Got it at Target, but its not there anymore so I switched to Burt's Bees Belly butter which is really nice. I also found a coupon for Bio Oil so I use that sometimes too.
I use either Bio Oil, or Mother's Special Blend oil from Whole Foods.
They are both a little greasy but I take a bath every night, put my oil on, then I hang out in my undies all night:) I don't use them in the morning so my clothes don't get greasy.
Re: What are you using to moisturize your tummy?
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Tizzle 10/07 ~ Boppy 7/09 ~ Chicken 1/12
Books read in 2013: ~ Audiobooks listened to in 2013: 3
Currently reading: The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
Currently listening to: The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
my currently-reading shelf:
I haven't found the need to do aynthing differently yet... My skin stays pretty happy in the summer though, I may need something more powerful when the dry winter weather kicks in.
BFP #1 5/07/11, DS 01/19/12
BFP #2 08/09/12, M/C 08/10/12
BFP #3 10/30/12, EDD 07/11/12...please stick!
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I was using the Palmer's coco butter cream and also used their lotion, but was going through it fast - I moisturize the belly 2-3 time a day and also used those ones on the rest of my body once a day. Now I am using St. Ives Collagen Elastin lotion. It's a huge pump bottle and much more cost-effective. Smells light and pretty and absorbs really well.
I do think there really is no proven way to prevent stretch marks, but I think that staying really well hydrated would help more than anything - the marks happen well below the surface, not on it. It just seems to make sense because drinking lots of water is so good for your skin (and the rest of you).
I've been using a C. Booth's bath/shower oil. I rub it on while I'm still wet, before I get out of the shower. Even though it is an oil, it absorbs really well and doesn't leave me feeling greasy.
i use bella b's tummy honey butter, and i love it! it's not real expensive either, and a little goes a long way. it's really cheap on amazon.
it's like a balm, and looks like it would be greasy, but it's not at all. plus, it sinks into my skin really quick but yet i can feel it all day/night. i use it twice a day!
it says it's for stretchmark prevention, and i know everyone says you can't prevent them, but it's awesome for moisturizing and why not try to prevent those suckers in the meantime? my sister used it, and never got one single stretch mark, even though my mother did.
? BFP #1 EDD 10/18/2011. Twin Blighted Ovums 3/10/11. D&C on 3/11/11 ?
?BFP #2 5/19/2011 ? 9/1/2011 - it's a BOY!!! ? Jace Matthew born 1/23/12 ?
?BFP 6/21/2012 - EDD 3/5/2013 - natural MC 7/22/2012 at 7w ?
?BFP 10/24/2012 - EDD 6/26/2013, grow little one grow!?
Bodycology body creme after my morning shower and Palmer's Tummy Butter before bed.
BFP #1 5/5/2011, EDD 1/12/2012
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This is why I can't/don't use cocoa butter...I can't stand the smell!
Dermology stretch mark prevention cream for every day use and I got Trilastin to use every other day.
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I was doing the same thing. Found Bert's bees and love it. Doesn't leave me sticky like the other stuff.
YUM! Sending the hubby to get some of this tonight (he works right next to a Whole foods)!
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I use either Bio Oil, or Mother's Special Blend oil from Whole Foods.
They are both a little greasy but I take a bath every night, put my oil on, then I hang out in my undies all night:) I don't use them in the morning so my clothes don't get greasy.
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