The reason I created my product is because of my daughter’s eczema. I never had to deal with the condition before having her. I had to educate myself on what it was. After researching, I did not trust a lot of the commercial products on the market. My trust for prescriptions was even less. I was a new mommy and I was very guarded about what to put on my child’s skin.
Also, after making the mistake of letting her get vaccinated as an infant, eczema popped up. After that and reading, I couldn’t help but think the eczema came from: Those vaccinations. I also realized how that was a setup. The only thing that the doctor will prescribe is steroid creams that are no good. She will most likely have to use those messy creams, if not for the rest of her life, then for years. These steroid creams are horrible. They would work enough, only for the eczema to come back a few months later. The issue is that the eczema would come back with a new-formed resistance to that prescription. I soon saw that that was a cycle of upgrading to a stronger prescription every few months.
The healing process
I said there has got to be a better way. From there I sought to learn about skin. I also decided to learn about what this skin condition is and how do you combat against it. The journey of making my product began over a year ago.
I found that her condition had a lot to do with her diet and the ingredients in the products I used on her skin. When she was an infant, I could not use Johnson and Johnson products on her. They would break her tiny body out in a giant inflamed red rash that was painful to the touch. I soon ditched their products and opted for shea butter and black soap. I also use Aveeno‘s baby bath/shampoo. Aveeno seemed to work for a while but I still was not satisfied.
Black soap is the only natural soap I trusted to get the job done. I learned that the key with black soap is making sure that you have a great moisturizer to use afterwards. Shea butter is good, but I needed it to be a little better. I researched. I dug and searching for answers. From there I learned how to create a shea butter base product that worked on her skin. Besides that, I also came up with a moisturizing body scrub that helped is well. Her wash regimen consisted:
- Natural Black Soap
- Body Scrub (I would use this during every other bath)
- Shea butter based body butter
This took a lot of trial and error. I found something that not only works for my daughter; it works for me too. I had an issue with sensitive yet dry skin (no eczema) myself. the body butter does wonders for me. Everyone that has used it have given me positive reviews on it. I tossed her creams in the garbage and my baby is not eczema free.
Clean up your diet as well. Go for fresh over processed foods as often as you can. Dead your relationship with meat. Avoid dairy products at all cost. Consider a vegan or plant based diet. Leave the processed white sugars ALONE.