Water retention,
stretch marks, swollen legs. You certainly deserve a little pampering while
pregnant! Small Shopping World presents eight exciting brands to try, if you desire something more
luxurious than the average stretch mark cream.
1.
Belli
Belli is a
physician-formulated, luxury skincare line specifically created to address
the common concerns of pregnancy and early motherhood.
It combines medically proven treatments
with the holistic benefits of aroma, taste and massage therapies. Each
ingredient is carefully screened for prenatal safety,
and the products are
allergy tested.
Belli
also has a line of products designed for mommy-pampering, called Life After
Baby.
2. Cellex-C
Cellex-C has come up with an uncompromising approach to the skin care
problems of a mother and child's. The Mother &
Child line utilize only the best science and the best all-natural
ingredients. There are
no harsh chemicals, no short measures, and no easy substitutes. The result
is six extraordinary products that can be of real help to you and your
child.
3. Clarins
The Tonic Body Treatment Oil from Clarins is a multi-purpose body oil that
is widely used to prevent stretch marks. It contains 100 % natural
plant extracts combined with aromatic essential
oils. The oil is also helpful in preventing lack of
firmness to the skin.
4. Mama Mio
Mama Mio was conceived in London by
three friends who have worked in skincare for ten years,
with seven babies between them. They realised
a need for specific, luxurious and safe creams that help the skin with the
nine month s-t-r-e-t-c-h.
The result is the Mama Mio range,
which smells divine, even to sensitive pregnant noses. The secret weapon is
continuous use of essential fatty acid-rich oils to help the skin maintain
suppleness and elasticity.
5. Mustela
For more than 50
years, Mustela has been developing innovative skin care products for the
delicate skin of newborns, babies and children, as well as for the evolving
needs of the new mother. The products are
formulated under the supervision of French
pediatricians and dermatologists, and answer to
strict manufacturing standards.
6. StriVectin-SD
StriVectin-SD by Klein Becker
was originally developed to repair stretch marks.
In addition, it has grown in popularity as a wrinkle reducing cream.
The cream visibly
reduces the appearance of stretch marks
and indented surfaces, and is also clinically
proven to reduce
the actual length, depth and volume of wrinkles.
7. This Works
The This Works skin
care range is conceived by the former British Vogue beauty editor Kathy
Phillips. She is convinced of the power of aromatherapy, and her
Stretch Mark Oil is a gentle blend formulated especially for pregnancy and
after, with no less than fifteen plant oils and essential oils.
8. ZenMomma
Jessica Wolfe got the initial idea for the ZenMomma company while watching a segment on a popular
daytime TV-show about pregnancy massage. She was surprised to find out that there are places on
the body that should NOT be massaged while pregnant.
After she became pregnant, she wanted to know how the products she used would affect her unborn baby. There was so
much she did not know, and she decided to put the minds of other mothers at ease by creating pregnancy-safe
products.
After her baby was born, she also launched Baby Cakes, a line with allergy-safe products for the baby.