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When youre pregnant, everything revolves around the life growing inside you.
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Some expecting mothers alsochange their beauty routines to get to avoid certain ingredients.
But there are a handful of ingredients doctors generally tell their pregnant patients to avoid.
(Some are definite no-gosread on.)
There are alternativesincluding the antibiotics erythromycin and clindamycinwhich can be safely used during pregnancy, according to Dr. Ross.
We regret to report thatretinolusers will want to keep their skin-smoothing serums on the shelf.
Thats what shes there for.
Its a lot, we know.
Not only did they feel confident using them, but they stand by the results.
It cleared up my skin instantly.
However, not as often using this root spray in between.
I found out about the line in my crunchy mom and pregnancy Facebook groups.
Allnatural makeup and productshave also come a long way in the last decade.
So now, there are so many great choices.
Literally, everything gave me a headache and/ornausea.
The smell of fake vanilla or fake fruit would have me running to the closest toilet.
I had bars of it around the house.
I used it for shaving my legs, washing my face, body washeverything.
I even put an unwrapped bar in my pillowcase so my pillow would smell like Ivory.
It is packed withvitamin Eand healthy fatty acids.
Since my skin was pretty dry, these ingredients were perfect to keep my skin moisturized!
It has replaced all face wash and moisturizers for me.
It’s an active botanicalserumthat sources 100 percent organic ingredients.
First and foremost, the scent of this product is divine.
Third, you get a lot of bang for your bucka little product goes a long way.
This one did the job of a traditional deodorant, smells great, and is made from organic ingredients.
This time around, my old cleanser got the boot!
I havedry skinand pregnancyplus the winter weatheronly made it worse.
I started breaking out like crazy until I switched to Tammy Fender’s Cleansing Milk.
It doesnt dry out my skin and is able to keep it clear, helping balance my pregnancy hormones.
I love that its not made with fragrance, parabens, phthalates, or PEG ingredients.
It looks really good with my thick long hair from all the hormones!
Luckily, VMV Hypoallergnics Know-It-Oil, a 100 percent USDA-certified organic virgincoconut oil, came to the rescue.
It treated my dry scalp, face, cuticles, and hands.
Zoya was my go-to brand along with Morgan Taylor.
If I went to a salon for a manicure or pedicure, I would bring my own bottle.
When I tested this one out in Sephora for the first time, I knew I was in love!
Eden Youngstein
Get it:$105,sephora.com
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