🔍 It was tempting to succumb to the savvy marketing & big promises on a belly butter label 10 years ago, but I’m grateful that I still held some relatively solid label reading skills and opted for just coconut oil.
🔎 Now with more options available, and more ingredient knowledge for both good ingredients you’ll want on that belly and bad ingredients to avoid, I’ve been able to create this safe swap guide for you all (and hopefully save your bed sheets, haha!)…
Sadly, belly butters are no less toxic than many conventional lotions. They contained ingredients like…
🚫 PEGS
🚫 FRAGRANCE
🚫 PETEOLATUM
🚫 ETHOXYLATED COMPOUNDS
🚫 RETINYL PALMITATE
🚫 PHENOXYETHANOL
🚫 PETROLEUM DERIVED COLORANTS
🚫 EDTA
🚫 BHT