BLOG: This weekend: Healthy, Yummy Spa for Your Little Divas!
Chocolate facials, brown sugar body scrub, lemon lip gloss~ sounds delicious! Whipping up home spa creations with your kids is a great way to slow down, relax, and enjoy a taste of the good life. A simple trip to the supermarket for some essential ingredients produce luxurious NATURAL treats that will please the most demanding diva without harmful toxins.
Besides the economic benefit to mixing up your own fruity foot bath, making your own spa recipes allows you to spend time with your kids making a shopping list (organizing), mixing & measuring (science & math), and teaching them how to take relax and pamper themselves naturally (health). There are recipes for masks, facials, foot spas, body scrubs and bath salts. Simply search “spa recipes for kids” and dozens of tasty options await. (ie: http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/7-homemade-spa-treats-for-kids-1815976)
Why all the hoopla over home made spa products? Well, I wouldn’t consider myself an overly “organic” person. Buying organic milk and produce, yes- composting- NO! But Fran’s role in promoting the Safe Cosmetic Act of 2010, which strives to eliminate chemicals in products shown to have a link to cancer, birth defects, and learning disabilities, prompted me to look into the products I was using on my kids. Statistics show that 80 percent of all personal care products can be tainted with carcinogens. 80%! After checking the Cosmetic Safety Data Base (http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/special/parentsguide) I was amazed that some of the most popular products we were using were potentially toxic to my children. Needless to say, the products were poured down the drain, the bottles were recycled, and new non-toxic products now line the tub…
So, to keep your child’s skin healthy & beautiful:
1. LOG ON to EWG’s SKIN DEEP- Cosmetic Safety Data Base to see if the products you are using are potentially harmful to you or your family. There is a special parent guide to popular baby/child products. http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/special/parentsguide/index.php?bybrand=1