Comments on: Does Baby Oil Contain Ingredients That Really Work? http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/05/21/does-baby-oil-contain-ingredients-that-really-work/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Benjamin Goulart http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/05/21/does-baby-oil-contain-ingredients-that-really-work/comment-page-1/#comment-68856 Benjamin Goulart Sat, 23 Apr 2011 06:47:24 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=5625#comment-68856 Mineral Oil and Petroleum Jelly are vastly superior to other moisturizers, with maybe high-grade golden jojoba being second-tier but is so similar to real sebum that it has the slight potential to clog pores. With BPO under it, even jojoba won't cause issues. The former two, though, are so pure nowadays they're as good for your skin as aloe. Use them all! I wish medicated Vaseline was still made, the stuff with PCMX, a strong anti-bacterial agent, added. They just discontinued it a few years back after being on the market for generations. Now it's replaced with crap that just contains "tingly" menthol, for all the dumb people to think it's doing something magical. Mineral Oil and Petroleum Jelly are vastly superior to other moisturizers, with maybe high-grade golden jojoba being second-tier but is so similar to real sebum that it has the slight potential to clog pores. With BPO under it, even jojoba won’t cause issues. The former two, though, are so pure nowadays they’re as good for your skin as aloe. Use them all! I wish medicated Vaseline was still made, the stuff with PCMX, a strong anti-bacterial agent, added. They just discontinued it a few years back after being on the market for generations. Now it’s replaced with crap that just contains “tingly” menthol, for all the dumb people to think it’s doing something magical.

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]]> By: anactoria http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/05/21/does-baby-oil-contain-ingredients-that-really-work/comment-page-1/#comment-55112 anactoria Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:11:21 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=5625#comment-55112 Hey Handy Dave, thanks for the handy tip. ^_^ Hey Handy Dave, thanks for the handy tip. ^_^

]]> By: Handy Dave http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/05/21/does-baby-oil-contain-ingredients-that-really-work/comment-page-1/#comment-55099 Handy Dave Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:04:32 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=5625#comment-55099 I have found unscented unflavored mineral oil at my local Rite-Aid. CVS carries it too. It is in the laxative aisle, near the Pepto. This is apparently it's other function. $4.99 for 16 oz. It also has vitamin E "as a stabilizer". Other sites have also listed this as a treatment for butcher block tops. I have found unscented unflavored mineral oil at my local Rite-Aid. CVS carries it too. It is in the laxative aisle, near the Pepto. This is apparently it’s other function. $4.99 for 16 oz. It also has vitamin E “as a stabilizer”. Other sites have also listed this as a treatment for butcher block tops.

]]> By: Can't Find Mineral Oil http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/05/21/does-baby-oil-contain-ingredients-that-really-work/comment-page-1/#comment-51457 Can't Find Mineral Oil Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:37:35 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=5625#comment-51457 Jami - nice of you to include your Google search results, but if you look closely you will see that all of the products referenced contain fragrance. Also, a minor but sometimes important point is that "unscented" is not the same as "fragrance free". Unscented products may have had alteration to remove a scent, whereas fragrance free simply means no fragrance was added. If anyone is able to find cosmetic grade mineral oil, please let us know! It used to be readily available at drugstores a decade ago. Not sure what happened except maybe the onslaught of false negative information about mineral oil, and the prevalence of "oil-free" cosmetics. Even Oil of Olay removed the "Oil" from their name. For those of us with dry skin, mineral oil is the best product out there! Jami – nice of you to include your Google search results, but if you look closely you will see that all of the products referenced contain fragrance.

Also, a minor but sometimes important point is that “unscented” is not the same as “fragrance free”. Unscented products may have had alteration to remove a scent, whereas fragrance free simply means no fragrance was added.

If anyone is able to find cosmetic grade mineral oil, please let us know! It used to be readily available at drugstores a decade ago. Not sure what happened except maybe the onslaught of false negative information about mineral oil, and the prevalence of “oil-free” cosmetics. Even Oil of Olay removed the “Oil” from their name. For those of us with dry skin, mineral oil is the best product out there!

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