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California Baby Calendula Cream |  | Brand: California Baby
Category: Beauty
Department: bathing and skin care, health and baby care
List Price: $11.99
Buy New: $9.99
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Seller: classiccrates
Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 8603
Ingredients: Active Ingredients: Calendula Officinalis
Media: Health and Beauty
Batteries Included: No
Size: 2 oz
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 3 x 3 x 2
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MPN: 792692334555
Model: 509-2
UPC: 792692334555
EAN: 0792692334555
ASIN: B0010Z4N8E
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Safe gentle & effective for cuts, sores & general skin abrasions. May be used around the diaper area for simple rashes.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 21
 It can help--some people April 2, 2010
L. Dangelo (East Liverpool, Ohio)
In many ways, this is a good product with chemical sensitivities. What most people don't realize, however, is that those who have allergies and skin sensitivities can also be allergic to, well, plants. We got this for my six month old in January, and used it along with the Calendula lotion. It really seemed to help him at first, and then, after a while, it didn't seem to help anymore. In March, we took him to an allergist and found that he is allergic to wheat, eggs and nuts. While this product doesn't contain almond, cashew or other tree nut oil, it does contain coconut oil. Also, people with extremely sensitive skin and allergies can also develop an allergy to aloe. We're not sure if our son has any of these things. We just know that this doesn't work for us as well as it used to. At first, it seemed really soothing, but then, after a while, our son started scratching after we put the cream or lotion on. People with allergies can have sensitivities to both chemicals and nut oils. So now I'm trying Vanicream, which is free of the biggest chemical irritants but also free of coconut oil. Another product that I plan to try is Exederm. I have read glowing reviews of this and other skin care products--some of which really irritated our son's skins. In the future, we plan to read labels carefully and keep trying different products until we find something that is truly non-irritating for our child.
 Miracle cream? February 17, 2010
Brenden (Irvine, CA USA)
My 9 month old had a yeast diaper rash for the past 2 weeks. Tried everything, MD prescribed nystatin (didn't work) and then the expensive Vusion cream (didn't work). Heard good things about this from co-workers and decided to give this a shot after the $200 prescription cream failed. The rash cleared in 3 days. Don't know if it was the Calendula or better diapering. The baby was slightly constipated so the poop wasn't as messy. That could be a reason why the rash cleared. Also we start changing her diaper every 45-60 minutes, used ultra leak gel diapers (Pamper's Baby Dry), switched wipes (Costco Kirkland), and gave more diaper free time (stressful). Many changing factors so can't be sure if it is the cream, but the rash cleared so 5 stars for Calendula.
 Made Diaper Rash Worse January 23, 2010
Dabby D (Seattle)
My newborn (at one week old) developed a mild diaper rash that only lasted two days. I used this cream, which made the rash worse and bright red. I stopped using it immediately and treated the rash with A+D instead and the rash went away within a day.
I also tried the California Baby Tea Tree and Lavender Shampoo for his cradle cap and his head became red and irritated.
They say it's allergy free, but I have to assume my baby is sensitive to one or more of the ingredients in both products.
Miracle Cream? No, Reasonable Alternative? Yes November 20, 2009
goonius (a room in a house on a street in a city just like any other.)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Both our children have eczema, and have since they hit about the 15 month mark. They have it during the summer months and the winter months. They get it from sweat when they're wearing formaldehyde-drenched Chinese-made clothing and when they're wearing Oeko-Tex certified organic clothing from Peru. They might be allergic to foods (the possible allergen list is a mile long, and it's not like the doctors could possibly test for everything; elimination diets have been futile). They're certainly allergic to that big hickory tree over their play equipment. Cats, dogs, mold, dust, you name it.
So, when all else fails, and you can't weed out the source, you want something to make the symptoms go away. In the case of eczema, you can either suppress the immune reaction (topical steroids) or combat the resulting itch and moisturize and heal the inflamed, damaged skin. California Baby Calendula Cream performs the tricky combination of controlling the itch long enough to heal the skin. It works reasonably well the majority of the time.
Calendula (or pot marigold) extract has been proven to have anti-inflammatory properties, among others, in plant pharmacological studies and has been used topically to reduce inflammation and soothe irritated tissue for centuries. Of course if your child is allergic to plants in the marigold family, calendula would (obviously) have the opposite effect.
I wouldn't be surprised if this has chamomile in it as well, though the label doesn't disclose the contents of the 'proprietary oil blend'. It does have a pleasant tea-like smell to it, and chamomile has been noted to have similar soothing effects.
The rest of the ingredients are dedicated to moisturizing the skin. Because of the density of this cream, it stays on the skin, and because the first ingredient is purified water, it is quickly absorbed. It leaves skin feeling incredibly smooth, but not at all greasy.
The big drawback here is that if your child has severe eczema, you might have to apply this 3 or 4 times a day to the most affected areas. Our children do have severe eczema, and this can keep it at bay if I remember to apply it frequently. Of course I don't always remember. Then there's the cost of applying this cream multiple times per day to two children. We go through one jar per week easily.
So, why not use another moisturizer? Well, in our case, almost all moisturizers we've tried (Aveeno, Nature's Gate, Cetaphil, Eucerin, and others I can't recall now) actually irritate the kids' skin even more, whereas this and the Sensitive Skin California Baby lotion do not. Vaseline works as a barrier cream, but it ruins clothing (mine and theirs) and isn't easily absorbed by the skin.
So, we keep trying other things occasionally, and keep coming back to California Baby. While it is not a miracle cream, it is a heck of a lot better than the other stuff that's out there. (It should be at that price.) It works pretty well most times, sometimes clearing their eczema entirely for brief periods. Another reason to like it is that it rates fairly low on hazardous ingredients according to the Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep Database. All the other mainstream lotions we've tried were considered to be moderately hazardous, and when you read a bit more into this stuff, they just don't seem like good things to be applying to a baby or young child's skin. Most common lotions have ingredients that are actually considered to be irritants, which may explain the children's reaction to other moisturizers.
If your child has eczema, and you're at your wit's end trying to find something, anything that will improve their quality of life, it can't possibly hurt to give this stuff a shot. Pricey as it is, there are so many days I'd give anything just to not have to watch my children irritably tearing at their own skin. This calendula cream has definitely been a source of relief for them - and thus, for our whole family.
 Nice stuff for Rich Hippies September 12, 2009
K. Dain Ruprecht (Dallas, TX)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
After 2 months, my otherwise beautiful baby girl was still having flare-ups of mild cradle cap and facial rashes. I'd tried nearly everything -- shea butter, hydrocortisone cream, even the harsh and nasty-smelling Selsen Blue (recommended by our pediatrician). None of them worked. Then I noticed this stuff by the changing table at my mother's house. After teasing her for being able to afford such "rich hippie" luxuries, I used it on my baby. This is a smooth, cool-feeling cream, thick and rich but not greasy or pasty. I also liked the light fragrance very much, sort of citrusy and tea-like. So many baby creams smell too strong for me but a light, natural-based fragrance is lovely. I massaged it into her scalp, face, under her neck (where there is usually some red irritation from saliva and milk) her arms and legs, which tend to get dry. The next day I noticed the rash on her face had cleared, her scalp wasn't flaky, the creases in her neck weren't red, and her skin was much softer. So I repeated the massage after her bath. Days later, her skin is pink and perfect! Sure, the stuff is expensive and the name is truly obnoxious -- but it's very nice indeed! Highly recommended in spite of the exorbitant price.
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