Sprinkling Baby Powder On the Eco Way!

Hey there, readers, so it would seem that this week has turned into eco-friendly baby week! While we hope that you have enjoyed the past two articles relating to eco-friendly baby products we hope that you will enjoy this one just as much. To recap, we have already had an article on diaper rash cream and an article on baby wipes. In keeping with the chain of products we are going to move on to eco-friendly homemade baby powder. What is even better than eco-friendly homemade baby powder? The fact that eco-friendly homemade baby powder is a lot more affordable. To find out how to make your own homemade eco-friendly baby powder and where to buy eco-friendly baby powder keep on reading this article to find out the how and where.

Follow the following recipes to learn how to make your own homemade eco-friendly baby powder:

Healthy Baby Powder

1 ounce powdered chamomile
1 ounce powdered marigold flowers
1 ounce oat or oatmeal powder
1/2 ounce comfrey root powder
1/2 ounce powdered eggshells
1/2 ounce cornstarch (optional)

Powder herbs in a coffee grinder. Sift through a very fine sifter, then bottle. If heat rash is a problem, add cornstarch.

Easy Lavender Baby Powder

½ pound cornstarch
¼ teaspoon lavender essential oil

Place cornstarch in a self-sealing plastic bag and add the essential oil drop by drop. Tightly close the bag and shake it to distribute the oil, breaking up any clumps through the bag. Let stand 4 days to distribute the essential oil. Use with every diaper change, or as needed.

Potato starch or arrowroot powder can be used instead of cornstarch.

Fragrant Baby Powder

2 ounces cornstarch
2 ounces arrowroot powder
1 Tbsp kaolin clay
10 drops sweet orange essential oil
5 drops ylang-ylang essential oil
5 drops rose geranium essential oil

Place powders in a self-sealing plastic bag and add the essential oil drop by drop. Tightly close the bag and shake it to distribute the oil, breaking up any clumps through the bag. Let stand 4 days to distribute the essential oil. Use with every diaper change, or as needed.

These recipes are by easy-homemade-recipes.com. Please visit their website to view the full article on these recipes along with finding other homemade recipes.

For those of you who prefer to buy eco-friendly baby powder try Sum-Bo-Shine Aloe and Lavender Therapeutic Bath Powder and All Natural Fruit of the Womb Baby Powder.

jennl | My Bio & Articles

Jennifer is a freelance writer, and has written for various health and environmental blogs, which includes running her own green living blog. Currently she is studying to become a C++ Programmer.