7 Beauty must-haves for expecting moms

 

And you want to pamper yourself, give your skin the hydration it needs and nourish yourself with good and clean skincare, vitamins and essential oils.

A lot of women suffer from very dry skin, acne break outs, tired legs and/ or pregnancy melasma during these precious nine months. And the so called ‘pregnancy glow’ seems to be far away.

Try to be patient, get over the first 12 weeks and have a look at these beauty essentials:

 

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1. Mother’s Bath Oil – this bath oil replenishes and relaxes while encouraging a sense of wellbeing. Fragranced with uplifting essential oils of bergamot, ylang ylang and lavender, with pure organic, skin-nourishing botanical oils. Designed for use during pregnancy and afterwards to keep skin in good condition.

2. Weleda Venadoron gel – Venadoron is a refreshing non-greasy gel to relieve heavy legs. Pregnancy can cause restless legs and this gel will make you feel comfortable again.

3. Water Spray – Thermal Spring Water soothes, softens and calms skin. Buy a small can for your handbag so you have it whenever you need a little dose of fresh.

4. Bio-Oil – up to 90% of pregnant women develop stretch marks during pregnancy. To keep stretch marks to a minimum use this cult classic called Bio-Oil. An all natural botanical blend that includes rosemary, lavender and chamomile oils and is proven to increase the skin’s elasticity which both prevents and fades the appearance of scars.

5. Clean skincare from Unity Beauty Essentials for example. The entire collection is formulated without mineral oils, parabens, petrolatum, sulphates, phthalates or gluten. Main ingredients are Indian Gooseberry – one of the richest natural sources of vitamin C and a powerful antioxidant – nourishing mango seed butter, coconut oil, avocado oil and sweet almond oil as well as shea butter and rosehip oil. Good for you and the baby.

6. La Roche-Posay Lipikar Body Cream – pregnancy hormones can rob your skin of oil and elasticity, which can lead to dry, flaky skin. Dryness can also lead to stretch marks. This formula is specially designed for severely dry skin and is suitable for allergy-prone skin and helps to immediately relieve itching to soothe skin. This body cream is also fragrance free – perfect to use during pregnancy if certain smells trigger your nausea.

7. Prenatal vitamins will ensure that you and your baby are getting the vital nutrients needed during pregnancy. It is not a beauty product per se but will make you shine knowing you do help your baby to grow healthy. Best is to go to your local pharmacy and discuss with a health advisor which supplement suits you and your lifestyle best.