Earth Mama
Angel Baby
Herbal Body Care for Mothers and Babies
By Lisa Poisso
Looking for a luxurious gift for
a “crunchy-granola” new mother? Earth Mama Angel
Baby offers certified organic herbal body care products for
mothers and babies. Tasteful presentation -- even the shipping
materials are neat and tidy – and luscious scents and
textures make these products perfect for gift-giving (or as
a special treat for yourself).
Three NFO reviewers found the
Earth Mama Angel Baby products to be natural and pampering
but a bit messy. The teas and many of the bath products are
loose herbs. In your bath, these are messy and can even stain
some tubs; in your tea cup, they require use of a small cloth
bag (included, but difficult and messy to untie and empty after
the first use) or tea ball. These teas may be too much of a
hassle to prepare and clean up for many new mamas.
Salves such as the Angel Baby
Bottom Balm and Natural Nipple Butter received enthusiastic
responses. The Natural Nipple Butter was the only thing that
helped one nursing mama’s problems with psoriasis, which
she had been struggling with for months. And the Bottom Balm
is useful for scrapes and insect bites, too.
Booby Tubes™ -- circular “beanbags” filled
with fragrant lavender and buckwheat hulls, shaped to wrap
around the breasts inside the bra – can be stored in
the freezer to create cold packs or warmed in the microwave
to ease soreness from engorgement or mastitis. Our plugged
duct-prone tester declared them a winner for pre-nursing breast
warm-ups during a bout of plugged ducts; she reports she stores
hers in her lingerie drawer, where they give off the fresh,
light scent of lavender.
Earth Mama Angel Baby gift packs
are fun to unwrap – much more like a special gift than
a package from a retail company. Women who aren’t fully
into the whole “natural scene” might find the loose
herbal products a little too messy and complicated for their
tastes, but mothers who enjoy earthier, organic products will
find these a unique, pampering addition to their body care
supplies.
© Natural Family Online
Contributing to this review were
Natural Family Online staff
members Tricia
Ballad, Alicia Bayer and Lisa Poisso.
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