 Pretty liquor black skin girl, pretty liquor diamond ring, oh Cary be on beauty, Cary be on beauty Hey Gems, welcome back to my channel. So if you've been subscribed to me for a while, you know that the main videos that I've been uploading are here videos. However, just want to let you guys know real quick that the content on my channel will be changing a little bit Just so that I can be able to upload videos more often, being that I don't spend much time on my hair anymore because I just don't have the time. I decided that I'm going to record more videos that are pertaining to what's actually going on in my life right now. In that way, it's easier for me to pull out the camera and film a video because it's something that I'm currently working on that I'll be doing anyways or it's easy to record and edit. So I'll be doing more motherhood videos, sharing more videos about things I learned, tips, more food videos because I cook a lot. We cook a lot in my house, so I might as well pull out the camera and record that. So if you're subscribed to me because of my hair videos, do not unsubscribe because they will still be coming just not as often. And if you're subscribed to me just to support my channel, thank you and I hope you enjoy the videos that will be coming along. So let's hop right into this video. This is something I just wanted to share being that it happened to me recently. So if you follow me on my quick disclaimer, excuse me, I am a little under the weather. I don't know unless I've been sick but a couple days ago I woke up feeling like this. Anyways, if you follow my business page at Gemsavistic on Instagram or Facebook, you would see that I uploaded a post a couple days ago stating that I found out that one of the products I've been using on my son since he was born changed their ingredient list and they added an ingredient that is not as natural. Well it's not natural and it actually is toxic and carcinogenic. Carcinogenic meaning that it is a cancerous or cancer causing ingredient or has been linked to cancer in some sort of way. That product was his baby watch. From the time myself was born I've been using shea moisture, argan oil and chamomile baby watch. I think that's what it's called. I've been using that since he was born because it was the only thing that I could actually use on his skin and not irritate it. A couple months ago I went to repurchase it and I don't repurchase this often because I buy them two, three bottles at a time. Usually I don't read the ingredient because this is something I've been using on my son since he was born. He's one now. So I usually don't even read the ingredient. I just pick it up and go. However for some reason that they I decided to look at the ingredient list again and I noticed an ingredient that I didn't see in there before called finnexy ethanol. So I hear trying to figure out if I've been missing it and it's always been in there or is it something new that they're doing to their formula. So I put the bottle back on the shelf first. I took a picture. I put the bottle back on the shelf and I left and I was like, you know what? I'm going to just start making my own baby wash because I have the ingredients at home being that I want to start offering a liquid body wash on my Etsy shop. So I might as well start with him. I went home and the first thing I did is look at the bottle I had home because I still had the bottle home. It wasn't completely empty yet. Like I thought that ingredient, finnexy ethanol was not in it. I was like, wow, why would she moisture at this ingredient in their baby wash? Now I am familiar with finnexy ethanol because when I was looking up preservatives to use in my products because I do make and sell natural skincare products. Finnexy ethanol is one that I came across and the reason why I decided not to use it is because of what I found. The information I found on it being they said it's a skin irritant, a lung irritant, it's harmful, and it's carcinogenic. So I didn't want to use something like that in my natural products. However, a lot of natural product companies actually use finnexy ethanol and that is because finnexy ethanol is formaldehyde and paraben free. And most preservatives has formaldehyde and paraben in it. And if you're a natural product, you want to be able to say that your product is formaldehyde and paraben free. So using finnexy ethanol allows them to still market their product as formaldehyde and paraben free. However, there are toxic ingredients in finnexy ethanol that are just as bad as paraben than formaldehyde. That was my reason for being upset about, you know, she moisture adding it in their products. And I'm actually very disappointed about that because I used to swear by she moisture products. And although I don't buy their skin products anymore because I do make my own, I still did use their hair products. And now it just makes me wonder how many of their products are they adding this ingredient to now. And I did some research. I started reading the ingredients for a lot of natural product companies and a lot of them use finnexy ethanol. And it's actually really sad because as someone who makes himself natural products, I want to make sure that my products are as natural and as toxic free as humanly possible. And being that there is better option for preservatives than finnexy ethanol. I don't see why as a natural product company, you want to put this in your products, especially baby products and products for mothers. Like it just should not be in there. You know, I was doing my research and it literally says that it is very harmful if swallowed, inhaled or absorbed into the skin, especially for nursing mothers and infants. So why put that in a baby body wash? It doesn't make sense. Anyways, that is when I decided that I'm going to make my own baby wash. This is it here. We've been using it for a while, so it's kind of low. So this is like the third bottle, but the first two bottles were like little two ounce and four ounce bottles because I was trying to, you know, get a hang with my formula and I've been tweaking it. So once I felt comfortable with the formula I came up with, I made a bigger bottle, which is this. I'm going to take a picture of the ingredients and paste it on the screen so you guys can see everything that's in it. However, just so that you know, the surfactants that I use are coconut derived. So it's very mild surfactants, surfactant meaning it's the cleansing agent in the soap. So it also has aloe vera leaf juice in it, sunflower oil, glycerin, chamomile extract, beet sugar extract. Glycerin and beet sugar extract are both humectants that draws more strategic skin. It has oat powder and for the thickener, it has a xanthin gum. So the reason why it looks like this is because of the chamomile and calendula infused distilled water along with the oat powder. So, you know, some might think it's not really appeasing to the eye in terms of the color. However, it works great and is natural and toxic free. The preservative that I use is an eco-cert natural preservative. Eco-cert meaning, well, eco-cert is something on its own. It's not a part of the FDA and, you know, any cosmetic company. Eco-cert, they basically review ingredients and make sure that it's natural and toxic free. And once something is eco-cert approved, you can use it in organic and natural product and it can be labeled organic. So if you like, you can do more research on eco-cert approved ingredients and how that whole system works. I am very big on eco-cert ingredients and if you're eco-cert approved, answers are I prefer to use you because I know that you've been examined outside of the FDA and outside of any other cosmetic agency. No, eco-cert won't tell you, like, yes, this is toxic. It don't matter what percentage you use it at. By all means, feel free to do your own research. Feel free to correct me if you think anything I'm saying is wrong. I'm always willing to learn more. Yeah, this is the baby wash that I've been using on my son and it's not available on my Etsy shop yet. I want to continue using it on him and doing more testing and tweaking my formula just to perfect it, but it should be available around November, December. If you want one before then, you can always send me a message, a private message on any of my social media platforms, or email me via my business email at gemcilistic at gmail.com. All of my information is in the description box below and you can get one that way. The next product I decided to make is called my baby bum butter and this is for the baby's bottom to soothe any irritation they will get from pampers or the acid in their pee. If you don't know a lot of these commercial brand pampers, it has tons of toxic in it and it also can cause the baby's skin to become irritated or cause a diaper rash. So for the time my son was born, he's had a good 3-4 baby rash. I've always had to use some kind of natural diaper cream. I haven't had to use it in a while because he hasn't had any diaper rash in a while, but this has been doing a good job at preventing it. So I'm going to continue to use this and test it out, but the ingredients are natural, pure. There's no water content in this, so there's no preservative in it. I wanted it because of the baby's bottom and private area being so delicate. I want everything to be as natural and pure as possible. So the ingredients in this is shea butter, sunflower oil infused with calendula, coconut oil, cocoa butter, olive oil, olive wax, glycerin, vitamin E, arugula powder, oats powder and bentonite clay. So I'm going to take a picture of this as well and put it on the screen so you can see for yourself. And again, if you would like to try one of these, you can DM me on any of my social media platforms or send me an email. So yeah, that was the reason for that post. I uploaded on my business Instagram a couple days ago, and I just wanted to share with other mothers so that if you have natural baby products that you are using on your little one and you haven't read the ingredients, I encourage you to read the ingredients. No matter how natural or organic a product claims to be, always read the ingredients. And it's not always easy to understand what's in a product. Because of the guidelines, companies have to follow in terms of their label. A product might have shea butter in it, but because they have to use the INCI word, it might be some scientific word that you do not understand. In fact, I might record a whole another video to help you understand what's in your products because that's a whole different topic right now. Yeah, always, always, always read the ingredients, read the label, read everything. Do your research. Do your research. Don't even take what I'm saying. Just do your own research because you will always find out something maybe someone else didn't find out. That's about it for this video. If you don't know, I do make and sell natural skincare products on my Etsy shop. And the link for that is in the description box below. And if you haven't already, follow me on my business page at GemSelistic and my personal page at JAH underscore and press underscore. And don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already. And you guys will see me in my next video. Peace.