The best baby skincare routine focuses on building the skin barrier from birth. The key principle to understand is that newborn skin is still developing and in fact is trying to adjust to its new environment. From being bathed by amniotic fluids within the womb (in-utero), baby’s skin is now exposed to airborne pollutants, VOCs, allergens, dust mites etc.

In this episode, we cover:

(00:00 ) Introduction to Newborn Baby Skin

(00:40 ) Baby Skincare Kit

(01:14 ) Differences between newborn and adult skin

(2:19 ) Baby’s Skin Cycle

(04:40 ) Ways to reduce trans-epidermal water loss

(05:20 ) Tips on baby skin fragility & frictional damage

(06:58 ) Tips on clothing for baby skin

(08:22 ) Tips on baby wipes

(09:52 ) Importance of building baby’s skin barrier from day 1

(10:55 ) Join our Baby Beauty community

(11:30 ) Encouraging skin resilience from birth 

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