GAIA Natural Baby - Baby Massage Oil Reviews

Fantastic product that I recommend to all the parents I work with as an infant massage instructor. It’s safe to use on babies skin as it has a cold pressed almond oil base which means that when it’s absorbed it won’t cause any harm to your baby. The lavender essential oil will help calm your baby and aids sleep. If you use it after a bath and before you settle your baby you will get some lovely one on one time together and a happy relaxed little one. A little bit goes a long way so it lasts a long time and is excellent value for money. Great size too so it can be easily transported. I guarantee you’ll fall in love with this product.

I love the calming scent of this massage oil (the lavender and chamomile definitely eases babies into bedtime). The oil has a nice consistency which is not too thick, but a little bit definitely still goes a long way. It instantly moisturises the skin and absorbs quickly to leave behind soft, hydrated and supple skin. The kind-to-skin formula is super soothing and can be used on adults too. I've used it on my legs once to provide a nice subtle sheen/glow! Since I've received this, I've put it in every bath time for the babies as I find it's so wonderful at nourishing their skin and making it happy. We have a few other GAIA products in the bathroom and this is another brilliant addition. Definitely a hit!

Thank you BH for the opportunity to try the GAIA Baby Massage Oil in the March 2019 discovery bag!

I have used a few GAIA products on my 2-year old daughter (baby moisturiser, baby shampoo, baby bath and sleep time bath), but I have never tried an oil on her before so I was excited about this opportunity.

About Gaia products: GAIA products are marketed as natural products, initially targeted at babies but now the range has expanded to adult skincare products. The products use a lot of essential oils (typically lavender oil) and other plant-based ingredients. While it is marketed as "gentle" products, my family GP has cautioned against using any type of essential oils on infants with skin issues as they can be irritants or allergens. However, my daughter does not have any skin issue so we can use anything from QV to Sukin to GAIA.

This massage oil comes in a 125mL bottle with a flip cap. Its consistency is just right - not to runny and not too thick, making it quite easy to apply. The base is sweet almond oil (which naturally does not have much of a scent) but it is fragranced with lavender and chamomile oil. I found the scent quite lovely but it is also subtle. Once it is applied the scent dissipates quickly. I am not sure about the "calming" claim though - my daughter certainly does not stay still when I try to apply this to her after a bath or shower. But she normally doesn't anyway.

The oil keeps her skin soft and supple. It does not cause any break out.

The product itself is very good, however I find that it is difficult to pour the oil out without some leak from the opening to the side of the bottle. It makes the whole bottle quite greasy during application. Because of this, I prefer using a moisturiser instead.

UPDATE: After submitting my discovery bag review, I kept using the baby oil on my daughter. The first 2-3 weeks seemed fine, but once we went into the 4th week of using it, my daughter started scratching her legs, and eventually arms. She scratched harder and harder, and her scratching made her bleed in multiple places. At first, I thought it was the cold weather and I kept applying more GAIA oil on her. However, it did not improve her skin hydration at all, and it only got worse. Finally we finished the GAIA baby oil, and I resumed using Sukin Baby Lotion on her (which was what we had been using prior to testing the GAIA Baby Oil given in the discovery bag). Her skin was much more hydrated in just a few days. She stopped scratching, and wounds began to heal. It turns out that the GAIA Baby Oil was the cause of the dryness. It was not effective in moisturing or hydrating her skin at all. I feel so bad doing this to her. In hindsight I should have stopped using it when she started scratching her skin. My daughter's skin is very resilient and she could use almost anything (even Johnson Baby does not cause any problem, nor my own highly perfumed body lotion). The GAIA Baby Oil is so far the only skin product causes an issue. Therefore, I have changed the rating to ONE star and will not recommend this to anyone.