What is liniment and how to use it?

Essential element of the maternity suitcase, the liniment Make a comeback. To the point of enthroned next to all the changing tables - or almost! But what is this product really for and what are its assets? Love and Green tells you everything!

What is the Oléo-Cartician liniment?

The Liniment Oléo-limestone is a very simple mixture composed of lime water and olive oil. Pale yellow, this natural product has been used for generations. Traditionally used against skin burns, it is now used today to treat the buttocks of infants.

Without rinsing, the Liniment Oléo-limestone Allows you to make the baby toilet without a water point. With its oily texture, it easily takes off the stool residues. And thanks to its alkaline pH (9), the liniment Effectively neutralizes the acidity of urine, irritating to baby fragile skin. It is thus very useful for eating redness and preventing the formidable buttock erythema... It also leaves a thin protective layer on the skin thanks to olive oil.

How to use baby liniment?

THE Liniment Oléo-limestone is a two -phase mixture. Whatever the expected use, therefore always start by waving the bottle well in order to obtain a homogeneous liquid.

To make a quick toilet at liniment :

1. Pour a little product over one or more cotton squares.
2. Open the layer of your child.
3. Remove the urine and the stools going from the pubis to the buttocks (to avoid urinary tract infections).
4. Repeat the operation with as many cottons as necessary so that the baby buttocks are perfectly clean.
5. No need to wipe any traces of product: they will protect your child's skin from the next stools. You just have to put a new baby layer!

And here is how to use the liniment As a protective balm, after a toilet with a product to rinse:

1. After cleaning the seat, gently dry the baby's skin with a cotton scan or a soft towel.
2. Pour liniment on one cotton square (or directly in your palm).
3. Simply apply the product to the baby's buttocks before putting a clean layer.

Why use organic liniment?

Very popular, the Liniment Oléo-limestone is marketed by multiple brands. You wonder which liniment to choose ? To take advantage of all the advantages of a really natural product, favor organic!

Opt for a Organic liniment, it is obviously supporting organic farming, which produces olive oil used. But it is also to choose a product really respectful of your child's delicate skin: in order to increase their performance or their shelf life, many liniments contain many ingredients. It takes no more than 3 ingredients for a liniment: lime water, olive oil and moisturizing glycerin. Check the list of liniment ingredients in store or pharmacy, and if it contains more than 3 products, it is that unnecessary products have been added! Also check that there is olive oil. Certain liniments mainly contain another oil (Typensol type for example) and a small percentage of olive oil. Of course in this case, the efficiency and the protective side is not the same!

So pay attention to the composition and offer the best to baby buttocks!