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Dry skin

What helps my baby's dry skin?

More often beats stronger. Silky Cream helps skin feel moisturized, and Nurturing Oil layered on top seals in moisture. Use them after every bath, and add a little more cream whenever skin feels dry, with the same gentle products each time.

Explore Dry skin

The routine

Hydrate first. Seal second. Repeat whenever skin feels dry.

BEB Bubbly Wash, Silky Cream, then Nurturing Oil to seal. The Dry Skin Comfort Set pairs the wash and the cream.

Step 3 · Hydrate

Silky Cream

The step you will repeat most.

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Step 4 · Seal

Nurturing Oil

The Seal step. Clean glide, no mineral oil.

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2 pieces

Wash and cream set

Dry Skin Comfort Set

The everyday routine for dry-looking skin.

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How to do it

Adult in cream stands over a newborn lying on a dotted changing pad, holding a foot.

Wash. Warm water and a short bath. Check the water on the inside of your wrist and keep one hand on your baby the whole time. Lather a few drops of Bubbly Wash in your hands, wash, then rinse clean.
Hydrate. While skin is still slightly damp, smooth 2 to 3 pumps of Silky Cream across face and body. Upward strokes on the face, toward the heart on the body.
Seal. Warm Nurturing Oil in your palms and layer it over the cream, with a little extra on dry, rough or flaky-looking patches.
Repeat. Add Silky Cream again whenever skin feels dry.
Cuddle. Pick your baby up. This one needs no product at all.

Soothing Serum, if it is part of your routine, goes on right after the wash.

Before you change products

Most of the time the answer to dry skin is how often you care for it. Four things to look at first:

How often. Count how many times a day cream goes on. One more is usually the place to start.
The seal. Cream alone can dry away quickly. Nurturing Oil on top seals it in.
The timing. Cream goes on within minutes of the bath, while skin is still slightly damp.
The room. Heated winter air is dry, and fragranced laundry products can work against skin. When the air turns dry, add a little cream to face and body at midday and at diaper changes, keeping it outside the diaper area.

Peeling in the first weeks is different. It is a newborn's skin adjusting to life in the air, it needs no product, and it passes with time.

Tips for dry skin

Keep Silky Cream within reach of the changing table.

In dry seasons, keep baths short and the water comfortably warm.

Pat skin almost dry after the bath, so a little dampness is left for the cream.

Start adding cream when the heating first comes on for the season.

Choose fragrance-free laundry products for what touches your baby's skin.

Try each product on a small patch of skin the first time.

Questions

Do I need a heavier cream?

Most of the time the answer is how often: a little cream after every bath, again when the air turns dry, then a little oil to seal it in.

Why use a cream and an oil?

They do two jobs. Silky Cream helps skin feel moisturized, with shea butter and squalane giving a cushiony feel on dry, rough or flaky-looking patches, and Nurturing Oil seals that moisture in.

When should I see my pediatrician?

If dryness persists, or skin cracks, bleeds or weeps, see your pediatrician. Go too if dry patches look itchy or gather in the skin folds.