❤ Pretty Amazing Thing

Oatmeal is a pretty amazing thing! packed with some important vitamins, minerals, and proteins, oatmeal is great for the body both inside and out. One of the most profound ways that oatmeal can benefit your family is on the skin. Oatmeal can be found as a major ingredient in many leading skin care products – and there’s a good reason for it! This amazing product works wonders for even the most delicate skin, and it can provide needed relief at times when the skin of your child or any of your family members needs it most.

Oatmeal just may be one of the best home remedies for itchy skin, and its gentle effects are a great alternative to many chemicals and over-the-counter itch treatments. From stopping itching to helping relieve insect bites and stings, from rashes to sunburns, oatmeal is a great resource for your whole family!

Here are a few of our favourite ways to benefit from the powerful healing properties of oatmeal right at home!

Oatmeal Bath
While you are drawing a warm bath, add the powder under the faucet to ensure that it spreads throughout the water. Usually a few cups of oatmeal powder is enough to create the most amazing itch-stopping bath you can imagine! Keep the bathwater warm but not hot. Hot water can actually dry your skin out and cause more itching – so stay on the cooler side while you soak. A 15-25 minute soak is ideal and will give your skin enough time to reap all the benefits that oatmeal offers. As you step out of the tub, keep in mind that it may be slippery, so use extra caution.

Oatmeal Spot Treatments
When a bite, sting, rash, mild burn, or reaction happens, oatmeal can come to the rescue. Create a paste with cool water. Apply this paste directly to the skin and allow it to dry slowly. The oatmeal will not only help draw toxins from the skin as it dries (much like mud does), it will also deliver its many healing benefits directly where they’re needed most. Soak the oatmeal off gently once it has dried, and apply a moisturiser as needed.

Oatmeal Products
When shopping for skin care products for your family, look for organic oatmeal or colloidal oatmeal as an ingredient. Knowing that this ingredient is part of your favourite lotions, soaps, and other personal care products lets you know that you’re getting some amazing extra benefits! Try West Indian Skincare's Citrus Oatmeal Soap.