Which Ingredients Should NEVER Be Used on Your Baby with Twin Mom & Bright Body Baby CEO, Gabi Day

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Gabi Day is an identical twin mom (17 months) and also the CEO, Founder, and Formulator of Bright Body and Bright Body Baby, a nontoxic + refillable personal care brand dedicated to creating clean products.

Lina and Gabi discuss:

• The mindset around the "just wait" phenomenon 

• A quick overview of her traumatic birth 

• Gabi and Lina's reaction to the talcum powder recall in April 2023

  • Article, "Is Any Kind of Baby Powder Safe to Use?"

  • Safe alternatives to baby powder

• Which ingredients should NEVER be used on babies

  • Simple alcohols

  • Synthetic fragrance OR nontransparent fragrance (trade secret)

  • Sulfates + harsh surfactants (cocamidopropyl betaine)

  • Phenoxyethanol, parabens, aldehydes, isothiazolinones

  • Harsh detanglers: cetrimonium and behentrimonium chloride, behentrimonium methosulfate

  • Dyes

  • Propanediol/propylene glycol - filler

• What are some sources or apps that moms can turn to 

  • EWG

  • Think Dirty

  • Yuka App

• What are PFAs? 

  • perflyoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances

Mentioned in this Episode:

• Natalie Crawford

Connect with Gabi on TikTok: @itsgabiday
Shop Bright Body: https://mybrightbody.com/ 
Shop Bright Body Baby: https://mybrightbody.com/pages/bright-body-baby
Connect with Bright Body on Instagram: @mybrightbody
Connect with Bright Body Baby on Instagram: @brightbodybaby

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