Belli Elasticity Belly Oil, 4 FL. OZ.
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Product reviews of Belli Elasticity Belly Oil, 4 FL. OZ.
Review: Absorbs nicely
Beauty product: 4 Stars
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I ordered this oil not for use on my belly, but for my hands which tend to get very dry in the winter and lotion seems to work for only a short time. I put one pump of the oil in my palm and massage it into my hands. Considering it is an oil, it absrobs pretty well leaving very little oily residue, there is some but it is very minimal. It smells amazing and I even massage it into my cuticles and they have become supple again. I really like this oil and keep in on my desk at work. It would make a nice massage oil also. Review: Amazing!!
Beauty product: 5 Stars
I used this oil for my 1st pregnancy and the only place i got a few stretch marks was where i forgot to rub the oil! I use it 2 times a day all over my belly, hips, thighs,and lower back...It does work!! I would highly recomend it to friends. Review: At least twice as expensive as necessary, and at any price of dubious value
Beauty product: 2 Stars
Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program (What's this?)
Belli founding physician Dr. Jason Rubin includes this useful letter on the side of the box containing this oil:
"Some common skincare ingredients are absorbed into your bloodstream, where they can pass into baby's circulation. Belli PREGNANCY (no explanation of why that word must be capitalized) is the only line in the world that teratology screens each ingredient to help guard against birth defects. Every product is allergy tested, and free of artificial dyes and parabens. I created the Belli collection to help keep my wife and baby safe. Now I want to share our science with you."
I doubt that "I want to sell large volumes of my unbelievably overpriced product" was part of his strategy.
This elasticity belly oil contains: sweet almond oil, grapeseed oil, lavender oil, gotu kola extract, cocoa butter, vitamin E, safflower seed oil and collagen hydrolysates.
Dear reader - you've probably heard about the immense birth defect epidemic tied to stretch mark oils and creams, right? What? You haven't heard of it? That's because this epidemic doesn't exist.
The amount of ingredients that are absorbed into YOUR blood from an oil or cream is minimal. The amount that is passed on to your baby if you are pregnant is less than that.
The "teratology screening" performed by Dr. Rubin is described on his website: "searches through millions of published medical research studies to help women avoid ingredients even remotely linked to birth defects."
Hmmm... do you think Dr. Rubin (or a whole TEAM of medical professionals) actually READ "millions of published medical research studies" or do you think he maybe googled "safflower oil"?
The truth is that you could probably bathe constantly in a metric ton of almond oil, vitamin E, etc and not suffer ill health effects to yourself or your baby other than being pretty slippery.
Another unfortunate truth is that there are no substances - oils, creams, injections, medications, foods - shown to have any definite improvement on stretch marks. Excessive weight gain is associated with them, but the only other protective effect is genetics, and you're stuck there.
If Belli Pregnancy Elasticity Oil was priced similar to other products and he just added the "teratology screen" to give you a reason to buy Belli over his competitors, I wouldn't be writing such a skeptical review. But this product is priced at approx $40 for 4 oz, when I can find similar, and similarly safe products priced from $5 to $16 for 4 to 16 oz.
This product is not bad on its own accord, but to market it by preying on the fears of expectant mothers, and charging 3 times the price of the competition is, to be generous, a scam.
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Review: Avoid the Stretchmarks!!!
Beauty product: 5 Stars
I seriously had my doubts about being able to prevent stretchmarks on my belly during my pregnancy because all of the women in my family have them, but this product actually works! I use it everyday and night and whenever I feel itchy. I have not gotten a single one yet and the ones I had before seem to be softer. It is kinda expensive, but worth it! Review: Belli Elasticity Oil review
Beauty product: 5 Stars
In my opinion it's a very good product. might be the best in the market.
I recommend it to everyone, i think it's even more effective when you sart using it at the early stage of the pregnancy.