GAIA Natural Baby Skin Soothing Lotion - New product - smaller and cheaper

Note that the information in this post is incorrect. The 100ml product is listed as a new product on Gaia's website at a lower price than the 250ml bottles.

We've been fans of this company and their products for the past two years. I've recommended their products to all I meet and have purchased loyally this entire time, even when their products went up by $2 in a very short period of time... until today!

I went to buy some Gaia Natural Baby Skin Soothing Lotion and discovered that they've changed the packaging. No worries, until I read the label. They have now changed the amount in the pack from 250ml to 100ml. Less than half!!! And they haven't lowered the price!!!

I thought, maybe they've just forgotten to change over the tag on the shelf to the new pricing, so I came home and checked their website. Nope! There is a whole heap of rubbish about how wonderful the new package is, but nothing about how they're robbing us blind by charging the same price for less then half the amount of product.

I'm sorry, but that's just greedy in my opinion and far too hard to swollow. I'll be voting with my $$$ and will no longer by ANY of their products unless the price is brought inline with the new sizing.

NOT HAPPY!!!! :angry:

That. Is. Crap.

What rip offs. was going to try them but it's turned me off.

Ooooh lucky I bought a heap of the stuff before Lily was born. Yeah that is crap !

Really?!?! That's rude!! I love Gaia products too.... hmmm might have to re-think buying them again if they are going to do that.... what about the bath and body wash? We use that more than anything in that range.....

Unfortunately this happens alot and it sucks!

I will still buy it if i need as it is the only stuff i like! But it is a real shame though :(

I was never a fan anyway but that's ridiculous...I wonder how many people will buy without noticing??

Boo Gaia!!!

What's another brand people can recommend that is free from all that cr@p that goes into baby stuff??

I just went to their site - they have a survey there, a bit long, but you could always let them know that way as well? Especially if everyone on BB and their friends did it, they'd hafta take notice!

That sucks.
We use Natural Instinct. The ingredients are very similar to gaia but it's cheaper. They have baby stuff, but we just use the regular ones - don't think there's much difference really, except the baby stuff comes in smaller packages and works out more expensive.

Celsie, I recommend you email them and ask them about it. There's always a chance that they brought out a new size which is supposed to be cheaper, but the shop didn't change the label or put the wrong product in that spot on the shelf. It would be a shame for the manufacturer (who do make great products!) to be publicly criticised for a mistake made by a retailer.

I'm not saying that this is the case, but if it was me, I'd want to check it out first.

I never really liked the products... but now.. goodness. that is awful.

We use Moo Goo and QV.

That is terrible, capitalising on parents in times like these!

Wow - hope it's not true. Pretty stupid move on their part if it is.

I used Aromababy. We were happy with their ingredients.

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What's another brand people can recommend that is free from all that cr@p that goes into baby stuff??

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speaking just about brands easily available in the supermarket, i notice

- Avado at Coles (australian and organic, look for yellow bottles)

- Ecostore at Woollies and IGA (white bottle, NZ and organic)

outside the supermarket, there are heaps on Websites.
Moo Goo
Sukin (health food shop)
Miessence
heaps more, wish i could remember all the names!

Natural Instinct i'm boycotting until they sort themselves out, as they got caught for false advertising (saying they were SLS free, when they weren't).

i'm avoiding
- parabens (cheap preservative that causes many to have skin irritations)
- SLS (just to make more bubbles)
- perfumes
- colours
that's all i can remember for now.

and for hand sanitisers, most have around 60% alcohol! very flammable, and can you imagine what would happen if a baby licked it? hello, alcohol poisoning. there is an australian brand called HANDS FIRST that makes a zero alcohol hand sanitiser. i started buying it at woollies, now they don't stock it, so i go to the hands first site, and request the stockists for my postcode, go and buy it at a nearby chemist/healthfood shop. I feel safe having it around my child and my hands no longer go red raw. so it's a win win.

for disposable baby wipes, the only supermarket ones i would consider safe are the Nature babycare ones. (the rest have propylene glycol as major ingredient, or SLS in the curash ones).

Celsie... hi, long time no see.

This is the kind of thing they've had on Today Tonight fairly recently! Where the cost doesn't go down but the product sizes are shrinking! IT'S BS!!!

Thanks for the info Gigi. Going to look into some of those because I am very wary of what I put on our skin!

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outside the supermarket, there are heaps on Websites.
Moo Goo
Sukin (health food shop)
Miessence
heaps more, wish i could remember all the names!

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My mum uses Sukin, it's reallllly nice. I will have to have a look for some here.

That is just ridiculous!
Good on you for not buying it anymore

My sister gave me a few baby products that ar about 99% natural from Burts Bees. If you google it you'll find out more about it but I have used the buttermilk lotion for sensitive skin and it worked beautifully for my DD newborn milk rash. Only thing was It seemed to smell a little sour after it had been on her skin for a day (she was due for a bath anyway), maybe from the buttermilk content. Anyway worth checking out if you're after natural products IMO.

[QUOTE=Gigi;1999625]Natural Instinct i'm boycotting until they sort themselves out, as they got caught for false advertising (saying they were SLS free, when they weren't).
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Ah - seriously! man. can't trust anyone.

Recently discovered ecostore - do they do personal products too? Only seen cleaning stuff. They look good.

What is the usual price for the Gaia products?

I have used the baby moisturiser for DD from the first week. I think it cost $11 or $12 for a 250ml bottle that we have hardly gotten into. I only use a tiny amount at a time.

I've recently bought the baby shampoo for $9.95 for 250ml and the baby body wash for $16.95 for 500ml. Both of which seemed reasonable for me, since the bottles will last for absolutely ages at the rate we use them.

Do you think that's a reasonable price? What do you pay? I'm not really used to buying stuff just for a baby, but I do want things that will be gentle on her sin, as far as possible.

We buy little innoscents and they actually reduced their price recently because the were in a position to be able to afford to (and their stuff smells lovely)

I've used Gaia in the past. I like the big bottle of moisturiser (still have heaps left from 3 years ago!) as a barrier cream now for face painting :p
Anyhoo, I have only been impressed by Moo Goo for product goodness and absolute value for money.
Natural Instincts seems to be quite diluted in base product more than 'active ingredient' and I never trusted it enough to buy it.
Moo Goo all the way for me :)

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My mum uses Sukin, it's reallllly nice. I will have to have a look for some here.

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i also like it cos they sell one litre bottles of some products (like the handwash and hair products).
i find it hard to find some organic things in LARGER quantities.

Organic sunscreen is another biggie for me
expensive and i never see the organic ones in bigger, family sized containers.
Most sunscreens use parabens (causes skin irritations in mnay people), even the one i got from the Anti Skin Cancer Council had parabens in it. Bilby got a rash from it. that's what set me off looking for organic ones, and fidning out about parabens.

Once you look for the word PARABEN or METHYL PARABEN on the back of products, you go thru your makeup drawer, your bathroom cabinet, you discover, SO MANY everyday items you use, have PARABENS in them. i did a huge chuck out of those, it's improved our skin (no longer itching).

[QUOTE=marcellus;2001017][QUOTE=Gigi;1999625]Natural Instinct i'm boycotting until they sort themselves out, as they got caught for false advertising (saying they were SLS free, when they weren't).

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Ah - seriously! man. can't trust anyone.

Recently discovered ecostore - do they do personal products too? Only seen cleaning stuff. They look good.

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Yeah, the ecostore washing detergent is good. (mild enough to wash MCN in too).

i see their baby stuff in the Woollies baby aisle.
Ecostore baby shampoo, bath stuff and moisturiser. and bar soap too.

we've tried the Ecostore shampoo and the bath stuff (you squirt a bit into the bath when you run the bath). very nice so keep buying them.

but if the Avado (Coles) or Gaia products are on special that week, i will get whichever is the best value.

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We buy little innoscents and they actually reduced their price recently because the were in a position to be able to afford to (and their stuff smells lovely)

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thanks littlelara, good to hear of another brand that is organic. i'll have to look up Little Innocents.

there is another brand with Cherub in the title too, saw it at a "green" shop once. bubble bath WITHOUT sls in it. (for kids).

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Celsie, I recommend you email them and ask them about it. There's always a chance that they brought out a new size which is supposed to be cheaper, but the shop didn't change the label or put the wrong product in that spot on the shelf. It would be a shame for the manufacturer (who do make great products!) to be publicly criticised for a mistake made by a retailer.

I'm not saying that this is the case, but if it was me, I'd want to check it out first.

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That's what I thought at first, thus why I checked their website, to see how much they were selling it for, $10.00. It was $9.95 for 100ml in Coles. We used to pay $10.95 for 250ml. I love their products and was thrilled when they became readily available in the supermarkets. Not living in the city, normally if I need organic anything, I have to buy online and then you're hit with additional charges for postage. I would never make unfounded accusations about an otherwise fantastic company.

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What is the usual price for the Gaia products?

I have used the baby moisturiser for DD from the first week. I think it cost $11 or $12 for a 250ml bottle that we have hardly gotten into. I only use a tiny amount at a time.

I've recently bought the baby shampoo for $9.95 for 250ml and the baby body wash for $16.95 for 500ml. Both of which seemed reasonable for me, since the bottles will last for absolutely ages at the rate we use them.

Do you think that's a reasonable price? What do you pay? I'm not really used to buying stuff just for a baby, but I do want things that will be gentle on her sin, as far as possible.

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Hi Tenar! We use all their products from the moisturiser to the baby shampoo. The moisturiser last forever. I think we've still got our original bottle. The soothing lotion (nappy cream) however last no time at all in our house. Having two little bottoms to change, and it gets used every nappy change (prevention is better than cure), a bottle will only last about a week, so 100ml would only last a few days. I just can't afford $20 a week for nappy cream, especially only having one income, things are tight enough as it is.

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I've used Gaia in the past. I like the big bottle of moisturiser (still have heaps left from 3 years ago!) as a barrier cream now for face painting :p
Anyhoo, I have only been impressed by Moo Goo for product goodness and absolute value for money.
Natural Instincts seems to be quite diluted in base product more than 'active ingredient' and I never trusted it enough to buy it.
Moo Goo all the way for me :)

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We're a moo goo family too. We use their shampoos, creams and soaps. Their products seem quite expesive, but they do last a lot longer, so it works out okay. I bought a tub on their msn cream, as a nappy cream, but found it to be too thin, but it does work really well on rashes etc.

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speaking just about brands easily available in the supermarket, i notice

- Avado at Coles (australian and organic, look for yellow bottles)

- Ecostore at Woollies and IGA (white bottle, NZ and organic)

outside the supermarket, there are heaps on Websites.
Moo Goo
Sukin (health food shop)
Miessence
heaps more, wish i could remember all the names!

Natural Instinct i'm boycotting until they sort themselves out, as they got caught for false advertising (saying they were SLS free, when they weren't).

i'm avoiding
- parabens (cheap preservative that causes many to have skin irritations)
- SLS (just to make more bubbles)
- perfumes
- colours
that's all i can remember for now.

and for hand sanitisers, most have around 60% alcohol! very flammable, and can you imagine what would happen if a baby licked it? hello, alcohol poisoning. there is an australian brand called HANDS FIRST that makes a zero alcohol hand sanitiser. i started buying it at woollies, now they don't stock it, so i go to the hands first site, and request the stockists for my postcode, go and buy it at a nearby chemist/healthfood shop. I feel safe having it around my child and my hands no longer go red raw. so it's a win win.

for disposable baby wipes, the only supermarket ones i would consider safe are the Nature babycare ones. (the rest have propylene glycol as major ingredient, or SLS in the curash ones).

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Thanks for popping in and giving some great advice Gigi! I've tried the Avado nappy lotion and I really liked it for it's price, although it was a little thin. Unfortunately, our Coles doesn't stock it anymore. =(

Sunscreens - Caeleb is allergic to most sun screens, even organic ones. Someone on here (think it may have been Mantaray) suggested Wotnot and it is brilliant. It's very expensive, but a little does go a long way.

That's really shocking about Natural Instincts. I've been using their face products, thinking that they were "safe", now I'm just really ****ed off. Why do these companies think it's okay to do this? Grrr... :angry:

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My mum uses Sukin, it's reallllly nice. I will have to have a look for some here.

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I was actually given a gift basket filled with their products for my birthday a couple weeks ago. They are sooooooooooo nice! I just had a quick look on their website, but couldn't find any baby products. Were you taking about a baby lotion or just creams in general?

i'm another fan of Burt's Bees here. i just love their baby shampoo, people are always commenting on how beautiful and shiny my ds's hair is.

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I was actually given a gift basket filled with their products for my birthday a couple weeks ago. They are sooooooooooo nice! I just had a quick look on their website, but couldn't find any baby products. Were you taking about a baby lotion or just creams in general?

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Creams in general. I got the hand lotion. They have stockists everywhere,, it seems (thanks Gigi! ;)) good value & they smell beautiful.

I tried Natural Instinct once & just didn't like it much...that's just me though...

I bought MooGoo scalp lotion for DDs cradle cap. I have seen a few people mention the Infant scalp cream but they don't have it on their website & the 2 stockists I have found here don't have it either... does anyone know if it's the same? maybe they just took off the 'infant' part?

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Hi Tenar! We use all their products from the moisturiser to the baby shampoo. The moisturiser last forever. I think we've still got our original bottle. The soothing lotion (nappy cream) however last no time at all in our house. Having two little bottoms to change, and it gets used every nappy change (prevention is better than cure), a bottle will only last about a week, so 100ml would only last a few days. I just can't afford $20 a week for nappy cream, especially only having one income, things are tight enough as it is.

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I wouldn't want to spend $20/week on nappy cream either! Mostly we use nothing (lots of bare-bum time, though), but occasionally some sudocrem. But I think that DD isn't that prone to nappy rash, like some are.

If it helps, the online pharmacy I use (google pharmacyonline and you'll find it) has the "Gaia Natural Baby Skin Soothing Lotion 250ml", for $10.95. They usually take a week or 10 days to deliver - not the fastest, but if you know what you want ahead of time it's a good way to get chemist stuff quite cheaply.

I loooove Burt's Bees baby stuff. The Buttermilk lotion is divine and I also like their baby bath gel. It smells soooo yummy and makes the skin lovely and soft. I've even started using the lotion on myself. Their adult version is not as nice.
having said that, it is not Australian and not organic, but free of most of the nasties. it has however got some perfume in it (but no parabens, SLS or phthalates in the packaging).

I am about to order some Moogoo stuff to try once i run out of shower gel. it does sound enticing.

I tried Sukin and natural instincts. The issue with NI has been brought up above. Sukin is a good cheap nasty-free alternative. However, i didn't like it as it has quite a strong smell. I dislike lavender smell and a lot of the natural/organic products smell of it quite strongly. The Sukin also had a citrus smell to it, but i just found it too overpowering. NI is also very strong on the lavender.

I also want to try MiEssence. Can someone tell me if that also has the lavender smell (both shower gel/milk and moisturisers?

Sasa

I'vw started using Eco Store products with the kids and they're great. I've been getting the products from Woolies to start with. As well as bubs stuff they also sell household cleaners, washing products and cleanser/ toners/ and moisturisers. The kids and I also love the sleepytime bath, and I've been using the kids goats milk soap to wash with and it's helped my allergies no end.

Since starting this thread, I've a) made my own nappy cream to use on the kids, which is just brilliant and b) made my own soap. Both were quite simple to do and although some of the ingredients were a little expensive, they'll last for quite a few batches, so it's cost effective. I encourage you all to try and make some of your own products at home. I mostly use bicarb soda and vinegar to clean my house, and it's works wonderfully. Grab a copy of Green Cleaner (it's a little green book - I got mine from Big W for around $7) by Barbara Lord. It has a green cleaning solution for almost every job in your house. Even the dishwasher!!!

Hiya - I have a question and a suggestion:
Q: Where can you buy MooGoo in urban Melbourne? The stockists on thier website only list country and outer suburbs places .....I'd like to try some before committing to large online purchases...
S: Caring By Nature is a really small Melbourne outfit that does LOVELY baby personal care items. I got the gift pack for DD and will definately be ordering more for her. The massage oil is devine :)
HTH