Baby Bottom Butter

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Baby Bottom Butter is a balm sold by English supermarket chain Waitrose, used upon babies' bottoms to soothe them and prevent nappy rash. It is also popular as a face cream for women.

History

The natural ingredients now include olive oil, camomile oil and vanilla.{{r|g}} When it was reformulated in 2008 to remove preservative parabens and other petrochemicals, sales increased significantly as mothers started to use it themselves, in place of expensive face cream.{{r|es|mc}} As the word spread through parenting websites, with many women praising its softening and firming effect, the product sold out at many stores.{{r|dt}} In 2008, the product sold eight years worth of stock in just four months following this buzz.{{r|s}} Enthusiasm for the balm continued, and in 2011, it was announced to be Waitrose's best-selling skincare product.{{r|g}} It is produced in Hampshire.{{r|es}}

People living in New Zealand made special arrangement to have it shipped to them and, in 2014, the luxury supermarket chain, Nosh, started stocking it.{{r|nzh}} In 2016, Waitrose started exporting the product to China.{{r|tg}}

See also

References

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{{citation |url=http://news.scotsman.com/health/Beauty-Time-to-face-facts.4447024.jp |newspaper=The Scotsman |author=Charlotte Ross|date=2 September 2008 |title=Beauty: Time to face facts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910015331/http://news.scotsman.com:80/health/Beauty-Time-to-face-facts.4447024.jp |archive-date=10 September 2008}}

{{citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/18/baby-bottom-butter-waitrose-bestseller |newspaper=The Guardian |title=Let's face it, Baby Bottom Butter is better on your cheeks |author=Max Benato |date=18 January 2011}}

{{citation |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/where-now-for-nosh/OCLBXQBG2SOF63HXQ3TPUGUPDM/ |title=Top and bottom cult cream arrives in NZ |date=28 March 2014 |author=Morgan Tait |newspaper=NZ Herald}}

{{citation |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/supermarket-stampede-as-women-slap-249-baby-bottom-butter-on-their-faces-6626576.html |title=Supermarket stampede as women slap £2.49 baby 'bottom butter' on their faces |date=19 April 2008 |newspaper=Evening Standard}}

{{citation |url=https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/beauty-news/the-2-49-cream-wowing-women-190626 |journal=Marie Claire |title=The 2.49 cream wowing women |date=23 April 2008}}

{{citation |url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/online/waitrose-begins-exporting-to-china-via-e-commerce-platform/534758.article |journal=The Grocer |author=Carolyn Robertson |date=18 April 2016 |title=Waitrose begins exporting to China via e-commerce platform}}

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Category:Skin care brands