Weleda Skin Food Review – A Deep Penetrating Natural Body Cream For Dry Skin

As part of my transition to natural haircare, cosmetics, beauty and skincare products, I recently got the opportunity to try a Weleda product of my choice. Having browsed their website and after speaking to a lovely lady named Susie *one of their pr representatives* about the brand in depth, I settled on trying out their deep penetrating body cream for dry skin as the name of the product ‘Skin Food’ instantly grabbed my attention.

I chose this product as I was after something moisturizing that I could use on my entire body, in particular my hands in between my fingers as they sustained a battering during our cold wintery spell and harsh conditions and was sold after reading the products description on their site.

“Weleda Skin Food is a deep-penetrating replenishing skin repair cream for dry patches of skin and for added protection.  Ideal for skin that is dry, flaky and in need of extra care”.

Before I share my thoughts on this body cream I thought I would take the opportunity to enlighten you on Weleda’s background for those less familiar with the beauty brand.

Weleda Background

Weleda is one of the oldest natural and skincare brands about in today’s ‘Green Beauty’ world. Founded in 1921 by Dutch doctor Ita Wegman, and Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner from Munich, Weleda originally started off as a pharmaceutical laboratory with its own medicinal plant garden and has grown significantly to become one of the world’s leading manufacturer’s of holistic natural cosmetics and pharmaceuticals foranthroposophical therapy.

Weleda Skin Food Review

It is made with organic sunflower seed oil with extracts of wild pansy, chamomile, calendula and rosemary extract.

The slight but noticeable aroma of sweet oranges and rosemary can be smelt when applying the cream and have so far used this on my hands, feet, and my back which often gets neglected *with the help of the Mr*

List of Ingredients

INCI: Water (Aqua), Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Lanolin, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Alcohol, Beeswax (Cera Flava), Glyceryl Linoleate, Hydrolyzed Beeswax, Fragrance (Parfum)*, Viola Tricolor  Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Cholesterol, Limonene*, Linalool*, Geraniol*, Citral*, Coumarin*.