Walgreens Well Beginnings Baby Wipes, 120 Count Ingredients and Reviews (2024)

FAQs

What is the active ingredient in baby wipes? ›

Basic Baby Wipes

Then and now mainstream wipes are made of a mixture of cotton, rayon, polyester, polythylene, and/or polypropylene. Their main ingredient is water; next, a mild detergent containing amphoteric surfactants. Some wipes contain chemicals to give them a fresh scent. Finally, preservatives are added.

Huggies Pure Wipes are made with natural, absorbent fibers that gently clean and protect baby's delicate skin. With 99% pure water and no fragrance, they're completely free from alcohol, parabens and phenoxyethanol.

Ingredients. Aqua, Propylene Glycol, Polyaminopropyl Biguanide, Didecyldimonium Chloride, 2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1, 3-Diol, Lauryl Glucoside, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Chamomila Recutita Flower Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate.

Stay away from wipes listing these ingredients on labels: polyethylene, polyethylene glycol, sodium laureth sulfate, ceteareth, oleth, oxynol, -xynol, and PEG.

Our experts all recommended using water-based wipes, especially those free of fragrances and dyes. Pampers Aqua Pure Wipes, the WaterWipes Original Baby Wipes and the Honest Company Clean Conscious Wipes all have minimal ingredients, which will help your newborn's sensitive skin stay irritation and rash-free.

Formaldehyde is used in baby wipes as an additive with antibacterial and antifungal properties–it is also a well-known preservative used in the medical and cosmetic industries.

1,4-dioxane can easily and rapidly be absorbed through a baby's skin in toxic amounts. 1,4-dioxane won't be listed on the label, so stay away from wipes listing these ingredients: polyethylene, polyethylene glycol, sodium laureth sulfate, ceteareth, oleth, oxynol, -xynol, and PEG.

Huggies® Natural Care® Extra Sensitive Wipes.

What did mothers use before baby wipes? ›

Throughout most of history, however, cleaning up babies wasn't quite as simple as it is today. Caregivers used cloths and rags to clean up after babies soiled their cloth diapers. The downsides of this are obvious – it was time-consuming, messy, and inefficient to clean this way. At home, families were able to manage.

There are no chemicals or products that will reliably dissolve baby wipes in your toilet or septic tank. Many baby wipes are made from synthetic polymers chemically bonded together into a durable cloth that take a very long time to break down inside the sewer system naturally.

The active ingredient in Wet Ones Antibacterial Hand Wipes is benzalkonium chloride. The active in Wet Ones Hand Sanitizer Mist is ethyl alcohol.

Normally a germs-killing ingredient on disinfecting wipes is a chemical pesticide, some have been known to contain benzalkonium chloride or propylene glycol and you shouldn't use them on your skin. Always wear PPE when using these wipes.

The baby wipe cloth is usually made from cotton fibre, bamboo fibre, or non-woven fibre. Most commercial baby wipes are made from non-woven fibres, with polyester being the most common fibre used. Unfortunately, polyester and other non-woven baby wipes cannot effectively biodegrade due to their petrochemical content.