Secrets of experienced mothers: how can you wipe a hand off a doll?

Marks from a ballpoint pen can be wiped off the doll’s face and body using folk remedies and household chemicals.
Suitable for cleaning are bleach, vinegar, potassium permanganate, all types of dishwashing detergents, glass cleaners and match heads.

It may take 30 minutes to deal with fresh marks, but old stains will dissolve in about 2 days.

How to wipe off pen marks from a doll (rubber, plastic, Barbie, etc.) and remove ingrained ink, we will tell you in this article.

How to remove marks at home?

Ballpoint pen ink contains oils that can penetrate deeply into soft plastic, vinyl, or foam rubber. To quickly and effectively clean your favorite doll at home, you can use available products.

Lemon juice

A small slice of lemon or a pinch of citric acid will remove fresh ink stains from dolls made of rubber or vinyl .

The exposure method is suitable for fresh dirt, for the most exclusive toys, since the juice will not lighten the rubber.

You need to take 1 piece of lemon or ½ tsp. acids. Rubbing process:

To protect the toy from damage, it is better to first wipe the area behind the doll’s ear, at the back of the hairline, or in any other inconspicuous place.

Melamine sponge

The melamine sponge looks like a piece of white foam rubber and feels like glass or sandpaper. When wet, the sponge becomes pliable and soft. The surface is covered with small tendrils, which enhance the grip on dirt.

The process of removing pen stains with a melamine sponge:

The product is effective for rubber, vinyl and plastic baby dolls, as well as for faces with makeup.

Do not apply any household chemicals to the surface of the sponge, as this may provoke a dangerous chemical reaction.

An effective solution of bleach with vinegar

The combination of vinegar and bleach has a powerful cleansing effect. The method is suitable for cleaning a doll’s body or face without factory makeup. The smell of the product is quite pungent, so it is better to carry out the manipulation outside or in a ventilated room.

Required:

Removal step by step:

Mix vinegar and bleach in a non-metallic container. It is important not to inhale fumes from the chemical compound during the cooking process.

The solution has a detrimental effect on the toy's hair, so you should not allow white to get on the doll's wig.

The video will show you how to wash the pen off the doll’s face:

Stain removers: Domestos, Vanish

Stain removers are most effective for removing gel pen from the rubber parts of the doll. For cleaning you will need 3 tbsp. l. stain remover and 1 liter of warm, but not hot water.

Ink washing method:

If there is a lot of paste, it is recommended to repeat the procedure.

Remove with vegetable oil

Vegetable oil softens the rubber texture and allows cleaning agents to penetrate deeper into the dirt.

Required:

Cleaning process:

Wipe contaminated areas with a toothbrush and rinse with warm water.

Acetone or nail polish remover

Acetone-free nail polish remover is an all-purpose cleaner that can easily remove ink from fabric, leather, and rubber.

Removing traces:

Acetone is not suitable for plastic, as the material may melt and lose its shape.

Potassium permanganate, vinegar, hydrogen peroxide

A mixture of potassium permanganate with hydrogen peroxide and vinegar is suitable for old stains. The components of the composition complement each other's effectiveness and enhance the effect.

Required:

Useful tips

Most often, ballpoint pens fall into children's hands. Their ink contains a special oil, so the paste eats into the structure of the doll rubber and is not washed out.

Children love to draw on toys

Fresh stains are much easier to remove than stubborn ones, so when you find a painted toy, immediately resort to the following measures:

1. Start washing with improvised means immediately.
2. If the method you choose does not help, replace it with another, more powerful one.

This way you can clean a Monster High, Barbie, Anabelle, Bestie, Reborn and even a Soviet baby doll. However, if the stains cannot be removed, do not despair. Then you can do this:

1. During bath time, give your baby a toy with writing on it in the bath. The child will wash it, rub it, and over time the ink stains will eventually wash out.
2. Place your favorite Baby Born on the windowsill on the sunny side of the apartment. Under direct rays, the ink will fade, returning the doll to its former attractiveness.

These methods take a long time to return the toy to its original appearance, but you don’t have to make any additional efforts.

How to clean a felt-tip pen from a doll's face

Does your daughter love to draw on dolls' faces with felt-tip pens? Or your younger sister decided to paint on the eyelashes of your childhood doll with a ballpoint pen, because “it’s more beautiful this way.” Or did you yourself once long ago decide to change the color of your ward’s eyes from blue to bright green using a marker? Or maybe you have already bought a doll with traces of the former owner’s play and are trying to “save” it?

I once bought this poor thing on Avito in a deplorable state and decided to save her at all costs.

Dont be upset! There are several ways to remove stains from a doll's face.

Acetone or nail polish remover

This is the first method that immediately comes to mind. Of course, it won’t work if you want to preserve the doll’s factory makeup. But in most cases, it will cope well with fresh traces of a ballpoint pen and other stains of unknown origin.

By the way, only recently, through trial and error, I found the ideal liquid for removing makeup from a doll’s face. This product quickly removes paint and does not smear makeup residue on the doll’s face. The liquid is sold at Magnit Cosmetics and costs about 100 rubles.

Liquid for removing make-up from a doll's face, which I use

Melamine sponge

Suitable for superficial and relatively fresh stains - just rub with a sponge. Often this method helps to cope with the problem. Melamine sponge can be used for all dolls and especially if you want to preserve the factory make-up. Works on both rubber and plastic.

Vinegar and whiteness

I know many masters who prefer to use this method. The recipe is extremely simple - you need to mix vinegar and whiteness in a 1:1 ratio and lower the doll's head, cleaned of the factory make-up, into it. The time depends on the complexity of the contamination and averages 1-2 hours.

Or, if the contamination is small, make compresses - soak a piece of cotton pad in this explosive mixture and apply to the affected area.

A huge advantage of this method is the time savings. The result can be obtained within an hour after your manipulations.

The smell of vinegar and bleach is, to put it mildly, unbearable. Therefore, it is better to conduct these experiments outside or at least on a ventilated balcony in a container with a tight-fitting lid.

For dolls with a bright skin tone, for example, Abby, Honey, Jane, Gigi, this breeding method is absolutely not suitable! There is a high chance that you will ruin the doll.

Don't repeat the mistakes!

The first time I tried to dip my dolls in vinegar and bleach was less than six months after the start of my...ahem...ahem...OOAker career. Then I ruined absolutely all the dolls. And those whose heads she completely dipped and those for whom she made compresses.

What was my main mistake? In ignorance. In ignorance of the fact that if Twyla’s bright lilac head is dipped into this explosive mixture it will turn gray, or that it will take about an hour to remove the stain from Operetta’s forehead, and not the three that she lay on the balcony, or that the white head of the Skeleton HIMSELF is under the influence of whiteness and vinegar may turn yellow.

Therefore, I do not recommend using this method for beginners. Even I, almost three years later, avoid it.

Sad experience of using bleach and vinegar on “bright” Twile

By the way, I was able to save two of the four damaged dolls that evening and give them a second life. And what I got out of this can be seen in the articles:

I blinded you from what was

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Baziron AS

Baziron AS is an anti-acne cream that is sold in any pharmacy, its cost is a little steep - about 1000-1200 rubles. But what won’t you do to save your favorite doll?

I bought my tube secondhand on Avito for 300 rubles. Yes, yes, buying a half-used tube of ointment secondhand is more expensive. But I didn’t buy it for my face.

Baziron is my favorite method for removing stains. What is the trick of the method? You apply the cream onto the doll's cleaned face, place it in the sun, and after several days (and possibly weeks) you get cleaned head rubber. The only negative is that you have to wait a long time and the waiting time largely depends on sunny days.

I know that some craftsmen, due to the lack of sun, place the doll’s head under a table lamp. But no matter how much I tried, I didn’t notice any significant changes, so I prefer the Sun to the table lamp.

They also say that Baziron can clean a doll’s face even while preserving the make-up. I haven’t tried it with factory make-up, since when doing OOAK I mostly erase it, but one day I accidentally put a line on the cheek with a ballpoint pen on the redrawn face. By the way, she had freckles, which I really wanted to preserve and not spoil. Therefore, I applied Baziron to the mark of the pen, left it on the windowsill for several days and washed it off with water. The trace of the pen was gone.

6 days near Baziron. Before and after

Folk remedies

You can try to remove pen marks using improvised means. The list of the most common includes salt, citric acid and soda. Glue, turpentine and regular matches are suitable for cleaning the floor. The melamine sponge does a good job of removing even old stains.

Use of salt and citric acid

The process of removing ink or gel from the floor includes the following steps:

• A solution is prepared from citric acid - the dry powder is diluted with water until it becomes mushy;
• wipe marks on the linoleum with a sponge soaked in the solution;
• leave the product on the floor for 15-20 minutes;
• After drying, the floor covering is wiped with a damp cloth.

To enhance the effect, salt can be added to the citric acid pulp. It is added to a solution that is ready for floor washing and the crystals are ground until a homogeneous mass is obtained.

Soda

Baking soda can be called a universal remedy for removing any dirt from different types of floor coverings. It copes with both fresh and old pen marks on linoleum.

To remove stains, follow these steps:

1. Mix baking soda with warm water to form a thick paste.
2. Apply the product to a sponge or soft cloth.
3. Rub the contaminated area with gentle movements, ensuring that the soda slurry covers the marks from the pen.
4. Wait until the product dries and rinse with warm water.

When mixing soda, you must ensure that the abrasive particles are completely dissolved. A poorly dissolved product can scratch linoleum. Adding table mustard powder to it helps enhance the effect of the soda solution.

Melamine sponge

A porous sponge made from compressed crystals and melamine fibers is used to remove dirt from the surface of tiles and plumbing fixtures. It can also handle linoleum.

To do this you will have to perform the following steps:

• cut the sponge into 4 parts so that it is enough for several cleaning processes;
• wet the sponge usually with water;
• wipe the stain.

The advantages of the sponge are affordable price, high cleaning efficiency of linoleum and ease of use.

The disadvantages include the possibility of damage to the skin of the hands by the grinding elements. Therefore, you should only use the sponge while wearing gloves. The price of a melamine sponge is from 60 rubles.

Matches

To remove ink or gel from flooring, you can try using sulfur from match heads.

Before erasing pen marks, matches are moistened with water. After this, use match heads to erase the stains until they completely disappear.

For large stains you will have to use several match heads. After rubbing, the linoleum should be washed with water and soapy water.

Glue

Regular stationery PVA glue will help remove marks from the pen. It is poured onto the linoleum and wait until the liquid dries. After drying, the glue is removed. Together with it, stains are usually removed from the surface.

Another type of adhesive that helps remove pen marks is BF. It is used for gluing:

• metals,
• wood,
• ceramics,
• fabrics and glass.

The principle of operation is the same as that of PVA. The removal efficiency is higher, but the likelihood of damaging the floor covering also increases.

Turpentine

You can try removing stains with turpentine. But before you wipe off ink or paste from the flooring, you should try wiping a small area or separate piece of linoleum. This will ensure that the product will not corrode the coating.

Moisten a rag with turpentine and begin to wash away the traces of the pen. After dissolving the contaminants, the coating is wiped with soapy water. At the final stage of cleaning, the floor is dried with a clean napkin and cloth.

How to remove Barbie from your face without washing off your makeup?

Removing marks from a ballpoint pen with aggressive means can damage the factory make-up of the toy. In order not to wash off your makeup, you need to choose gentle products:

Toothpaste will clean stains but will not damage factory makeup paint.

It is important to remember that if the toy is made of low-quality materials, the makeup may smudge or fade.

How to remove marker stains from skin

Even when a child sits down to color, there is a chance that his hands will get dirty. To prematurely protect children from allergies, buy good water-based markers.

Warm water and soap

The most gentle way to wash children's epidermis is solid baby soap and warm water. First wet contaminated areas of the body with warm water, then gently soap with soap.

You can use a soft sponge or just your hands and rub the painted skin a little, but very gently and carefully. If the stains are fresh, they will be washed off the first time.

Wet wipes

You can quickly wipe away marker marks with a damp cloth. It is very convenient to do this if you draw with your child. You don't need to interrupt the creative process; you can eliminate the drawing right away.

Lightly rub the skin with a damp cloth to remove traces of the marker. It is important that the napkins are of high quality and suitable for children.

Micellar water

The products you use every day can help your mother. Micellar water for makeup removal - can easily cope with felt-tip pens. Apply a little product to the sponge and carefully wipe away the traces, repeat these manipulations several times. Afterwards, rinse the epidermis with warm water.

Micellar water should be hypoallergenic and not contain aromatic oil.

Baby cream and body milk will also help to carefully wash off the felt-tip pen. Take a small cotton swab, apply a little cream and apply it to the outlined skin. Leave the cream on the epidermis for 10-15 minutes (depending on the contamination), then remove the cream with a sponge.

Be sure to wash your skin after using the cream.

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Useful tips

Most often, ballpoint pens fall into children's hands. Their ink contains a special oil, so the paste eats into the structure of the doll rubber and is not washed out.

Children love to draw on toys

Fresh stains are much easier to remove than stubborn ones, so when you find a painted toy, immediately resort to the following measures:

1. Start washing with improvised means immediately.
2. If the method you choose does not help, replace it with another, more powerful one.

This way you can clean a Monster High, Barbie, Anabelle, Bestie, Reborn and even a Soviet baby doll. However, if the stains cannot be removed, do not despair. Then you can do this:

1. During bath time, give your baby a toy with writing on it in the bath. The child will wash it, rub it, and over time the ink stains will eventually wash out.
2. Place your favorite Baby Born on the windowsill on the sunny side of the apartment. Under direct rays, the ink will fade, returning the doll to its former attractiveness.

These methods take a long time to return the toy to its original appearance, but you don’t have to make any additional efforts.

How to remove felt-tip pen from furniture and walls

Little artists do not shy away from furniture; they want to make the house bright and colorful.

Alcohol and vodka

Marks on furniture can be wiped off with alcohol or vodka. Be sure to chill products in the refrigerator before using. Then apply the liquid to a soft cloth and wipe the problem area several times.

Alcohol and vodka clean plastic very well.

Melamine sponge

You can very efficiently remove marker marks from furniture using a melamine sponge. You can buy a sponge at a household chemicals store. Simply soak a sponge in warm water and scrub the stained area.

The sponge will only be able to remove fresh “graffiti” from markers.

How to clean felt-tip pen from walls

Hair dryer

A unique and easy way to remove markers from your walls is to use a hair dryer. A hairdryer can help you fight stains on paint, wallpaper and wooden walls.

For this you will need a microfiber cloth. Blow hot air over the problem area for 1 minute, then simply wipe with a soft cloth. If you clean fresh drawings (which are no more than 2-3 hours old) they will disappear immediately. A powerful hair dryer can handle marks on wood and laminate floors.

Chemicals for cleaning sinks and bathrooms will help you deal with traces of markers, even very old ones.

Apply a little cleaning agent to the sponge, treat the stained area, and leave for a few minutes. Then rub with a sponge and remove marker marks. After the cleaning procedure, rinse the furniture with warm water and ventilate the room.

How to remove felt-tip pen from furniture

Attention! You need to work with such products very carefully and always wear gloves.

Final table

You will find many useful tips and recommendations on removing pen ink from various surfaces and objects here.

Marks from a ballpoint pen can be wiped off the doll’s face and body using folk remedies and household chemicals.

Suitable for cleaning are bleach, vinegar, potassium permanganate, all types of dishwashing detergents, glass cleaners and match heads.

It may take 30 minutes to deal with fresh marks, but old stains will dissolve in about 2 days.

How to wipe off pen marks from a doll (rubber, plastic, Barbie, etc.) and remove ingrained ink, we will tell you in this article.

Useful tips

Most often, ballpoint pens fall into children's hands. Their ink contains a special oil, so the paste eats into the structure of the doll rubber and is not washed out.

Children love to draw on toys

Fresh stains are much easier to remove than stubborn ones, so when you find a painted toy, immediately resort to the following measures:

1. Start washing with improvised means immediately.
2. If the method you choose does not help, replace it with another, more powerful one.

This way you can clean a Monster High, Barbie, Anabelle, Bestie, Reborn and even a Soviet baby doll. However, if the stains cannot be removed, do not despair. Then you can do this:

1. During bath time, give your baby a toy with writing on it in the bath. The child will wash it, rub it, and over time the ink stains will eventually wash out.
2. Place your favorite Baby Born on the windowsill on the sunny side of the apartment. Under direct rays, the ink will fade, returning the doll to its former attractiveness.

These methods take a long time to return the toy to its original appearance, but you don’t have to make any additional efforts.

How to remove Barbie from your face without washing off your makeup?

Removing marks from a ballpoint pen with aggressive means can damage the factory make-up of the toy. In order not to wash off your makeup, you need to choose gentle products:

Toothpaste will clean stains but will not damage factory makeup paint.

It is important to remember that if the toy is made of low-quality materials, the makeup may smudge or fade.

Rules for removing contaminants

To begin with, it would be a good idea to familiarize yourself with the rules:

1. Dealing with a blot on a white shirt is much easier if you start fighting immediately after it appears.
2. Before using a chemical solvent or home remedy, you need to determine what kind of fabric the item is made of.
3. To prevent a large stain from spreading, it is recommended to place a paper towel under the contaminated area of ​​clothing.
4. You can separate the edges of the blot with heated wax or sprinkle dry starch on the stain.
5. It is recommended to apply powder, gel or other cleaning agent to the edge of the strip or stain, and wipe the stains from beginning to middle with it.
6. Before removing a fresh blot, try to remove the paste with a towel.
7. When removing pen marks, chemicals are used strictly according to the instructions; aggressive products are not suitable for items made of delicate fabrics.
8. The product care rules, which are indicated on the clothing label, will help you choose the optimal washing mode after removing the stain.
9. When removing pen marks, it is better to use warm water.
10. When using acetone and other solvents, it is not recommended to dry things with a hot hairdryer.

How to clean a brush from PVA glue

If you or your child often works with glue, you definitely have a brush that, if not washed promptly, will become hard and unusable. Provided that you carefully wash with water, everything may work out, but there is a huge risk that the hairs will be damaged or simply begin to fall out.

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To make your task easier, you can mix a solution at home from readily available ingredients. Pour four drops of ordinary vegetable oil and one drop of water into a small vessel, such as a bottle cap. Dip the brush into the solution for a few minutes and watch the process until it becomes soft again.

Information. The fat from the vegetable oil plays a major role here, but without a little water, the brush will become completely saturated with oil and become greasy. If this happens, you can remove the fats only by using a weak solvent with a low percentage of alcohol - for example, an ordinary detergent.

By the way, the doll’s hair from greasy glue can be washed in the same way, because the hairs on the brush and on the rubber head have a similar structure and characteristics.

In this case, you will need a larger volume of solution, the proportions of which should be approximately four to one, where the majority is occupied by vegetable oil.

So, you can completely immerse the doll's head in the mixture for a few minutes. After the procedure, it is advisable to wipe it with medical alcohol or household solvents in order to quickly remove any remaining elements of fat on the surface of the rubber and hair.

How can you wipe a felt-tip pen off a rubber doll?

Do not rush to throw a doll damaged by ink into the trash. Not many people know how to wipe a felt-tip pen off a doll.

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Ordinary and familiar solvents may not help at all.

During the experiment we checked:

However, none of these substances helped remove the stains. The whole secret of how to wipe a doll off a felt-tip pen, alcohol or permanent marker is to create a solvent at home.

Important! The liquid can be dangerous not only if it gets into the respiratory tract and mucous membrane, but also on the skin. Therefore, under no circumstances touch either the components or the final product. Be sure to use rubber gloves.

To create a powerful chemical, we only need two ingredients that can be found in every home: a bleach product, such as White, and ordinary table vinegar.

Acetic acid, found in the second component, significantly enhances the effect of chlorine, which leads to obtaining the necessary properties.

After receiving the chemical, wet a piece of cotton wool or soft cloth well and apply it to the area with the mark. Every 20 minutes it will be necessary to soak the cotton wool again until the marker is completely removed from the doll. This method is quite time-consuming, but effective.

If the mark was left by a wax pencil, the situation may be simpler.

Surely everyone has a favorite kitchen detergent that can eliminate grease.

This is the answer to the question of how to wipe off a wax pencil.

Wax is a complex fat, and the strong acid found in many household products, such as Mr. Muscle, can remove it.

Final table

You will find many useful tips and recommendations on removing pen ink from various surfaces and objects here.

Remove permanent marker from whiteboard

There is always a risk that a permanent marker will accidentally ruin the board. But if you act quickly and without panic, you can not only clean a board, for example a magnetic one, from a marker, but also keep it in perfect condition. Information. If you start acting no later than a couple of minutes, then using the methods described below will be much easier. It will be much more difficult to cope with the task if the felt-tip pen dries out, which happens in a maximum of 10 minutes. There are two possible ways:

Read more about each of them.

If you have a regular tool specifically designed for your board, the task of eliminating permanent marks from a marker board from a marker will be greatly simplified.

First you need to paint over all the marks left by the permanent marker.

It is advisable that the dry erase marker has a lot of ink so that you can apply a layer of paint as best and as densely as possible.

Important! It does not matter whether the colors of the permanent and specialized instruments are the same. You can apply one on top of the other even if they are radically different - color does not play any role in this situation.

Traces of both markers just need to be wiped off with a soft sponge or piece of cloth. The object does not need to be wetted with water - everything should be eliminated without it. The effect of the entire procedure is explained by the fact that the solvent of the dry erase marker weakens the permanent ink through a chain of chemical processes, while reducing its level of adhesion to the surface of the drawing board.

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You may need to wipe more than once, especially if the ink has been on your interactive whiteboard for a long time. In this case, simply continue to cover the problem areas with erasable ink and wipe them with a sponge.

If you only have available means, you can try using a good solvent. These include:

It is also not recommended to use substances that contain abrasive elements, as they can damage the smooth surface or even corrode the wall of the tank, if it is a Eurocube.

The algorithm of actions is simple: first you need to moisten a piece of soft cloth or paper towel with the chosen product, and then wipe the problem area.

It is advisable to wipe everything dry after the cleaning procedure - without this, you will not be able to write on the white board that you have just washed from the marker.

It is worth allowing the plane to dry completely after the procedures before using it.

If this method does not suit you, then the last and most risky option is using an eraser.

Attention! Use this method at your own risk and only as a last resort. An eraser can cause damage when you erase permanent marker from a whiteboard. In this case, maximum care is required.

To clean the surface, just carefully erase the marker marks with an eraser. This usually takes significantly more time than other methods, and also requires more caution, because the process is fraught with risk.

Known methods and useful tips

Alcohol has the ability to remove pens from clothes. In such an event, it is allowed to use not only it, but also colognes, lotions made with alcohol, eau de toilette or wet wipes that are soaked in an alcohol solution. Any of these compositions must be applied to the stain and immediately wiped with an unnecessary dry cloth. The procedure is carried out several times. In this case, you must act carefully so as not to damage the material from which the item is made.

Most representatives of the fairer sex have hairspray. He will be an excellent assistant not only for its intended purpose. Varnish is good for removing marks left by ink on leather clothes. The composition should be sprayed onto the contaminated surface and wiped quickly. Such actions are performed 2-3 times.

It should be borne in mind that some highly aggressive compounds, for example, ammonia, may behave unpredictably when interacting with a specific material. In order not to spoil your favorite clothes, you need to test in those areas that are invisible. If the testing was successful, you can begin processing large areas on the front side. It is always much easier and faster to remove fresh ink marks. Blue ink comes out best.

When the problem is too serious, you are not sure that it will be possible to wash a blot on natural leather clothing using the means at hand, then you should contact a dry cleaner. The employees of this service have a large number of specially produced cleaning products. Professionals will cope with the task efficiently. However, such services are expensive.

It is not recommended to wash large recent stains. If you do not take this advice, the mark will become even more firmly entrenched, and then it will be more difficult to remove. There is no need to rub contaminated areas, as such actions provoke an increase in the size of the stain. It is not permissible to use stain removers on all fabrics. Certain types should not be bleached. Therefore, bleaches are used very carefully.

From the presented methods of removing contaminants from things, everyone has the right to choose an acceptable option. The use of any method requires strict adherence to the rules and accuracy of the actions performed during the procedure.

Fat based marker

Despite the complex problem of removing fat marks from a marker or felt-tip pen from the body, this can be done quite simply with the help of various oils:

Simply apply butter or coconut oil to the skin and leave for 3-4 minutes. After the oil has absorbed traces of the dye, wash it off with soap and water.

Sunscreen or face and hand creams with a fatty composition, which most night products have, are also suitable.

Baby massage oil can also come to the rescue.