BALM! Baby - Diaper Balm/1st Aid #Review

THinc. (Taylor House inc.) is an American company based in Hawaii. They create and sell skin care products for the whole family made from high quality all natural and organic ingredients. All products are made in Hawaii in small batches to ensure freshness and placed in glass or recycled aluminum containers. BALM! Baby features all of the baby skin care products from THinc.

{BALM! Baby - Diaper Balm/1st Aid}

• For use on diaper rash, eczema, newborn skin, cradle cap, bug bites, sunburns and more
• 2 oz/60 ml glass jar
• 100% natural, organic and vegan
• Cloth diaper safe
• Made in Hawaii, USA
• Many ingredients are farmed in Hawaii
• Made with Olive, coconut, macadamia nut oil** & sesame seed oil* infused in noni, calendula, chamomille, comfrey & rosemary, candelilla wax, St. John’s wort extract, chickweed extract, neem oil, kukui nut oil**, vitamin e T-50, Organic Essential oil blend of orange, lavender & tea tree
• * Can customize ingredients if a nut allergy exists
• $9.95

{My Review}

I love that BALM! Baby products are all made in the USA with the majority of their ingredients coming right from Hawaii. I have been trying to steer my family towards only all natural products and BALM! Baby is such a great choice. I love how thoroughly the THinc. company has immersed itself in the green, Eco-conscious world.

BALM! Baby diaper balm/1st aid smells nice. It has a very strong scent which I recognize as mostly tea tree oil. The texture is quite gritty with little sand-like particles throughout.

Gritty particles in the balm.

My oldest son is very prone to diaper rashes. We were using cloth diapers full time and he seemed to always have sores on his poor bum. I was always trying new diaper rash creams. I have heard many great things about BALM! Baby diaper balm but I am sad to say that it did not clear up his sores.

I reapplied the diaper balm from BALM! Baby at every diaper change but it did not improve the rash by much. There was a slight improvement but not much. These were big open sores however, not the average diaper rash. I actually used almost the entire container over the course of a week trying to treat this rash.

I have discovered that my son was getting ammonia burns from sleeping 12 hours in a cloth diaper. He has very sensitive skin and the cloth trapped the ammonia against his skin creating sores.

The only thing that cleared up these sores were petroleum jelly and disposable diapers.  Ugg! Not green or environmentally friendly at all but they worked. I have continued to use disposable diapers at night to prevent the ammonia burn and use cloth during the day. So far no more nasty burns.

If my son starts to get red skin on his bum, I use BALM! Baby as a preventative and it works well. The oily nature creates a barrier to keep the urine away from his skin so it can heal.

I did not try it for all of the other possible uses since I was using it as a diaper rash cream. I did not think it was very hygienic to apply the balm to his bum with my finger and then use the same container and balm on his face or other body parts. I am sure there must be germ transfer from his bum to the container. They also sell BALM! Baby: Spray that Bottom, which is a spray-able diaper rash balm. The spray would be a great way to prevent germ transfer.

I would recommend having two containers. One as a diaper balm and one as a 1st aid treatment. 

BALM! Baby did not cure my son's nasty diaper rash but his was a very extreme case. For mild rashes and as a preventative barrier it worked well.

I would love to try this product as a 1st Aid treatment. The gritty texture would be great for treating cradle cap and peeling newborn skin. I'm not sure how nice it would feel being rubbed into a sunburn, however.

THinc. seems like such a great company with all natural and American made products. I would recommend THinc. and BALM! Baby to others. There are so many awesome products to choose from!


{Buy It}

BALM! Baby - Diaper Balm/1st Aid ---- $9.95


{Disclosure}

I was sent the BALM! Baby diaper balm free of charge from THinc. to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own and 100% honest. Your experience with the product may not be the same as mine. I will NOT be compensated for sales of this or any other product from THinc.