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Da Balm!

20140205-DSC_7274About a month ago I wrote about Job’s eczema and my efforts to try to get to the root of his flare ups.  I can’t tell you that I have figured things out yet.  Dairy and eggs don’t seem to be triggers, so that is a good thing.  I’ve switched my laundry detergent (I’m using Charlie’s Soap now) and I keep humidifiers running.  Job’s skin will look perfect one day, and terrible the next.  It’s frustrating.  One thing that I have figured out though is that my friend Rachel’s new eczema balm, hilariously named “Da Balm,” is incredibly effective at calming and clearing Job’s flare ups.  I realized this because during the time I was applying it to Job’s face several times daily, the angry red patches on his face healed and disappeared completely.  He might still have a flare up, but his skin would heal with a few days of diligent application of Da Balm.  Then one day I went to grab it from the shelf and it was gone.  I searched and searched but couldn’t find it.  Over the next week or so I used LuSa’s Booty Balm, my standard choice for chapped faces in the winter, on Job’s face.  It seemed to help a little, but not nearly as well as Da Balm had.  Job’s face was looking bad again when I discovered my little tin of Da Balm under the bed.  Within two days of using it again, his skin looked great.  I don’t know what caused that last flare up, but I know that Da Balm calmed and soothed it.

When I purchased that little tin of Da Balm, it was still in the testing phase and I didn’t know whether or not it would end up becoming a permanent LuSa product.  I emailed Rachel wanting to know what her plan was, because my tin was nearly empty and my own attempts at making an eczema balm failed (my older son Seth claimed that my homemade stuff made his eczema worse!)  I was thrilled when Rachel wrote back that Da Balm would actually be available for purchase on the LuSa Organics website in a few days!  She suggested a little giveaway to properly introduce Da Balm to my readers and I gave an enthusiastic, “Yes!”  I’m so happy to be able to share Da Balm with all of you!

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I asked Rachel to share a little background with you, the story of how Da Balm came to be:

I designed Da Balm after dozens upon dozens of customer requests for a safe, effective balm for eczema care. Our Booty Balm was helping these customers, but there were other herbs that I knew would be incredible for eczema and other red, itchy rashes.Finally my own family began to struggle with eczema and I had the perfect opportunity to test and perfect at home! Two years (and many product testers later), Da Balm was born.

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Da Balm begins with an organic infusion of seven different herbs. Each time I work with a new herb I’m humbled by how gentle and effective plants are at helping our bodies heal. These roots, leaves, and flowers are combined with several soothing oils and essential oils to make a rich, gentle, non-irritating rash balm.

Da Balm is a comfort – not a cure. Any topical treatment alone will not heal eczema. That is an inside job and requires the deep work of figuring out what is causing your or your little one’s outbreak. But Da Balm is designed to help quiet and soothe the itch and irritation.

It’s also soothing for chicken pox, garden rashes, and insect bites. Anything itchy!

(You can learn more about healing eczema from the inside out in a series that Rachel wrote on her blog.)

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Rachel is offering three Small Things readers a regular sized tin of Da Balm.   The winners will also receive free shipping on anything else they would like to order at the same time, too.

In addition,  receive a free 1 oz travel bar of Calendula Baby Soap with every Da Balm you order. Just enter the code “SmallThings” in the comments field of your next order. The LuSa team will see the comment and add the bar of travel soap when they pack your order.  (Valid through February 18, 2014).

For your chance to win, leave a comment on this post.  Comments are now closed.  The winners are:

Katie B, who wrote, “This sounds awesome! Wonderful for a new baby!”

Christina, who wrote, “Just visited the dermatologist for my daughter’s eczema. Would love to find something less, well, medicinal than a prescription.”

and Alisa Joy, who wrote, “what a lovely and timely give away.  thank you, both!”

Thanks, Rachel and LuSa Organics!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. We’d love to give this a try. I have one little one with periodic bouts of eczema. Thanks for the chance.

  2. I will enter on behalf of my little niece and forward the recommendation to my sister. Sounds like good stuff!

  4. So glad you introduced us to Da Balm. Eczema not a problem at my house (yet) but my sister has a real problem with it!

  6. My daughter seems to have eczema which my oldest hasn’t had so it’s new ground to me – I’ll have to try out Da Balm now. Thanks!

  7. I would love to test this on my daughter! Whether I win or not, having a natural organic option to use will be spectacular. Thanks!

  9. I have a friend w eczema on her back and I’m hopeful this will help. It’s very dry and cold in Denver at winter, and she always suffers. Thanks so much for working on this!

  12. My daughter has had awful problems with her eczema and we can’t find anything that helps. Excited for the chance to try this – thank you!

  13. Sounds great, I’m always interested in herbal remedies and natural products. Glad you found Charlie’s Soap! Do you like it?

  17. My son has AWFUL eczema and is not really “caused” by anything other than cold weather and trees/pollen allergies. We haven’t really found anything that works on it, so I really want to try this!

  19. I would love to try this on my grandson. This cold dry winter weather sure is leaving it’s mark on all of our skin.

  22. Oh my. I HAVE to try this. My 8 yr old has suffered with eczema on her buttocks and upper legs since she was a babe. We have found things that “help” but nothing that clears it up.

  26. i have 3 boys who get the dreaded itchy patches. this is a great giveaway and promotion. thanks!

  28. My son has eczema on his lil booty and feet. I would love to try something besides a prescription creme. Glad it works for Job:). Luckily Luke didn’t have it when he was tiny. That must be hard:(

  31. How timely! Our little Wren has a wicked case of chapped skin around her mouth (we thought from biting her lips) and now seems to be getting some rashy patches on her face. Along with exploring some dietary questions and working on the “inside job” this would be a lovely little gifty to win. Thanks for the opportunity!

  32. That is so generous! I would be interested to see if this would work on allergy rashes I get. Glad your little dude gets some comfort from this balm!

  34. Sounds like a miracle. My youngest daughter is such a trooper about her eczema. I would love to try it!

  36. I have two children with terrible eczema! Would love a sample! We’ve tried so many things!

    Thank you!

  37. Oh Ginny, a couple weeks after reading about Job our youngest broke out with eczema…just like his brother! He is now 8 months old and I have been taking things out if my diet to figure it out as well. I thought I had it narrowed down and this morning another small flare up started. We are currently using Honest healing balm and it us working alright. I would love to find something else a bit more robust though. Here’s hoping we figure it out!

  40. My daughter suffers from eczema and since she’s also on the autism spectrum it’s particularly horrific for her. She can’t seem to distract herself enough to not be very bothered by the sensations. We try to keep her skin moisturized and avoid triggers, but invariably she’ll have a flair-up.

    A product like this sounds marvelous!

  41. My youngest suffers from terrible eczema on her cheeks, I might have to try this for her. Especially with all this really cold weather.

  44. My 5 year old daughter has had TERRIBLE eczema this winter. We’d live to try this product out on her!

  47. My youngest is allergic to dairy and when he is able to get some from his brother, more often than not, its showing up in an itchy rash. Lusa has amazing products and I would love to try this! Thank you!

  50. My little guy seems to have the same issues as Job, great skin one day, horrid the next. I would love to try out Da Balm to see if it eases those horrid days for my babe.