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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!

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Comments

  3. Would be great to try on my daughter’s wrists! She gets terrible looking skin in the winter.

  4. My boys’ cheeks get so ruddy after being out in the cold. Calendula cream from Weleda helps a lot but I would love to try this, too. Thank you for the introduction and the giveaway!

  6. I’d love to have my husband try this; he developed eczema last year and I don’t want him to keep using the drug-store lotions which are probably loaded with chemicals.

  7. My three year old just presented with eczema for the first time a few weeks ago…just when I thought we were in the clear w/ this little one 🙁 Would love it!

  8. I have a balm I like, but I always love to try something new. I’d love to be a winner of this giveaway!

    thank you,

    Isabel

  10. I would love to win a tin of Da Balm!! (and throw a few more things in a cart, too 😉 I am so glad that it’s helping sweet Job!

  20. Oh we loved using Lusa’s Booty Balm when we still had little ones in cloth diapers. I would love to try this out on my 5 year-old’s eczema.

  21. I would love to try this! And now I am going over to the shop to see what I want to order. 🙂

  22. My daughter has had a rash on her face that comes and goes at will. I would love to give her something soothing and natural as this. Thanks for the opportunity.

  24. Both of my little ones are covered with eczema,it is so bad we havent taken pictures for 2 months because they have such terrible red cracked cheecks.I would love to try this!!!Thanks for the chance try to win!!!

  26. I’d love to try this out! My friend’s 5-year-old daughter has horrible eczema. I plan on showing her the LuSa post on healing eczema from the inside out.

  27. Please enter me in the giveaway – my son struggles with eczema and I have rosacea. We lived in a very sunny, humid environment for 4 years which cleared up my rosacea for the most part – now two very dry, cold winters and a lot of stress have me flaring up again. I’d love to try this balm and see if it would also soothe my rosacea in addition to my boy’s eczema flares.

    Thank you for the opportunity!

  30. I’ve tried many creams/lotions (coconut oil, homemade tallow, oatmeal) for my baby, as well as dietary changes, and nothing seems to be consistently helping. We’d love to try Da Balm! (and I love the name!!)

  34. This stuff sounds amazing! Not only would it help my little man, but my husband suffers as well. This would be great! Thank you so much for the opportunity to win this!

  35. I got the email about this new product and it sounds great! I’m so happy it is helping Job’s skin!

  36. It amazes me how plants can be both the bane of my existence, AND my saving grace. I’m terribly allergic to grass and touching it makes my skin break out like no other. I always try to shower as soon as I can after running around on it, and then use plant-based moisturizer to help my skin recover. Da Balm sounds like… well, da bomb!

  37. When I put in the code it said it wasn’t effective without spending at least $35, is this an error or the catch?

    • The code is supposed to be typed in the comments field, not the coupon field. For some reason an old expired free shipping code comes up with an error if the code is typed into the coupon field. So put it in the comments field and you’re set! Sorry for any confusion. ~ Rachel at LuSa

  39. I am always so itchy and would love something to help. I know my triggers, but they are things that are hard to avoid and I often need something extra to help. Thanks for the opportunity to try something new out.

  41. We have not been able to find anything to control my oldest’s winter eczema. I would love to try da balm 🙂

  42. I would really like to try this da balm! My godson has excema and we have a touch of it in my family.
    I will have to get some on my own in prep for our summer insect bites!

  46. Hahahah the name Da Balm! Is hilarious! So glad it worked on Job’s cute little face. And lucky Rachel is still continuing to make it!

    My skin feels horribly dry right now and lotion doesn’t seem to be helping. So hopefully I win! 🙂

  48. Fantastic – what a God send! This truly comes at the most needed time. I was shocked to learn that Eczema is not simply a skin condition but rather an internal one. I’m thrilled that with a little commitment, and Rachel’s guidance, I can hopefully find a way free of this symptom. Good luck to you and yours also!