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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

  1. I love that company! I’ve filled my cart a few times lately but haven’t followed through on purchasing. Soap, booty balm, wipes juice, lotion bar, lip stuff — it’s all good in my opinion! A balm for excema is just what we need this time of year.

  2. I would love to try this product with my children. Thank you for sharing about it! It sounds like a wonderful company, as well!

  4. Would love to try this on my daughter…as well as some of the other products! Thanks for chance to win!

  6. What a great giveaway! Thanks! My son and I both suffer from eczema, but my son’s is much more severe. We’ve tried lots of products over the years and never found one that worked really well. Winter is horrible and my son’s hands are really bad right now with painful eczema patches. Would love to try this product out, whether I win or not. Thanks for the recommendation. 🙂

  8. He had tried so many thing inthe past without succes for my son . So we would love to try this new balm. Thanks.

  9. What a beautiful story. Our littles suffer from rashes from time to time on their fair skin. I will bookmark this page for future purchases!

  10. Da Balm sounds like a perfect thing to help with summer skin irritations as well as eczema. And such a pure and chemical free product.

  16. Oh, we would LOVE to win this! With two gymnasts and one basketball player, they all struggle with eczema throughout their winter seasons. Thanks for the chance to win a tin 😉

  19. Any eczema helper is good but for it to be all natural is an added bonus. Thanks for sharing Job’s story.

  21. What a great business…and a needful product. I think the best thing about it is the purity of the ingredients coupled with the personal touch and care of Rachel.

  24. Ginny, I’m so glad to hear that you’ve found something that at least helps soothes little Job, as you work to figure out causes. I hope that you need Da Balm less and less very soon.

  25. This is so helpful – I’ve bookmarked the website to share with my daughter who has quads, one of whom has eczema flares she can’t seem to resolve! Thanks so much!

  27. I love your blog and would love to try this balm. Glad you found something that helps so much.

  29. We’re working on the root cause of my little one’s eczema too…an exercise in commitment and patience, and much gentleness:) Would love to have a little soothing balm while we sort through it all…thanks for the opportunity.

  30. This would be so useful in our hem with two children that have eczema. Thanks for the chance to win!

  31. Just visited the dermatologist for my daughter’s eczema. Would love to find something less, well, medicinal than a prescription.

  35. Oh my gosh, dying to try this!! Our worst baby ezcema comes with winter teething, and my son with sensitive skin still flares up from time to time, especially this time of year. I have my fingers crossed!

  37. Would love to try this it sounds great for my skin as well as my children.

    Have a great weekend!

    Thanks,
    Val:)

  42. My little grandson has dealt with eczema almost since birth. I would love to try some of this on his little red cheeks.

  43. This balm sounds amazing and I would love to give it a try. Thank you for the chance to win! And for the discount code. 🙂

  44. I have been using the Cheek and Chin Balm on my daughter. This seems to work well, but I would love to try Da Balm too.

  45. Thanks for the give away. I am always looking for something to help my very itchy skin.

  47. I would be grateful for yet another go at helping my son’s troubled skin.
    Prayers send comfort in our understanding and acceptance of ichthyosis and accompanying
    eczema but DaBalm might be another answer to our prayers. : )

  48. Ginny, I am new to your blog and I already feel like I’m home. 🙂 I was raised Catholic and have felt that tug on my heart to return to the Church. Thank you for the information about the eczema balm. Two of my children had eczema and my grandson does too. I will definitely tell my daughter about this.

  49. Preparing to welcome baby #8 in about 4 weeks and would love to try this new balm. Thank you so much for the opportunity.