Allergies don’t just make you sniffy and stuffy, according to the National Library of Medicine, they can make your skin extra irritated. If your skin is feeling tender from constant nose blowing, temperature changes and an uptick of pollen and dander, we found an under $13 healing balm stick that reviewers say keeps “skin irritants at bay,” soothes “red skin from runny noses” and heals ”chapped cheeks and lips” — all from a convenient, mess-free tube.
The magic of the healing is none of your beeswax. Just kidding, it’s literally beeswax.
Started as a diaper rash brand in 1976, the South Carolina-Based Flanders Skin Care is allllll about healing sensitive areas. As in their diaper cream, the healing balm stick features beeswax, a government-studied natural ingredient shown to help support the skin barrier, hydrate and soften skin and treat a variety of skin conditions, including psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. In addition to protecting and hydrating the skin, beeswax has been studied to have antimicrobial/antibiotic qualities, making it a great option for healing wounds, burns and cuts.
Coming in a mess-free, twist-up tube that can be applied all over in “5 seconds or less,” it’s no wonder the balm has become an allergy-season must-have. While the brand encourages you not to apply it to your eyes, inside your mouth, into wounds or on severely damaged skin, it’s a convenient, fast-acting option for red, itchy, rashy, irriated skin, soothing even “a very sore nose” (you can see, the review contains photos), from “a ton of mucus” from a recent cold and sore throat. “Didn’t expect it to be this amazing, never knew it existed and now forever in my stash of go tos,” they wrote. ”...I looked up what to get to heal it up and this was 1 suggestion. Got it and used it the night I got it...wow thats impressive!”
