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Blue Butterfly Balm

Blue Butterfly Balm

Soothing skin balm for all skin types

4.9
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
210 Reviews
Regular price $88.00 USD
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Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, Acne-Prone, Sensitive, and Oily

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Experience instant relief and a radiant glow with Blue Butterfly Balm, a deeply nourishing treatment that transforms dry, rough, and irritated skin into soft, comforted skin.

Formulated with rare Blue Butterfly Flower extract, known for its powerful soothing and anti-inflammatory properties, this luxurious balm calms redness and irritation on contact. Kalahari Melon oil, packed with omega-6 fatty acids and vitamin E, provides intense hydration while creating a protective barrier against environmental stressors. The rich, buttery texture melts into skin, delivering immediate comfort and a healthy, dewy glow. Use Blue Butterfly Balm on your face, lips, cuticles, or anywhere skin needs extra TLC.

Skin Concerns: Dryness, Irritation, Redness, Rough Texture

Ideal for dry, sensitive, or compromised skin. Perfect as an overnight treatment or daytime protective balm.

Benefits

• Reduces visible redness and irritations
• Protects the skin lipid barrier from extreme or dry weather
• Seals in moisture
• Offers 12-24 hours of hydration and protection
• Calms and soothes the skin
• Clean Formula: 98% natural
• Prevents windburn
• Suitable for sunburn and after-sun care
• Smooths away dehydration lines
• Relieves surface dehydration and crepey skin
• Ideal for hands, neck, chest, elbows, or any dry patches

How to use

AM/PM, warm and melt the balm between your fingertips and massage well onto your face, neck, and décolleté. Reapply as needed for added hydration and protection. Store the product out of direct sunlight, and keep in a cool dry place.
Should the product soften, refrigerate until solid – efficacy will not be affected.

Ingredients

Caprylyl Caprylate/Caprate (from Coconut), Macadamia (Macadamia Integrifolia) Seed Oil, Polyglycerol-3 Beeswax, Linmanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Caprylic Capric Triglycerides, Polyglyceryl-6 Distearate, Pentylene Glycol (from Sugar Cane), Clitora Ternatea (Butterfly Pea) Flower Extract, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Butter, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Glyceryl Stearate (From coconut), Cetyl Alcohol (From Coconut), Theobroma Grandifolium (Cupuacu) Seed Butter, Linum Usitatissimum (Flax) Seed Oil, Rosa Canina (Rosehips) Fruit Oil, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Starch, Jojoba Esters, Boswellia Carterii (Frankincense) Oil, Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Oil, Adansonia Digitata (Baobab) Oil, Citrus Lanatus (Kalahari Melon) Seed Oil, Sclerocaya Birrea (Marula) Seed Oil, Pelargonium Graveolens (Geranium) Oil, Lavandula Angustifoilia (Lavender) Oil, Tanacetum Annuum (Blue Tansy) Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Tocopherol Acetate (Vitamin E)

Why Our Face Balm for Skin Barrier Repair?

A face balm has one job when skin barrier repair is the goal: seal moisture in and keep irritants out, without adding anything that makes the problem worse. Blue Butterfly Balm is a barrier repair cream built from a genuinely long list of plant oils and butters, and it holds a 4.9 star average across 210 reviews. It's rated for 12 to 24 hours of hydration and protection in a single application, and unlike most barrier balms, it's formulated to work across six different skin types, not just one.

A Barrier Repair Cream Built From Plant Oils, Not Petroleum Jelly

A lot of barrier repair products lean on petroleum jelly or mineral oil to seal skin, which works, but it sits on top of skin as an inert film rather than feeding it anything. Blue Butterfly Balm takes a different approach. Its base is a blend of macadamia, meadowfoam, flax seed, rosehip, evening primrose, baobab, and marula oils, layered with shea, mango, and cupuacu butters, all naturally rich in the fatty acids skin's own barrier is built from. That combination is what lets this face balm seal in moisture while also replenishing the lipids a damaged barrier is actually missing, in a formula that's 98% natural.

Calms Redness and Irritation on Sensitive and Mature Skin

Skin that's already irritated, whether from weather, over exfoliation, or just being reactive by nature, needs calming before it needs anything else. Blue Butterfly Balm is formulated to reduce visible redness and irritation and calm and soothe skin on contact, which makes it a fit for sensitive skin that reacts to most things, and for mature skin, where the barrier naturally thins and moisture loss speeds up with age. Rosemary leaf extract and butterfly pea flower extract add antioxidant support on top of the soothing effect from the oil and butter blend itself.

Rich Enough for Dry Skin, Balanced Enough for Oily and Acne Prone Skin

A balm this rich sounds like it should be reserved for dry skin alone, but Blue Butterfly Balm is formulated for normal, dry, combination, acne prone, sensitive, and oily skin. The fatty acids in a well formulated oil and butter blend don't behave like the heavy, pore clogging ingredients oily and acne prone skin are usually told to avoid. Combination skin gets the benefit of both: enough richness for the dry patches, without overwhelming the parts of the face that already produce plenty of oil on their own.

Real Ingredients Instead of Empty Beauty Balm Claims

Plenty of beauty balms lean on a nice sounding name and a short ingredient list of filler. This one doesn't. Jojoba, vitamin E, and rosehip fruit oil sit alongside butterfly pea flower extract, and the only scent in the formula comes from geranium, lavender, blue tansy, and frankincense oils rather than a synthetic fragrance blend. It's a skincare product built to be read on the ingredient label, not just the front of the jar, and free of the harsh chemicals and harmful ingredients that show up in a lot of barrier balms marketed the same way.

How Skin Barrier Repair Actually Works

Skin's outermost layer is what keeps moisture in and everything else, irritants, weather, pollution, out. When that layer is compromised, through dryness, over cleansing, or exposure to cold or wind, moisture loss speeds up and skin responds with redness, tightness, and sometimes itchiness. An emollient rich in fatty acids works by filling in the gaps in that layer the way skin's own lipids normally would, which is why Blue Butterfly Balm is positioned to protect against extreme or dry weather and prevent windburn, not just moisturize on the surface.

How to Add This Face Balm to Your Skincare Routine

Warm a small amount of balm between your fingertips until it melts, then massage it onto cleansed skin across your face, neck, and décolleté, morning and night. If your skin needs extra hydration underneath, a hyaluronic acid serum applied first gives the balm something to seal in. In the morning, follow with sunscreen, and layer makeup on top once the balm has absorbed. It's rich enough to double as an after sun treatment or a rescue step after wind or cold exposure, and gentle enough to become a permanent part of the routine.

  • Blue Butterfly Pea Flower

    A natural antioxidant with powerful anti-inflammatory botanicals

  • Kalahari Melon

    Cleanses skin naturally and assists with skin repair

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4.9
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
Based on 210 reviews
97%would recommend this product
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    Ericka
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 year ago
    The best balm I have ever used for my sensitive skin!

    I have gone through 2 of these already! I just finished the 2nd and I’m about to buy my 3rd. I have sensitive red skin and this is the only balm/lotion that nourishes and hydrates my skin. It’s not greasy, but leaves your skin looking like glass. I’ve had several people ask what I used to make my skin look like that. It’s amazing for Californian summers and winters. The smell is also incredible. I use every last bit of it because I love it so much.

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    SONYA DAKAR
    1 year ago

    Hi Ericka,

    Thank you for the wonderful review! We read and appreciate all comments sent by our customers. We're absolutely thrilled to hear that you've already gone through two Blue Butterfly Balms and are about to purchase your third - what an incredible testament to how perfect it is for your sensitive skin! It's fantastic that you've found the one balm that truly nourishes and hydrates without any greasiness, giving you that coveted glass skin effect that has people asking about your secret. We're so happy that it's working beautifully for you year-round through both California summers and winters, and that you're enjoying the incredible scent as an added bonus. The fact that you use every last bit because you love it so much truly warms our hearts! Thank you for being such a loyal Sonya Dakar customer and for sharing your amazing experience with us.

    Best,
    The Sonya Dakar Team

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    Donna W.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    2 years ago
    Winter miracle

    I always have to have this in a winter towel is the only thing that saves my skin and thank you so much, Sonya

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    Chloe Z.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    2 years ago
    This product is heavenly!

    This is my holy grail!! I use the butterfly balm everyday, it’s naturally absorbing and gives you that effortless glow. It also is great to use as perfume- the smell is heavenly. By far my favorite product!!

  • AK
    Alina K.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    2 years ago
    Absolute Magic

    I was really hesitant to purchase something so expensive because I have spent hundreds of dollars on various products. I suffer from really dry flaky skin and my makeup never seems to go on very smooth, but since I started using this it has been smooth sailing. If you're out in the sun all day you can throw it in layer of this on your skin and it soothes it and sometimes I just throw it on and it gives my skin a nice glow and I don't even have to wear makeup. I'm pretty much sold for life. Picture is with no filters and only tinted moisturizer on.

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    Alina K.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    3 years ago
    Amazing for my skin!

    I saw this in someone's video and her skin looked really dewy and not greasy like some other products tend to do. And as someone who has very sensitive skin I was hesitant to spend so much on yet another product, but I'm really glad I did.

    I honestly threw away all my products and invested in the entire line.

    They work well in combination with each other which I find some other brands just add layers of the same ingredients that don't really do much.

    But I started with this and the flash facial and the results with one week have been amazing. I work this into my skin in the morning and at night as a protective barrier and it feels really soft.

    I have tried so many moisturizers, I drink gallons of water, take collagen, this kind of sliced that all in half. I really have been trying to downsize all my beauty products and I still have a few I can't part with but this is now a staple, and I hope they never change the formula because it suits my dry flaky skin to damn near perfection.