La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Levres Baume Barriere Reparateur (Barrier Repairing Balm) : Review

I picked up my first ever product from La Roche-Posay. It is the La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Levres Baume Barriere Reparateur (Barrier Repairing Balm). Read on to find my views on this product.

What the brand claims is this repairing barrier balm soothes, protects and rebuilds the epidermis on chapped, cracked and irritated lips and zones, thanks to its formula concentrated up to 5% of soothing and repairing Panthenol, and enriched with MP-Lipids, pro-hydration active ingredient, in a breakthrough highly filmogenic formula, ultra-comfortable and protective.

Price: £6 for 7.5 ml tube.

I picked this tube up mainly because of the small size. Usually the lip balms which come in tube packaging come in a 15 ml packaging(not including chapstick form of balms which come in 4 to 5gm packaging). This one was 7.5 ml so half the size. I found it perfect for trying this product out. In case if I ended up not liking the product, at least the wastage will be half too.

Having said that, I did test it out for its main purpose i.e. moisturizing and repairing the lips. I found it to be effective as a lip balm which does some repairing too. The ingredients of this balm are also interesting. 

The other thing I liked about this balm was the fact that it has NO PARABENS. For me this is one major factor in deciding if I want to use a product or not. 

The packaging of this balm is quite the standard lip balm packaging with a slanted tip for better application and less wastage of the product. Small size makes it convenient for travelling too.

My lips were not in a very bad shape when I was trying this product so I found the product to be good for a lip balm. However there are two issues that bothered me about the product. First was lack of SPF which I feel is necessary for lip protection. Second was the staying power which was not that great but then again the brand does not claim that it lasts very long so I guess they are not misleading us in any way.

I would not immediately repurchase this product. But having said that I do believe that this balm is one of the good lip balms out there and affordable too!

Have you ever used the La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Levres Baume Barriere Reparateur. Be sure to drop in a comment in the comments section below.