My Favorite Mega-Moisturizer Has Finally Met Some Competition
I’ve mentioned my beloved Eucerin Healing Creme so many times, but it really is a great, no-nonsense product. The only downsides are that it only comes in an ENORMOUS tub that will take you approximately 100 years to get through, and it has the consistency of diaper rash cream. I recommend Eucerin Healing Creme all the time, but I always include those two caveats (I highly recommend decanting into a smaller, more manageable container. My mom’s supply of Healing Creme is just a little jar I refill for her from my stash). It’s not glamorous and it’s hard to store and it takes some getting used to such a thick creme you’ve only ever associated with products for baby butts. If only there were a product that worked as well, but had better packaging, was a bit silkier, more glamorous. You know, a bit more French.
La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5 Multi-Purpose Cream IS my precious Eucerin Healing Creme, but fancy. It comes in a little tube that’s the perfect size to tuck in your medicine cabinet or throw into your makeup bag. I always prefer a tube to a tub, because then you don’t have to worry about how clean your fingers are or if you’re exposing your product to any number of disgusting things just floating around in the ether. The product itself is much thinner than Eucerin Healing Creme, but not in a way that makes it feel any less super-powered. It’s just much easier to apply. If you like to press your occlusive layer into your skin, both Eucerin and La Roche-Posay will work great. If you prefer to do a little facial massage while you trap in all that precious moisture from whatever products you layered earlier, Cicaplast will work much better than Healing Creme. It has more slip to it, which also makes it a little easier to use less product, if you tend to be heavy handed in your application.
I haven’t lost any love for Eucerin Healing Creme, but I find myself reaching for Cicaplast more and more often. It’s just simpler. Financially, it may seem like a no-brainer to go with Eucerin, but everything has caveats. If you break it down, Eucerin is 85 cents per ounce and La Roche-Posay is about $11 per ounce. However, sometimes convenience is worth the extra cost. Plus, to reiterate, Eucerin Healing Creme comes in one size, an enormous 16oz tub that you will never see the bottom of, and who knows if it will get gross one day from old age and I’ll have to toss it. I swatched each above, and you can clearly see the difference in consistency (Cicaplast is on the left, but you knew that!). I couldn’t choose between my two loves, but I do recognize the strengths and weaknesses of each one. For now, I’m generally reaching for Cicaplast, but there’s nothing like a pseudo diaper rash cream to make you feel like you’re really tackling particularly dry, flaky spots.
