Wild Ferns Manuka Honey Here, There and Everywhere Balm Review

I love a Balm, something for everything, so handy. This one from Wild Ferns really is a step up, packaging is pleasant, nothing remarkable about the product. Its quite a thick product and I use a spatula to get product out (bit of a thing for me is dipping into pots, so have plastic spatulas always handy).

No noticeable fragrance and the packaging is a bit boring, has a screw cap in a plastic pottle, nice but just boring.

I've been using on lumps, scratches, bites & blemishes for the past 4 weeks.......AMAZING! Don't expect magic straightaway, the first application saw slight improvement, reducing anything angry but after second application the next day...sorted! What I'm saying is you need to give it at least 2 applications and 24 hrs for the real magic to work. Really remarkable.

I spotted a few blemishes starting and balm stopped them right in their tracks.

Used on chapped lips and a dream, I also have been applying to my lips every morning to keep hydrated. Especially like to use on lips as I had no drying or got that "shrinking" feeling. Used on nail and cuticle that got injured too, no sting & ideal for any bits and bobs that needs a helping hand in repairing &/or relief.

It must be the 80+ Manuka Pollen. I would happily recommend using all over for any age....ingredients along with the pollen are Clove oil, Calendula, Chamomile, Papaya, Mango and Shea Butters with Grape Seed and Rose-hip...wow, what a impressive ingredient list. The product does not seem overdone, I would kinda think that it would be busy and full on with all those ingredients but its very unoffensive.

For $26 a pretty good buy (also available direct on Wild Ferns website, check out the price there too), the product goes a long way and absorbs really nicely. When warmed up with fingertips dissolves into a soothing oil like cream.

My pottle is stored in a cool dark cupboard and during the super hot and humid summer in Auckland has not melted. Only a very little amount is needed, quite thick but dissolves and absorbs in easy.

Part of me feels that a lush fragrance would be nice but then thats not what this product is designed for, it does its job perfect....I just really like lush smelling products.

I would recommend as a gift, especially for sending overseas....Wild Ferns have a amazing array of products that showcase our natural country. For sure will send a balm to my family in Holland this year and of course for any household.

Recommended to friends and family without a doubt.

This is a lovely natural balm. It works well as a lip balm, as a hand cream, and for moisturising dry skin. I used it on dry cuticles, and liked it as a foot cream. It's quite hard and waxy in the jar, but softened quickly with a bit of body heat.

It worked well on healing grazes (I didn't apply it on broken skin) to keep them soft and seemed to help them heal without the skin cracking.

I loved this product. I used it as a lipbalm. And tried it use it as a healing balm. I got compliments on how soft my.lips where. But it DoD nothing when I put it on top of my pimples in fact it made them a oil worse. My daughter loved using it as well. It smells nice and feels divine when it's gliding on. You get a lot of bang for your buck.. I have been using it everyday since I got it and have barely made a dent in it. It doesn't sting when added to cuts. So it can be used on kids as well. It doesn't leave an oily residues on your fingers either.

I have to say the actual product itself was wonderful, it soaked into my skin and moisturised accordingly and worked as describe, my hands especially were quite soft after application I am happy to say as a person with dry and reactive skin that I had absolutely no reaction at all so bonus for me! I did find I had to wait a little while before putting clothes on otherwise I got the greasy transfer onto the fabric but found it easily fixable with a little extra rubbing time, otherwise it worked well at moisturising all areas of my skins with the exception of my dry heels which remain dry no matter what I put on them. However I think I would be more likely to use this product as a lip balm or as a once a week treatment rather than everyday as its just a lot of rubbing required to get the product onto your hands and then onto your skin again out of the jar. The biggest annoyance for me was the amount of work it took to get it onto my skin. The product is firm inside a jar and requires the heat of your skin to get it soft enough to spread. For use on the body it would probably be easier to use in a stick form that pushes out like a deodorant making it far less work to get onto your skin to begin with, otherwise you are stuck rubbing this stuff for a while and it takes a long time to get it everywhere and absorbed into your skin.

Simple as I LOVE IT! I have very dry elbows and extremely dry feet, and since having my daughter its been even worse. I gave myself a pedicure and rubbed this balm all over my feet and put socks on and left overnight, in the morning they were so moisturized and nice, I now do this every night to help with my cracked heels, especially since wearing jandals daily. I rub a small amount on my elbows in the morning to help with that as well.

thank you to BR for the opportunity to review this NZ product. when i got the invite, i was very intrigued to try this balm that claimed to be 'anywhere everywhere balm'.

i have had a nice long time to try this product. i will confirm that it is moisturising on the lips as a lip balm, can 'heal' minor cuts, and does well on dry spots on the body or face. my ultimate test was to see if this 'anywhere everywhere' balm can help 'heal' my husbands dry cracked heels...I'm afraid to say it fails at this.

so would i buy it again? No, i don't feel it is worth the money...even with the fact that it has 'healing active manuka honey'

did it do what it said it would? yes and no. its good for minor scrapes, sores, and dry spot, but what other moisturiser or cream isn't? and the fact that it wasn't able to make change to my ultimate test on my hubby's cracked heels, it definitely isn't the be all and end all of 'healing' moisturising balms. i would never throw out my other creams and moisturisers to replace it with this one.

would you recommend it to friends? No. for its price, most definitely not.

Packaging is great. The lid screws on very well. I feel like it screws on a extra times than normal screw lids. The balm is quite hard so does not spread well. I find that warming up the product does not help. I tried to apply this to my legs especially around my calves but it did not spread well and it took a long time to cover the area. I tried it on a sore which healed really well. I also this on my finger nails as I have a bit of skin peeling and it words great. The skins healed and stops peeling. This is also great on chapped lips which I highly recommend as you are not applying too much to the area. I do highly recommend this product for small areas.