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Rescue Balm

Rescue Balm

INTENSIVE REPAIR + HYDRATION

"I’m an A&E doctor and am really suffering with psoriasis on my hands as well as elsewhere - this balm has made more difference in a couple of weeks than anything else I’ve tried. It’s brilliant! Going to reorder a bigger size immediately and will be recommending it to all my friends and colleagues :)" - Daisy, UK

We know what it's like to struggle with severe skin conditions. We developed our multi award winning Rescue Balm to resolve our own debilitating 18 year battle with eczema that included hospital visits and sepsis battles. It has since gone on to help over 250,000 users worldwide and can help you too.

✔️ Naturally delivers relief from eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis & dry skin conditions
✔️ Clinically proven ingredients to calm, soothe, & cool inflamed skin
✔️ Stops the itch
✔️ Centella Asiatica promotes rapid renewal (by up to 6 times)
✔️ Bisabolol calms irritation and inflammation, stimulating repair
✔️ Provitamin B5, MSM, allantoin + zinc to further calm and support healing
✔️ In a blend of intensely moisturising and reparative unrefined botanical oils including green tea, mango, cacao, hemp, avocado and moringa
✔️ Restores the healthy function of your skin's barrier function

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What it does

✔️ Delivers rapid relief from eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis & dry skin conditions

✔️ Naturally calms, soothes, & cools inflamed skin

✔️ Stops the itch

✔️ Free from steroids, parabens, alcohol, and petrochemicals

✔️ No added fragrance or essential oils

✔️ Promotes the healthy function of your skin barrier

✔️ You’ve heard about it on the BBC!

Our award winning Rescue Balm is what ended our own 18 year battle
with debilitating eczema and has since gone on to help over 100,000
users worldwide.

Rescue Balm offers the highest level of hydration possible, sealing
in moisture while also cooling the skin on contact and soothing the
itch.

Unlike other Balms, we go beyond just blending oils and fill our Balm
with clinically proven active ingredients that promote repair and
healthy renewal to restore your skin's barrier. Our waterless Rescue Balm contains ingredients normally only found in luxury face creams.

Key Claims

98% of people agree that Rescue Balm has improved the condition and appearance of their skin

98% of people agree that Rescue Balm relieves itchiness associated with their skin condition

97% of people agree that Rescue Balm does NOT sting on application

96% of people agree that Rescue Balm has replaced the need for prescription moisturisers and topical steroids

100% of people would recommend Rescue Balm to others

(from a survey of 500 users after 90 days use)

How you use it

Suitable for all skin types, ages and areas. Use little and often on clean skin-we find it goes three times as far as your average store bought cream.

It is very important that you use the Balm regularly in order to achieve desired results. Initially, you may need to apply multiple times a day. As your skin repairs itself, your need to apply will naturally lessen.

As this Balm is nearly entirely comprised of natural, unrefined botanical butters and oils, variations in colour, texture and scent are a normal feature of the unrefined and unbleached oils we use.

Your Balm must be kept cool and away from sunlight and heat sources or it will melt. If allowed to melt, some separation may occur and this can lead to a grainy texture. This in no way harms the product or its efficacy. It can be used as is or you can gently heat it in a water bath until the oils are fully melted, stir and move to a refrigerator to reset.

Who needs this

Anyone needing the maximum amount of moisture to calm, soothe and restore the skin's barrier function.

Ingredients

INCI:- butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, cannabis sativa (hemp) seed oil, mangifera indica (mango) seed butter, theobroma cacoa (cocoa) seed butter, persea grattisima (avocado) seed oil, glycerine, centella asiatica (gotu kola) leaf extract, camellia sinensis (green tea) seed oil, moringa oleifera (moringa) seed oil, citrullus lanatus (watermelon) seed oil, chamomilla recutita flower extract (blue chamomile), methylsulfonylmethane (MSM), zinc oxide, allantoin, panthenol, bisabolol, tocopheryl (Vitamin E), triticum vulgare (gluten free) germ oil, **sodium benzoate, **potassium sorbate, xanthan gum, vanilla planifola seed

**COSMOS and ECOCERT certified preservative

What is the difference between Rescue Balm and Rescue Cream?

Our Rescue Balm is comprised almost entirely of botanical oils and butters whereas our Rescue Cream is a traditional water based moisturiser. While they share similar ingredients and the same level of actives, they are two very different products with the Balm offering a significantly higher level of hydration and protection.

For moderate to severe cases, we always recommend starting with the Balm with the option to transition to the Cream to maintain your result. Less severe cases can go straight to the Cream if its their preferred texture.

As always, we suggest those with sensitive skin start with a trial size and perform a patch test before commiting to a full size purchase, even when transitioning from the Balm to the Cream

How its made

All products are researched, developed and hand crafted in our studio in The Cotswolds, Engand using naturally derived ingredients from sustainable sources.  Shopping with us supports fair trade and woman owned coops worldwide.

All products are natural, vegan + cruelty free.

Shipping

UK: £3.99 for tracked delivery in 1 -3 business days. Orders over £50 ship free. VAT is included in prices.

EU: From £4.99 for delivery using your local carrier with delivery time frames of 4 -10 days on average. Orders over £120 ship free with Standard Delivery. VAT is included in prices for orders under €150. Additional duties may be applicable depending on your country's regulations.

Norway: From £8.75 for delivery using your local carrier with delivery time frames of 4 -10 days on average. Orders over £120 ship free with Standard Delivery. VAT is included in prices.

Europe: From £5.50 for delivery using your local carrier with delivery time frames of 4 -10 days on average. Orders over £120 ship free with Standard Delivery. Taxes and fees may be due on receipt and are solely the responsibility of the purchaser.

USA: From £15.00 for delivery using your local carrier with delivery time frames of 4 -10 days on average. Orders over £120 ship free with Standard Delivery. No additional taxes or duties charged.

Canada: From £15 for delivery using your local carrier with delivery time frames of 4 -10 days on average. Orders over £120 ship free with Standard Delivery. Orders under CAD$20 are tax free. For all others, GST of 5% and provincial taxes may be collected.

Australia: £40 for delivery using DHL Express with delivery time frames of 3 -7 days on average. Orders over £120 ship free with Standard Delivery. Due to issues with excessive delivery times, we are no longer able to offer an option using your local carrier. No GST is generally charged for orders under AUS$1000.

New Zealand: From £40 for delivery using DHL Express with delivery time frames of 3 -10 days on average. Orders over £120 ship free with Standard Delivery. Due to issues with excessive delivery times, we are no longer able to offer an option using your local carrier. No GST is generally charged for orders under NZ$1000.

Hong Kong: From £4.85  for delivery using your local carrier with delivery time frames of 4 -14 days on average. Orders over £120 ship free with Standard Delivery. No additional duties or taxes are charged on receipt.

Everywhere else: From £4.85 + for delivery with UPS or local carrier. Orders over £120 ship free with Standard Delivery. Taxes and fees may be due on receipt and are solely the responsibility of the purchaser.

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We know what its like to struggle with severe skin conditions.

Thunderbird Skin was founded by a mother and daughter team and born of a need to resolve our own debilitating 18 year battle with eczema that included hospital visits and sepsis battles.

This led to the creation of our Rescue Balm and has grown to a 2500 square foot studio and an award winning line of products that are sold in over 24 countries.

We scour the globe for the highest quality botanical ingredients from sustainable sources supporting female led grower's cooperatives worldwide.

Inspired by nature's ability to heal, we ensure every ingredient within our formulations has a specific purpose and is backed by science. The result? Highly active, concentrated and efficient products that can actually deliver the results promised.

Why do our products succeed in calming chronic skin conditions when so many others fail?

Simply put, we use better ingredients.

Our formulations are a base of renewal promoting botanicals to which we add clinically proven naturally derived active ingredients.

In the simplest terms, we don’t guesstimate how much vitamin was in a plant when the oils were extracted. Because we used actives, we know what’s there ensuring your skin gets what it really needs.

Customer Reviews

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Alex Carroll (Cardiff, GB)
Age: 25 to 39 years old
Skin Type: Sensitive, easily irritated, Skin conditions (eczema, psoriasis, rosacea etc)
Skin Tone: Pale
The holy grail

I have suffered with psoriasis for the last few years, and was highly embarrassed about it. I spent summer upon summer hiding my skin, and spent countless amounts of money on trying various brands and products in the hope it would lessen the appearance of it. I have never found anything to be remotely as effective as the rescue balm, to the extent that it had all but disappeared within the first few days of use. I have now been using it for a few months, and can say with all confidence that I wouldn’t be without it, I feel like a new woman!

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Julie Smith (Croydon, GB)
Age: Above 60 years old
Skin Type: Mature
Skin Tone: Medium
Intensely moisturising. Feels nourishing to skin

Read all the wonderful reviews and felt I had to try this even though I don’t have any particular problems with dry skin. Intensely moisturising and have been using it on both hands and face this Winter. A little goes a long way. It is very greasy so can leave you looking very shiny if you use too much. As mentioned in the description it can go gritty after a while but this is easily solved by sitting the tin in warm water for a few seconds. I like it a lot as it feels very nourishing. Will buy again.

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VictoriaLivesHere (Croydon, GB)
Age: 25 to 39 years old
Skin Type: Skin conditions (eczema, psoriasis, rosacea etc)
Skin Tone: Pale
It made my hands worse

I’ve had eczema/hypohydrosis on the backs of both hands and the palm of one for about 2 years but in the past year it’s got quite bad and I have a prescription steroid and an ointment. I find these products have helped when I’m desperate but it always comes back. So I hoped thunderbird rescue balm would treat it for good but after one application I had extremely itchy hands with red raised patches everywhere. I stopped using it straight away. I am glad I didn’t fall for the ads and buy the bigger size.

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Lyndsey Hudson (Faversham, GB)
Age: 40 to 60 years old
Skin Type: Acne prone, Mature
Skin Tone: Medium

So incredibly happy with this product! Have suffered from red, spotty skin for the last 6 years. I have been using the wild repair balm since October 2024 and my acne has completly gone. Still have some redness but even that had toned down so I no longer have to wear foundation every day to cover up😊

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Lydia (Willow Springs, US)
Age: 40 to 60 years old
Skin Type: Skin conditions (eczema, psoriasis, rosacea etc)
Skin Tone: Medium

I'm loving how it soothes the skin on my arms & face. I have psoriasis & it definitely calms down the flare ups. I can tell when I skip it because I feel it! Thank you so much

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Katie Meakin (Watford, GB)
Age: 40 to 60 years old
Skin Type: Skin conditions (eczema, psoriasis, rosacea etc), Dry, Mature
Skin Tone: Medium
Miracle balm

Obsessed with this balm