Topicals

Like Butter.

About this product

A multi-use moisturiser balm formulated with squalane, shea butter, ceramides, and botanical extracts including green tea, turmeric, and ginseng, designed to hydrate and soothe dry and sensitive skin.

Best for

Dry skin Sensitive skin

Type

Balm & ointment

Key actives

NiacinamideAHA

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeContains drying alcohol

Full ingredients

Water/Aqua/Eau, Glycerin, Propanediol, Sorbitan Oleate Decylglucoside Crosspolymer, Niacinamide, Alcohol, Panthenol, Centella Asiatica Extract, Allantoin, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Rheum Palmatum Root Extract, Glycyrrhiza Uralensis (Licorice) Root Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Urea, Smilax Aristolochiifolia Root Extract, Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract, Astragalus Membranaceus Root Extract, Cordyceps Militaris Mycelium Extract, Melissa Officinalis Leaf Extract, Foeniculum Vulgare (Fennel) Extract, Humulus Lupulus (Hops) Extract, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract, Angelica Polymorpha Sinensis Root Extract, Capsicum Annuum Fruit Powder, Lactic Acid, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract, Achillea Millefolium Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Viscum Album (Mistletoe) Leaf Extract, Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract, Azelamidopropyl Dimethyl Amine, Sodium Phytate, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Fruit Extract, Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Leaf Extract, Salvia Sclarea (Clary) Extract, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Fruit Extract, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Extract, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract

Guru Score

84%

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What the gurus are saying

This balm earns consistent praise for its rich hydration and versatility across multiple applications: moisturiser, sleeping mask, or rinse-off mask. Gurus highlight the well-researched ingredient mix (colloidal oatmeal, ceramides, and Centella asiatica) as particularly effective for eczema and severely dry skin, with one noting that a little goes a long way and it shines best in nighttime routines. The main trade-off is the price point, though one reviewer noted the formula was better before the addition of fragrance.

Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take September 2025

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No BS Beauty

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"Topicals Like Butter is great."

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"Topicals Like Butter is pretty versatile, it's meant to be a moisturizer but you can use it as a sleeping mask or rinse off mask or moisturizer. It's really got some good ingredients in here and it's pretty affordable. It's sold at Sephora. It's got H squalane, shea butter, green tea, turmeric, ceramides, and then several amino acids that are nicely hydrating. I typically use this one either as a sleeping mask or as a rinse off mask. As a sleeping mask or anything like that it's really nice, so it's worth checking out."

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"Topicals Like Butter is a really nice multi-functional product you can use as a mask, a moisturizer, a sleeping cream, last step product. Very nice hydrating, calming, very nice on skin."

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"It's got green tea, metal case aside, turmeric, rhubarb, ginseng. I use it in a variety of different ways so some nights I'll use it as a leave-on mask at the end of my routine I'll apply this and rinse it off the next morning. Sometimes I will apply it like a moisturizer when my skin's feeling dry or super sensitive. And sometimes I apply it like a traditional mask and then rinse it off in the shower after it sits on my skin for 20 or 30 minutes. Or sometimes you can just use it as a mask and then blot it off. This stuff is really lovely. It does get very hydrating so I don't necessarily find it's great during the daytime per se, but in the nighttime it has so many great benefits for your skin and it's really lovely. And a little bit of it goes a very very long way."

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"Topicals Like Butter is great."

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"I really like Topicals Like Butter. They're faded until they changed the formula and added fragrance to it. I really loved it before then but I didn't love it otherwise. If they hadn't changed it, probably would still be on this list. But that being said, Topicals Like Butter is wonderful. You can use it as a moisturizer, a rinse off mask, or a sleeping mask. It's got green tea, metal casside, turmeric, rhubarb, ginseng. It's amazing. It's pretty affordable and I love the fact that it's got multiple uses, so it makes it a winner instantly because I like things that you can use for different purposes or different ways."

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"Topicals Like Butter which is $34 for 1.7 ounces it contains squalane shea butter ceramides and fatty acids"

Hyram

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"It's an amazing rich moisturizer that helps to treat eczema and severely dry skin using a combination of really well-researched ingredients for eczema like colloidal oatmeal and ceramides, but it also has great natural extracts like ginseng extract, green tea, sea butter, and Centella asiatica, one of the best ingredients for reducing redness and helping to heal the skin. The formula and experience of this product are really, really impressive. The only downside is that it is on the pricier side."

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Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 84%.

What is Topicals Like Butter's Guru Score?

Topicals Like Butter holds a Guru Score of 84%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 independent expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.