Could it be that I found Diop for the famous B5 of La Roche-Posay? Both cheaper and cruelty-free!🤯

For those of you who are not yet familiar with La Roche-Posay's Cikaplast Baum B5 - it is one of La Roche-Posay's most popular products and in recent months it has really exploded on Tiktok.

It is a cream designed for skin restoration, for conditions of a broken skin barrier (ie irritated, red, or burning skin) or for extreme dryness. In short - a rescue cream.

I've only heard good things about it but haven't tried it myself because the brand is not cruelty-free, but because of all the hype I knew I had to find a replacement for it (or at least, something like that 🙂).

I will start with the special ingredients that are common to both:

1. Zinc - both have a type of zinc which is a ingredient that can soothe irritations and also treat acne (in each of them it comes in a slightly different form but that is the common denominator). Zinc is also a mineral protective filter, therefore the creams leave a little white and somewhat resemble mineral sunscreen in texture and appearance. Of course, this does not mean that they can be used as sunscreen, because they have not been specifically tested for that.

2. Panthenol (pro-vitamin B5) - a soothing and restorative ingredient, helps to maintain a healthy skin barrier.

3. Glycerin - moisturizing ingredient.

4. Copper- helps to calm and restore the skin and renew the cells.

5. Both fragrance-free/essential oils/alcohol.

What is in La Roche-Posay and no Biorage:

1. Centella asiatica, which is actually sica, which is strange when it comes to a product called "sica cream". It may be that the ingredient is called by a different name that I don't know.

2. Shea butter - emollient, contains antioxidants.

Juraj says that their product also contains 2 patents - Poly-2P and GF-Repair that have been proven to restore the skin barrier and soothe irritations, but they don't elaborate on that in particular. The Yurage cream also contains hyaluronic acid which can attract moisture to the skin.

In terms of texture, it is very pasty and heavy, leaves a little white, really feels like a mineral sunscreen, so it is not convenient to use it during the day only in the evening or at home. I realized that Hella Roche also poses like this.

I used it at times when the skin barrier was weak and the skin was red, sometimes only in spots, and it was a pleasant surprise. For example, when I was sick my skin was very burning, partly because of the desserts. The way I applied it, it really soothed the skin instantly, the redness went down and the "burning" feeling disappeared almost completely. I liked to place it on the sides of the nose where the irritation was strongest.

I got the feeling that this is a very therapeutic cream that focuses more on performance and less on experience. Also in terms of the design, it looks like a prescription ointment and it seems to me that this may be the purpose.

I don't know how to compare his performance to La Roche-Posay because I haven't tried, but he definitely surprised me and did the job perfectly.

I ordered it from Phil Unique, which today is Sephora Britannia at a ridiculous price of NIS 28, then I saw that it is also available on iHerb for NIS 37.

Regarding Uriage's animal testing policy: they state that they do not do experiments on animals, their parent company does not try and they do not sell in China. On the other hand, the "sister" companies do try - meaning other companies owned by the parent company. In addition, they stopped answering emails on the subject. I decided that right now for me this is enough for the definition of "cruelty-free" but for your consideration.

*Not valid on all products.

Uriage

Uriage Sunscreen

Uriage Bariederm Cica Cream with Copper Zinc Fragrance Free 1 35 fl oz 40 ml

Uriage Fluid Sunscreen

Uriage Lip Balm

Uriage New Formula Sunscreen

Uriage Thermal Water Serum

בואו לעקוב אחרי :)