Numbrrrz vs Blistex

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Numbrrrz	Blistex
Contains menthol/camphor	No	Yes — in most formulas
Contains silicones	No	Yes (dimethicone)
Ingredient count	4	15-25
Chemical sunscreen filters	No	Yes (in SPF varieties)
Creates dependency	No — heals over time	Yes — irritants drive reapplication
Organic ingredients	Yes	No
Preservatives used	Vitamin E (natural antioxidant)	Methylparaben, propylparaben, BHT (varies by product)
Available varieties / scents	Focused single formula — one product, perfected	Dozens of varieties (medicated, SPF, flavored, etc.)
Allergen risk	Very low — 4 non-allergenic ingredients	Higher — fragrances, dyes, menthol, and parabens are common sensitizers
Cruelty-free status	Yes — cruelty-free	Blistex does not have Leaping Bunny certification and has unclear animal testing policies

Deep Dive

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Why Switch to Numbrrrz?

Blistex markets itself as a medicated lip care solution, but the medication is the problem. Their formulas are loaded with menthol, camphor, and other irritants that create the same dependency cycle as Carmex. The 'medicated tingle' is actually your lips being irritated, which causes dryness that makes you need to reapply. Add in dimethicone (silicone), artificial flavors, chemical sunscreen filters, and 20+ other ingredients, and you have a product that is treating symptoms it is creating. Numbrrrz takes a radically different approach — four organic ingredients that actually heal and strengthen lip tissue over time. Blistex Medicated Lip Balm lists three active ingredients: dimethicone 2.0%, menthol 0.6%, and camphor 0.5%. The inactive ingredients read like a chemistry textbook: cetyl alcohol, cyclomethicone, FD&C Red 40 Aluminum Lake, flavors, lanolin, methylparaben, mineral oil, myristyl myristate, paraffin, petrolatum, polyphenylmethylsiloxane 556, propylparaben, saccharin, sorbitan oleate, and theobroma cacao seed butter. That is over 20 ingredients, including two parabens (preservatives flagged as potential endocrine disruptors), petroleum derivatives, artificial dyes, and synthetic fragrances. By contrast, Numbrrrz gives you organic coconut oil, organic jojoba oil, beeswax, and vitamin E. That is it. Blistex has carved a niche by positioning itself as the go-to brand for people with chronically dry or damaged lips. There is an irony there: many of those chronic lip issues are perpetuated by the very irritants in medicated formulas. Blistex is not the villain in some conspiracy — they are just following a decades-old pharmaceutical approach that prioritizes symptom relief over root cause resolution. If you want to actually resolve chronic lip dryness rather than manage it indefinitely, trading medicated irritants for organic nourishment is the way forward. It takes about a week to adjust, and the results speak for themselves.