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Balms: the numbers

Everything below is computed from the 112 curated balms we track - no estimates, no third-party data.

112Curated models
64Brands
★ 4.5Average Amazon rating
700,115Amazon ratings

How Amazon buyers rate them

The average Amazon rating across the category is ★ 4.5. Low-rated products with meaningful rating volume are dropped during curation, so the spread below reflects the survivors.

★ 4.6-5.0
64
★ 4.3-4.5
33
★ 4.0-4.2
12
Below ★ 4.0
3

Brand share of the curated catalog

Burt's Bees
22 · 20%
Nivea
6 · 5%
O'Keeffe's
4 · 4%
e.l.f.
4 · 4%
Revlon
4 · 4%
Palmer's
3 · 3%
Naturium
3 · 3%
Summer Fridays
2 · 2%

Most-rated models

Where these numbers come from

Counts, ratings, and rating totals are pulled from the curated balms catalog on every build - the same data behind the Balms category page. Junk listings and no-name brands are filtered out before anything is counted. Product data: last refreshed aug 4, 2026.