89%
would repurchase
3.9/5
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description

ingredients

Carica Papaya 39mg/g Fresh Fermented Fruit Base – Pharmaceutical Grade Petroleum Jelly and Wax Gum Balsam Peru

Reviews

Reviews


5.0
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14 years ago

I've been using this for years and it is a HG lip treatment for me! Any dryness and any cracking is fixed within days of using this. It also makes an excellent cuticle treatment. Full...

About reviewer (72 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinOther, Tan, Not Sure

HairBrown, Straight, Medium

EyesBlue



5.0
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14 years ago

I find this fantastic for healing open wounds quickly and with no scarring. I'm never without a tube of this especially in winter when I use it around my nostrils at night and during the day if I...

About reviewer (93 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinSensitive, Fair-Medium, Neutral

HairBrunette, Straight, Fine

EyesBlue


1.0
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14 years ago

I just moved to Australia and noticed EVERYONE here has this, so naturally i went to the pharmacy to get some. I dont get the hype for this product, it didnt really do anything for my lips. but at...

About reviewer (27 reviews)

AgeUnder 18

SkinSensitive, Fair, Not Sure

HairBlond, Other, Other

EyesBrown


5.0
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14 years ago

As the daughter of a Queenslander (where Paw Paw Ointment is made in Australia), I have been using or having the product used on me literally since the day I was born! 28 Years later and I...

About reviewer (3 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium

HairBrunette

EyesHazel


2.0
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14 years ago

I too am going to have to rain on the rave reviews here with 2 seperate stories....the first time I used this product was 6 years ago when I went on a trip to Thailand and being from Oz when I was...

About reviewer (36 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinCombination, Medium, Neutral

HairBrown, Wavy, Medium

EyesBrown


2.0
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14 years ago

An Australian friend brought this back from her trip to Canberra, and I was so excited to try what is a "cult lip product" here in the U.S. I was... underwhelmed. This is basically petroleum jelly...

About reviewer (116 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinVery Oily, Fair, Not Sure

HairRed, Other, Other

EyesBrown


5.0
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14 years ago

MUST HAVE! So good for my lips! It also works well on dry skin (especially if you have been suffering from a cold and you have dryness around the nose, I use it over night). Also its really...

About reviewer (18 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium

HairBrunette

EyesBlue


2.0
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14 years ago

I'm going to have to rain on the rave parade on this one. This was a big disappointment. When I first heard about it, I thought 'HURRAY! finally a cheap product made of natural ingredients that...

About reviewer (253 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinCombination, Fair, Warm

HairBrunette, Wavy, Medium

EyesBrown


3.0
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14 years ago

After all the raves about this product, I used this for my lips religiously for two years. At first, it worked really well for moisturising my lips but my lips gradually became cracked and peeled...

About reviewer (43 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Warm

HairBlack, Straight, Coarse

EyesBrown


4.0
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14 years ago

Yup, I'm Australian too. I use this when my skin gets dry in small areas in the winter and needs something more longer-lasting than most moisturiser, and as an in-depth lip treatment. I wouldn't...

About reviewer (59 reviews)

AgeUnder 18

SkinCombination, Fair, Warm

HairBrunette, Kinky, Medium

EyesBlue


5.0
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14 years ago

This is an Australian must have beauty buy. It used to be used solely by new mums for nappy rash, but now every teenager and young woman has it in her bag for lipgloss. I finally bought it after...

About reviewer (42 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinCombination, Fair, Cool

HairBrunette, Straight, Medium

EyesBlue


3.0
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14 years ago

I decided to buy this after I saw how many girls at my school use it. So I bought it. I liked it enough at first - but that was in the summer where the ointment was always more liquid-y. But now...

About reviewer (1 reviews)

AgeUnder 18

SkinCombination

HairBlack

EyesBrown


2.0
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15 years ago

This is the most local product on MUA for me. I pass the factory that makes this all the time. I did go through a phase where I loved this little red tube because i am a huge fan of can use on...

About reviewer (85 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Warm

HairBrown, Other, Other

EyesBrown


3.0
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15 years ago

This is probably the best emergency all rounder that you can have in your handbag, lip balm, moisturiser, etc but I wouldn't substitute say my clear gloss or my cuticle and hand cream for this...

About reviewer (68 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium

HairBlack

EyesBrown


5.0
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15 years ago

I find most of my friends use this as a lip balm but it is multipurpose really. I apply it all over my eyelid area (cos it gets very flaky from time to time) around the nose area where the red...

About reviewer (1 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinVery Dry, Fair-Medium

HairBrown

EyesBrown


4.0
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15 years ago

I'm sure almost every Australian woman has this stuff. This is an ointment made of fermented papaya and it has multifunctional. It can be applied to boils, burns, cuts, cracked skin, open wounds,...

About reviewer (36 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinCombination, Medium, Not Sure

HairBlack, Other, Medium

EyesBrown


1.0
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15 years ago

THIS IS NOT PURE PAWPAW OINTMENT!! Urgh. It is Petroleum based people. They don't have to list it in the ingredients because the petroleum is a base and not an "active ingredient" - please don't...

About reviewer (39 reviews)

Age

SkinNormal, Fair, Cool

HairBrown, Wavy, Fine

EyesBlue


5.0
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15 years ago

It's so sad that this is only available in Australia; because this stuff works, For everything! I used it on a popped zit, and it healed better than normal! I put it on an open wound on my toe and...

About reviewer (11 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinOily, Other, Not Sure

HairBrown, Other, Other

EyesBrown


4.0
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15 years ago

This product can really help soothe painful burns and chafing, but i mainly use it as a lip balm when i've run out of my favourite stuff. It really keeps my lips moist and hydrated, but it makes my...

About reviewer (6 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinDry, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

HairBlack, Other, Fine

EyesBrown


5.0
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15 years ago

Yeah, this is pretty much the best product ever made (of all time! ALL TIME!). I've used it for: - windburn - sunburn - chapped lips - patches of dry skin (from using benzoyl peroxide...

About reviewer (9 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinAcne-prone, Fair-Medium

HairBrunette

EyesBlue