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Need a budget-friendly solution for your little one's diaper rash? The A+D Zinc Oxide Cream is the best value-priced option in our lineup. This cream uses two active ingredients, zinc oxide &#40;10%&#41; and dimethicone &#40;1%&#41;, to protect your baby's skin and seal out wetness, and, while testing, we think this cream achieves this feat effectively. The formula also contains moisturizing ingredients, such as aloe and coconut oil to help soothe and calm skin. This product is free of parabens and dyes. We appreciate that petrolatum is not an ingredient, and we think the scent is charming. 
The inactive ingredient list includes the term "fragrance" yet does not reveal what that involves. Label transparency is a practice we value, especially since this product will be on your baby's skin. However, if you can excuse this drawback, we recommend this product to families that seek an effective cream at a low price. 

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The Earth Mama Diaper Balm is a green, mean, diaper rash fighting machine. Yes, this salve-like product is green-colored, but don't let that be a turn-off. This formula is free of zinc, petroleum, lanolin, and parabens, making it a cloth-safe option. It has a more intense yet pleasant scent - with notes of lavender and tea tree. We noticed a thin coating of this salve helps encourage healing, making it a helpful diaper rash preventative when you first see signs of a diaper rash. 
With any flower or leaf oil, such as lavender and tea tree, the possibility of an allergic reaction increases, so we suggest spot testing before applying liberally to your baby's skin. Also, this product doubles as a skin salve, making it versatile. We recommend this slightly more aromatic balm as a diaper rash preventative for cloth and disposable diapering families.

Providing relief to little red bottoms is the Weleda Calendula Diaper Rash Cream. Compared to others, this product is a favorite; we've even used it on our babies over the years. The formula combines zinc oxide &#40;12%&#41; as the active ingredient, plus other natural inactive ingredients, including beeswax, calendula flower extract, sweet almond oil, as well as other skin-friendly ingredients. The cream is easy to smear and leaves a breathable and protective lining on babies' skin that offers soothing properties to help sensitive, dry skin heal. With no petrolatum, synthetic fragrances, and preservatives listed, this product uses no ingredients that concern us, and it is one we feel good about using on our little ones' bums. 
The cream has a pleasant yet unique scent that not everyone will fancy, but it is mild. Also, we did observe a drawback with the product's packaging, which is a metal tube. Frequent bending can cause the metal to weaken and split over time, resulting in cream escaping, especially when squeezed. If this happens, it can make a mess, and it is something to be aware of when using this product. That said, we highly recommend this cream to family and friends, and, from our experience, we believe it helps treat diaper rashes.

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