I can't believe I have been paying this much for lip balm for about 10 years now! Living in Colorado's very dry climate now and having had very dry/chapped lips in my whole previous life in humid Chicago, I can honestly say this stuff is the best! I have not had chapped lips (even with <5% humidity here in the Rockies) since I started using the miracle balm. Every time I try some other "Chapstick", Burt's Bees, ... or whatever to try to save (quite) a few bucks, my lips start to go back to the cracked Windy City days. I hate paying the $$$ price, but I love the product because it really works!