Why is my abreva tube for cold sores so tiny but wrapped in so much plastic?
I picked up abreva for a fever blister this week and the tube is barely the size of my thumb, yet it came in a big box with a molded plastic tray inside. It feels so wasteful to throw all that away for a tiny bit of product. Has anyone found lower waste options, or ways to make a tube last longer? I already use a lysine lip balm with spf daily to keep my chapped lips from flaring up.
From what I understand a lot of that packaging is theft deterrence, small pricey tubes walk off shelves so stores want them in bigger boxes. Annoying but that is the retail logic behind it.
Founder here, thank you for opening this up. The pattern I keep coming back to is protection before anything shows: mineral SPF on the lips every morning, sleep protected, wind and cold kept off. Small daily habits move the needle far more than reacting after the fact.
I had the same reaction, so now I buy the pump version less often instead of lots of little tubes. I also lean on daily habits like sleep, hydration, and spf on my lips so I need it less in the first place.
A cardboard tube lysine balm became my daily upkeep and it feels way less wasteful. I save the tube for the rare flare and just focus on keeping my lips protected from sun and wind the rest of the time.
I know right, I always laugh at how that giant box and all the wrapping opens up to a tube smaller than my pinky nail. Feels like half of what I paid for was the packaging, but I guess I keep buying it anyway.
honestly I laughed the first time I opened one because I thought the box had to be half empty, all that packaging for something smaller than my pinky nail. at least it fits in literally any pocket so I keep one everywhere now.