The Honey Pot vulva creams are discontinued: what was in them, and what to use instead
The short version
- Both creams are gone. On 28 August 2026 the product pages for the Soothing Lavender Vulva Cream and the Anti-Itch Vulva Cream return a page-not-found error on thehoneypot.co, neither appears in the brand’s 78-product catalogue, and Target’s listings for both have been removed. The last archived copies, from January 2025, already showed “Sold out”.
- They were two different kinds of product. The Lavender cream was a cosmetic balm — coconut oil, shea, olive, beeswax, with lavender and peppermint oils. The Anti-Itch cream was an over-the-counter drug: 1% hydrocortisone acetate with a Drug Facts panel. A replacement for one is not a replacement for the other.
- The Lavender balm was not vegan and not fragrance-free — beeswax and propolis, plus two essential oils — despite being sold as hypoallergenic. If you liked it, the closest products on sale today are the beeswax balms we have already reviewed.
- The Anti-Itch cream’s active ingredient is not unique to Honey Pot. Hydrocortisone acetate 1% is a standard over-the-counter anti-itch active, and the same Drug Facts rules apply to every product that contains it: external use, stop after seven days, not with vaginal discharge. Ask a pharmacist, not us.
- Nothing we sell replaces either one exactly, and we say which row we belong in below.
How we know they are discontinued
We did not take a “sold out” badge as proof. On 28 August 2026 we checked four things: the two product URLs on thehoneypot.co return 404; the brand’s own public product catalogue lists 78 items and none of them is a cream, balm or vulva moisturiser — the anti-itch range now consists of a spray and wipes; Target’s product API returns “no product found” for both former listings; and the brand’s review system marks both product records inactive. The last archived copies of the pages — Lavender cream 26 January 2025, Anti-Itch cream 8 January 2025 — already read “Sold out - Get notified”. The brand has not, as far as we can find, published a statement about it. If it returns, or if you have a newer listing, tell us and this page will be updated first.
Everything below about the products themselves is quoted from those archived pages and from the packaging images the brand still hosts, not from a live listing.
What the Soothing Lavender Vulva Cream was
A 1 fl oz balm, $11.49 on the brand’s site in January 2025 ($10.99 in 2021–2022) and $10.49 at Target. The brand’s own review widget reported 372 reviews at 4.47 when we queried it; Target’s archived listing showed 486 at 4.3. Ingredients, verbatim from the page’s “All ingredients” panel and the box side panel:
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Melia Azadirachta Seed Oil, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Propolis Extract
Fourteen entries, in order. That is a well-declared label, and reading it tells you what the product actually was:
- An anhydrous beeswax balm — no water, a coconut-and-shea base held solid with beeswax, carnauba and hydrogenated castor oil. The same format as Medicine Mama’s VMAGIC and pH-D’s balm, both of which we have reviewed.
- Not vegan. Beeswax fourth, propolis last. Propolis is a recognised contact allergen in patch-test series — it is on the North American screening panel and rising [DeKoven 2023].
- Not fragrance-free. No synthetic parfum, but lavender oil and peppermint oil are both fragrance materials, and lavender is a linalool source that oxidises into a potent allergen on air exposure [Hagvall 2008]. The “cooling sensation” the page promised came from the peppermint; it is a sensation, not an effect on skin.
- Neem seed oil, tenth on the list, is unusual in this category and the page did not explain it.
The page sold it with Hypoallergenic
, Dermatologist-Tested
and Clinically tested and gynecologist-tested
, and quoted a study: 94% agreed the product was gentle
, 97% agreed the product was easy to apply
, 94% agreed the product did not dry their skin
, footnoted as two weeks of use by healthy women aged 18–75, with no participant count given. Those are agreement questions, and they are the same kind of figure every brand in this category quotes.
What the Anti-Itch Vulva Cream was
A different thing entirely: a 1 fl oz over-the-counter drug at $15.99 on the brand’s site (unchanged 2022–2025; $15.19 at Target), with a Drug Facts panel. Quoted from the box:
| Active ingredient | Hydrocortisone Acetate 1%— purpose Anti-Itch |
|---|---|
| Uses | For the temporary relief of external feminine itching. |
| Warnings | For external use only.Stop use and ask a doctor if the condition worsens or symptoms persist for more than 7 days, or clear up and reoccur again within a few days. Do not use if: you have vaginal discharge. Consult a physician. |
| Directions | Apply to affected area not more than 3 or 4 times daily.Under 12: consult a doctor. |
| Inactive ingredients | 41, listed alphabetically as OTC labelling requires — a water-based cream with shea, coconut, aloe, ceramide NG and cholesterol, plus lavender oil, peppermint oil, propolis extract and the declared allergens limonene and linalool. |
Two things follow. First, the active ingredient is generic. Hydrocortisone acetate 1% is the standard over-the-counter anti-itch active, sold under many store and national brands with the same Uses and Warnings on the box. What The Honey Pot added was the cream base — the plant oils, the ceramides, the lavender and peppermint. Second, the label is stricter than the marketing was. The page told you to apply it to the vulvovaginal area
; the Drug Facts say external use only and not with discharge. The box is the document that counts.
We do not sell anything with a drug active, and we are not going to tell you what to put on itching. The Drug Facts panel already does: seven days, then a doctor. Persistent vulvar itching has causes that no cream addresses, and it is a question for a clinician or a pharmacist, not for a cosmetics brand.
What to use instead
For the Lavender balm, the honest replacements are the balms in the same format, which we have reviewed on their own pages with ingredient lists, prices and archived sources. Prices are from each brand’s own site on 22 August 2026; review counts are each brand’s own, on its own site, and are not comparable with one another.
| Product | Format | Ingredients | Scent | Vegan | Size / price | ≈ per oz | Full review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Mama VMAGIC | Beeswax balm — the closest format | 9, five bee-derived | No added fragrance; faint beeswax | No | 2 oz — $29.99 | ~$15.00 | Read → |
| pH-D Nourishing Vulva Balm | Butter and wax balm | 15 | Unscented | No — beeswax derivative | 2 oz — $20.99 | ~$10.50 | Read → |
| Plain petroleum jelly | Occlusive jelly | 1 | None | Yes | varies | ~$0.50 | — |
| YoniOil Yoni Butter | Whipped plant butter — softer than a wax balm | 4 | No added scent; natural cocoa note | Yes | 100 ml — $36 | ~$10.65 | Our own audit → |
| Yoni Rescue Unscented Yoni Oil | Liquid oil — a different format | Not published in full | Sold as unscented | Not stated | 4 oz — $11.99 | ~$3.00 | Read → |
Swipe the table sideways to see prices →
Read across what the Honey Pot balm had and no replacement matches exactly:
- The price. At about $11.50 an ounce it undercut every balm here except petroleum jelly. Nothing in the specialist category now sells a beeswax vulva balm at that price; pH-D at $10.50 an ounce is the nearest.
- The lavender and the mint. None of the replacements is scented, and we would not send you to find one that is. Lavender and peppermint oils are the two ingredients on the old label most likely to cause a reaction on vulvar skin, and the cooling was a sensation the product created, not a problem it solved. If the scent was what you loved, that is a fair thing to miss; it is not a reason to pick a replacement.
- The bee ingredients. If you did fine with beeswax and propolis, VMAGIC is the direct analogue and has the deepest track record in the category. If you never checked, the propolis is worth knowing about before you buy its successor.
So which one should you buy?
| If this is what decides it | Buy | Why |
|---|---|---|
| The same thing, as near as exists | Medicine Mama VMAGIC | A beeswax balm with a coconut-and-olive base, no added fragrance, and thousands of the brand’s own reviews. Contains honey, propolis, royal jelly and pollen, so the bee question is the same as before. |
| A balm, but closer to the old price | pH-D | $10.50 an ounce against the Honey Pot’s $11.50, genuinely unscented, no honey or propolis — though it contains a beeswax derivative, so still not vegan. |
| Cheapest, and one ingredient | Plain petroleum jelly | About $0.50 an ounce and exceptionally well tolerated. It is not a specialist product and it does not need to be. |
| Vegan, or a softer texture than a wax balm | ours | Coconut, cocoa butter, grapeseed, vitamin E — no wax, nothing bee-derived, no essential oils. It smells of cocoa, it is used at a fingertip scoop, and we have no reviews yet. It is also the most expensive per month on this table, as our own audit says. |
| You bought the Anti-Itch cream for the hydrocortisone | A pharmacist | The active is a standard 1% OTC ingredient sold under many brands with the same Drug Facts. Which one, and whether at all, is their call and not ours. |
| Itching that has lasted more than a week, or comes with discharge | None of these | That is exactly the line on the Honey Pot’s own Drug Facts: stop and see a doctor. No cream on this page, ours included, is an answer to a symptom. |
The claims the old pages made
We review the label, not the marketing, but two lines on the archived pages are worth recording because people still quote them:
| What the page said | Our reading |
|---|---|
Lavender cream: Tame the itch and burn of an infection | A cosmetic balm with no drug active was sold against the symptoms of an infection. Softening dry skin can reduce friction; it does nothing to an infection, and an infection is a reason to see a clinician. |
Lavender cream: Hypoallergenic | The list contains lavender oil, peppermint oil, beeswax and propolis. The brand defines the word on its own site as a product tested on 200 people without sensitisation; it does not mean free of known allergens, and this one was not. |
Anti-Itch cream: Apply a fingertip amount to vulvovaginal area | The Drug Facts on the same product say For external use onlyand Do not use if: you have vaginal discharge. Where the page and the box disagree, follow the box. |
Both: Clinically tested and gynecologist-tested | The brand’s own glossary says this means evaluated in at least one study by medical professionals. The figures quoted were agreement percentages with no participant count on the page. |
How ours is different — and where it loses
Against the Honey Pot Lavender balm the axis is format and additives. Ours is a whipped butter, not a wax balm: coconut, cocoa butter, grapeseed and vitamin E, nothing bee-derived, no essential oils. It is the right pick if the beeswax, propolis or essential oils were a problem for you, and the wrong pick if you want a balm that sets firm and stays put overnight — that is what wax does and ours has none.
Where the Honey Pot beat us, and its successors still do:
- Price. $11.49 for an ounce against our $36 for 100 ml. Per ounce we are close to level; per month, because a butter is used at a scoop rather than a smear, ours is the most expensive way to buy anything on this page.
- Reach. It was in Target. We are online-only.
- Track record. Hundreds of reviews on two sites; we launched this summer and have none.
We have run the same criteria over our own products, including the claims on our pages. That audit is here →
If it was the bee ingredients or the essential oils you were avoiding
Yoni Butter — coconut, cocoa butter, grapeseed, vitamin E. Four ingredients, no wax, no scent added. $36 for 100 ml.
Method and sources
Discontinuation was checked on 28 August 2026 against the live product URLs, the brand’s public product catalogue, Target’s product API and the brand’s review-system product records. Ingredient lists, Drug Facts, prices and claims were read from the archived product pages — Lavender cream, captured 26 January 2025; Anti-Itch cream, captured 8 January 2025 — and from the packaging images the brand still hosts, and quoted verbatim. Replacement prices and ingredient counts are from our individual reviews, sourced and archived on 22 August 2026. We bought nothing, have no relationship with The Honey Pot Company or any brand named, and received nothing from any of them. If either cream is relaunched, this page is the first thing we will change.
Research cited: DeKoven et al., Dermatitis 2023 [PMID 36917520]; Hagvall et al., Contact Dermatitis 2008 [PMID 18759894]; Voeller et al., Contraception 1989 [PMID 2535978].
All comparisons → · Medicine Mama VMAGIC → · pH-D Vulva Balm →
Common questions
Is The Honey Pot vulva cream discontinued?
Yes, as far as anyone outside the company can tell. On 28 August 2026 both the Soothing Lavender Vulva Cream and the Anti-Itch Vulva Cream return page-not-found on thehoneypot.co, are absent from the brand’s 78-product catalogue, and have been removed from Target. The last archived pages, from January 2025, already showed them as sold out. The brand has not published a statement that we could find.
What were the ingredients in the Honey Pot Lavender Vulva Cream?
Fourteen, in order: coconut oil, shea butter, olive oil, beeswax, castor oil, jojoba oil, cocoa butter, hydrogenated castor oil, lavender oil, neem seed oil, peppermint oil, carnauba wax, avocado oil and propolis extract. A water-free beeswax balm scented with two essential oils.
What is the closest replacement for the Honey Pot vulva cream?
By format, Medicine Mama’s VMAGIC: a beeswax balm on a coconut base, no added fragrance, with the same bee ingredients. By price, pH-D’s balm at about $10.50 an ounce, unscented. If the beeswax, propolis or essential oils were the problem, a vegan butter such as ours, or plain petroleum jelly. None of them has the lavender-and-mint scent, and we would not recommend hunting for one.
Was the Honey Pot vulva cream vegan or fragrance-free?
Neither. The Lavender cream contained beeswax and propolis, and was scented with lavender and peppermint essential oils; the page did not claim it was vegan or fragrance-free, though it did call it hypoallergenic. The Anti-Itch cream also contained propolis, lavender and peppermint oils, with limonene and linalool declared.
What can I use instead of the Honey Pot Anti-Itch Cream?
Its active ingredient was hydrocortisone acetate 1%, a standard over-the-counter anti-itch active sold under many brands with the same Drug Facts: external use only, not with vaginal discharge, stop after seven days and see a doctor. Which product, and whether one is appropriate at all, is a question for a pharmacist or clinician. We do not sell anything with a drug active and are not the right people to ask.
Is a vulva balm the same as a yoni butter?
Close. Both are thick, water-free moisturisers for external intimate skin. A balm is set with wax and stays put as a barrier; a butter is whipped plant fat, softer and quicker to melt. Neither adds water to skin, both only slow water leaving it, and neither goes inside the vagina.