QUALITY MATTERS: HOW WE PICKED THE BEST CBD TOPICALS
Posted by Kit O'Connell on Jan 1st 2025
For our review of the best CBD topicals available online, we focused only on companies which make third-party, independent lab results available to consumers. Lab results are available online, included in the order, or on request. It’s vitally important that consumers know exactly what products they’re consuming: how strong it is, and whether it has any impurities. We also focused on brands with fast, friendly customer service and easy to use websites.
We rated each brand on their price, strength, and the cost of shipping. We used our Editor in Chief’s address in central Texas to produce sample shipping costs for each product.
Topical CBD products are available in a variety of textures, with different added scents, essential oils, and herbal ingredients.
Our reviews also include the ingredients and a description of the scent and texture of each CBD topical. We tried to remain neutral in our descriptions of each product, since each consumer’s experience is subjective. These are all high-quality CBD creams, balms and salves, but you may find you prefer one scent over another. You might love or hate menthol. Some people prefer a light texture, while other buyers are looking for CBD topicals to use in a massage.
After careful review, we believe these are the best CBD topicals for sale online:
- Ananda Hemp: Spectrum Salve 125
- Bee’s Knees: Bee’s Balm
- Citizen CBD: Skin Silk
- CW Hemp: Unscented Hemp Infused Cream
- DaCrema Botanicals: CBD Healing Salve
- ExHemplary Life: Majestic Freshness Muscle & Joint Balm
- Green Garden Gold: Good Day Hemp Oil Salve
- Populum: Cold Therapy Hemp Rub
Click above or continue reading for our complete review of each brand.
ExHemplary Life: Majestic Freshness Muscle & Joint Balm
- Highlights: Majestic Freshness Muscle & Joint Balm is a bit more slippery and oily. It’s good for rubbing into sore muscles, without being too greasy.
- Price: $20.00 – $50.00
- Strength: 125 mg full spectrum hemp/CBD extract per 0.5 oz “rub on” applicator stick, or 500 mg per 2 oz jar.
- Customer Service & Shipping: Fast customer service.
- Independent Test Results: Contact ExHemplary Life directly.
- Texture & Smell: This balm smells of citrus and rosemary, with hints of other essential oils. Majestic Freshness has a light and slightly oily texture.
- Ingredients: Shea Butter, Hemp Seed Oil, Grape seed oil, Beeswax, Modified Tapioca Powder, Emulsifying Wax, Full spectrum Raw Hemp CBD Oil, Essential oils of: Rosemary, Willowbark, Bergamot, Lemonbalm, Lemon, Frankincense, Evening Primrose oil, and Isopropyl Myristate
ExHemplary Life makes several different CBD topicals. They also offer a wide variety of hemp products including hemp soaps. ExHemplary Life was founded by a massage therapist that discovered the benefits of CBD after a health crisis. Their products are made from Colorado hemp.