# Dr.Althea Soft Melting Lip Balm

Lip care product built on Tocopherol, 4.1g.

- Brand: Dr.Althea
- Product: Soft Melting Lip Balm
- Price: $11.99
- Availability: Out of stock
- Size: 4.1g
- Market: Korean market, the version sold in Korea
- Made in: Republic of Korea
- Category: Lip Care

## Key benefits

- Built on Tocopherol, vitamin E, working as an antioxidant through the formula
- Tocopheryl Acetate runs alongside it, a stabilized vitamin E derivative
- No parfum or fragrance ingredient on the list
- 4.1g lip care product sold in Dr. Althea's Korean-market packaging, not a US-reformulated version
- Takes the last step of a routine, or reapplied through the day as needed
- 22 ingredients on the manufacturer's own list, in the order Dr. Althea lists them

## How it works

Soft Melting Lip Balm is a lip care product built on Tocopherol, vitamin E, working as an antioxidant through the formula, named 11 of 22 entries on Dr. Althea's own manufacturer INCI for this formula. Tocopheryl Acetate runs alongside it, a stabilized vitamin E derivative, and the rest of the list rounds out a Dr. Althea formula built for this format rather than a stripped-down version of it. It takes the last step of a routine, or reapplied through the day as needed, and the lip care product format is the reason it behaves the way it does once it is on skin. A lip product in this format is built to sit on lips without migrating into fine lines around the mouth, which is the practical difference between formats at this step.

## How to use

1. Use the Soft Melting Lip Balm on clean lips, at any point in the day and again as the last thing before bed.
2. One pass over each lip is enough, taken just past the lip line rather than well beyond it.
3. It goes on last over any lip product, and on bare lips it needs nothing underneath it.
4. As often as lips feel dry. Do not reapply over and over in place of drinking water; a balm holds moisture in, it does not add any.

## Ingredients

Diisostearyl Malate, Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate, Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin), Bis-Behenyl/Isostearyl/Phytosteryl Dimer Dilinoleyl Dimer Dilinoleate, Paraffin, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Synthetic Wax, Jojoba Esters, Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides, Microcrystalline Wax, Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, Camellia Japonica Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Fruit Extract, Rosa Canina Fruit Extract

## FAQ

### Is the Soft Melting Lip Balm sold here Dr. Althea's Korean-market formula?

Yes. What ships is Dr. Althea's release for the Korean market: the formula and packaging sold in Korea, with the Korean-market barcode and batch code intact on the box rather than swapped for an export or US-retail label.

### Where does the Soft Melting Lip Balm go in a routine?

It takes the last step of a routine, or reapplied through the day as needed. Use it exactly the way you would any lip care product at that point in a routine. A lip product in this format is built to sit on lips without migrating into fine lines around the mouth, which is the practical difference between formats at this step, which is the reason this step order tends to hold across brands, not only for this one.

### What does Tocopherol do in this lip care product?

Tocopherol is Vitamin E, working as an antioxidant through the formula. It appears at position 11 of 22 on Dr. Althea's own manufacturer ingredient list for this formula, which is real evidence of what the formula is built around rather than a marketing label placed over it.

### Does the Soft Melting Lip Balm contain fragrance?

No. Parfum and fragrance do not appear anywhere on the manufacturer's own ingredient list for this formula, which is one reason it reads as a shorter, calmer list than a heavily scented formula in the same category.

### How does buying the Soft Melting Lip Balm here compare with a US retailer carrying the same name?

A US listing under the same product name can be a reformulated export version and rarely states which one it is selling. What we carry is the Korean-market Dr. Althea release, identified by its intact Korean barcode and batch code on the box rather than a relabeled export carton, so the unit you get matches what is sold on shelf in Korea.

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