Where does this balm go in my routine?

As the final layer of the evening routine, over your usual moisturizer. Anything thinner than a balm goes on before it, and anything richer goes on after. If you are adding it to a routine you already like, give it a week on its own first, so what you see is the Tocopheryl Acetate and not three changes at once.

Is this the Korean-market balm or a US version?

The Korean-market one, Tocopheryl Acetate and all. We match this balm to its Korean barcode before it reaches the shelf, which is the check that tells you which market release you are holding.

What else is on the list besides Tocopheryl Acetate?

Tocopherol, Ceramide NP and Phytosphingosine. The order they are printed in on this balm's panel is the order on the box, so you can see where Tocopheryl Acetate sits relative to them. Further down the same panel: Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract and Corallina Officinalis Extract.

Heimish

All Clean Balm Mandarin 120ml

Name: Heimish All Clean Balm Mandarin 120ml
Brand: Heimish
SKU: 6891686086
Price: 37.5 USD
Availability: InStock

Heimish All Clean Balm Mandarin is a 120ml balm whose ingredient list carries Tocopheryl Acetate alongside Tocopherol and Ceramide NP.

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$37.50

120 ml

$31.25 per 100 ml

Korean-market formula
Ships from California or direct from Korea
Korean barcode and batch code intact

Suited to: Dry skinCompromised barrierDehydrated skinSensitive skin

Helps with: Shoppers looking for Tocopheryl Acetate in a balmRoutines that want Tocopheryl Acetate and Tocopherol in one stepFilling the balm step with a Korean-market formulaAnyone who wants the Tocopheryl Acetate balm sold on Korean shelves

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How it works

The All Clean Balm Mandarin is a 120ml balm, used as the final layer of the evening routine, over your usual moisturizer. The antioxidant it is built around is Tocopheryl Acetate, named twenty-first on its own ingredient list. The same list carries Tocopherol, Ceramide NP and Phytosphingosine, so the antioxidant is not the only thing on it worth naming. How much of the Tocopheryl Acetate stays on the skin, and for how long, is decided by the balm format rather than by the list alone. This is the Original Korean Formula, the balm Heimish sells in Korea, Tocopheryl Acetate and all.

Key benefits

Tocopheryl Acetate, the antioxidant this balm is built around
Tocopherol on the same list, an antioxidant
Ceramide NP and Phytosphingosine on the same list, barrier lipids
Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract on the same list, a plant extract
Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract and Corallina Officinalis Extract further down the same list
Melia Azadirachta Bark Extract and Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract further down the same list

Inside the formula

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Ethylhexyl Palmitate emollient: Ethylhexyl Palmitate is a palm-derived ester used as a light emollient and a solvent for pigment. It gives a smooth, non-greasy slip.
Cetyl Ethylhexanoate emollient: Cetyl Ethylhexanoate is a synthetic ester used as a dry-feeling emollient. It spreads easily, leaves a silky rather than oily finish, and helps disperse pigments and UV filters evenly.
PEG-20 Glyceryl Triisostearate emulsifier: A nonionic emulsifier built on glycerin and branched fatty acids. Cleansing oils and balms use it so they emulsify the moment water is added.
Synthetic Wax occlusive: Synthetic Wax is a purpose-built hydrocarbon wax used to structure balms and sticks. It is odourless and does not oxidise, unlike most natural waxes.
Artemisia Vulgaris Oil fragrance component: Mugwort essential oil. It scents a formula as well as conditioning it, and essential oils are the class most likely to bother reactive skin.
Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil fragrance component: Lavender Oil is an essential oil carrying linalool and linalyl acetate. It scents a formula, and linalool is one of the fragrance components EU labelling requires to be named separately.
Litsea Cubeba Fruit Oil fragrance: May chang oil, a bright lemon-scented essential oil pressed from a small Asian tree. Its scent comes mostly from citral, the same aromatic that gives lemongrass its character.
Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone silicone: A silicone emulsifier used to hold water inside an oil or silicone phase. It is the standard emulsifier in a cushion or a silicone-based primer.
1,2-Hexanediol humectant: 1,2-Hexanediol is a glycol used for two reasons: it holds water like glycerin, and it makes a formula harder for microbes to live in, so less traditional preservative is needed. Korean formulas use it heavily for that second reason.
Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract plant extract: Turmeric Root Extract carries curcuminoids, well studied plant antioxidants. It is used for the look of dullness and uneven tone, and it tints a formula faintly yellow.
Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract plant extract: Melia Azadirachta is neem. Its leaf and flower extracts are long-standing Ayurvedic ingredients, and Korean formulas use them in products aimed at the look of congested, blemish-prone skin.
Corallina Officinalis Extract plant extract: Corallina Officinalis is coral seaweed, which holds calcium and magnesium in its structure. Its extract is used as a mineral-rich conditioning ingredient.

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Melia Azadirachta Bark Extract plant extract: Neem bark extract. Neem is one of the oldest plants in Ayurvedic skin practice, and the bark is used for the look of congested skin.
Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil emollient: Moringa Seed Oil is high in oleic acid and behenic acid and very stable. It is a conditioning emollient with a light, non-sticky finish.
Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract plant extract: Ocimum Sanctum is holy basil, or tulsi. Its leaf extract carries plant antioxidants and is used in formulas built for the look of stressed, reactive skin.
Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant: Tocopheryl Acetate is a stable vitamin E ester that skin converts to tocopherol. It is used as an antioxidant and a light emollient and holds up better than plain vitamin E in a formula.
Eclipta Prostrata Extract plant extract: Eclipta Prostrata is false daisy, long used in Ayurvedic and East Asian practice. Its extract is used as a conditioning plant extract, most often in scalp and hair formulas.
Glycerin humectant: Glycerin is the most used humectant in skincare. It draws water into the outer layer of skin and holds it there, and it is one of the very few ingredients whose hydrating effect is settled science rather than marketing. Higher amounts feel tacky, which is why it is usually blended.
Ceramide NP barrier lipid: Ceramide NP is the most used cosmetic ceramide, the same class of lipid that makes up roughly half the mortar between cells in the outer layer of skin. Added to a cream it slots into that structure, which is why ceramide formulas feel less leaky rather than merely greasy.
Phytosphingosine barrier lipid: Phytosphingosine is the backbone every ceramide is built on, and skin uses it in its own lipid layer. In a formula it works with ceramides and cholesterol and also keeps the product stable against microbes.
Hydrogenated Lecithin emulsifier: Hydrogenated Lecithin is lecithin with its unsaturated bonds filled in, which makes it far more stable. It emulsifies and is the standard shell for the liposomes that carry actives into the outer layer of skin.
Octyldodecanol emollient: Octyldodecanol is a branched fatty alcohol used as an emollient and as a solvent for pigments and mineral powders. It thickens slightly and leaves a soft finish.
Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter emollient: Shea Butter is the fat pressed from the shea nut, rich in oleic and stearic acids and unsaponifiable plant sterols. It is a heavy emollient and partial occlusive, which is why it sits in balms and night creams rather than in essences.
Candida Bombicola/Glucose/Methyl Rapeseedate Ferment ferment: This ferment produces sophorolipids, sugar-based molecules that behave as very mild surfactants and emulsifiers. It is used to keep a formula blended without a harsh cleanser.
Glycine Soja (Soybean) Sterols emollient: The sterol fraction of soybean oil. Plant sterols are structurally close to the cholesterol in skin's own lipid layer, so they soften and help the oil phase hold together.
Tocopherol antioxidant: Tocopherol is vitamin E. It is an oil-soluble antioxidant that protects the oils in a formula from going rancid and works on skin as an emollient, and it is regularly paired with vitamin C because each keeps the other going for longer.
Citrus Junos Fruit Oil fragrance component: Yuzu fruit oil, pressed from the peel of the East Asian citrus. It is high in limonene and carries the sharp yuzu aroma, so it is used to scent a formula.
Water solvent: Water is the base almost every serum, toner and cream is built on. It dissolves the water-loving ingredients and sets how light the finished texture feels. On an INCI list it is usually first, which only means it is the largest single ingredient by weight.
Butylene Glycol humectant: Butylene Glycol is a small glycol that does two jobs at once: it holds water in the top layer of skin and it dissolves plant extracts and actives that plain water cannot. It also thins a formula, which is why watery Korean essences lean on it.
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract plant extract: Camellia Sinensis is the tea plant. Green tea leaf extract carries catechins, among the most studied plant antioxidants, and is used for the look of redness and oily shine.
Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract plant extract: Cranberry fruit extract, acidic and high in proanthocyanidins. It is used as an antioxidant berry extract.
Carica Papaya (Papaya) Fruit Extract plant extract: Papaya fruit extract. The fruit is where the enzyme papain comes from, and the extract is used both as a conditioning extract and in gentle enzyme formulas.

How to use

Take two to three pumps of All Clean Balm Mandarin 120ml into dry hands and massage over a dry face, working makeup and sunscreen loose.
Add a small splash of water to emulsify the oil into a milky texture, then continue massaging for a few more seconds.
Rinse fully, then follow with a water-based cleanser as the second half of the cleanse.
Give All Clean Balm Mandarin 120ml a moment to settle rather than layering the next product straight on top while it is still wet.

Worth knowing

Patch test this balm on a small area and wait a day before using it more widely, especially with Tocopheryl Acetate on the list.
Introduce this balm on its own for the first week, so anything your skin does is traceable to the Tocopheryl Acetate rather than to three changes at once.

Complete the routine

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Your skin barrier is basically your outer layer of the skin.
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