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 Bisabolol and not three changes at once.

Does this balm contain fragrance?

Yes. The ingredient list names Fragrance. It sits on the panel printed on this page, so you can read the position for yourself before you buy. If fragrance components are something you avoid, this balm is not the one.

What else is on the list besides Bisabolol?

sh-Polypeptide-121, Acetyl Heptapeptide-4 and Acetyl Hexapeptide-8. The order they are printed in on this balm's panel is the order on the box, so you can see where Bisabolol sits relative to them. Further down the same panel: Acetyl Octapeptide-3, Tocopheryl Acetate and Tocopherol.

HERA

HEALTHY GLOW DEWY BALM 10g

Name: HERA HEALTHY GLOW DEWY BALM 10g
Brand: HERA
SKU: 10810659885
Price: 62.5 USD
Availability: InStock

Water sits twenty-eighth on this 10 g HERA balm's list, behind esters, synthetic wax, mica, titanium dioxide and synthetic fluorphlogopite, so it behaves as a wax and pigment balm rather than a cream. Dotted on the high points over finished makeup.

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10 g

$62.50 per 10 g

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

Suited to: Dry skinCompromised barrierSkin that has lost bounceDull, uneven tone

Helps with: Shoppers looking for Bisabolol in a balmRoutines that want Bisabolol and sh-Polypeptide-121 in one stepFilling the balm step with a Korean-market formula

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Key benefits

Bisabolol, the active this balm is built around
sh-Polypeptide-121, Acetyl Heptapeptide-4, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 and Acetyl Octapeptide-3 on the same list, peptides
Tocopheryl Acetate and Tocopherol further down the same list
Synthetic Wax and Ozokerite further down the same list
Bisabolol named twenty-first on the manufacturer list printed on this page

Key actives

21Bisabololactive

Bisabolol is the main active fraction of chamomile oil, usually supplied from candeia wood. It is used for the look of redness in formulas for reactive skin, and it helps other ingredients absorb. On this balm's own ingredient list it is named twenty-first.

All products with Bisabolol

31sh-Polypeptide-121peptide

A fermentation-produced polypeptide. Korean formulas group these sh-polypeptides together as a conditioning peptide complex rather than using one alone. The panel names it thirty-first on this balm's list, beside Bisabolol.

All products with sh-Polypeptide-121

33Acetyl Heptapeptide-4peptide

A seven-amino-acid peptide with an acetyl group added for stability. It is used as a conditioning peptide for the look of firmness. It is named thirty-third on this balm's list, alongside Bisabolol.

All products with Acetyl Heptapeptide-4

34Acetyl Hexapeptide-8peptide

Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 is a six-amino-acid peptide used for the look of expression lines, particularly around the eyes. It is the peptide sold under the name Argireline and is water soluble and stable. The panel names it thirty-fourth on this balm's list, beside Bisabolol.

All products with Acetyl Hexapeptide-8

36Acetyl Octapeptide-3peptide

Acetyl Octapeptide-3 is an eight-amino-acid peptide used for the look of expression lines. It is usually paired with acetyl hexapeptide-8 rather than used alone. It is named thirty-sixth on this balm's list, alongside Bisabolol.

All products with Acetyl Octapeptide-3

Inside the formula

Ingredients declared

#22

Fragrance on the list

21Bisabolol31sh-Polypeptide-12133Acetyl Heptapeptide-436Acetyl Octapeptide-3

21Bisabolol
31sh-Polypeptide-121
33Acetyl Heptapeptide-4
36Acetyl Octapeptide-3

Where each key active sits on the declared ingredient list, by entry number. Position is proportion: the further forward, the larger its share.

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33 of 36 explained

Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate emulsifier: Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate is a water-in-oil emulsifier used in balms and rich creams, and a good pigment disperser.
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.
Diisostearyl Malate emollient: Diisostearyl Malate is a thick, glossy ester used to hold pigment in suspension and give a cushioned shine. It is the standard emollient in lip products.
Dicaprylyl Carbonate emollient: Dicaprylyl Carbonate is a light, fast-spreading emollient with a notably dry finish. It is chosen where a formula has to spread thin without leaving a heavy film.
Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate emollient: A thick, cushioned ester that gives lip and balm formulas their gloss and their cling. It is heavy enough to stay where it is put.
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.
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride is the light fraction of coconut oil, with the heavy parts removed. It is the workhorse emollient of modern formulas: it softens skin, dissolves oil-soluble actives and absorbs without the greasy weight of a whole plant oil.
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.
Phytosteryl/Isostearyl/Cetyl/Stearyl/Behenyl Dimer Dilinoleate emollient: This is a heavy plant-sterol ester used in balms and cleansing oils. It softens skin, holds pigment and gives a thick, cushioned glide.
Ricinus Communis (castor) Seed Oil emollient: Castor Oil is thick, glossy and unusually good at dissolving pigment, which is why it dominates lip and cleansing-balm formulas. It is a heavy emollient.
Mica colorant: Mica is a mineral ground into fine flakes. It scatters light, so it lightens a shade and gives the soft glow of a tinted or illuminating product.
Ethylene/Propylene Copolymer thickener: A soft hydrocarbon polymer used to thicken oils into a gel and to keep a stick or balm from separating.

21 more explained

Synthetic Fluorphlogopite colorant: Synthetic mica, grown rather than mined, which makes it purer and more transparent than the natural mineral. It scatters light and carries pearlescent pigments.
Ozokerite occlusive: Ozokerite is a mineral wax used to set sticks and balms. It binds oils into a solid that holds its shape in heat instead of sweating or blooming on the surface.
Silica absorbent: Silica is finely milled mineral, essentially very pure sand. It absorbs oil, stops powders clumping and soft-focuses the look of pores and fine lines.
Silica Silylate absorbent: Silica treated so it repels water. It absorbs oil, mattifies, and keeps a formula from feeling wet as it sets.
Stearalkonium Hectorite thickener: Stearalkonium Hectorite is a modified clay that gels oils and keeps powders evenly suspended in an anhydrous formula.
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.
(-)-Alpha-Bisabolol active: Bisabolol is the main active fraction of chamomile oil, usually supplied from candeia wood. It is used for the look of redness in formulas for reactive skin, and it helps other ingredients absorb.
Fragrance fragrance: Fragrance, or Parfum, is a single declaration standing for a whole scent blend, which can be dozens of materials. Regulators allow it as a trade secret, so a list showing only this word does not say what the scent is made of. It is the most common trigger named by people with reactive skin.
Propylene Carbonate solvent: A polar solvent used mainly with clays: it swells montmorillonite and hectorite so they thicken an oil phase. It also thins heavy pigment pastes.
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.
Dehydroacetic Acid preservative: A preservative that works best in acidic formulas and is almost always paired with benzyl alcohol. It is one of the standard systems in products built without parabens.
Iron Oxide Red colorant: Iron Oxides are mineral pigments in red, yellow and black, and the three are blended to make every skin-tone shade in a tinted product. They are inert and sit on the surface.
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.
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.
Sh-Polypeptide-121 peptide: A fermentation-produced polypeptide. Korean formulas group these sh-polypeptides together as a conditioning peptide complex rather than using one alone.
Caprylyl Glycol preservative booster: Caprylyl Glycol is a glycol that conditions skin and, more importantly, strengthens a preservative system so less of the traditional preservative is needed. It appears in most modern formulas built without parabens.
Acetyl Heptapeptide-4 peptide: A seven-amino-acid peptide with an acetyl group added for stability. It is used as a conditioning peptide for the look of firmness.
Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 peptide: Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 is a six-amino-acid peptide used for the look of expression lines, particularly around the eyes. It is the peptide sold under the name Argireline and is water soluble and stable.
Sodium Hydroxide pH adjuster: Sodium Hydroxide is a strong base used in traces to bring an acidic formula up to skin-friendly pH. None of it remains as itself once the formula is neutralised.
Acetyl Octapeptide-3 peptide: Acetyl Octapeptide-3 is an eight-amino-acid peptide used for the look of expression lines. It is usually paired with acetyl hexapeptide-8 rather than used alone.

How it works

The HEALTHY GLOW DEWY BALM is a 10g balm, used as the final layer of the evening routine, over your usual moisturizer. The active it is built around is Bisabolol, named twenty-first on its own ingredient list. The same list carries sh-Polypeptide-121, Acetyl Heptapeptide-4 and Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, so the active is not the only thing on it worth naming. How much of the Bisabolol stays on the skin, and for how long, is decided by the balm format rather than by the list alone. HERA sells this Bisabolol balm in Korea, and this is that version.

How to use

Dot onto the high points of the face and blend with a fingertip or damp sponge over finished makeup.

Worth knowing

Patch test this balm on a small area and wait a day before using it more widely, especially with Bisabolol on the list.
This list names Fragrance, so skip it if fragrance components are something you avoid.

Complete the routine

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From the same Korean-market lineHERA Homme Black Active Special Set$157.50

Total for 3 items$277.50

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HERA, Korean-market original

The Original Korean Formula balm from HERA, 10g formulated with Bisabolol and sh-Polypeptide-121, shipped from California or direct from Korea.

Verify your unit when it arrives

Korean-market stock with the original barcode and batch code intact, exactly as it left Korea.

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The Korean-market barcode, unaltered from the retail package.
The manufacturer’s batch code, exactly as the maker printed it.

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What professionals say

What skin-care professionals say about the key actives in this formula, quoted from the medical sources linked beside each.

Peptides can be anti-inflammatory, and chronic inflammation damages the tissue in your skin.
Wilma Bergfeld, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic
In skin, different peptides can encourage different things, from collagen formation to a reduction in inflammation to helping with wound healing depending on their structure.
Whitney Hovenic, MDDouble board-certified dermatologist and Mohs surgeon, Women's Health