What does the KAHI product texture feel like on skin?

It applies as a lightweight texture that settles in within a minute or two rather than sitting on the surface. Because it is the Korean-market formula rather than a US-shelf reformulation, the finish matches what the same product feels like on shelf in Korea, not a version adjusted for a different market's regulations.

Where does this eye care product fit in a Korean skincare routine?

It sits at the eye-area step of a routine, applied after toner/essence and before the main moisturizer. Korean routines are built as layers rather than a single all-in-one step, so using it out of order, for example before a lighter product that needs to absorb first, is the most common reason a product underperforms its expectations.

Is this the authentic Korean-market version, and how is it different from what US retailers sell?

Yes: KAHI formulates this line for the Korean market first, and this is that exact formula rather than a separately registered US version. Some Korean brands sell a reformulated line through US retailers with different actives or filter systems to clear US regulations, and this is not that product.

Who should reach for this eye care product first?

Anyone already using KAHI's other products will notice the same formulation logic here, and it is a reasonable first pick for someone building out a Korean routine around this step for the first time. Skin that reacts to heavy fragrance loads should still read the full ingredient panel on the product page before committing to daily use.

How should this be stored and how long does it last once opened?

Keep it out of direct sun and away from bathroom heat and humidity, the way any Korean-formulated skincare should be stored, and use a clean hand or spatula rather than repeatedly dipping wet fingers into the container. A sealed, unopened unit keeps for the shelf life printed on its own Korean-market batch code, which is intact on every unit we ship.

KAHI

Eye Balm CV 9g #Refill KIT

Name: KAHI Eye Balm CV 9g #Refill KIT
Brand: KAHI
SKU: 10067395613
Price: 90.0 USD
Availability: InStock

KAHI's Eye Balm CV 9g #Refill KIT is an eye care product, sold here as the exact Korean-market formula, not a US-adjusted reformulation.

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$90.00

9 g

$100.00 per 10 g

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

Suited to: dry skincombination skinsensitive or reactive skinnormal skin

Helps with: dryness and dehydrationa compromised skin barrierdullnessredness and reactivity

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How it works

This eye care product from KAHI is formulated for the Korean market and sold here as that exact formula, not a US-shelf reformulation. Its lightweight texture is built for the role it plays in a routine: the eye-area step of a routine, applied after toner/essence and before the main moisturizer. KAHI is a Korean multi-balm brand best known for its stick-format Multi Balm, a single product designed to double as skincare and a dewy makeup finisher, alongside a wider anti-aging Wrinkle Bounce line. The packaging, barcode, and batch code all trace back to the same product sold on its home market. It is meant to be used consistently at the eye-area step of a routine rather than as an occasional treatment.

Key benefits

The authentic Korean-market eye care product formula, not a US-shelf reformulation
Arrives with its Korean-market barcode and batch code intact for a direct authenticity check against the packaging
Fits the eye-area step of a routine, applied after toner/essence and before the main moisturizer
Reviewed for accuracy by a licensed dermo-cosmetic expert before it reaches the product page

Inside the formula

Ingredients declared

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Helianthus Annuus (sunflower) Seed Oil emollient: Sunflower Seed Oil is high in linoleic acid, the fatty acid dry and blemish-prone skin is often short of. It is a light, non-fragrant emollient and one of the better tolerated plant oils.
Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate emulsifier: Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate is a water-in-oil emulsifier used in balms and rich creams, and a good pigment disperser.
Euphorbia Cerifera (candelilla) Wax occlusive: Candelilla wax, from a desert shrub, and the usual plant substitute for beeswax. It gives sticks and balms a firm, slightly brittle set.
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (sweet Almond) Oil emollient: Sweet almond oil, one of the oldest cosmetic oils. It is high in oleic acid, which makes it richer and slower to absorb than the linoleic oils.
Triethylhexanoin emollient: Triethylhexanoin is a light ester emollient that softens skin and disperses pigment. It absorbs cleanly and is often used to thin a heavy oil phase.
Theobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter emollient: Cupuacu butter, from a tree related to cacao. It is a soft butter high in oleic and stearic acid that melts near skin temperature and leaves a rich cushioned feel.
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.
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.
Oryza Sativa (rice) Bran Wax occlusive: Wax from rice bran, a plant alternative to beeswax. It gives sticks and balms their firmness and holds a shape at room temperature.
Paraffin occlusive: Paraffin is solid petroleum-derived wax. It gives an anhydrous formula its structure and slows water loss from the surface, and it is inert.
Microcrystalline Wax occlusive: Microcrystalline Wax is a fine-crystalled petroleum wax. It gives balms and sticks body and flexibility and holds oil from separating out.
Pyrus Malus (apple) Seed Oil emollient: Apple seed oil, pressed from the pips. It is a light oil high in linoleic acid.

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Camellia Japonica Seed Oil emollient: Camellia Seed Oil is the traditional Korean and Japanese hair and skin oil, high in oleic acid. It is a light emollient that absorbs quickly for its richness.
Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil emollient: Macadamia Seed Oil is unusually high in palmitoleic acid, a fatty acid that human sebum also contains, which is why it absorbs faster than most nut oils. It is a cushioning emollient for dry skin.
Caviar Extract protein: Caviar Extract is an extract of sturgeon roe, carrying proteins, amino acids and lipids. It is a fish-derived ingredient.
Hippophae Rhamnoides Oil emollient: Sea buckthorn oil, deep orange from its carotenoid content, which is often why a formula carrying it has a colour nobody added. It is high in the unusual fatty acid palmitoleic acid.
Yeast Ferment Extract ferment: The extract of a yeast culture, carrying amino acids, sugars and B vitamins. It is used as a conditioning ferment.
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.
Candida/Garcinia Cambogia Ferment ferment: Garcinia cambogia fruit fermented with candida yeast. The fruit is a source of hydroxycitric acid, and fermentation supplies it alongside yeast metabolites.
Caesalpinia Spinosa Fruit Extract plant extract: Tara fruit extract, from a Peruvian pod. The pod is high in tannins and in the galactomannan sugar sold as tara gum, so the extract also adds a little body.
Kappaphycus Alvarezii Extract polysaccharide: Extract of the red seaweed most carrageenan is made from. It carries sulphated galactans that hold water and thicken, so it acts as a marine polysaccharide.
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.
Stearic Acid fatty acid: Stearic Acid is a saturated fatty acid from plant fats, and one of the three lipid classes skin's own barrier is built from. In a formula it thickens, stabilises the emulsion and can be turned into a soap-style cleanser by adding a base.
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.
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.
Adenosine active: Adenosine is a nucleoside that Korea's own cosmetic authority recognises as a wrinkle-care functional ingredient, which is why it appears on so many Korean lists at a low level. It is used for the look of fine lines and is stable and well tolerated.
Bentonite absorbent: Bentonite is a volcanic clay that swells in water. It absorbs oil, thickens a mask, and holds pigments and powders evenly suspended.
Maltodextrin film former: Maltodextrin is a starch-derived sugar chain used to carry powdered extracts and to form a light film. It also gives a soft, smoothing feel.
Citric Acid pH adjuster: Citric Acid is used in tiny amounts to bring a formula to the pH its actives need, not as an exfoliant at that level. It is an AHA, so at much higher concentrations it can also exfoliate.
Nicotinamide Mononucleotide active: Nicotinamide Mononucleotide is a nucleotide built from vitamin B3 and a sugar phosphate. Korean formulas use it as a conditioning active, usually alongside niacinamide itself.
Adenosine Triphosphate active: Adenosine Triphosphate is the molecule cells move energy around with. In a formula it is a conditioning nucleotide, related to the adenosine declared beside it.
Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide active: Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide, usually written NAD, is a coenzyme every living cell carries, built from vitamin B3. In a formula it is used as a conditioning active at very low levels.
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.
Cyclodextrin solvent: A ring-shaped sugar with a hollow centre. Formulas use it to hold an oil, a fragrance or an unstable active inside the ring, which keeps it stable and slows its release.
Isododecane solvent: Isododecane is a light, volatile hydrocarbon. It carries pigments and film formers on smoothly and then evaporates, leaving the film behind and nothing oily.
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.
Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer silicone: This is a silicone elastomer, a soft springy gel. It fills the look of fine texture and gives the velvety, blurred finish of a primer.
Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer silicone: A silicone elastomer powder. It changes how light falls on skin so texture looks softer, absorbs a little oil, and leaves a dry velvet finish.
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.
Elastin protein: Elastin is the stretchy structural protein that sits alongside collagen in the dermis. It cannot enter skin from the outside, so in a formula it is a water-holding, film-forming protein.
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.
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.
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.
Hydrogenated Poly(c6-20 Olefin) emollient: Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin) is a synthetic hydrocarbon emollient. It gives a smooth, silicone-like glide and is completely stable, so it does not go rancid.
Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5 peptide: Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5 is a four-amino-acid peptide used in eye products for the look of puffiness and crepiness.
HDI/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer absorbent: A spherical polymer powder. The spheres roll under the fingers, absorb a little oil and scatter light, which softens the look of pores and fine lines.
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.
Potassium Sorbate preservative: Potassium Sorbate is a preservative that holds off yeast and mould in acidic formulas. It is almost always used with sodium benzoate, because neither covers the whole range of microbes alone.
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.
Benzyl Benzoate fragrance component: Benzyl Benzoate is a faintly balsamic aromatic that also acts as a fixative, holding a fragrance on skin longer. It is one of the 26 declarable fragrance components.
Hexyl Cinnamal fragrance component: Hexyl Cinnamal is a jasmine-like aromatic. It is one of the 26 fragrance components EU labelling requires to be named individually.
Benzyl Salicylate fragrance component: Benzyl Salicylate is a faint floral aromatic that also holds a fragrance on skin longer. It is one of the 26 fragrance components EU labelling requires to be named.
Hydroxycitronellal fragrance component: Hydroxycitronellal is a soft lily-of-the-valley aromatic. It is one of the 26 declarable fragrance components.
Citronellol fragrance component: Citronellol is a rose-geranium aromatic and one of the 26 fragrance components EU labelling names individually.
Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone fragrance component: A soft violet and woody aromatic. It is one of the 26 fragrance components EU labelling requires to be named.
Linalool fragrance component: Linalool is a floral aromatic found in lavender, bergamot and coriander. It is one of the 26 fragrance components EU labelling requires to be declared by name.

How to use

Pat gently around the orbital bone with a clean fingertip, using the ring finger for the lightest possible pressure on this thinner skin.

Worth knowing

Patch test on the inner arm before a first full application if you are trying a new Korean formula for the first time, since a fragrance or botanical extract that suits most skin can still be the one thing an individual complexion does not tolerate.
Introduce any new Korean-market formula on its own for the first few uses before layering it with the rest of an existing routine, so any reaction is easy to trace to a single product.

Complete the routine

This itemKAHI Eye Balm CV 9g #Refill KIT$90.00
Seal the routine in as the last stepKAHI Eye Balm 9g$50.00
The treatment step of this routineKAHI Wrinkle Bounce Skin Fit Blending Essence 30ml$75.00

Total for 3 items$215.00

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The Korean-market KAHI eye care product formula, not the US reformulation.

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The manufacturer’s batch code, exactly as the maker printed it.

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What professionals say

What skin-care professionals say about skin care, quoted from the medical sources linked beside each.

Your skin barrier is basically your outer layer of the skin.
Melissa Piliang, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic
Pretty much every step of a Korean skin care routine is going to have some component of hydration.
Alok Vij, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic