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 Adenosine and not three changes at once.

Does this balm contain fragrance?

Yes. The ingredient list names Benzyl Benzoate, Benzyl Salicylate, Citronellol and Fragrance. They sit 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 Adenosine?

Sodium DNA, Tocopherol and Beta-Carotene. The order they are printed in on this balm's panel is the order on the box, so you can see where Adenosine sits relative to them. Further down the same panel: Tocopheryl Acetate, BHT and Hydrolyzed Collagen.

KAHI

MULTI BALM CV 9g

Name: KAHI MULTI BALM CV 9g
Brand: KAHI
SKU: 10067363725
Price: 62.5 USD
Availability: InStock

Sunflower oil, candelilla wax and shea butter open this 9 g stick balm's own list, with licorice extract, rice germ oil, hydrolyzed collagen and adenosine behind them, pressed onto dry patches on face, lips or hands.

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9 g

$69.44 per 10 g

Korean-market formula
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Suited to: Dry skinCompromised barrierDehydrated skinSensitive skin

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Key benefits

Adenosine, the active this balm is built around
Sodium DNA on the same list, an active
Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene and Tocopheryl Acetate on the same list, antioxidants
BHT and Hydrolyzed Collagen further down the same list
Soluble Proteoglycan and Kappaphycus Alvarezii Extract further down the same list
Adenosine named twenty-seventh on the manufacturer list printed on this page

Key actives

26Tocopherolantioxidant

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. It is named twenty-sixth on this balm's list, alongside Adenosine.

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27Adenosineactive

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. On this balm's own ingredient list it is named twenty-seventh.

All products with Adenosine

31Beta-Caroteneantioxidant

Beta-Carotene is an orange plant pigment and a vitamin A precursor. It is used as an antioxidant and it tints a formula, which is often why it is there. It is named thirty-first on this balm's list, alongside Adenosine.

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32Tocopheryl Acetateantioxidant

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. The panel names it thirty-second on this balm's list, beside Adenosine.

All products with Tocopheryl Acetate

35Sodium DNAactive

Sodium DNA is the salt of DNA, in Korean skincare almost always salmon derived, and it is the ingredient behind the PDRN category. It is used as a humectant and for the look of tired skin; the fragments themselves are what the name PDRN refers to. It is named thirty-fifth on this balm's list, alongside Adenosine.

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Inside the formula

Ingredients declared

Last

Fragrance on the list

26Tocopherol31Beta-Carotene35Sodium DNA

26Tocopherol
31Beta-Carotene
35Sodium DNA

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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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.
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.
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.
Pyrus Malus (Apple) Seed Oil emollient: Apple seed oil, pressed from the pips. It is a light oil high in linoleic acid.
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.
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.
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.
Melia Azadirachta Leaf 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.
Oil Soluble Licorice(Glycyrrhiza) Extract plant extract: The oil soluble fraction of licorice root, carried in an oil rather than water. It brings the fat soluble part of the root, including glabridin, that a water extract leaves behind.
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.

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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.
Oryza Sativa (Rice) Germ Oil emollient: Oil pressed from the germ of the rice grain. It is light, high in vitamin E and phytosterols, and softer in feel than rice bran oil.
Schisandra Chinensis Fruit Extract plant extract: Omija, the five-flavour berry of Korean tea and herbal practice. Its extract carries lignans and fruit acids and is used as an antioxidant conditioning extract.
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.
Lithospermum Erythrorhizon Root Extract plant extract: Purple gromwell root, long used in Korean and Chinese herbal practice. The root is deep red-purple, so it colours a formula, and it is used for the look of reactive skin.
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.
Chlorella Vulgaris Extract plant extract: Chlorella Vulgaris is a freshwater green algae. Its extract carries proteins, chlorophyll and amino acids and is used as a conditioning ingredient.
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.
Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Seed Oil emollient: Carrot seed oil, pressed from the seed rather than the root. It is used as a conditioning oil and carries its own earthy scent.
Hydrolyzed Collagen protein: Hydrolyzed Collagen is collagen broken into fragments small enough to dissolve in water. It cannot become collagen in skin; what it does is hold water at the surface and leave a smooth, conditioned film.
Althaea Rosea Flower Extract plant extract: Althaea Rosea is hollyhock, a mallow relative rich in mucilage. Its flower extract hydrates and leaves a cushioned, slippery feel.
Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Root Extract plant extract: Carrot Root Extract carries carotenoids, which give it a strong orange colour. It is used as an antioxidant extract and can tint a formula.
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.
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.
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.
Beta-Carotene antioxidant: Beta-Carotene is an orange plant pigment and a vitamin A precursor. It is used as an antioxidant and it tints a formula, which is often why it is there.
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.
Ethylhexylglycerin preservative booster: Ethylhexylglycerin softens skin and boosts a preservative system, which is why it is nearly always sitting beside phenoxyethanol or 1,2-hexanediol. It also cuts down the odour bacteria produce, so it turns up in deodorising products.
Soluble Proteoglycan protein: A proteoglycan is a protein with sugar chains attached, the same architecture as the water-holding molecules in cartilage and skin. Made soluble, it is used as a humectant and conditioning protein.
Sodium Dna active: Sodium DNA is the salt of DNA, in Korean skincare almost always salmon derived, and it is the ingredient behind the PDRN category. It is used as a humectant and for the look of tired skin; the fragments themselves are what the name PDRN refers to.
BHT antioxidant: BHT is a synthetic antioxidant used in traces to stop the oils in a formula going rancid. It protects the product, not the skin.
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 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.
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.
Butylphenyl Methylpropional fragrance component: A synthetic aroma molecule with a soft floral note, once widely known as Lilial. It is one of the fragrance components EU labelling requires to be named separately.
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.
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.
Gardenia Florida Fruit Extract plant extract: Gardenia Fruit Extract is the traditional East Asian yellow dye plant. In skincare it is used as an antioxidant extract, and it can tint a formula.

How it works

The MULTI BALM CV is a 9g balm, used as the final layer of the evening routine, over your usual moisturizer. The active it is built around is Adenosine, named twenty-seventh on its own ingredient list. The same list carries Sodium DNA, Tocopherol and Beta-Carotene, so the active is not the only thing on it worth naming. How much of the Adenosine stays on the skin, and for how long, is decided by the balm format rather than by the list alone. KAHI sells this Adenosine balm in Korea, and this is that version.

How to use

Warm a small amount between fingertips and press onto the area that needs it, whether that is dry patches, fine lines, or as a final dewy touch over makeup.

Worth knowing

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

Complete the routine

This itemKAHI MULTI BALM CV 9g$62.50
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$187.50

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The Original Korean Formula balm from KAHI, 9g formulated with Adenosine and Sodium DNA, shipped from California or direct from Korea.

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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.

People with dry, flaky skin are more likely to see a benefit from using vitamin E because it enhances moisturization.
Amy Kassouf, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic
It's still a very new ingredient in the field of regenerative medicine.
Catherine ChangBeverly Hills board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Harper's Bazaar