SIZE
90 ml
PROTOCOL
PM
Suki L., Tanvi R.
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the melting balm
First cleanse.
$115.20 $128.00 Save $12.80
- SPF, makeup and the city off, barrier intact
- Oat lipids and squalane esters, in a balm that melts rather than drags
- First step at night, on dry skin, before the jelly cleanser
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What it is
Oat lipids with squalane esters and bisabolol, in a balm that melts rather than drags. It removes the SPF you were good about wearing without stripping what is underneath.
First step at night, on dry skin, then the jelly cleanser after it.
What is in it
THE ACTIVE
oat lipids
with squalane esters, bisabolol
- SIZE
- 90 ml
- FORMAT
- balm
- STEP
- cleanse
- WHEN
- PM
Where it sits on the ramp
Five flood bands, F-100 to F-500, by how dilute the formula is.
F-100
Cleansers — maximum water, minimum dose.
How to use it
- 01Cleanse first — this is the step everything else lands on.
- 02Use it at night.
- 03Introduce one new active at a time, so an irritation has one obvious cause.
What’s inside
Every active, and what it is doing there.
The number on the bottle is a position on a scale. This is what sits behind it.
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ACTIVE
Oat lipids
Oat-derived fats used in a first cleanse to dissolve SPF and makeup.
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SUPPORTING
Squalane esters
A light emollient used in cleansing balms so they melt rather than drag.
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SUPPORTING
Bisabolol
A chamomile-derived ingredient used to keep a resurfacing formula calm.
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SUPPORTING
Squalane
A stable, light emollient that softens without a heavy finish.
These are the actives and the supporting ingredients we formulate around. The complete INCI list is being added to every product page.
More from the range
Elsewhere on the scale
The difference
Why ANNEAL is different
Every line below is something you can check on the label or the page before you buy. None of it is a claim about how well the product works.
| What you can verify |
ANNEAL
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The category |
|---|---|---|
| Every active stated at the percentage it is used at | Yes | Usually a range, or folded into one “complex” |
| A position on one scale, printed on the bottle | Yes | A name and a claim, with no system behind it |
| Layering conflicts printed on the product page | Yes | Rarely mentioned before checkout |
| Volume and price per millilitre both stated | Yes | Volume often left off the label |
| The range is capped at eight and stays eight | Yes | Extended into new SKUs each season |
| No promo code, spend ladder or seasonal sale | Yes | At least one running, most of the year |
Reviews
What people who bought it say.
Unedited, in their words. Every one is tied to a confirmed order, and the four- and five-star ones are not moved to the top.
4.7/5
6 reviews
6 of 6 rated it 4 stars or higher
3 photos from customers
5.0
Takes off SPF 50 and a full face in one pass and leaves absolutely nothing behind. Skin does not feel stripped afterwards, which is the whole point of a first cleanse.
5.0
No sting in my eyes at all, and I wear a lot of eye makeup.
5.0
Barrier intact is not marketing here
My skin is never tight after this.
4.0
Good value for how long it lasts
Four months and I am about halfway.
5.0
Melts properly rather than smearing
Emulsifies clean with warm water, no film on my eyelashes.
4.0
Excellent balm
The jar is the only thing I would change — I would prefer not to put my fingers in it.
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Decide for yourself.
The full label, the dose and the price are back at the top of this page.
Questions
Frequently asked
Common questions about the melting balm
What does the colour on the bottle mean?
It is the dose. Every product floods one of five steps of the same blue: the palest is the cleansers, where water does the work, and full-strength cupric is reserved for the four copper products. A product cannot change band because of a season or a repackage.
Why is copper limited to four products?
Because a flagship that can be extended forever is not a flagship. GHK-Cu at full dose is the most expensive thing we make and it stays on the face, in four products. If we launch a fifth copper SKU, we will have changed our minds in public rather than quietly.
Do you publish the percentages?
On every product, in the first chapter of the page, before any claim is made about it. Where a formula is a blend rather than a single active, the page shows the blend instead of inventing a headline number.
How do I know what not to layer?
It is printed in the how-to-use block on each product, not buried in an FAQ. The short version: copper peptides and direct acids do not go on together, and a retinal night is followed by SPF in the morning.
Where do I start?
The copper protocol — the blue serum, the barrier cream and the daily spf. Treat, repair-adjacent support, and protection, which is the whole argument of the system in three steps.
Before you buy
The number is a position, not a grade.
Every active at the percentage it is used at, and what not to layer it with — stated before any claim is made about it.
