BALM+MILK 3-Phase Cleansing Ritual
✔️ Melts long-wear makeup, SPF, and impurities without stripping
✔️ Transforms through three luxurious phases, balm → oil → milk
✔️ Supports and strengthens the skin barrier with omega-rich oils
✔️ Rinses completely clean, zero greasy residue
✔️ Leaves skin soft, dewy, and visibly gleaming
✔️ Nourishes with antioxidant-rich botanical oils
✔️ Safe for all skin types including sensitive
✔️ PEG-free, polyethylene-free, and uncompromisingly clean
✔️ Vegan and cruelty-free
PHASE 1 - THE BALM
Rich. Cushioned. Skin-melting.
BALM+MILK begins as a rich, creamy, cushioned balm that warms instantly between the palms. As it meets dry skin, it softens and begins to work, surrounding makeup, SPF, and impurities and breaking their bond with the skin without friction, tugging, or compromise. The balm phase is where the cleansing begins and where the treatment actives first make contact.
PHASE 2 - THE OIL
Dissolving. Nourishing. Deeply penetrating.
As the balm warms on skin, it melts seamlessly into a nourishing cleansing oil, a silky, weightless phase that penetrates pores, dissolves the most stubborn long-wear formulas, and delivers a concentrated dose of omega-rich botanical oils directly into the skin barrier. This is where BALM+MILK goes deeper than any cleansing balm, treating while it cleanses.
PHASE 3 - THE MILK
Emulsifying. Rinsing. Leaving nothing but glow.
Add a splash of warm water, and BALM+MILK performs its most elegant transformation, the cleansing oil emulsifies instantly into a soft, hydrating milk that carries every trace of dissolved makeup, impurity, and excess oil cleanly away. No residue. No tightness. No compromise. Just skin that feels cushioned, gleaming, and clinically clean.
Three phases. One ritual. Skin that looks better after cleansing than before.
Blackberry Seed Oil: An antioxidant powerhouse exceptionally rich in Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids. Blackberry Seed Oil supports barrier health, defends against environmental damage, and leaves skin with a luminous, healthy sheen after every cleanse.
Passionfruit Seed Oil: Lightweight and fast-absorbing, rich in Vitamin A and Vitamin C. Passionfruit Oil delivers deep nourishment without heaviness, brightening and softening skin during the cleansing process itself.
Shea Butter: The gold-standard skin conditioning butter, deeply conditioning, barrier-strengthening, and responsible for the rich, cushiony, creamy melt that defines the first phase of BALM+MILK.
Raspberry Seed Oil: Exceptionally rich in antioxidants and essential fatty acids, one of the most protective botanical oils available. Raspberry Seed Oil nourishes the skin barrier and defends against the free radical damage that accelerates visible aging.
Jojoba Seed Oil: A liquid wax that biomimics the skin's own natural sebum, balancing, nourishing, and deeply compatible with all skin types. Jojoba ensures BALM+MILK feels effortless on every complexion.
Sweet Almond Oil Softening and emollient — rich in Vitamin E and essential fatty acids. Sweet Almond Oil adds a silky, skin-smoothing element to the oil phase that leaves skin visibly supple after rinsing.
Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (Oil-Soluble Vitamin C): A stabilized, oil-soluble form of Vitamin C that delivers antioxidant defense and brightening directly during the cleanse so BALM+MILK doesn't just clean your skin, it treats it simultaneously.
Anigozanthos Flavidus Extract: A certified organic extract from the Australian Kangaroo Paw flower, increasing the production of Tenascin-X, the architectural protein that rebuilds and reinforces the skin's structural dermis. Collagen and elastin synthesis supported. Visible results within one hour. Building effect over time.
Rosa Damascena Flower Extract: Steam-distilled from the most prized rose in skincare deeply calming, hydrating, and antioxidant-rich. Rose extract soothes and balances skin during cleansing while leaving a subtle, natural luminosity in its wake.
N-Prolyl Palmitoyl Tripeptide-56 Acetate: A clinical firming peptide that stimulates elastin synthesis — supporting visible skin elasticity and firmness. A cleansing balm with a firming peptide. This is HARLOW 86.
Bisabolol: Nature's finest calming active reducing redness, soothing irritation, and ensuring BALM+MILK is clinically safe for the most sensitive skin. The invisible comfort layer in every application.
Hydrogenated Lecithin: A skin-identical phospholipid that bridges oil and water during the milk transformation, creating the effortless, residue-free emulsification that defines Phase 3. No PEGs. No polyethylene. Just clean, plant-based emulsification.
Polyglyceryl-10 Oleate: A plant-derived emulsifier that performs the most important job in BALM+MILK™, transforming the cleansing oil into a silky milk with a single splash of water. The clean innovation that makes this formula PEG-free and polyethylene-free without compromise.
As A Daily Cleanser - Morning & Evening
Scoop an almond-sized amount and warm between palms. Gently massage over dry face, neck, and décolleté in circular motions, watch the balm melt into oil, dissolving makeup and impurities effortlessly. Add a splash of warm water to transform into a hydrating milk. Rinse thoroughly or remove with a warm, damp cloth for a radiant, gleaming clean.
As A Nourishing Mask - Weekly Ritual
Apply a generous layer to clean, dry skin. Leave for 10–15 minutes to allow the barrier-restoring oils and botanical actives to deeply penetrate and treat. Remove with a warm, damp cloth for the most luminous skin of your week.
It starts as a balm. Melts into an oil. Transforms into a milk. And leaves your skin cleaner, softer, and more radiant than any cleanser you have ever used.
BALM+MILK™ is not a cleanser. It is a cleansing ritual.
Most cleansers strip. Most cleansers compromise. Most cleansers leave your skin barrier fighting to recover before your next product even touches your face. BALM+MILK was built to do the opposite. To cleanse with clinical precision while simultaneously treating, nourishing, and protecting the skin it touches.
Formulated by a makeup artist and clinical formulator who has spent ten years removing makeup professionally and building skin scientifically, BALM+MILK is a three-phase cleansing transformation that effortlessly dissolves long-wear makeup, sunscreen, and the deepest impurities, while flooding skin with barrier-loving oils, antioxidant-rich botanicals, and skin-identical actives that leave your complexion soft, gleaming, and luminously clean.
PEG-free. Polyethylene-free. Silicone-free. Sulfate-free. Paraben-free. Mineral oil-free.
Clean skin. Clinical artistry. This is LKYU beauty.
The Artist's Story
As a makeup artist I have cleansed thousands of faces. I know exactly what a cleanser can do to skin, strip it, compromise it, undo everything the skincare before it was trying to build.
I built BALM+MILK™ to be the opposite of every stripping cleanser I've ever been forced to use. A cleanser that treats. A ritual that restores. A three-phase transformation that leaves skin better than it found it.
The balm melts your makeup. The oil treats your barrier. The milk rinses everything clean. And what's left is the skin you were always supposed to have.
Clean is the foundation of everything LKYU Beauty does. BALM+MILK™ is where it starts.
What's Never In BALM+MILK
🚫 No PEGs
🚫 No Polyethylene
🚫 No Silicones
🚫 No Parabens
🚫 No Sulfates
🚫 No Mineral Oil
🚫 No Synthetic FragranceThe Details
Three-phase - rich balm → silky oil → hydrating milkFinish: Soft, gleaming, residue-freeSkin
Type: All skin types - including sensitiveBest For: Makeup removal, daily cleansing, nourishing mask
Certifications: Vegan, cruelty-free, PEG-free, clean formula
Formulated by: A professional makeup artist + formulator with 10 years of experience
- For external use only. Apply as directed. Discontinue use if irritation occurs. Keep out of reach of children.
The Story. The Standard.
Nearly thirty years behind the makeup chair. A decade inside the lab. Every LKYU formula is built from scratch by one formulator with clinical precision, genuine artistry, and one unbreakable standard. It has to work.
Good Questions. Real Answers.
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Scoop an almond-sized amount and warm it between dry palms. Massage onto a dry face, neck, and décolleté to melt away makeup, SPF, and daily impurities.
Add a splash of warm water to transform it into a silky milk, then rinse thoroughly or remove with a warm, damp cloth. -
Yes. BALM+MILK begins as a rich balm that loosens makeup and SPF, melts into a nourishing oil, then emulsifies into a hydrating milk when water is added. The final rinse is designed to leave skin soft, clean, and residue-free, not tight or greasy.
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Yes. It is formulated for all skin types, including sensitive skin. The formula uses nourishing botanical oils, skin-compatible jojoba oil, and bisabolol to help soothe and support the skin barrier. As with any skincare product, discontinue use if irritation occurs.
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BALM+MILK is vegan and cruelty-free, and it is free from PEGs, polyethylene, silicones, sulfates, parabens, mineral oil, and synthetic fragrance. Its formula combines antioxidant-rich botanical oils with Vitamin C, a peptide, and plant-derived emulsifiers for a cleansing ritual that also helps nourish skin.