The Hand Balm

For hands that do the work of living.
hinok's The Hand Balm is made of Jeju cypress water bound with shea butter and plant-derived glycerin. It gives dry, working hands deep moisture, absorbs without a greasy film, and leaves nothing that rubs off on what you pick up next.

hinok's signature cypress water is made with fallen leaves and branches that are collected without harming trees or creating waste. Branches are pruned from roughly 30-year-old cypress trees in Ara-dong, Jeju, South Korea, then steam-distilled for two hours with the Jeju Resource Plant Research Institute. What remains after distillation is composted and returned to the forest.  

Deep moisture, from two ingredients.
Shea butter, the oil pressed from the fruit of the West African shea tree, and plant-derived glycerin carry moisture into dry skin. The cypress water they sit in is the base of the formula, in place of purified water.

Absorbs, then gets out of the way.
It spreads smoothly and absorbs fast, with no greasy film left behind, so nothing rubs off on what you touch next. Its irritation index tested at 0.00 percent, mild across all skin types.

The scent of cypress, up close.
The note comes from the cypress water and the oil, with no added fragrance. It changes with the season it was distilled: woodier in summer, closer to citrus in winter. The scent is there while you rub the balm in, then fades naturally.