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Reveal your Radiance with
Lumi-Reflecting Skin

Replenish and Polish for a breath of beauty

The three components of "Lumi-reflecting skin"

Clarity

Translucency suggestive of a moonlit glow, and as clear and smooth as the surface of a placid body of water.

Smoothness

Surface quality as smooth to the touch as silk.

Luminosity

Like rays of sunlight falling through the lush leaves upon a photo-shoot, the particles of sunlight reflected on your skin gives it a natural radiance.

Stratum corneum,
a key to
Lumi-reflecting skin

Stratum corneum

The outermost layer of the skin, stratum corneum, consists of corneocytes arranged in an orderly structure with intercellular lipids filling the spaces between the cells.

Despite its delicate thickness of just 0.02 mm—half that of tomato skin—it plays a crucial role in skin health. This layer helps retain hydration, keeping the skin moisturized, while providing a protective barrier against dryness, UV rays, and irritants.

“Maintaining the stratum corneum
in good condition is essential
for achieving lumi-reflecting skin”

Moisture, oil, and natural moisturizing factors (NMF) are essential for keeping the skin hydrated. Balancing these elements keeps the stratum corneum healthy, leading to a normal skin cycle that renews and sheds cells naturally. This healthy cycle helps achieve luminous, radiant skin.

Ph.D. & Corporate Officer of Marketing Division, ALBION CO., LTD.

Dr. Hayashi Akinobu

Skin and cosmetics expert with a long research career in dermatological science, efficacy studies, quality assurance, and, chiefly, active ingredient development.

Replenishing and Polishing,
A unique stratum
corneum care
with ALBION's Balancing Milk

ALBION Balancing Milk products provide unique and effective care for the stratum corneum. The stratum corneum is difficult to fully hydrate and is sensitive to changes. Through a scientific understanding of its structure, balancing milk products are designed to address its specific needs.

Replenishing

ALBION Balancing Milk contains skin-beautifying ingredients that closely resemble the ideal balance of moisture, oil, and NMF found in the stratum corneum.
The best time to replenish the skin is right after washing your face. Apply balanced moisture immediately to create the ideal stratum corneum, resulting in a visibly positive change.

Polishing

ALBION Balancing Milk also promotes the exfoliation of dead skin cells by hydrating the stratum corneum, boosting the activity of desquamation enzymes.
A dry environment decreases the activity of desquamation enzymes, often resulting in skin problems. Therefore, increasing the moisture content of the stratum corneum through skincare is an important step for achieving lumi-reflecting skin.

Tips to maximize
the polishing effect

ALBION Balancing Milk is best applied with 3 pumps on ALBION Cotton. This optimal amount ensures not only coverage of the skin's surface but also effective penetration throughout the entire stratum corneum. Additionally, ALBION's specially designed cotton pads enhance the product's performance, maximizing its benefits.

ALBION’s
“Milk First”
Method

What the skin needs right after face wash is the moisture that the skin originally has. ALBION Balancing Milk is made with a balance of moisture close to that of the stratum corneum in order to deliver the moisture your face needs after cleansing and create a well moisturized stratum corneum.

How to Apply
Balancing Milk

Use the pad to put the Balancing Milk across the forehead, cheeks, nose, and chin.

Start from the cheeks, working outwards and upwards using a slow and gentle circular motion.

Be very gentle around the sensitive eye area. Work outwards from the center when applying to forehead.

Be especially thorough when applying around the nostrils, mouth and other areas prone to roughness.

Apply to the jawline, starting from under the chin and working towards the backs of the ears to completely cover the jawline. Continue steps 2 through 5 until the product has been completely absorbed.