Welcome to Balm Kitchen! At Balm Kitchen, our skincare and body care products are lovingly handcrafted in small batches in our studio using the best quality plant-based vegan ingredients.

How we started

It began with my (Teresa) love affair for lip balms. I simply cannot do without them as occasionally I have dry and chapped lips. Sometimes I get cold sores too. I went in search for a plant-based lip balm and could not find any that fits my budget or a flavour that appeals to me. Thus I decided to do some R&D on how to make my own lip balm. After months of trial and error, I have formulated the lip balm that not only moisturise my lips but also help to heal my cold sores.

At the same time, my son has been having mild atopic eczema and after using all the topical prescriptions from the doctors (you know what I'm talking about!), his skin didn't get any better. So I decided that I need to have a more holistic approach to help with his skin issues. While I was trying out my lip balms, I was also making body balms to apply on the folds of his hands and cheeks where the eczema usually flared up. After a month of using the body balm I made, there was so much improvements on his skin. I also look into his diet and the household products that I was using and made huge changes to them by giving him more wholesome real food diet and also using plant-based household cleaners and laundry liquid.

To feed my insatiable hunger for more knowledge, I took a Diploma in Organic Skincare Formulation and am still on the journey to constantly increase my knowledge and skincare formulation skills.

'How we got the name Balm Kitchen...it all started from our little kitchen where all the magic happens and we always associate our kitchens with nutritious food prepared by our loving mother or father. This is the same down to earth promise that we hope to deliver to all our customers, to formulate great products for everyone. We are a family owned business.'