The itch is water leaving your tattoo.

Once a tattoo closes, the job changes. NOOKS is a waterless lipid balm that holds moisture in the new skin, which quiets the itch and keeps the ink crisp.

GET THE BALM.

$39.95

zero petroleum · zero fragrance · 100% waterless · tattoo-safe from week two · 30-day refund

GET THE BALM.

$39.95

Tattoo lotion is mostly water, and water leaves freshly tattooed skin faster than it leaves anything else. Petroleum sits on top as a film. The film absorbs nothing, carries nothing, and turns the flake stage into a gummy peel that takes ink with it.

How to apply NOOKS balm for tattoos nursing and eczema, petroleum-free botanical skincare guide

no water · no preservatives · no film

NOOKS is 100% anhydrous. Squalane, jojoba and shea are skin-identical lipids, so the formula absorbs into the new skin as a fine layer and slows transepidermal water loss. Less water loss, less tightness, less itch. The tattoo sheds cleanly, on its own schedule, and the ink stays where your artist put it.

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every ingredient earns its place

Nooks balm ingredients laid out

SKIN-IDENTICAL LIPIDS

Squalane, jojoba, shea, calendula, marshmallow root. The structural lipids skin uses to rebuild after the needle. Nothing in it is a stranger, so it absorbs instead of sitting on the ink.

NOOKS Everywhere Balm — anhydrous barrier repair balm in 60 mL recyclable aluminium tin

FRAGRANCE-FREE

Freshly closed skin reacts to fragrance first. Zero fragrance, zero alcohol, zero essential-oil load beyond a micro-dose of food-grade manuka. Bisabolol settles the red.

Fragrance free Nooks balm on skin

100% ANHYDROUS

Petroleum forms a film. The film absorbs nothing, carries nothing, and has been coasting on the same trick since 1872. NOOKS absorbs as a fine lipid layer, the surface sheds cleanly, and the ink reads sharp underneath.

5.0 from people who'd tried everything first

"Literally saved my skin. 2 years of no barrier, tried EVERYthing. Doctors, derms, regular facials. My skin hatedddd me, reacted to everything, even the most basic of moisturisers."

Gee M, verified buyer

"I finish every gym session applying it to my grip calluses, and after just a week, the hardened skin started to soften noticeably. I love that it keeps my hands hydrated without any scent or grease."

Jye, verified buyeR

"I love how the balm dries down so there's no tacky feeling. Plus in seven days of decent use I have barely made a dent in the tin!"

Min, verified buyer

BUILT FOR THE STAGE YOU'RE AT

WEEK TWO. THE ITCH.

The itch is transepidermal water loss. Freshly closed skin loses water faster than skin at rest, and dry skin itches. The lipid layer slows the loss. Less loss, less tightness, less to scratch.

THE PEEL.

Petroleum caps the flake stage and turns it gummy. NOOKS absorbs instead of sitting on top, so the surface sheds cleanly and on its own schedule. A clean shed is what keeps the work looking sharp underneath.

FINE LINE AND COLOUR.

Detail work lives or dies at the surface. A dry, flaking surface scatters light and reads as fade even when it isn't. A smooth, supported surface lets the ink do what it was drawn to do.

OLD TATTOOS GONE FLAT.

Years of dry skin sit between the eye and the ink. The lipid layer smooths the surface so the work reads clearly again. The ink never moved. The view did.

REACTIVE SKIN, NEW INK.

Skin that flushes and stings does not stop doing that because you got tattooed. Zero fragrance, zero alcohol, mucosal-safe. The same tin works on the tattoo and on everything around it.

EVERYWHERE ELSE.

Lips, cuticles, post-shave, thigh chafe, yes even there. One tin replaces the shelf. Your tattoo was just the reason you found it.

FOR SKIN UNDER PRESSURE

Less, but better.

TRY IT FOR 30 DAYS.

if it doesn't work for your skin,

WE’LL REFUND you.

The Everywhere Balm™

60ML · $39.95 · LASTS ~3 MONTHS

The Everywhere Balm is a waterless barrier balm for normal, dry, reactive and overworked skin. Skin-compatible lipids, calming botanicals and bakuchiol 0.5% support the barrier through actives, washing, weather and daily wear, with a little extra barrier support for city air and everything skin meets along the way.

Use it when skin needs backup, or simply because you want to give it a little more. Face, lips, hands, body, cuticles, dry patches and external intimate skin. One 60mL tin, wherever skin is under pressure.

HELPS REDUCE WATER LOSS
LIPID-RICH BARRIER SUPPORT
SOFT-MATTE FINISH
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30-day one-tin guarantee.

If it does not earn a permanent spot in your bathroom, we refund one tin, minus shipping. Free AU shipping from two.

Warm a small amount between your fingers and apply thinly. Use it alone, or after water-based skincare has absorbed. Face, lips, hands, body, cuticles, dry patches and external intimate skin.
15 ingredients. No water. No petroleum. No added fragrance. MCT oil, shea, jojoba, squalane and beeswax form the lipid-rich base. Bakuchiol 0.5%, bisabolol, calendula, marshmallow root, plantain and the rest of the formula add targeted support without turning the tin into an ingredient circus.

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Orders ship from Australia within the current fulfilment window shown at checkout. Free AU shipping from two tins. One tin is covered by the 30-day guarantee, minus shipping.
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