Charlotte Cho credits cleansing balms for clearing up her skin and getting her hooked on double cleansing and K-beauty many years ago. After obsessively trying every formula she could get her hands on, she decided to create her own: The Then I Met You Living Cleansing Balm, now a 2019 Allure Best of Beauty Award Winner. Below, she shares the behind-the-scenes scoop on the making of the innovative product.

The Then I Met You Living Cleansing Balm has always been a winning formula in our book, and plenty of other important people in the beauty community think so too. Since hitting shelves nearly one year ago, the product has racked up awards from a number of publications including Allure.

The cleansing balm is the recipient of many awards, includingVery Good Light’s Lightning Beauty Award for Best Oil Cleanser and the2019 Allure Best of Beauty Award.

The publication has previously called the balm “a little end-of-day indulgence” and on while discussing this year’s awards on the Today show this week, Allure editor in chief Michelle Lee called the product one of her personal favorites. “I use it every night. It takes off even the most stubborn eye makeup,” she said.