Welcome to The Balm Home!

(Pictured left to right: Chelsee, Lane, Jinii, Amy) 

Chelsee started the business with her sisters in 2021 and took full ownership in 2024. When seeking new partners, it felt natural to look close to home. Bringing on Lane, Amy, and Jinii was like assembling a dream team—all brilliant and capable women ready to take on the challenges of a startup!

We are four friends who first met while working on our school’s PTA. We learned a lot about how well we work together when in the trenches of fundraising, book fairs, and organizing fun runs!

Chelsee has always been passionate (borderline obsessed) with good design. When she noticed that an age-old product—the tissue box—needed revamping, she went to work. Tissues are a household staple but the array of designs on cardboard tissue boxes from the grocery store always left something to be desired. After an exhaustive search for beautiful, quality, functional covers (without paying an arm and a leg) yielded nothing, she put pen to paper and designed the cover she wished she could buy.

After bringing on the dream team, we went to work refining the original design, making adjustments based on customer feedback. We wanted our tissue box covers to be unique, designed by us, and functionally the best on the market.

There was some trial and error, but we are very proud of what we’ve accomplished together!

We hope these Balm boxes serve people in homes, offices, hotels, and more for many years to come. Because when it comes to good design, details matter.