Aloha!

I never really "gauged" the cooling effect of Nivea cooling balm. It "seems" to cool my skin. I've been a fan for a while. I just shaved with it a few days ago. All good as usual. A "Balm" that cools is not engineered to be like a "Cream" that cools. I think a slight cooling is what you get from most Balms. Others may be more intense.

I recently tried the new CREMO Coollng Shaving Balm. I really liked it. However, I hesitate to recommend it because to me it is cooling, but others may not sense much based on this thread.