What is the KLAIRS Illuminating Supple Blemish Cream 40g?

It is a 40g moisturiser used as the last leave on step of a routine, aimed at blemish prone skin. It is the sealing layer rather than a spot treatment, so it goes over toner, essence and serum. A thin pressed layer is what it wants.

Where does the cream go in a routine?

Last among the leave on steps, after toner, essence and serum. A cream is the seal, so anything thinner has to go on before it rather than after. A face oil or a sleeping mask can still go over the top of it.

Will it feel heavy or pill under makeup?

That depends on how much you use rather than on the cream itself. A thin layer pressed in and given a minute to settle sits under makeup without trouble, and a generous layer applied straight before foundation is where pilling starts. Save the fuller layer for the evening.

Is the 40g enough for morning and night?

Used as a thin pressed layer twice a day, a jar or tube this size runs for one to two months, which is a fair run for judging how skin feels. If you find yourself using far more than that, the layer is probably thicker than it needs to be. A cream works by covering, not by volume.

Is this the same version sold in Korea?

Yes, this is the Korean-market formula rather than a US reformulation of it. The 40g comes with Korean primary labelling and an intact barcode, which is what lets you verify what you have received. We hold stock in the United States.

KLAIRS

Illuminating Supple Blemish Cream 40g

Name: KLAIRS Illuminating Supple Blemish Cream 40g
Brand: KLAIRS
SKU: 382713747
Price: 30.0 USD
Availability: InStock

KLAIRS Illuminating Supple Blemish Cream 40g is a cream that names Niacinamide on its own ingredient panel, sourced as the Korean-market formula.

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$30.00

40 g

$75.00 per 100 g

Korean-market formula
Ships from California or direct from Korea
Korean barcode and batch code intact

Suited to: Dry skinNormal skinCombination skinSensitive skin

Helps with: Skin that breaks outUneven looking toneEveryday moisturePost blemish marks

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Key benefits

Niacinamide named on this product's own ingredient panel
40 g to a unit
Korean GS1 barcode matched against a Korea sourcing supplier's record for this item

Inside the formula

Ingredients declared

No fragrance

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How to use

Finish the thinner steps first, then take a small amount and warm it briefly between the fingers.
Press it over the face and neck rather than rubbing it in, going back over any drier patches.
Keep the daytime layer light and save the fuller layer for the evening, when nothing has to sit on top.
Avoid scooping with wet fingers if the jar is open, because water carried into a jar is how a cream turns.

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Aqua solvent: Water is the base almost every serum, toner and cream is built on. It dissolves the water-loving ingredients and sets how light the finished texture feels. On an INCI list it is usually first, which only means it is the largest single ingredient by weight.
Glycerine humectant: Glycerin is the most used humectant in skincare. It draws water into the outer layer of skin and holds it there, and it is one of the very few ingredients whose hydrating effect is settled science rather than marketing. Higher amounts feel tacky, which is why it is usually blended.
C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate emollient: C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate is a light ester emollient and solvent. It gives a silky finish, dissolves pigments and UV filters, and mildly discourages microbial growth.
Ethylhexyl Stearate emollient: Ethylhexyl Stearate is an ester emollient with a slightly richer feel than the palmitate. It softens skin and helps a formula spread evenly.
Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer thickener: This is a pre-neutralised polymer thickener that gels on contact with water and stabilises an emulsion without heat.
Isohexadecane emollient: Isohexadecane is a branched hydrocarbon emollient that spreads easily and leaves a dry finish. It is often paired with a thickener to build a gel-cream.
Polysorbate 80 emulsifier: Polysorbate 80 is an emulsifier and solubiliser used to keep oils, fragrance and oil-soluble actives dissolved in water.
Niacinamide active: Niacinamide is vitamin B3, and it is the most studied active in Korean formulation. It is used at roughly 2 to 5 percent for the look of uneven tone and visible pores, and it is water soluble, stable and comfortable beside almost every other active, which is why it turns up in so many lists.
Octyldodecanol emollient: Octyldodecanol is a branched fatty alcohol used as an emollient and as a solvent for pigments and mineral powders. It thickens slightly and leaves a soft finish.
PEG-30 Dipolyhydroxystearate emulsifier: PEG-30 Dipolyhydroxystearate is an emulsifier for water-in-oil formulas, the kind where water droplets sit inside an oil phase. It is common in cleansing oils and balms.
Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer thickener: This is the thickener behind most gel-cream textures. It builds a soft, bouncy gel that collapses to a light fluid as it is rubbed in.
Xylitylglucoside humectant: Xylitylglucoside is a sugar-derived humectant, the third member of the xylitol blend. Together the three hold water in the outer layer for longer than any of them does alone.

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Anhydroxylitol humectant: Anhydroxylitol is a xylitol derivative used as a humectant. It is almost always part of the xylitol, anhydroxylitol and xylitylglucoside blend sold as a moisture-retention complex.
Xylitol humectant: Xylitol is a sugar alcohol humectant. It holds water in the outer layer of skin and is often paired with anhydroxylitol and xylitylglucoside as a hydration trio.
Sodium Hyaluronate humectant: Sodium Hyaluronate is the salt of hyaluronic acid, and it is what most products labelled hyaluronic actually contain. The salt dissolves more readily and the molecule is smaller, so it sits in the outer layer of skin rather than only on top of it.
Phenoxyethanol preservative: Phenoxyethanol is the most widely used cosmetic preservative outside the paraben family. It keeps a water-containing formula from growing bacteria and mould, and is capped at one percent in most markets, so it always sits low on a list.
Ethylhexylglycerin preservative booster: Ethylhexylglycerin softens skin and boosts a preservative system, which is why it is nearly always sitting beside phenoxyethanol or 1,2-hexanediol. It also cuts down the odour bacteria produce, so it turns up in deodorising products.
Ci 77492 colorant: Iron Oxides are mineral pigments in red, yellow and black, and the three are blended to make every skin-tone shade in a tinted product. They are inert and sit on the surface.
Dimethicone silicone: Dimethicone is the most used cosmetic silicone. It forms a breathable film that smooths the surface, slows water leaving skin, and gives the slip that makes a primer or cream feel silky. It is inert and does not penetrate.
Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate antioxidant: Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate is a stable, water-soluble vitamin C salt. It works at a near-neutral pH, so it suits formulas built for skin that finds pure ascorbic acid stinging.

How it works

Niacinamide is named on the ingredient panel on this cream. Niacinamide is vitamin B3, and it is the most studied active in Korean formulation. It is used at roughly 2 to 5 percent for the look of uneven tone and visible pores, and it is water soluble, stable and comfortable beside almost every other active, which is why it turns up in so many lists.

Worth knowing

Use a thinner layer under makeup, since a full layer of cream is where pilling starts.
Patch test on the jawline for a few days if your skin reacts easily to a new cream.

Complete the routine

This itemKLAIRS Illuminating Supple Blemish Cream 40g$30.00
Seal the routine in as the last stepKlairs Rich Moist Soothing Cream 80ml$42.50
The treatment step of this routineKLAIRS Rich Moist Soothing Serum 80ml$32.50

Total for 3 items$105.00

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A 40g moisturiser for blemish prone skin, stocked in the Original Korean Formula.

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Korean-market stock with the original barcode and batch code intact, exactly as it left Korea.

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Your skin barrier is basically your outer layer of the skin.
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