Here's our complete breakdown comparing the ingredients, attributes, and more of PCA Skin Silkcoat Balm versus Dear, Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream .
Last updated on September 19, 2023. Published on April 06, 2021
Overview
What they are
These products are both cruelty-free and reef safe . They have a total of 11 ingredients in common
Cool Features
They both contain Vitamin E
Suited For
They're both likely to be good for dry skin, brightening skin and sensitive skin
Free From
They both do not contain any harsh alcohols, parabens or sulfates
What's Inside
They both contain oils
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Night Moisturizer
Night Moisturizers are marketed to hydrate the skin overnight.
General Moisturizer
All-purpose moisturizers hydrate the top layer of skin cells.
Ingredient Info
PCA Skin Silkcoat Balm 27 ingredients
Dear, Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream 39 ingredients
Alcohol Free
This product is free of harsh alcohols 🎉
Contains Silicon
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Fragrance Free
This product is free of fragrances 🎉
Sulfate Free
This product is free of sulfates 🎉
Paraben Free
This product is free of parabens 🎉
Contains Oils
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Not Malassezia Safe
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Reef Safe
This product is free of ingredients that damage reefs 🎉
Contains EU Allergens
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Non Vegan
This product is not vegan 😥
Cruelty Free
This product is cruelty-free 🎉
Alcohol Free
This product is free of harsh alcohols 🎉
Silicon Free
This product is free of silicons 🎉
Contains Fragrance
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Sulfate Free
This product is free of sulfates 🎉
Paraben Free
This product is free of parabens 🎉
Contains Oils
Ingredients in this product that are types of oil:
Not Malassezia Safe
Ingredients in this product that are not malassezia safe:
Reef Safe
This product is free of ingredients that damage reefs 🎉
EU Allergen Free
This product is free of EU allergens 🎉
Vegan
This product is vegan 🎉
Cruelty Free
This product is cruelty-free 🎉
At a glance
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PCA Skin Silkcoat Balm 27 ingredients
Dear, Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream 39 ingredients
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Ingredients that are highlighted in purple are present in both products.
PCA Skin Silkcoat Balm 27 ingredients
Dear, Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream 39 ingredients
Water • Glycerin • Butyrospermum Parkii Butter • Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride • Cetyl Alcohol • Glyceryl Stearate • Cyclopentasiloxane • Dimethicone • Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter • C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate • Stearic Acid • Potassium Cetyl Phosphate • Cetearyl Alcohol • Phenoxyethanol • Polysorbate 60 • Allantoin • Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil • Squalane • Tocopheryl Acetate • Hydrolyzed Silk • Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer • Ethylhexylglycerin • Hydrastis Canadensis Extract • Lavandula Angustifolia Flower Extract • Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract • Thymus Vulgaris Flower/Leaf Extract • Sodium Hydroxide
Water • Cetyl Ethylhexanoate • Butylene Glycol • Glycerin • Sodium Hyaluronate • Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride • Centella Asiatica Extract • Sorbitan Stearate • Cetyl Alcohol • Butyrospermum Parkii Butter • Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil • Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil • Sorbitan Sesquioleate • Glyceryl Stearate • Stearic Acid • Portulaca Oleracea Extract • Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract • Ceramide NP • Polysorbate 60 • Candelilla Cera • Chlorphenesin • Tocopheryl Acetate • Xanthan Gum • Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer • Morus Alba Root Extract • Tromethamine • Brassica Oleracea Italica Extract • Guaiazulene • Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 • Lecithin • Acetyl Glutamine • Sh-Oligopeptide-1 • Sh-Oligopeptide-2 • Sh-Polypeptide-1 • Sh-Polypeptide-9 • Sh-Polypeptide-11 • Bacillus/Folic Acid/Soybean Ferment Extract • Caprylyl Glycol • 1,2-Hexanediol
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Ingredients Explained
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Water. It's the most common cosmetic ingredient of all. You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product.
So why is it so popular? Water most often acts as a solvent - this means that it helps dissolve other ingredients into the formulation.
You'll also recognize water as that liquid we all need to stay alive. Talk about multi-purpose! If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!
Learn more about WaterPCA Skin Silkcoat Balm contains this as ingredient number 1.
Dear, Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream contains this as ingredient number 1.
Glycerin is already naturally found in your skin. It helps moisturize and protect your skin.
A study from 2016 found glycerin to be more effective as a humectant than AHAs and hyaluronic acid.
As a humectant, it helps the skin stay hydrated by pulling moisture to your skin. The low molecular weight of glycerin allows it to pull moisture into the deeper layers of your skin.
Hydrated skin improves your skin barrier; Your skin barrier helps protect against irritants and bacteria.
Glycerin has also been found to have antimicrobial and antiviral properties. Due to these properties, glycerin is often used in wound and burn treatments.
In cosmetics, glycerin is usually derived from plants such as soybean or palm. However, it can also be sourced from animals, such as tallow or animal fat.
This ingredient is organic, colorless, odorless, and non-toxic.
Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.
Learn more about GlycerinPCA Skin Silkcoat Balm contains this as ingredient number 2.
Dear, Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream contains this as ingredient number 4.
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter is a plant lipid from the fruit of the Shea Tree. It is an effective skin hydrator and emollient.
Emollients help soothe and soften your skin. It does this by creating a protective film on your skin. This barrier helps trap moisture and keeps your skin hydrated. Emollients may be effective at treating dry or itchy skin.
Shea butter is rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants help fight free-radicals, or molecules that may harm the body. It is also full of fatty acids including stearic acid and linoleic acid. These acids help replenish the skin and keep skin moisturized.
While Shea Butter has an SPF rating of about 3-4, it is not a sunscreen replacement.
Shea butter may not be fungal acne safe. We recommend speaking with a professional if you have any concerns.
Learn more about Butyrospermum Parkii ButterPCA Skin Silkcoat Balm contains this as ingredient number 3.
Dear, Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream contains this as ingredient number 10.
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride is an emollient, solvent, and texture enhancer. It is considered a skin-softener by helping the skin prevent moisture loss.
Within a product, Caprylic Triglyceride can thicken the product and make spreadability easier by dissolving clumping compounds. An added benefit of Caprylic Triglyceride is its antioxidant properties.
Caprylic Triglyceride is made by combining glycerin with coconut oil, forming a clear liquid. Caprylic Triglyceride has not been found to be toxic for human use in concentrations under 50%.
While there is an assumption Caprylic Triglyceride can clog pores due to it being derived from coconut oil, there is no research supporting this.
Learn more about Caprylic/Capric TriglyceridePCA Skin Silkcoat Balm contains this as ingredient number 4.
Dear, Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream contains this as ingredient number 6.
Cetyl Alcohol is a fatty alcohol. Fatty Alcohols are most often used as an emollient or to thicken a product.
Cetyl Alcohol is not related to SD alcohol, denatured alcohol, or ethyl alcohol. The FDA allows products labeled "alcohol-free" to have fatty alcohols.
Its main roles are:
Learn more about Cetyl AlcoholPCA Skin Silkcoat Balm contains this as ingredient number 5.
Dear, Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream contains this as ingredient number 9.
Glyceryl Stearate is a mix of glycerin and stearic acid.
Glyceryl Stearate is used to stabilize the mixing of water and oil ingredients. By preventing these ingredients from separating, it can help elongate shelf life. It can also help thicken the product's texture.
As an emollient, it helps soften skin and supports barrier-replenishing ingredients.
In cosmetics, Glyceryl Stearate is often made from vegetable oils or synthetically produced. The human body also creates Glyceryl Stearate naturally.
Learn more about Glyceryl StearatePCA Skin Silkcoat Balm contains this as ingredient number 6.
Dear, Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream contains this as ingredient number 14.
Stearic Acid is a fatty acid. It is an emollient, emulsifier, and texture enhancer.
As an emollient, stearic acid helps soften skin. It aids the skin's protective barrier by preventing water loss. It also provides a gentle cleansing effect without stripping away natural oils.
Stearic acid may also be used to enhance the texture of products. It can add volume and stabilize ingredients such as water and oil. This can help water and oil ingredients from separating.
Sources of stearic acid include animal or vegetable fats/oils such as coconut or shea. It can be naturally found in butter, cocoa butter, shea butter, vegetable fats, and animal tallow.
This ingredient may not be Malassezia folliculitis, or fungal-acne safe.
Learn more about Stearic AcidPCA Skin Silkcoat Balm contains this as ingredient number 11.
Dear, Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream contains this as ingredient number 15.
Polysorbate 60 is used to help stabilize products. It is a surfactant and emulsifier. These properties help keep ingredients together in a product. Surfactants help reduce surface tension between ingredients with different states, such as liquids and solids. Emulsifiers help prevent oils and waters from separating.
Polysorbate 60 is sorbitol-based and created from the ethoxylation of sorbitan. Ethoxylation is a chemical reaction used to add ethylene oxide. Sorbitan is a the dehydrated version of sorbitol, a sugar found in fruits.
In this case, the 60 comes from reacting 60 units of ethylene oxide with sorbitan.
Polysorbates are commonly used in medicine and foods.
Learn more about Polysorbate 60PCA Skin Silkcoat Balm contains this as ingredient number 15.
Dear, Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream contains this as ingredient number 19.
This ingredient is the fixed oil extracted from seeds of the desert shrub Jojoba. It is more commonly known as jojoba oil. The seed oil is liquid wax ester from the plant. It is non-comedogenic.
Jojoba oil does not contain fragrance and has many fatty-acids, making it a great soothing ingredient. Jojoba contains Vitamin E, a great moisturizing ingredient. Vitamin E is also an antioxidant. Antioxidants help protect your skin against free-radical damage. This may help in anti-aging.
Jojoba seed oil is a humectant, meaning it helps draw moisture from the air. This helps keep your skin hydrated.
While jojoba has antibacterial properties, it is only able to kill some bacteria. It has also been shown to help in wound healing. Indigenous cultures have used jojoba as a moisturizer and to help treat burns.
It is found to be similar to natural human skin sebum, so it has a great effect on dry skin. Jojoba oil may even help with regulating sebum production.
Although jojoba oil is non-comedogenic, we recommend speaking with a professional about using this ingredient if you have any concerns.
Jojoba oil may not be fungal acne safe. We recommend speaking with a professional if you have any concerns.
Jojoba is native to the southwestern US.
Learn more about Simmondsia Chinensis Seed OilPCA Skin Silkcoat Balm contains this as ingredient number 17.
Dear, Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream contains this as ingredient number 12.
Tocopheryl Acetate is AKA Vitamin E. It is an antioxidant and protects your skin from free radicals. Free radicals damage the skin by breaking down collagen.
One study found using Tocopheryl Acetate with Vitamin C decreased the number of sunburned cells.
Tocopheryl Acetate is commonly found in both skincare and dietary supplements.
Learn more about Tocopheryl AcetatePCA Skin Silkcoat Balm contains this as ingredient number 19.
Dear, Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream contains this as ingredient number 22.
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer is a synthetic polymer. It is used to thicken and improve the texture of products.
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer is also an emulsifier. Due to its properties, it can prevent water and oil ingredients from separating.
PCA Skin Silkcoat Balm contains this as ingredient number 21.
Dear, Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream contains this as ingredient number 24.
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PCA Skin Silkcoat Balm 27 ingredients
Dear, Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream 39 ingredients
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Lovely soothing moisturizer! It is advertised as a spot treatment, and while it works as a full-skin moisturizer I think it's better in problem...
Lovely soothing moisturizer! It is advertised as a spot treatment, and while it works as a full-skin moisturizer I think it's better in problem areas. Despite the blue color, it absorbs quickly and helps calm red or irritated parts of the skin.
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