Advanced Peptide Moisturizer

Peptide Moisturizing Serum is a daily face and neck cream built on copper lysinate/prolinate, a copper amino acid complex, with lilac leaf cell culture extract, totarol and cranberry fruit extract behind it on an olive derived emulsifier base. It hydrates for a smoother looking complexion, supports the look of firmer skin and helps skin look less dull day to day. It is the moisturizer step for a guy running a real routine, morning or night, after cleanser, toner and serum.

Copper lysinate/prolinate is copper carried by the amino acids lysine and proline. It is expensive at a usable level, which is why most copper peptide creams under $30 run a trace amount or lean on a marketing name instead. Here it sits ninth on the INCI, above every botanical extract. In a cosmetic it hydrates and supports the look of firmer, smoother skin.

Lilac leaf cell culture extract and totarol, an antioxidant compound from the totara tree, are two inputs you rarely see outside high end formulas. Cranberry fruit extract and tocopheryl acetate add antioxidant support against the look of everyday environmental stress. Neem leaf, moringa seed and eclipta prostrata extracts condition the skin. Aloe leaf juice, glycerin and witch hazel water hydrate without weight.

The base is sorbitan olivate and cetearyl olivate, an emulsifier pair derived from olive oil, with caprylic/capric triglyceride and coco-caprylate/caprate as the emollients. That is how it gets a smooth glide with no silicone and no mineral oil. There is alcohol on the INCI, but it sits below the thickener near the end of the list, a trace component, not a base. No fragrance. Nothing here needs covering.

It will not lift, fill or replace a procedure, and it will not change how your skin looks in a few days. Hydration is immediate. The look of firmer, smoother skin is an 8 week judgment, photographed in the same light at the same time of day, day one against day 56.

The copper compound is named on the INCI, not hidden behind a complex. No fragrance to mask the base, no silicone to fake the slip, no fairy dusting of an expensive active to justify the name. Fragrance free, paraben free, vegan. Manufactured in state of the art, FDA registered facilities in the USA, with best in class ingredients. Read the full standard.

Apply a dime sized amount to clean face and neck, morning or night, and massage until absorbed. It is the last step of the routine, or the step before sunscreen in the morning. If you use retinol at night, this goes on after it. Take a baseline photo in consistent light and judge it at 8 weeks, photographed the same way. Not at 8 days.

A copper peptide is copper bound to a peptide or amino acid carrier so it can sit stably in a cream. The two you will see on an INCI are copper tripeptide-1 and copper lysinate/prolinate. In a cosmetic they are used to hydrate and to support the look of firmer, smoother skin. What matters is whether the actual compound is named on the list. A front label that says copper complex and an INCI that names nothing is selling you a color.

Yes, and it is a good pairing. Retinol can leave skin dry and tight, and this cream is built to hydrate and support the look of firmer skin, so the usual order is retinol first, then this on top to seal it. If you are new to retinol, go slow with the retinol and keep this in the routine every night to manage the dryness.

Hydration you feel the same day. The look of firmer, smoother skin builds over weeks, because skin renews on a cycle measured in weeks, not days. Take a photo on day one and a matching photo at 8 weeks, same light, same angle, and compare those. Judging a cream after three days tells you how it feels, not what it does.

Fragrance is what a brand adds to cover the smell of a cheap base, or to sell a sensory experience that has nothing to do with performance. This base does not need covering, so there is none. It also makes the cream an easier daily pick if your skin is reactive, because fragrance is one of the most common cosmetic irritants.

Ingredients: Aqua, Sorbitan Olivate, Cetearyl Olivate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Methylglucoside Phosphate, Copper Lysinate/Prolinate, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract, Eclipta Prostrata Extract, Moringa Oleifera Seed Extract, Melia Azadirachta (Neem) Leaf Extract, Glycerin, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Tocopheryl Acetate, Totarol, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water, Xanthan Gum, Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Maltodextrin, Syringa Vulgaris (Lilac) Leaf Cell Culture Extract.

Origin: Manufactured in state of the art, FDA registered facilities in the USA.

Size: 1.7 fl oz / 50 ml

Warning: For external use only. Avoid contact with eyes. Discontinue if irritation occurs. Keep out of reach of children. Store in a cool, dry place.

This is a cosmetic moisturizer. It is not a drug and it is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or skin condition.

Go deeper: Read retinol vs peptides for men and TheLooksMaxxing Standard