PEPTIDE ONE
Eight actives. Thirty-five ingredients in all.
Hexapeptide-11·Dipalmitoyl hydroxyproline·Ginkgo biloba leaf extract·Blueberry seed oil·Strawberry seed oil·Aloe leaf juice·Hyaluronic acid·Sodium PCA
Not sure it's right for your skin? Four questions — Daddy will tell you.
The quiet one. Nothing about this serum announces itself, which is how you know it is doing work.
Two percent hexapeptide-11 and one percent ginkgo biloba extract are the reason it is a treatment rather than a moisturiser. The peptide signals for firmness; dipalmitoyl hydroxyproline works the same territory from another direction. Around them, hyaluronic acid and sodium PCA handle the water, and antioxidant-rich blueberry and strawberry seed oils protect the actives they sit beside. Aloe leaf juice is the base — hydrating before anything else has started.
This is slow, cumulative, unglamorous work: fine lines softened, skin that holds its shape better, a finish that reads plumper rather than shinier. Nightly, on clean skin, and give it eight weeks before you have an opinion.
Suitable for normal to dry skin.
How to Use:
Apply to clean skin. Follow with a cream if you need one.
30 ml / 1.01 fl oz.
What it does
- Diminishes the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
- Restores plumpness and supports elasticity
- Smooths and refines the complexion
- Antioxidant protection from blueberry seed oil and ginkgo
What is in it
- Hexapeptide-11
At 2%. A signalling peptide used for firmness and the look of fine lines — the reason this is a treatment and not a moisturiser.
- Dipalmitoyl hydroxyproline
An amino-acid derivative that works on firmness alongside the peptide. Slow, cumulative, unglamorous.
- Ginkgo biloba leaf extract
At 1%. Antioxidant and circulatory support, sitting under the peptides.
- Blueberry seed oil
Organic, antioxidant-rich. Protects the peptides it sits beside.
- Strawberry seed oil
Light, fast-absorbing, high in linoleic acid. Keeps a serum a serum.
- Aloe leaf juice
Used as the water phase rather than as a claim. Hydrating and calming from the first ingredient down.
- Hyaluronic acid
Humectant; pulls water into the upper layers and holds it there, so skin reads plump rather than merely damp. Used here at multiple molecular weights so it works at more than one depth.
- Sodium PCA
Part of skin's own natural moisturising factor. Replaces what washing takes out, and keeps the hydration from evaporating off again.
How to use
Morning and evening, on clean skin, before cream. Three or four drops pressed across face and neck. Under HELIOS in the morning, SOMNUS or REGNUM at night; add JUVENTAS or GUARD at the eye. The core of the EQUINOX, THE TRINITY, ELYSIUM and CATENA sets.
Peptides are just instructions telling your skin to get its act together. This one says it at 2%, loud enough that your face listens. Daddy keeps it at the front of the drawer — everything else works better once this has gone on first.
