Three weeks in and my forehead looks smoother.
I usually run five products and this is two. The serum sinks in fast, the cream is not greasy, and the lines on my forehead have softened. I used it every day, which is the part that actually matters.
Advanced peptide skincare, formulated in the UK
A water-light serum goes on first, then a barrier cream seals it in. Two minutes, morning and night.
Five peptides work in the serum. Three sit in the cream, copper among them, holding the result overnight.
Nine actives in total, six of them peptides, each one chosen against a named concern.
THE COMPLEX
Six peptides across two formulas. Copper Tripeptide-1 leads, with SNAP-8, Matrixyl, Argireline, Tripeptide-1 and Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5 behind it.
Five sit in the serum. Three sit in the cream, copper peptide among them. That split is the reason the routine is two steps and not one.
Every ingredient is published in formulation order on both product pages.
One serum, one cream, ten seconds apart. Each one does something the other cannot.
STEP ONE · TREAT
Five peptides in a water-light base, with no oils in the way. It goes on bare skin and it is gone in thirty seconds.
GHK-Cu · SNAP-8 · Matrixyl · Argireline · Tripeptide-1
STEP TWO · SEAL
Squalane, jojoba and a collagen peptide the serum does not carry. It goes over the top and holds everything in until morning. Treat, then seal. Morning and night.
GHK-Cu · Argireline · Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5 · Niacinamide · Squalane
THE FORMULATION
Nine actives, six of them peptides, each against a named concern.
COPPER PEPTIDE (GHK-Cu). A copper-binding peptide the body produces naturally and produces less of with age. Fifty years of published research behind it. Present in both the serum and the cream.
After
Before
THE EVIDENCE
Same lighting, same distance, eight weeks apart.
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Two steps, morning and night, with nothing else added to the routine.
MORNING
Serum, then cream. Finish with SPF.
EVENING
Serum, then cream.
EVERY DAY
Both steps, twice a day. Peptides reward consistency, not intensity.
THE BRAND
Nova Echo formulates advanced peptide skincare in the UK.
Two formulas, six peptides, one routine that takes two minutes. Every ingredient is published in formulation order, on the page, before you buy.
One serum, one cream, six peptides. £69.99 for the pair, with free UK delivery.