Shea Butter Is Doing a Different Job Than You Think
It is sold as deeply nourishing. What it measurably does is seal — and the difference decides whether you should apply it to damp skin or not at all.
Good choice for Dryness
What Makes This Different
It is one of very few budget moisturizers to pair a copper peptide with ectoin, an extremolyte with real clinical data for barrier repair, and it does so without fragrance, essential oils or a botanical tail. Unlike the brand's transparent serum, though, it does not disclose the copper dose, and the shea-and-carnauba base makes it richer than most peptide creams.
Asterwood
Asterwood Copper Peptides Booster Cream Review
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A rich, fragrance-free shea cream whose most useful ingredient is the ectoin, not the copper peptide on the label. Dry, sensitive and retinoid-stressed skin will find it a calming, cushioning night moisturizer; oily skin will find it heavy. With no copper dose disclosed and only a few months on sale, it is a decent barrier cream wearing its serum sibling's name.
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This cream launched in June 2026 and has gathered only around fifty Amazon ratings, far too few to show how it performs across skin types or over a season. The assessment rests on the full ingredient list, the published trials of ectoin, and Asterwood's record with its copper peptide serum; the cream's own copper dose is not disclosed and its firming effect is unverified.
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How well it fits each concern
Verdict by concern tap a concern for the case
Good choicefor DrynessIn your profileYou chose · Shea Butter is a reference standard by mechanism for dryness; this cream carries it high in the ingredient list.
The case for it
- Butyrospermum Parkii has trial-supported standing for this concern.
- It is present at an effective concentration, declared or high in the ingredient list.
- The formula carries none of the triggers this concern is sensitive to.
Same rule for everyone. “Good choice” is the verdict on 9,564 of 45,024 concern verdicts across the catalog; rule R5 decided 9,072 of them. As of September 25, 2026, engine 5.1.1.
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- Rule
- R5 — Trial-supported or guideline-supported active, adequately or plausibly dosed. · the full register
- Carrying active
- Butyrospermum Parkii
- Standing
- supported — its mechanism is established
- Form
- adequate — studied range 1–100%, from the trials on the row; needs leave-on contact
- Tolerability
- gentle
- Row checked
- against its sources on July 17, 2026 (evidence table ev-2026.09-r228)
The studies behind the evidence row
- International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary and Handbook — declared function — Personal Care Products Council
- Harry's Cosmeticology / Baran & Maibach Textbook of Cosmetic Dermatology — humectant, emollient and occlusive classification — standard reference text
Supporting rolefor Compromised Skin BarrierIn your profileYou chose · Nothing here targets compromised skin barrier directly; barrier lipids and occlusion is the recognised companion to treating it, and this cream does that without known triggers.
The case for it
- Butyrospermum Parkii has no evidence row yet for this concern — it is in the research queue.
- The formula carries none of the triggers this concern is sensitive to.
What would change this: A researched evidence row for the lead active would replace this with a verdict.
Same rule for everyone. “Supporting role” is the verdict on 8,197 of 45,024 concern verdicts across the catalog; rule R8 decided 4,250 of them. As of September 25, 2026, engine 5.1.1.
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- Rule
- R8 — The category's job (barrier care, humectant hydration, gentle cleansing, photoprotection) is the documented supportive role for this concern. This is the honest verdict for a moisturizer on an acne page. · the full register
- Carrying active
- Butyrospermum Parkii
- Standing
- not assessed
- Form
- plausible
- Tolerability
- gentle
Supporting rolefor AgingIn your profileYou chose · Nothing here targets aging directly; hydration and barrier support is the recognised companion to treating it, and this cream does that without known triggers.
The case for it
- Butyrospermum Parkii has no evidence row yet for this concern — it is in the research queue.
- The formula carries none of the triggers this concern is sensitive to.
What would change this: A researched evidence row for the lead active would replace this with a verdict.
Same rule for everyone. “Supporting role” is the verdict on 8,197 of 45,024 concern verdicts across the catalog; rule R8 decided 4,250 of them. As of September 25, 2026, engine 5.1.1.
Brand or formulator? Disclose a concentration or correct a fact →
Show the work
- Rule
- R8 — The category's job (barrier care, humectant hydration, gentle cleansing, photoprotection) is the documented supportive role for this concern. This is the honest verdict for a moisturizer on an acne page. · the full register
- Carrying active
- Butyrospermum Parkii
- Standing
- not assessed
- Form
- plausible
- Tolerability
- gentle
Supporting rolefor DehydrationIn your profileYou chose · Nothing here targets dehydration directly; humectant hydration is the recognised companion to treating it, and this cream does that without known triggers.
The case for it
- Butyrospermum Parkii has no evidence row yet for this concern — it is in the research queue.
- The formula carries none of the triggers this concern is sensitive to.
What would change this: A researched evidence row for the lead active would replace this with a verdict.
Same rule for everyone. “Supporting role” is the verdict on 8,197 of 45,024 concern verdicts across the catalog; rule R8 decided 4,250 of them. As of September 25, 2026, engine 5.1.1.
Brand or formulator? Disclose a concentration or correct a fact →
Show the work
- Rule
- R8 — The category's job (barrier care, humectant hydration, gentle cleansing, photoprotection) is the documented supportive role for this concern. This is the honest verdict for a moisturizer on an acne page. · the full register
- Carrying active
- Butyrospermum Parkii
- Standing
- not assessed
- Form
- plausible
- Tolerability
- gentle
Does the jobDoes what a moisturizer is for: draws in water, softens and smooths.
A verdict is DermApproved’s assessment of how well a product’s ingredients fit a concern — never a claim about what the product treats. Evidence dots and collected reviews sit beside it and are never blended in. Rules 0.5.1 · evidence table ev-2026.09-r228 · how we decide
Assessment
Pros & Cons
Pros
- ✓ Ectoin brings randomised-trial evidence for barrier repair and calming to a budget cream
- ✓ Fragrance-free with no essential oils, alcohol or botanical extracts to react to
- ✓ Rich shea and wax base cushions dry, retinoid-stressed skin overnight
- ✓ Spreads easily for its density thanks to the triglyceride and dimethicone
- ✓ Algae polysaccharides and glycerin give an immediate dewy, slightly firmed look
- ✓ Natural partner over the brand's copper peptide serum at night
- ✓ Fairly priced direct for a glass-jarred ectoin moisturizer
Cons
- ✗ Copper peptide dose is undisclosed and, by label position and colour, small
- ✗ Too heavy for oily and most combination skin
- ✗ Carnauba wax and starch can pill under sunscreen if over-applied
- ✗ Only a few months on sale and around fifty reviews, so little track record
- ✗ Jar packaging exposes the peptide to air and fingers
- ✗ Must be kept apart from L-ascorbic acid and direct acids in the same layer
Review
Full Review
Put Asterwood's copper peptide serum and this cream next to each other and the colour tells a story before the label does. The serum is a saturated cornflower blue, the natural colour of GHK-Cu at its declared 0.10 percent. The cream is the faintest mint, barely tinted at all. Copper peptides are blue in proportion to how much copper is present, and while a shea emulsion will mute the shade, the gap is wide enough to suggest what the ingredient list confirms: the copper tripeptide here sits fifteenth of twenty-one ingredients, behind the dimethicone and the starch, with no percentage given. The serum is a copper peptide product. The cream is a moisturizer with a copper peptide in it, and the difference matters for what a buyer should expect, because Asterwood sells the two as a duo and the name invites the assumption that the jar simply continues what the dropper started.
Read as a moisturizer, though, it is a good one, and its best ingredient is not the one on the front. Ectoin, listed right after the copper peptide, is a small molecule that salt-loving bacteria make to survive brutal environments, and it works on skin by organising water tightly around proteins and membranes, which stabilises them against dryness, heat and irritation. Unlike most trendy actives it has proper trials: randomised, controlled studies of ectoin creams in mild-to-moderate atopic dermatitis, in adults and in children, showing improvements in barrier function and symptoms comparable to established emollients. In a cream aimed at recovery, that is the ingredient doing the recovering, and it is why reviewers with reactive, tight or retinoid-roughened skin describe feeling calmer within days.
The base is where the cream departs from Asterwood's usual watery minimalism. Shea butter is the second ingredient, with caprylic triglyceride, cetearyl alcohol and carnauba wax behind it, then a plant-wax emulsifier blend, more fatty acids and alcohols, brown algae polysaccharides, glycerin, a starch, and dimethicone. That is a dense, cushiony, faintly waxy cream, whipped enough to spread easily and substantial enough to leave a protective film. On dry skin in cold weather it feels like a relief: soft, dewy, slightly tightened by the algae film, comfortable through the night, and still present in the morning in a way a gel-cream never is. On combination skin it is more than a morning needs, and on oily skin it is simply the wrong texture. The carnauba and starch also explain the one recurring practical complaint, which is pilling under sunscreen if the cream is over-applied; a pea-sized amount and a few minutes' wait solve it, and many people sensibly keep it for night.
The copper peptide is not doing nothing. GHK-Cu at any dose is calming and antioxidant, and layered under the brand's serum at night, as Asterwood intends with its duo, the cream adds a little more and seals the rest in. But the firming, collagen-supporting promise of the category rests on concentration, and this jar does not say what it delivers. That is a step backwards from the serum, whose whole appeal is its printed 0.10 percent, and it is the fair criticism of an otherwise honest brand: the cream borrows the serum's name without borrowing its transparency.
It is also very new. Launched in June 2026, it has around fifty Amazon ratings and none yet on the brand's own site, which is far too few to say how it performs across skin types over a season. The early pattern is coherent, though, and it matches what the ingredient list would predict: praise for the richness without grease, for calmness and for the fragrance-free formula; complaints about weight on combination skin, about pilling, and about the undisclosed dose from buyers who came from the serum expecting the same candour.
At $22.99 direct for 50ml, a pea-sized amount twice daily lasts about two months, so the monthly cost is around eleven dollars, and Asterwood's site is again markedly cheaper than Amazon. That is a fair price for a fragrance-free ectoin cream in a glass jar and a slightly high one for a copper peptide product of unknown strength. The jar itself is the other small demerit, since fingers in a cream and air on a peptide are both things a pump would avoid, and a six-month use-by after opening is the sensible response.
The recommendation follows from the colour. Dry, normal or sensitive skin that wants a calming, cushioning night cream with no scent and a genuinely useful barrier active should consider it, especially as the closing step over a retinoid or over the copper serum. Anyone buying it for the copper peptide itself should buy the serum, which tells them what they are getting. And everyone should give the product a few more months of reviews before treating its firming claims as anything more than a hope.
Formula
Key Ingredients
The hero actives that drive this product's performance.
| Ingredient | Function | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Copper Tripeptide-1 (GHK-Cu) | The headline peptide sits fifteenth, behind the dimethicone and the starch, with no percentage given, which is a marked contrast to the brand's serum where it is declared at 0.10 percent. In this shea-and-wax cream it is a supporting signal peptide rather than the point of the product, and the pale mint tint of the cream, rather than the serum's deep blue, is a fair visual hint of how little is present. | Not yet assessed |
| Ectoin | An extremolyte from salt-loving bacteria that binds water tightly around skin proteins and membranes, placed just after the copper peptide. It is the ingredient here with the best clinical record for barrier support and calming, and it is what turns a plain shea cream into a plausible recovery moisturizer for retinoid-stressed or post-blemish skin. | Not yet assessed |
| Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter | Second on the label, so shea is the backbone of this cream's richness, cushioning the skin with triglycerides and unsaponifiables and providing the lasting occlusion the brand describes as locking in hydration. Alongside carnauba wax and cetearyl alcohol it gives the cream its dense, cushiony body and its slightly waxy afterfeel. | Established mechanism for Dryness · established mechanism |
| Laminaria (Brown Algae) Polysaccharides | Sea-kelp polysaccharides listed ahead of the glycerin, forming a water-holding film that gives the cream its instant dewy look and a soft, slightly tightening feel as it settles. It is the formula's main humectant alongside glycerin and a trace of hyaluronate. | Not yet assessed |
| Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax | Fifth on the label, a hard plant wax that structures the emulsion and leaves a fine protective film on skin, which is why the cream feels more substantial than its light spreading suggests and why it can pill under sunscreen if applied too generously. | Not yet assessed |
Ingredient standings describe the active at treatment-level doses and vehicles; this product's own condition grades weigh its actual formula.
Full INCI List
Water, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla)/Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba)/Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Polyglyceryl-3 Esters, Glyceryl Stearate, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Stearic Acid, Cetyl Alcohol, Laminaria (Brown Algae) Polysaccharides, Glycerin, Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate, Dimethicone, Copper Tripeptide-1, Ectoin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Propanediol, Xanthan Gum, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide
✓ Pregnancy Safe ✓ Fragrance Free✓ Alcohol Free✗ Oil Free✗ Silicone Free✓ Paraben Free✓ Sulfate Free✓ Cruelty Free✓ Vegan✗ Fungal Acne Safe
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Compatibility
Skin Match
Routine Step
moisturizer
Time of Day
AM & PM
Layering Tips
Use it as the last step over serums, a pea-sized amount for the whole face; it is rich enough that more will pill under sunscreen. Keep L-ascorbic acid and direct acids to a different time of day so the copper complex is not disrupted in the same layer. It sits well over the brand's copper peptide serum at night, which is how Asterwood sells the pair, and it is a comfortable cushion over a retinoid.
Results Timeline
Immediate softness and a dewy, slightly tightened look from the shea and algae film. Calmer, less reactive skin from the ectoin over one to two weeks. Any firming from the copper peptide is a matter of months and, at this undisclosed dose, likely modest.
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See where it fits — layering order & night-splitting
Sample AM Routine
- Gentle cleanser
- Hydrating serum
- Asterwood Copper Peptides Booster Cream
- SPF 30+
Sample PM Routine
- Cleanser
- Retinol or copper peptide serum
- Asterwood Copper Peptides Booster Cream
Evidence
Science & Expert Perspective
The Science
The two actives in this cream have very different evidence bases, and the weaker-sounding one is the better supported. Ectoin, a cyclic amino-acid derivative produced by halophilic bacteria, is an extremolyte that forms a hydration shell around proteins and lipid membranes, protecting them from osmotic and thermal stress, and it has been tested in properly controlled dermatology trials. A randomised, comparator-controlled, intra-individual double-blind multicentre trial published in Skin Pharmacology and Physiology in 2014 compared a 7 percent ectoine cream against an established barrier cream in adults with mild-to-moderate atopic dermatitis over 28 days and found comparable improvements in SCORAD and symptoms, with good tolerability; a 2023 randomised, observer-blind, vehicle-controlled multicentre study in Pediatric Dermatology found that a cream containing 1 percent ectoine and 0.1 percent hyaluronic acid, applied twice daily for four weeks to children aged two to eighteen with mild-to-moderate atopic dermatitis, outperformed vehicle on disease severity and itch. Neither trial used this product, and Asterwood does not state its ectoin concentration, but the mechanism is concentration-tolerant and the placement after the copper peptide is consistent with a low single-digit percentage. Copper tripeptide-1 has an extensive mechanistic literature for collagen and glycosaminoglycan synthesis, matrix remodelling and anti-inflammatory signalling, mostly from cell culture and wound models, and thin controlled evidence for cosmetic firming; in this formula it is undosed and low on the label, so the honest expectation is a calming contribution rather than a remodelling one. The vehicle is a conventional, well-built occlusive emulsion: shea butter supplies triglycerides and unsaponifiable phytosterols with documented emollient and anti-inflammatory effects, cetearyl and cetyl alcohols and carnauba wax structure the cream and leave a semi-occlusive film that reduces transepidermal water loss, and dimethicone improves spread and adds a breathable seal. Laminaria polysaccharides and glycerin provide humectancy, with a trace of sodium hyaluronate. Nothing in the formula is a recognised irritant, and the absence of fragrance and essential oils is consistent with the barrier-repair positioning. The science supports this cream as an effective, well-tolerated barrier moisturizer with a clinically backed calming active in ectoin, and supports the copper peptide claim only weakly.
- Ectoine-containing cream in the treatment of mild to moderate atopic dermatitis: a randomised, comparator-controlled, intra-individual double-blind, multi-center trial — Skin Pharmacology and Physiology (2014)
- A randomized, observer-blind, vehicle-control, multi-center clinical investigation for assessing the efficacy and tolerability of a 1% ectoine and hyaluronic acid 0.1%-containing medical device in pediatric patients with mild-to-moderate atopic dermatitis — Pediatric Dermatology (2023)
Dermatologist Perspective
Ectoin has quietly earned a place in clinical dermatology, particularly in Europe, where ectoin-containing creams are used as steroid-sparing emollients in atopic dermatitis and as recovery products after procedures, and dermatologists who know the ingredient regard it as one of the better-evidenced barrier actives to have crossed into cosmetics. From that standpoint this cream would be assessed primarily as an ectoin moisturizer, and on that basis it looks sound: fragrance-free, occlusive enough for dry and compromised skin, and free of the botanicals and essential oils that complicate barrier repair. The copper peptide would be treated as a minor, well-tolerated addition rather than a reason to choose the product, since its concentration is not stated and controlled evidence for cosmetic firming is limited. Clinicians would give the usual advice to keep it away from L-ascorbic acid and acids in the same application and to use a pea-sized amount to avoid pilling under sunscreen. The rich base makes it a poor match for acne-prone or seborrhoeic patients, who would be steered to a lighter emulsion. For a patient with dry, sensitive or retinoid-irritated skin wanting a plain, calming night cream, there is little to object to, with the caveat that the product is new and its long-term tolerance is not yet documented.
Guidance
Usage & Recommendations
How to Use
Use as the final skincare step, morning or night, after serums have absorbed. Take a pea-sized amount on a clean fingertip, warm it briefly, and press it over the face and neck rather than rubbing, letting the dense cream melt in; more than that will pill under sunscreen. In the morning, wait a few minutes before applying SPF. At night it can go directly over a retinoid or over the brand's copper peptide serum. If L-ascorbic acid or an exfoliating acid is part of the routine, use those at a different time of day, or leave ten minutes between them and the cream. Combination skin does best with it at night only, or confined to drier areas. Keep the jar lid closed, use a clean finger or spatula, and finish it within about six months of opening, since the copper peptide is exposed to air in a jar.
Value Assessment
Twenty-three dollars direct from Asterwood for 50ml, lasting about two months at a pea-sized dose twice daily, works out to roughly eleven dollars a month. For a fragrance-free ectoin barrier cream in a frosted glass jar that is reasonable, and cheaper than the European pharmacy creams that popularised the ingredient. Judged as a copper peptide product it is harder to justify, because the dose is undisclosed and the brand's own serum delivers a declared 0.10 percent for a dollar less. Amazon third-party pricing runs well above the direct price, so buying from the brand matters. Asterwood offers no clinical testing and, for this product, only a few months of sales; the price is fair for the moisturizer it is and a little optimistic for the peptide it advertises.
Who Should Buy
People with dry, normal or sensitive skin who want a rich, fragrance-free night cream with a clinically supported calming active, especially those using a retinoid or the brand's copper peptide serum and looking for a cushioning final layer. It also suits anyone curious about ectoin at a budget price.
Who Should Skip
Oily, acne-prone or fungal-acne-prone skin, for whom the shea and wax base is too heavy, and anyone buying specifically for a strong copper peptide dose, which this cream does not disclose or visibly deliver. Buyers who want a well-documented track record should wait for more reviews.
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Product Details
Texture
A dense, cushiony pale-mint cream that spreads more easily than its body suggests, thanks to the triglyceride and dimethicone, and settles to a soft, faintly waxy, dewy finish.
Scent
Nothing added and nothing to notice beyond the faint, clean smell of shea and wax straight from the jar.
Packaging
A 50ml frosted glass jar with a white screw lid and lavender label; handsome, but a jar means fingers in the cream and no protection from air for the peptide.
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What to Expect on First Use
The first scoop feels richer than most peptide creams, with a whipped, shea-heavy texture that melts as it is pressed in and leaves skin looking dewy and feeling slightly tightened from the algae film. There is no tingle or scent. Dry and reactive skin tends to feel calmer within days from the ectoin; combination skin notices the weight and may want it at night only.
How Long It Lasts
About two months at a pea-sized amount twice daily, or three used only at night.
Best Season
fall winter
Background
The Story Behind This Product
Asterwood built its copper peptide range on a viral six-ingredient serum and, in June 2026, added this cream as the second half of a duo, pitching it as the step that locks in the serum. The choice of ectoin reflects a wider 2025-26 trend of extremolytes moving from European pharmacy creams into indie skincare, and the shea-heavy base is a departure from the brand's usual watery formulas.
About Asterwood Established Brand (5–20 years)
Asterwood is an Amazon-native American brand founded around 2014 that grew on minimal, low-cost serums with disclosed percentages and no clinical testing of its own. This cream, launched in June 2026 as a companion to its copper peptide serum, is one of the brand's first richer emulsions and has only a few months of market history.
Brand founded: 2014 · Product launched: 2026
Myth vs. Reality
Common Myths
Myth
The cream delivers the same copper peptide dose as the serum, in a richer base.
Reality
The serum declares 0.10 percent GHK-Cu; the cream gives no figure and lists the peptide fifteenth, behind the silicone and starch. The pale mint colour, against the serum's deep blue, suggests the cream carries considerably less.
Myth
Ectoin is just another humectant like glycerin.
Reality
Ectoin is a small bacterial molecule that organises water around proteins and membranes, and it has randomised trials in atopic dermatitis showing barrier and symptom improvement. It is the ingredient in this cream with the strongest clinical support.
Myth
A cream this rich will clog pores on any skin type.
Reality
Shea, carnauba and fatty alcohols are low on comedogenicity scales and the cream has no coconut oil or heavy esters, so it is unlikely to clog normal skin. It is simply heavier than oily and fungal-acne-prone faces want.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
How much copper peptide is in the Asterwood Copper Peptides Booster Cream?
Asterwood does not say. The cream lists copper tripeptide-1 fifteenth of twenty-one ingredients with no percentage, whereas the brand's serum declares 0.10 percent. The faint mint colour of the cream, compared with the serum's deep blue, points to a much smaller amount.
What does ectoin do in the Asterwood copper peptides cream?
Ectoin is an extremolyte that binds water around skin proteins and cell membranes, and randomised trials of 1 to 7 percent ectoin creams show it improves barrier function and eases mild-to-moderate atopic dermatitis. In this cream it is the main reason the formula calms tight, reactive skin.
Is Asterwood Copper Peptides Booster Cream too heavy for oily skin?
For most oily and combination skin, yes; shea butter is the second ingredient and carnauba wax the fifth, giving a dense, cushiony cream built for dry and normal skin. Combination skin can use a pea-sized amount at night; oily skin will usually prefer the brand's serum alone.
Can I use the Copper Peptides Booster Cream with vitamin C?
Not in the same layer as L-ascorbic acid, which can strip copper from the peptide when mixed directly. Use vitamin C in the morning and the cream at night, or leave ten minutes between them; stable vitamin C derivatives are less of a concern.
Does the Asterwood copper peptide cream pill under sunscreen?
It can if applied generously, because the carnauba wax and starch leave a film. A pea-sized amount, pressed in and given a few minutes before sunscreen, avoids it; many users keep the cream for night and use something lighter under SPF.
Is the Asterwood Copper Peptides Booster Cream fragrance-free and safe for sensitive skin?
It has no fragrance, essential oils, alcohol or botanical extracts, and its actives, ectoin and a copper peptide, are both known for calming rather than provoking. The fatty alcohols and shea are the only common allergens on the list, and reactions to them are uncommon.
Reviews
What Reviewers Tend to Say
Recurring themes our editors read across retailer reviews of this product — summaries in our words, not quotations, and not a substitute for your own patch test.
Rich but not greasy
Calms redness and tightness
No fragrance or sting
Pairs well with the copper serum
Dewy finish
Can pill under sunscreen
Heavier than expected for combination skin
Copper peptide percentage not stated
Too early to judge firming