Darphin Stimulskin Plus Absolute Renewal Eye & Lip Contour Cream

"Darphin - Stimulskin Plus Absolute Renewal Eye & Lip Contour Cream" has a good moisturizing formula. This moisturizer uses a good combo of humectants and emollients. These both types of ingredients are essentials for improving the skin hydration and keeping the skin barrier healthy. Acetyl hexapeptide-8, algae extract, dextran, faex and fructose in this product (humectants) attract water molecules to the upper layer of the skin (the water comes from the outside air or from the deeper layers of the skin if the air is dry). Palmitoyl tetrapeptide-7, palmitoyl tripeptide-1, algae extract, cholesterol and jojoba esters in this product help decrease the water evoporation from the skin, so that it stays hydrated for longer. These ingredients also soften the skin and take away the feeling of tightness and dryness.

Ingredient callouts

• This moisturizer also contains Peptides (acetyl hexapeptide-8 0.35% - 0.75%, trifluoroacetyl tripeptide-2 0.20% - 0.80%, palmitoyl tripeptide-1 0.35% - 0.80%, palmitoyl tetrapeptide-7 0.35% - 0.80% and palmitoyl hexapeptide-12 0.30% - 0.75%). Peptides are a very big group of ingredients. They all consist of a different combination of aminoacids. Our skin produces Peptides naturally. Some of them work as natural antibiotics, promote wound-healing and production of collagen. The scientists are still studying how effective the topical application of Peptides is, but it is very likely that they are helpful. Peptides might be able to support skin barrier restoration and even have an anti-aging benefit. At the very least, they certainly help attract water to the skin and support the hydration in this way.

This product contains ingredients that could be beneficial, but their concentrations are too low in this formulation: titanium dioxide, stearic acid, tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, vitamin e, dipentaerythrityl hexacaprylate/hexacaprate, yeast extract, bifida ferment lysate, yeast extract and sigesbeckia orientalis extract

Irritation risk

There are quite a few common irritants in this product, including ingredients without particular skin benefits. We would not recommend it for sensitive skin. We assess the overall irritancy of this moisturizer to be high. For a detailed overview of all potential irritants: click here

You can see the detailed formula review with the breakdown of all actives in the product and the full ingredient list with estimated concentrations in the tables below.

Price

The product retails for 158.29A$ in Australia, from 136.50$ up to 163.28$ in the United States and from 80.30£ up to 120.00£ in the United Kingdom.

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