Obagi Professional-C Peptide Complex Serum
- Moisturizing
- Anti-aging
- Evens skin tone
- acetyl octapeptide-3
- tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate
- panthenol
- cetyl alcohol
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Can the product deliver on its promises?
Promise
What does the product description say?WIMJ summary for anti-aging
This product contains acetyl octapeptide-3. This ingredient might be able to help reduce and prevent fine lines and wrinkles, improve skin elasticity and firmness, but there is not enough evidence that it actually works.
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What does the product description say?WIMJ summary for evens skin tone
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What does the product description say?WIMJ summary for moisturizing
This product can help improve hydration of the skin with the two types of ingredients.
The first type is called “humectants”:
these ingredients help attract water.
When humectants are on the surface of the skin, they “pull in” the moisture from the outside environment, or from
within deeper layers of the skin. The following ingredients in this product do the job:
hyaluronic acid.
This product also contains ingredients called “occlusives”. They help reduce the speed with which our skin loses moisture to the outside environment. These ingredients also help soften the upper layer of the skin, so it feels less tight and nicer to the touch. The following ingredients in this product do the job: caprylic/capric triglyceride, cetyl alcohol.
The following ingredients in this product are especially good for supporting the skin barrier and helping with the hydration level: acetyl octapeptide-3, panthenol
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How honest is this product?
Promise | Can it deliver? |
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Moisturizing | |
Anti-aging | |
Evens skin tone |
Potential irritants

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caprylic/capric triglyceride | ||
tocopheryl acetate | ||
triethanolamine |
Ingredients by volume
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Plain old water
| 45% - 55% |
An emollient that softens the skin
| 5% - 6.2% |
A good mix of fatty acids that forms a protective layer on the skin. Improves the shelf life of products. Derived from coconut and glycerin
| 4.2% - 5.1% |
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Scientific Sources
- Anti-Inflammatory and Skin Barrier Repair Effects of Topical Application of Some Plant Oils
- Skin moisturizing effects of panthenol-based formulations
- Safety Assessment of Panthenol, Pantothenic Acid, and Derivatives as Used in Cosmetics
- Contact allergy to polyhexamethylene biguanide (polyaminopropyl biguanide)
- Double-blind, half-face study comparing topical vitamin C and vehicle for rejuvenation of photodamage
- Application of tetra-isopalmitoyl ascorbic acid in cosmetic formulations: Stability studies and in vivo efficacy
- Efficacy of a New Topical Nano-hyaluronic Acid in Humans
- Physiochemical properties and application of hyaluronic acid: a systematic review
- Stability, transdermal penetration, and cutaneous effects of ascorbic acid and its derivatives