Peptides 101: What They Do and How They Benefit Your Skin
Peptides are an ingredient that’s on the rise in the skin care market. While this ingredient is used for anti-aging benefits, it’s important to know how peptides work and what you should consider when including them in your skin care regimen. Here’s everything you need to know about what peptides are, their benefits, and how we use them in our products.
What Are Peptides?
Peptides are short chains of amino acids, which are building blocks for proteins. Different peptides have different roles, but in skin care products, peptides are used to build up the key proteins that create the foundation of your skin, like collagen and elastin. These proteins are what give skin its strength, support, and elasticity.
The Benefits of Peptides
The body’s ability to make collagen and elastin naturally declines as we age. Also, environmental factors like sun exposure, toxins, and diet can contribute to the breakdown of collagen and elastin. Because of this, skin loses some of its elasticity and firmness, making it more susceptible to the effects of gravity and repetitive facial movements. This leads to the formation of lines and wrinkles in skin.
When peptides are used in anti-aging products, they trigger skin cells to perform the specific tasks of producing and slowing the breakdown of collagen and elastin. And studies have shown that boosting collagen and elastin production can help skin appear younger and reduce the appearance of wrinkles.
How to Use Peptides in Skin Care
Peptides can have great benefits, but there isn’t a single peptide that can address all signs of aging. You need multiple peptides combined with other skin-supporting ingredients like hyaluronic acid, vitamin C, and antioxidants to achieve younger–looking skin. That’s why, at Shaklee, we combine 8 unique peptides with other powerhouse ingredients in our targeted anti-aging solutions, YOUTH Ageless™ Wands.
The Ingredients in Ageless
A key ingredient of YOUTH Ageless Wands is the Power8 Peptide Blend, our proprietary blend of 8 clinically tested peptides that makes up 25% of the formula. Each peptide in Power8 Peptide Blend works together to reduce the appearance of expression lines and wrinkles in as little as 15 minutes, with benefits that last up to several hours.†
- Peptide 1 instantly relaxes the appearance of expression lines and wrinkles.
- Peptides 2 and 3 relax the appearance of expression lines and wrinkles after a few days of use.
- Peptides 4, 5, and 6 support healthy collagen and collagen synthesis.
- Peptide 7 visibly brightens the skin.
- Peptide 8 assists in neutralizing free radicals that accelerate the aging process.
Ageless Wands combine the Power8 Peptide Blend with other ingredients, such as Vital Repair+® Complex, a multi-patented complex of ingredients, including vitamins A, C, and E, panthenol, grape seed extract, superoxide dismutase, and beta-glucan, that reveals firmer-looking skin by supporting collagen synthesis. Ageless Wands also contain hyaluronic acid, which rapidly penetrates the epidermis to hydrate skin from the inside, acts as a molecular sponge to hold water in the upper layer of the skin, and forms a protective barrier that holds tight to the skin’s surface to reduce water loss. This helps reduce the appearance of wrinkles.
Real People, Real Results
**Results obtained from a clinical study of 30 participants using YOUTH Ageless Sculpting Wand for Face and Neck and YOUTH Ageless Smoothing Wand for Eyes twice daily for 28 days.
The powerful combination of peptides and other ingredients in Ageless Wands instantly lifts, smooths, and relaxes the appearance of expression lines and wrinkles. And the results are visible! In a clinical study of 30 participants using YOUTH Ageless Sculpting Wand for Face & Neck and YOUTH Ageless Smoothing Wand for Eyes twice daily for 28 days:
- 100% showed improved skin firmness after 15 minutes of first application
- 100% demonstrated even more skin firmness after 28 days
- 100% showed reduced appearance of face wrinkles using the YOUTH Ageless Wand for Face & Neck
- 91% showed reduced appearance of eye area wrinkles using the YOUTH Ageless Smoothing Wand for Eyes
Defy Time
Peptides are popular anti-aging ingredients on the market, but they’re not all the same. Try YOUTH Ageless Wands with the Power8 Peptide Blend and target aging from every angle.
†Shown in a clinical study to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles in as little as 15 minutes post application and persist for over 4 hours.
