Most peptide serums are designed to be one part of a stack. This one is designed to be the stack.
Engineered to be the stack, not part of one.
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39.4% less deep wrinkle surface in 60 days† · 55.8% less wrinkle volume in 8 weeks‡
In our Renewal Face Serum: One peptide targets the visible signs of aging at the skin's surface. The other acts as a biological repair signal your skin already knows. Together they visibly firm, renew, and smooth with consistency that builds over time, supported by barrier-strengthening niacinamide and a triple-weight hyaluronic acid system that plumps on contact.
Peptide Clarity
Structural Repair
Barrier Recovery
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Active complex
1%Copper PeptideSignal Peptide
3%Matrixyl® 3000Peptide Complex
0.1%Hyaglo HAHydrating Agent
Key Actives: VitalCopper™ Complex
Two of the most clinically studied peptide actives in skincare, at the concentrations the research is built on, paired with barrier protection and anti-irritation support.
Two peptides, asking for the same thing two different ways. Matrixyl® 3000 is a matrikine: a fragment of broken-down matrix that skin reads as a repair order, so fibroblasts start producing. Copper Tripeptide-1 carries copper into the cell, where lysyl oxidase uses it to cross-link new collagen and elastin into something that holds its shape. One asks for the material. The other makes it structural. Producing collagen and keeping it are two different problems, and Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 works the second one, quieting the inflammatory signalling that drives chronic breakdown.
Produce it. Then make it hold.
Matrixyl® 3000: reduced the surface occupied by deep wrinkles by 39.4% in 60 days.†
Copper Tripeptide-1: published peer-reviewed research shows up to 55.8% reduction in visible wrinkle volume vs. untreated skin‡ — outperforming Vitamin C and tretinoin (retinoid).§
Niacinamide, panthenol and betaine are the counterweight that makes a dose this size something you can use every night instead of cycling on and off.
Copper Tripeptide-1
The copper peptide your skin already knows. Works with the skin's own renewal response, so it looks visibly firmer, denser, and more renewed with consistent use.
Week 1–2Skin feels calmer, more hydrated and less reactive.
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Week 3-8Skin appears smoother and more even as resilience builds.
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Week 9-12Skin feels firmer and more refined as fine lines soften.
Week 1–2
Hydration & Calm
This is what skin feels like when it's not being disrupted. Calmer, more comfortable, less noise. The formula isn't fighting your skin. It's working with it from day one.
Week 3-8
Resilience & Clarity
Tone starts to settle, skin looks more even, less worked-over. The clarity people notice isn't a spike. It's the baseline catching up.
Week 9–12
Firmness & Renewal
Your skin doesn't respond to urgency. It responds to consistency. This is what sustained use looks like. Results that are structural, not surface-level, and don't disappear when you stop paying attention.
How VitalCopper Compares
Vital-Copper Renewal Face Serum
Generic Copper Serum
Multi-Peptide Blend
Copper Peptide at clinical concentration
Yes1%
Not specifiedRarely disclosed, or low concentration
Sederma-funded clinical study. 23 women aged 42 to 67, half-face, cream containing 3% Matrixyl® 3000, twice daily, 2 months, versus placebo. Assessed by profilometry, cutometry and photography.
Main wrinkle density fell 32.9% and average wrinkle volume 23.3% in the same study. Skin tone improved 15.5%, elasticity 5.5%. A separate 4-month study has been reported to show results comparable to retinol, without the irritation; that comparison does not appear in Sederma's substantiation sheet and we are seeking its source.
Copper Tripeptide-1 · 1% solution at 20% of formula, 0.20% pure
Up to 55.8%
reduction in visible wrinkle volume vs. untreated skin
Source
Badenhorst et al. (2016), Journal of Aging Science
Design
Randomized, double-blind clinical trial vs. vehicle control and a Matrixyl® 3000-only formula
Visible wrinkle depth also fell 32.8%. The copper peptide outperformed the Matrixyl® 3000-only formula by 31.6% on wrinkle volume — which is why VitalCopper uses both.
of subjects showed improved procollagen synthesis — vs. 50% with Vitamin C and 40% with tretinoin (retinoid)
Source
Abdulghani et al. (1998), Disease Management and Clinical Outcomes
Design
Pilot clinical, histologic and ultrastructural study of topical creams on normal skin
A pilot study measuring procollagen synthesis at the ultrastructural level, not a wrinkle-outcome trial. All three actives were compared under the same protocol.
A copper peptide serum for face and neck: Copper Tripeptide-1 1%, with Matrixyl® 3000, formulated to support the look of firmer, more even skin. One daily active instead of a multi-step routine.
Skin responds to consistency, not urgency. With VitalCopper, most people feel calmer, more hydrated skin in the first two weeks; tone and texture look more even through weeks 3–8; skin looks firmer and fine lines look softer through week 12.
Yes, with separate timing. Use VitalCopper at night and vitamin C in the morning, and alternate nights with retinoids and acids. Separating them keeps your baseline readable, not because they cancel each other out.
It’s built for skin that’s been over-treated or is running reactive. If your barrier is compromised, start at two to three nights a week and build up as tolerance holds, keeping the rest of your routine quiet while it settles.
1–3 pumps for face and neck, after cleansing and before moisturizer. Press it in; don’t overwork it. Start PM-first and build to morning and night as the routine holds. If your skin is sensitive or over-treated, stay at two to three nights a week until tolerance builds.
VitalCopper is built around two actives with peer-reviewed and licensed clinical backing. Matrixyl® 3000 at 3% is supported by Sederma's licensed clinical dossier, a 60-day study funded by Sederma at this exact concentration, showing a 39.4% reduction in the surface occupied by deep wrinkles and a 23.3% reduction in average wrinkle volume. Copper Tripeptide-1 is supported by Badenhorst et al. (2016), Journal of Aging Science, a peer-reviewed randomized double-blind clinical trial showing 55.8% reduction in visible wrinkle volume and 32.8% reduction in wrinkle depth vs. untreated skin, and 31.6% greater reduction than a Matrixyl® 3000-only formula. Full citations are available in our evidence section.
In a pilot clinical study comparing topical actives applied directly to skin, Copper Tripeptide-1 showed improved procollagen synthesis in 70% of subjects — compared to 50% with a Vitamin C cream and 40% with tretinoin (retinoic acid). In a separate randomized double-blind trial, Copper Tripeptide-1 also outperformed a Matrixyl® 3000-only formula in wrinkle volume reduction. Unlike retinol and tretinoin, no irritation or sensitivity was reported across either studied population. Sources: Abdulghani et al. (1998), Disease Management and Clinical Outcomes; Badenhorst et al. (2016), Journal of Aging Science.
Matrixyl® 3000 is a proprietary dual-peptide complex developed and patented by Sederma, a Croda company. Brands that use it at clinically meaningful concentrations do so under license, which also provides access to Sederma's clinical data. VitalCopper licenses Matrixyl® 3000 at 3% — the concentration the clinical data is built on — not a token inclusion at a fraction of that dose.
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