enjoying this great in tandem with a thick skin cream [SEP] my mother asked me to find her a moisturizer with matrixxyl and peptides very specific and she didn t want anything that did not have at least those two ingredientsthe reason is a conversation with her dermatologist matrixxyl is made of peptides palmitoyl tripeptide and palmitoyl oligopeptide which stimulate collagen and elastin production in the skin and peptides form a long chain of amino acids to become proteins penetrating the top layer of skin cells and signaling the cells including collagenthe cazbe serum works really nicely in tandem with my mom s ponds cream she has used ponds as long as i remember the serum absorbs pretty rapidly and unlike other serums doesn t seem to leave her skin feeling sort of tight or dry after a few minutes she will put the serum on before brushing her teeth and then follow with moisturizer after teeth she will apply the ponds cream to completely moisturize her face i ve tried this a few times and find i can only really use it around my eyes it dries out my cheeks and chin if used just around my eyes it feels a lot betterher skin is looking beautiful i think in combination with a really solid cream to sort of seal in the benefits after washing your face and just before bed it s a great part of your beauty routine we received the serum for evaluation and review