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White Lupine Peptide
Lupinus albus
White lupine peptide is a plant-derived peptide that helps firm and smooth by supporting the skin's own collagen. Gentle and renewing, it suits mature, thinning skin.
A natural history
The white lupin is an ancient Mediterranean legume that lifts tall spires of pale flowers above its leaves. Its protein rich seeds, the lupini beans, have nourished people around the Mediterranean and Aegean for thousands of years, brined and eaten as a beloved snack from Greece to Italy to Spain.
That same protein rich seed now enjoys a refined second life on the dressing table. From the white lupin come gentle, plant based peptides, prized as a clean, vegan way to support the look of firmer, smoother skin.
What it does for your skin
Peptides from the white lupin are studied for supporting the skin's firming matrix. In a study on photoaged human skin, a cream whose actives included white lupin peptides was associated with renewed deposition of fibrillin and procollagen, the building blocks of firm, elastic skin.[1] In laboratory work, a lupin seed extract helped rebalance the enzymes that otherwise break down collagen and elastin.[2] In a formula it is a gentle, plant based way to support the look of firmer, smoother skin.
References
[1] Watson REB, et al. Repair of photoaged dermal matrix by topical application of a cosmetic antiageing product. Br J Dermatol. 2008;158(3):472-477. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08364.x
[2] Gaultier F, et al. Effects of a vegetable extract from Lupinus albus (LU105) on matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors by human fibroblasts in culture. Clin Oral Investig. 2003;7(4):198-205. doi:10.1007/s00784-003-0210-y
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Questions, answered
Yes. It's a gentle, plant-based peptide studied for supporting the skin's firming matrix; in photoaged skin, formulas with white lupin peptides were linked to renewed fibrillin and procollagen.
It helps support the look of firmer, smoother skin and, in lab work, helped rebalance the enzymes that break down collagen and elastin.
Yes. It's a clean, plant-based alternative to animal-derived peptides, made from the white lupin seed.
You'll find white lupine peptide in our Intensive Eye Balm.