Cutting Edge Skin Barrier Technology
At Dr. Raymond Labs we created NEUROMIDE, a bio-identical human microbiome metabolite to support healthy skin. Because its structure is similar to that of ceramides, the most important components of the skin barrier, we named it NEUROMIDE, meaning “new ceramide.” NEUROMIDE communicates with the body’s own endocannabinoid system. It activates the CB1 receptors in skin to increase ceramide synthesis and accelerate skin barrier recovery, effectively helping it to calm down, making dryness, redness, itchiness, and sensitivity a thing of the past. CURECODE uses NEUROMIDE and also contains prebiotics and probiotics to increase a healthy skin microbiome; Resveratrol, traditionally found in red wine, to promote healthy cell renewal. St. John’s Wort, used for centuries to treat wounds and irritation, and hemp seed oil full of skin-nourishing compounds that soothe inflammation, plump fine lines and calm breakouts. CURECODE helps care for numerous skin dysfunctions by providing what skin needs most.
PROBIOTICS + PREBIOTICS.
PREBIOTICS, a supplement of PROBIOTICS, can help the good skin MICROBIOME strengthen and replenish a weakened skin barrier and allow it to maintain its’ healthy condition.
Centella Asiatica – traditionally used to help skin condition
St. John’s Wort – an herb used for centuries to calm and soothing
Resveratrol – a compound that occurs naturally in red grapes and dark berries that speeds up cell renewal and clearing of dead skin cells in order to increase healthy ceramides in the skin.
CureCode Soothing Relief Cleanser 250ml
Intensive Care for Severe Dryness
CureCode Soothing Relief Cleanser refreshes, hydrates and soothes sensitive skin. This lightweight, enriched, non-greasy formula contains ALOE and ALLANTOIN to quickly calm irritation and help reduce redness.
CureCode Soothing Relief Cleanser is enriched with St. John’s Wort which has wound healing properties and provides first aid for the skin to help improve the skin barrier. It leaves the skin looking healthier, enriched and with a more refined texture.
Infused with PROBIOTICS + PREBIOTICS.
PREBIOTICS, a supplement of PROBIOTICS, can help the good skin MICROBIOME colony (skin micro-organisms) strengthen and replenish a weakened skin barrier and allow it to maintain its’ healthy condition.
CENTELLA ASIATICA and RESVERATROL
With CENTELLA ASIATICA that helps soothe and revitalize damaged skin. And, the addition of RESVERATROL, the natural energy found in grapes and blueberries, to help increase ceramide levels which also is a factor in skin barrier recovery.
Ingredients overview
Key Ingredients
| Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water | solvent | ||
| Glycerin | skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant | 0, 0 | superstar |
| Sodium Cocoyl Alaninate | surfactant/cleansing | ||
| Acrylates Copolymer | viscosity controlling | ||
| Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate | surfactant/cleansing | ||
| Coco -Betaine | surfactant/cleansing, viscosity controlling | ||
| 1,2 – Hexanediol | solvent | ||
| Panthenol | soothing, moisturizer/humectant | 0, 0 | goodie |
| Sodium Chloride | viscosity controlling | ||
| Sodium Cocoate | surfactant/cleansing, emulsifying |
Water
Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product.
It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water
Glycerin – superstar
- A natural moisturizer that’s also in our skin
- A super common, safe, effective and cheap molecule used for more than 50 years
- Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the skin lipids between our skin cells in a healthy (liquid crystal) state, protects against irritation, helps to restore barrier
- Effective from as low as 3% with even more benefits for dry skin at higher concentrations up to 20-40%
- High-glycerin moisturizers are awesome for treating severely dry skin
Acrylates Copolymer
A big polymer molecule that has a bunch of different versions and thus different uses. It can act as a film former, as a thickening agent, or it can increase the water-resistance in sunscreens. It is also used to entrap pigments/inorganic sunscreens within a micron size matrix for even coverage and easy application.
Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate
- An amino-acid based cleansing agent that is described as extremely mild and having outstanding foamability. It can also reduce the harshness and leftover of stronger surfactants such as SLS or fatty acid soaps.
1,2 – Hexanediol
A really multi-functional helper ingredient that can do several things in a skincare product: it can bring a soft and pleasant feel to the formula, it can act as a humectant and emollient, it can be a solvent for some other ingredients (for example it can help to stabilize perfumes in watery products) and it can also help to disperse pigments more evenly in makeup products. And that is still not all: it can also boost the antimicrobial activity of preservatives.
An easy-to-formulate, commonly used, nice to have ingredient that’s also called pro-vitamin B5. As you might guess from the “pro” part, it’s a precursor to vitamin B5 (whose fancy name is pantothenic acid).
Its main job in skincare products is to moisturise the skin. It’s a humectant meaning that it can help the skin to attract water and then hold onto it. There is also research showing that panthenol can help our skin to produce more lovely lipids that are important for a strong and healthy skin barrier.
Sodium Chloride
Sodium chloride is the fancy name of salt. Normal, everyday table salt.
If (similar to us) you are in the weird habit of reading the label on your shower gel while taking a shower, you might have noticed that sodium chloride is almost always on the ingredient list. The reason for this is that salt acts as a fantastic thickener in cleansing formulas created with ionic cleansing agents (aka surfactants) such as Sodium Laureth Sulfate. A couple of percents (typically 1-3%) turns a runny surfactant solution into a nice gel texture.
Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer
A kind of polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits) that helps to create beautiful gel-like textures. It’s also a texturizer and thickener for oil-in-water emulsions. It gives products a good skin feel and does not make the formula tacky or sticky.
It works over a wide pH range and is used between 0.5-1.2%.
Rosa Damascena Flower Water
The flower water coming from the flowers of the Damask Rose. In general, flower waters (also called hydrosols) are diluted versions of essential oils coming from the same plant. They contain the same components but in much-reduced concentrations.
Similar to its big sister, rose oil, rose water also has a lovely, relaxing scent. It contains some antioxidant and antimicrobial compounds, as well as some fragrant components.
Ethylhexylglycerin
If you have spotted ethylhexylglycerin on the ingredient list, most probably you will see there also the current IT-preservative, phenoxyethanol. They are good friends because ethylhexylglycerin can boost the effectiveness of phenoxyethanol (and other preservatives) and as an added bonus it feels nice on the skin too.
Also, it’s an effective deodorant and a medium spreading emollient.
Propanediol
Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It’s produced sustainably from corn sugar and it’s Ecocert approved.
It’s quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula.
Allantoin
Super common soothing ingredient. It can be found naturally in the roots & leaves of the comfrey plant, but more often than not what’s in the cosmetic products is produced synthetically.
It’s not only soothing but it’ also skin-softening and protecting and can promote wound healing.
Centella Asiatica Extract
Centella Asiatica – or sometimes also called Gotu Kola or Cica – has been used in folk medicine for hundreds of years. It’s traditionally used to improve small wounds, burns and scratches and it’s also a well known anti-inflammatory agent for eczema.
Recently science has taken an interest in Gotu Kola as well and it turns out it really has many active compounds with several benefits. Just for hard-core geeks, the main biologically active compounds are pentacyclic triterpenoid saponins called asiaticoside, madecassoside, asiatic and madecassic acid (also called centellosides).
Glyceryl Stearate
A super common, waxy, white, solid stuff that helps water and oil to mix together, gives body to creams and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth.
Chemically speaking, it is the attachment of a glycerin molecule to the fatty acid called stearic acid. It can be produced from most vegetable oils (in oils three fatty acid molecules are attached to glycerin instead of just one like here) in a pretty simple, “green” process that is similar to soap making. It’s readily biodegradable.
