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.
Intensive Care for Severe Dryness
CURECODE Ultra Soothing Radiance Gel 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 Ultra Soothing Radiance Gel 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 | ||
| 1,2-Hexanediol | solvent | ||
| Panthenol | soothing, moisturizer/humectant | 0, 0 | goodie |
| Niacinamide | cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/humectant | superstar | |
| Ethyl Linoleate | emollient, perfuming | ||
| Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride | emollient | ||
| Cetearyl Alcohol | emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing | 1, 2 | |
| Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer | viscosity controlling | ||
| Centella Asiatica Extract | soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/humectant | goodie | |
| Polyglyceryl-10 Distearate | 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
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.
Panthenol – goodie
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.
Niacinamide – superstar
- A multi-functional skincare superstar with several proven benefits for the skin
- Great anti-aging, wrinkle smoothing ingredient used at 4-5% concentration
- Fades brown spots alone or in combination with amino sugar, acetyl glucosamine
- Increases ceramide synthesis that results in a stronger, healthier skin barrier and better skin hydration
- Can help to improve several skin conditions including acne, rosacea, and atopic dermatitis
Ethyl Linoleate
A type of oil soluble vitamin F that is used as an emollient. Read more at ethyl oleate.
Centella Asiatica
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).
Cetearyl Alcohol
An extremely common multitasker ingredient that gives your skin a nice soft feel (emollient) and gives body to creams and lotions. It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes (emulsions), though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%.
It’s a so-called fatty alcohol, a mix of cetyl and stearyl alcohol, other two emollient fatty alcohols. Though chemically speaking, it is alcohol (as in, it has an -OH group in its molecule), its properties are totally different from the properties of low molecular weight or drying alcohols such as denat. alcohol. Fatty alcohols have a long oil-soluble (and thus emollient) tail part that makes them absolutely non-drying and non-irritating and are totally ok for the skin.
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%.
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.
Sorbitan Stearate
A popular, vegetable-derived oil-loving emulsifier that helps water to mix with oil. In itself, it is suitable for water-in-oil emulsions (where water droplets are dispersed in oil), but it is more often used as a co-emulsifier next to other, water-loving emulsifiers.
Chemically speaking, it comes from the attachment of sorbitan (a dehydrated sorbitol (sugar) molecule) with the fatty acid Stearic Acid, that creates a partly water (the sorbitan part) and partly oil soluble (stearic part) molecule.
