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the copper protocol

The three steps the whole system runs on.


$615.60 $684.00 Save $68.40

  • The three steps the whole system runs on — treat, support, protect
  • the blue serum, the barrier cream and the daily spf, bought together
  • Copper without morning protection is money left on the counter

DO NOT LAYER direct acids

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  1. Ordered Today
  2. Dispatched by Wed 26 Aug
  3. Delivered Fri 28 Aug – Wed 2 Sep
What it is

the blue serum, the barrier cream and the daily spf: treat, support, protect. Bought together because the three of them are the argument, and because copper without protection in the morning is money left on the counter.

If you buy one thing from us, buy this one.

What is in it

THE ACTIVE

1%GHK-Cu(VIA S01)

SIZE
S01 + S06 + S03
FORMAT
set – 3 products
STEP
set
WHEN
AM/PM
Where it sits on the ramp

Five flood bands, F-100 to F-500, by how dilute the formula is.

F-500
BAND
F-500 · cupric

The Copper System only — four SKUs, face only.

How to use it
  1. 01Use the three in order: treat, support, protect.
  2. 02Use it morning and night.
  3. 03Do not layer it with direct acids — alternate them on different days instead.
  4. 04Introduce one new active at a time, so an irritation has one obvious cause.

What’s inside

Every active, and what it is doing there.

The number on the bottle is a position on a scale. This is what sits behind it.

  • ACTIVE

    Copper tripeptide-1 1.0%

    A copper-carrying peptide. The most-studied peptide in cosmetic use and the one the range is built around.

This is the active we formulate around. The complete INCI list is being added to every product page.

The difference

Why ANNEAL is different

Every line below is something you can check on the label or the page before you buy. None of it is a claim about how well the product works.

ANNEAL compared with a the category, across 6 things you can verify on the label.
What you can verify ANNEAL The category
Every active stated at the percentage it is used at Yes Usually a range, or folded into one “complex”
A position on one scale, printed on the bottle Yes A name and a claim, with no system behind it
Layering conflicts printed on the product page Yes Rarely mentioned before checkout
Volume and price per millilitre both stated Yes Volume often left off the label
The range is capped at eight and stays eight Yes Extended into new SKUs each season
No promo code, spend ladder or seasonal sale Yes At least one running, most of the year

Reviews

What people who bought it say.

Unedited, in their words. Every one is tied to a confirmed order, and the four- and five-star ones are not moved to the top.

4.7/5

6 reviews

6 of 6 rated it 4 stars or higher

5.0

Buying the three together is what made this make sense

Twelve weeks in, my skin is firmer and brighter and I finally understand what the range is actually built around. Start here is good advice.

Genevieve A. Verified buyer
4.0

Excellent products

Three hundred and forty two pounds is a serious commitment and I would say do the eight weeks properly or do not start.

Ines B. Verified buyer
5.0

Arrived in one box, everything sealed, with a card explaining the order to use them in. Well thought through.

Suzanne V.
5.0

Substantial saving against buying separately and none of the three is a token size. That is rarer than it should be.

Marcus T. Verified buyer
4.0

Great set. I would have liked the option to swap the night oil for the eye serum, since I already had the oil.

Omar F. Verified buyer
5.0

Six months on the protocol

The difference in photographs is not subtle.

Nathaniel K. Verified buyer

Decide for yourself.

The full label, the dose and the price are back at the top of this page.

the copper protocol

Questions

Frequently asked

Common questions about the copper protocol

What does the colour on the bottle mean?

It is the dose. Every product floods one of five steps of the same blue: the palest is the cleansers, where water does the work, and full-strength cupric is reserved for the four copper products. A product cannot change band because of a season or a repackage.

Why is copper limited to four products?

Because a flagship that can be extended forever is not a flagship. GHK-Cu at full dose is the most expensive thing we make and it stays on the face, in four products. If we launch a fifth copper SKU, we will have changed our minds in public rather than quietly.

Do you publish the percentages?

On every product, in the first chapter of the page, before any claim is made about it. Where a formula is a blend rather than a single active, the page shows the blend instead of inventing a headline number.

How do I know what not to layer?

It is printed in the how-to-use block on each product, not buried in an FAQ. The short version: copper peptides and direct acids do not go on together, and a retinal night is followed by SPF in the morning.

Where do I start?

The copper protocol — the blue serum, the barrier cream and the daily spf. Treat, repair-adjacent support, and protection, which is the whole argument of the system in three steps.

Before you buy

The number is a position, not a grade.

Every active at the percentage it is used at, and what not to layer it with — stated before any claim is made about it.