Researching Beauty?four research vials · Canada
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Key facts
- Compound:
- Researching Beauty?
- Purity:
- ≥98%, verified by HPLC
- Tested by:
- independent third-party lab (HPLC purity and measured content)
- Certificate of analysis:
- for members only · join free
- Ships from:
- Vancouver, BC — typically 2–5 business days, tracked and insured, no customs
- Intended use:
- in vitro laboratory research only — not for human or veterinary consumption
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Skin keeps a record. Every expression it has ever made, every summer, every year. A little of it shows on the surface. Most of it is written one layer down: in the matrix that holds skin up, at the nerve endings that tell muscles to move, in the cells that make pigment, at the ends of every chromosome.
Research has been reading that record one molecule at a time, and four keep turning up. Researching Beauty? brings them together, each in its own freeze-dried vial: GHK-Cu (100 mg), SNAP-8 (10 mg), Glutathione (1500 mg) and Epithalon (10 mg).
GHK-Cu is the copper peptide, first isolated from human plasma in 1973 and studied ever since in fibroblast cultures for collagen and the remodelling of the skin’s matrix. SNAP-8, acetyl octapeptide-3, comes from cosmetic science: the longer cousin of Argireline, studied for how it competes inside the SNARE complex that releases signals at the nerve–muscle junction, the mechanism behind expression lines. Glutathione is the cell’s own antioxidant, and in skin research it is the one studied in the melanin and pigment pathway. Epithalon, the pineal tetrapeptide, belongs to the deepest layer of the question: telomerase, and the telomeres that shorten as cells age.
Structure, movement, tone, time. Four chapters of the same story, and no study has yet read all four side by side. That part is still open.
Apart, the four vials come to $184.96. Together they are $174.99. A small difference, and a deliberate one: the reason to keep all four together was never the discount. Two boxes bring the 10% multi-buy price and free shipping, and Research Rewards members can take it free with 2 medals.
≥98% purity (Epithalon ≥98%, the other three ≥99%). Tested by an independent lab for purity and content (HPLC). Certificates of Analysis (COAs) are for members only. Tracked, insured delivery from Vancouver, BC — by Canada Post Xpresspost, usually 1 to 4 business days, with no customs step and no brokerage fee. All four ship as freeze-dried powders; bacteriostatic water for reconstitution is sold separately.
Sold as a laboratory research material only, for in vitro use. It isn’t a medicine and isn’t meant for people or animals.
Primary literature
- Stimulation of collagen synthesis in fibroblast cultures by the tripeptide-copper complex glycyl-L-histidyl-L-lysine-Cu2+ — FEBS Letters, 1988
Maquart, Pickart et al. GHK-Cu raised collagen synthesis in fibroblast cultures, independent of any change in cell number (PMID 3169264).
- A synthetic hexapeptide (Argireline) with antiwrinkle activity — International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2002
Blanes-Mira et al. The design paper for Argireline, the hexapeptide SNAP-8 extends by two residues: it interferes with formation of the SNARE complex that drives neurotransmitter release (PMID 18498523).
- Glutathione as a depigmenting agent: an overview — International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2005
Villarama & Maibach. Reviews in vitro and in vivo work on glutathione in the melanin pathway: tyrosinase inactivation and the eumelanin-to-phaeomelanin switch (PMID 18492181).
- Skin Regenerative and Anti-Cancer Actions of Copper Peptides — Cosmetics, 2018
Pickart & Margolina on GHK-Cu as a gene modulator; reports GHK altering expression of a large fraction of human genes.
- Epithalon Peptide Induces Telomerase Activity and Telomere Elongation in Human Somatic Cells — Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 2003
Khavinson et al. In vitro study of telomerase activity and telomere length in human fetal fibroblast cultures.
Cited for research context. A citation is not a claim that this compound is safe, effective, or approved for any use.
Research Use Only. This compound is a laboratory material for in vitro research. It is not a medicine and is not for human or veterinary use. If you’re looking for help with your health, please speak with a doctor or pharmacist.
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What is Researching Beauty? Researching Beauty? at a glance
In short: Researching Beauty? is $174.99 CAD at Popular Peptides Canada, ships from Vancouver with no customs, and usually arrives in 1–4 business days.
- What it is
- Structure, movement, tone, time: GHK-Cu, SNAP-8, glutathione and epithalon, four research vials together in one box. For research use only.
- Price
- $174.99 CAD. Prices are in Canadian dollars, so there’s no exchange-rate surprise.
- Inside
- GHK-Cu + SNAP-8 + Glutathione + Epithalon
- Purity
- ≥98%, tested by an independent lab (HPLC purity and content)
- Ships from
- Vancouver, BC, to anywhere in Canada. It never crosses a border, so there’s no customs and no brokerage fee.
- Delivery
- Dispatched in 1–2 business days by Canada Post Xpresspost, tracked and insured. Usually 1–2 days in BC, 2–3 on the Prairies and to major Ontario and Québec cities, 2–4 in Atlantic Canada.
- Shipping cost
- Free over $300 CAD, otherwise a flat $24.99.
- Lab report
- Certificates of Analysis are for members only.
- Pay with
- Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover or Interac e-Transfer (an extra 10% off by e-Transfer).
- Sold for
- Laboratory research only. It isn’t a medicine and isn’t meant for people or animals.
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