Protini Polypeptide Firming Moisturizer — Reddit Reviews
Updated September 3, 2026
Peptide-rich firming cream improves rosacea, texture, and firmness; costly and sticky.
What the community says
This peptide-loaded moisturizer targets firmness and redness, winning fans with rosacea and sensitive skin. It's lighter than expected but can feel sticky layered with serums. Some consider it overpriced and too rich for daytime use.
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What people love
- Peptides visibly improve firmness and reduce tired look
- Effective for rosacea and redness reduction
- Works well for sensitive, dry, and acne-prone skin
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Real Reddit threads — 24 mentions across 19 threads
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Firming Moisturizer on Reddit, in one place — 19 threads from r/SkincareAddiction, r/tretinoin and 4 more, summarized.
“Fyi: Acure Radically Rejuvenating Night Cream is a lovely dupe for Protini”
Mentioned
“Drunk elephant: protini polypeptide cream”
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“PM - Drunk elephant: protini polypeptide cream”
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“His routine is above! Looks like he incorporates an arsenal of excellent products to help tret along.”
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“I had a mom buying a Drunk Elephant Protini moisturizer for her 11 year old and when I advised against it, she shrugged and said "It's what she wants".”
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“I watched a 10 year old girl (by herself???) use a credit card to buy several hundred dollars of Drunk Elephant in Sephora the other day.”
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“They were buying Drunk Elephant products too, some of them with retinols.”
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“Strivectin neck cream + Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide”
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“What helped me was Drunk Elephants Protini™ Polypeptide Firming Moisturizer!!!!! It’s expensive but worth it!”
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“the protini moisturizer will come into stock online a couple times a year which makes it a bit more affordable”
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“My nighttime moisturizer was rotating between the Jeju Orchid Gel Cream by Innisfree and the Peptide Cream by Drunk Elephant”
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“which I recently stopped using because I like the gel cream a lot more”
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“I’m preferring the Oat So Simple lately because it’s fragrance free!”
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“In the past I also liked the Drunk elephant protini”
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“I also have the skinfix triple lipid. In the past I also liked the Drunk elephant protini”
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“liked the Drunk elephant protini”
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