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| Before and After R+F Soothe |
I'm not a writer, I'm a engineer, a YouTuber, a Blogger, who likes makeup. I don't sell these products, in fact I didn't buy them, they were gifted to me from a friend who thought they would help my skin. I promise my honest review of them.
If you are researching this regimen then, you probably don't need to be bothered by the details of where to buy, prices, and promises of the skincare. But hell, let's do that quickly so my review is complete.
- You can buy Rodan and Fields Soothe Regimen here
- It retails for $170, but with a subscription you can save a little
- It promises to reduce visible redness and calm sensitive skin
- It is a 4 step process
I have rosacea and sensitive skin. Trying new products can be really difficult when so many ingredients cause redness and stinging. So I was initially hesitant to test this out.
Step 1 is a gentle cream cleanser, it contains ceramides. It is not a foaming face wash. I used coconut oil to remove my eye makeup, but used this wash to remove makeup as well as clean my face. It really worked well, with no redness, itching, buring, nothing bad at all. Success
Step 2 is the skin treatment; it contains Allantoin and peptides. A little goes a long way. There is something in this treatment that immediately makes the redness seem calmer. Again, I had no bad reactions.
Step 3 is a moisturizer. Since I usually use some heavy duty moisturizers, I was skeptical that this would work alone. But it did! I was shocked that I didn't need to supplement with anything else. No itching, stinging, or redness.
Step 4 is where everything went wrong for me. Step 4 is the SPF 30 sunscreen. It contains Titanium Dioxide (2%) and Zinc Oxide (12%). I think it's the zinc oxide that I cannot handle. Something about this formula made my face much more red and angry with some stinging around my nose area.
At night, applying Steps 1-3, my face looked excellent.
In the morning, when I used the sunscreen, it got much worse. Foolishly I continued using the sunscreen for 3 weeks. Then I quit the sunscreen and continued the regimen using my regular sunscreen.
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| Before and After 3 weeks use of Rodan and Fields Soothe, showing additional redness and pustules caused by sunscreen |
Results:
After 2 months you can see the results. Definitely my face is less red in the forehead and chin area. My cheeks don't show much change. It is so difficult to get similar photos, so I apologize for the squinting eyes. I can tell you that the wrinkles under my eyes showed no improvement, but the elevens between my eyes look better. Also there were some small wrinkles on my upper lip, that don't appear in the photos well, but they also improved significantly.
By the time my 2 month test period was up, I still have significant product left, leaving me to believe that I could likely get 3 months out of these products.
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| Before and After 2 months |
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| Before and After 2 months use of Rodan and Fields |
Final thoughts - Would I buy it again?
Well, Yes and no. I think there is something there that works. At $170 for a 2-3 month supply. It's expensive. Looking at the pictures is interesting because I actually see more improvement then I noticed from daily use. But the price is just too high for me. Plus, the sunscreen is useless for me.I'm no expert, but I think the active ingredients: Allantoin and the peptides Oligopeptide-10 and Tetrapeptide-16 were the most important factors. I could be wrong; I might need all the steps, but for my next skincare regime, I purchased the Rodan and Fields Radiant Defense, which contain these same peptides. I also will be looking into these dupes.
Dupes:
For Treatment - Allantoin and Peptides: which would reproduce some of the primary active in the Soothe Regime check out The Ordinary Buffet. It's certainly well priced at $14.80 You may wish to try out Rodan + Fields Radiant Defense, as I have.For the Cleanser, which is rich in ceramides, Look at CeraVe Baby, wash or CeraVe Hydrating Cleanser.
For the sunscreen, Check out CeraVe Baby SPF45 Sunscreen. It also has 12% zinc oxide.