Skin SOS with Rodan + Fields

Valentine’s Day is but a heart­beat away, and wed­ding sea­son is per­pet­ual. Glow­ing skin is every girl’s dream, and though many skin care prod­ucts make bold promises, few do what they say, and say what they do.

Soothe Sen­si­tive Skin Treat­ment mois­tur­izer is a gem. It does what it says it’s going to do–instantly–and the results are glo­ri­ous. Sim­ply put, it just feels good.

So many peo­ple have sen­si­tive skin or rosacea and don’t even know it. For any­one suf­fer­ing from skin dis­com­fort, Soothe calms the raw chapped feel­ing and takes away the red, halt­ing sting­ing and burn­ing, fast.

With all the aggres­sive prod­ucts out there–with the mul­ti­tude of sins we inflict on our skin that make us sen­si­tive, irri­tated, dry or overworked–this prod­uct is heaven-sent. It makes a thought­ful gift for any bride-to-be.

It imme­di­ately calms, and by rebuild­ing the skin’s nat­ural mois­ture bar­rier, also known as the acid man­tle, skin is pro­tected from future flare-ups. Used con­sis­tently, results only get bet­ter with time.

This com­fort­ing cream is part of the four-product Soothe regime devel­oped by Stanford-trained der­ma­tol­o­gist duo Rodan + Fields, but you can always buy just the treat­ment cream, $80, separately.

Dewy and moist, yet matte, Soothe pen­e­trates fast sans stickiness.

“For sen­si­tive skin, what stays out of a prod­uct is as impor­tant as what goes in,” Dr. Kathy Fields stated. “The Soothe regime is free of fra­grance, alco­hol, added col­ors, parabens and surfactants.”

Rosacea is an extremely com­mon con­di­tion in which the blood ves­sels of the skin dilate and con­strict very eas­ily in response to a vari­ety of stim­uli includ­ing spicy food, alco­hol, embar­rass­ment, heat, sun­light and menopause, accord­ing to Dr. Katie Rodan.

“It’s char­ac­ter­ized,” she explained, “by intense and fre­quent flush­ing caus­ing blotchy red­ness on the cheeks, chin and nose.”

For peo­ple with this chronic con­di­tion, the first pri­or­ity is get­ting their skin under con­trol. Although there are no over-the-counter med­i­cines approved for treat­ing rosacea, Soothe is the per­fect regime for rosacea-prone skin.

But if you just need a good, neu­tral non-irritating mois­tur­izer that will heal your skin and won’t con­flict with your treat­ment prod­ucts, the Soothe mois­tur­izer is the ideal accom­pa­ni­ment to almost any skin care regime and is one of those prod­ucts that I try to keep in my med­i­cine cab­i­net year-round.

The Gen­tle Cream Wash, below, dou­bles as a great calm­ing shave lotion to help reduce razor burn for the man in your life, if you can bear to share.

The four-product Soothe regime, $160, includes the Gen­tle Cream Wash, infused with nur­tur­ing ceramides, Aloe and vit­a­min E; the Sen­si­tive Skin Treat­ment mois­tur­izer; the Mois­ture Replen­ish­ing Cream, spiked with omegas and chamomile; and the Min­eral UVA/UVB SPF 30 Sun­screen, a zinc-based for­mula pro­vid­ing broad-spectrum pro­tec­tion and packed with anti-oxidants to defend against envi­ron­men­tal damage.

If your skin is in need of a lit­tle TLC, the Soothe regime will straighten mat­ters out ASAP.

These prod­ucts earn high marks in the feel-good fac­tor. Say ‘I dew’ to radi­ant skin. Mazel Tov, and keep read­ing for exclu­sive inter­views with top makeup artists next month who will share their beauty secrets for the blush­ing bride, or any smart woman who wants to look her best.