Roc retinol correxion deep wrinkle daily moisturizer reviews

Red striped bikini, tropical bird-print sundress — I was getting ready to go to Bora-Bora for my honeymoon, but something was bugging me more than I can tell you. So I got out my laptop and Googled…romantic dinners? Best places to watch the sun set? Nope, not even close. Try “history of shark attacks in Bora-Bora.” I am TERRIFIED of sharks (and alligators, and anyone with the flu), and I knew I wouldn’t be safe in the water, but I had to figure out just how unsafe. I fully realize this isn’t normal behavior. But it means I learned that two brothers murdered another man by throwing him overboard into shark-infested waters in 1893, and come on, that’s FASCINATING and I’m a better person for knowing it. But that’s only, like, 10 percent of the point.

The main thing is: I’m so prone to irrational fears that I’m even squeamish around a few seemingly innocuous things, like...retinol. I know, I know, I shouldn’t be scared of my skin care. And so many editors and dermatologists and people with faces swear by retinol for addressing fine lines and wrinkles and acne and sun spots. But I also know that when retinol goes wrong, it can make your skin irritated and dry and red and peel-y — on a scale of shark to goldfish, it’s a five and why take the risk?

So I could not bring myself to open RoC Retinol Correxion Deep Wrinkle Daily Moisturizer with broad-spectrum SPF 30 when I found out I’d been assigned to review it. I went into full-on procrastination mode. I pushed the little gold box to the other side of my desk and pretended it wasn’t there for a week. I mean, I know a lot of beauty editors and dermatologists swear by this retinol specifically, sooooooo couldn’t one of them just write about it?

After week two (maybe three), it was time to man up. And anyway, I’m a good candidate for retinol: In the last year, I’ve gotten some new lines and sun spots, so maybe I’d be happy I’d tried it.

I opened the box, squeezed the skinny white tube, and a pea-size amount of the white cream came out. (I’ve written about retinol a lot, so I know you’re supposed to use just a small amount at a time). I smoothed it over my face, and it rubbed in easily, just like any good moisturizer — no burning, no stinging. So I added a little bit more, and…nothing. I half expected my face would turn red and start stinging on the spot, so I was relieved that I still looked like me. I didn’t get any redness or irritation for the rest of the day, which is impressive because my skin gets red pretty easily. The next morning, my skin was a little dryer than normal (in all fairness, I’d just been in Bora-Bora, so my skin may have been dried out from the sun).

I waited two days before I used RoC Retinol Correxion again (you’re supposed to ease into using retinol to avoid irritation), and this time I tapped it on just the area I wanted to treat the most — the lines on my forehead. And again, no redness, no stinging — all good.

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