#ad: This post has been sponsored by BeautyStat, along with my participation in the recent #RocWrinkleRanking twitter party. I also received the products listed below to try, so that I could give my honest opinion about them.
If you made it to the #RocWrinkleRanking party that I recently participated in, you’re probably slathering on plenty of protection. Especially if one of your cities made the TOP 50 that were the most prone to wrinkles in the US. I know that I am, but it’s no surprise, since I live in the South, where the sun may be beautiful in the sky, but it does a LOT of damage to your skin.
If you happened to miss it, here they are. But don’t panic, because HELP is available.
Top 50 Most Wrinkle-Prone Regions in the United States:
- Riverside, California
- New York, New York
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Denver, Colorado
- Chicago, Illinois
- Newark, New Jersey
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Orlando, Florida
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Tampa, Florida
- Miami, Florida
- Houston, Texas
- Los Angeles, California
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Dallas, Texas
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Warren, Michigan
- Edison, New Jersey
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Fort Worth, Texas
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Oakland, California
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Nassau County, New York
- Detroit, Michigan
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Austin, Texas
- Sacramento, California
- Seattle, Washington
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Columbus, Ohio
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- San Antonio, Texas
- Virginia Beach, Virginia
- San Francisco, California
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Portland, Oregon
- West Palm Beach, Florida
- San Jose, California
- Santa Ana, California
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- San Diego, California
To determine the metropolitan areas in the U.S. most likely to wrinkle skin, RoC®Skincare and Sperling’s BestPlaces performed a meta-analysis, combining the findings of original and existing research. Lifestyle, occupational and environmental criteria that directly and indirectly relate to skin damage were used for the selection. The factors were equally weighted and grouped by impact and relevancy. All data was adjusted by the current population to arrive at “per capita” figures, and category scores were aggregated and weighted to determine an overall “RoC® Skincare Wrinkle Ranking” score.
Remember above when I mentioned that I had the “answer?” RoC recently sent me 5 products to combat those awful statistics and I’ve been using them for about 3 weeks now. I’ll keep you updated, but as of right now, I’m loving them (espcially the day cream which is so much more emollient than what I was using previously).
My new 5-step isn’t NEARLY as complicated as I thought it would be. Some of these products like the serum and the MAX resurfacing system can be used twice daily, but because I’m lazy I chose to do one in the morning and the other in the evening. After washing my face I used:
AM
- RoC® RETINOL CORREXION®Deep Wrinkle Serum
- RoC® RETINOL CORREXION® Deep Wrinkle Daily Moisturizer with Sunscreen BROAD SPECTRUM SPF 30
PM
- RoC® RETINOL CORREXION® MAX Wrinkle Resurfacing System
- RoC® RETINOL CORREXION® Deep Wrinkle Night Cream
My humble opinion
- I see a vast improvement in the softness of my skin after using the RoC products
- RoC has a good amount of retinol, compared to other similar products (stronger products require a prescription strength formula)
- I can pick them up at Ulta, the drugstore, etc. without breaking the bank
