Zo 5 Day Challenge

We have been getting a lot of questions about self-care and at-home treatments while we are physically distancing and staying in. When it comes to skin-care at home there are a lot of things you can do to make your skin feel good but very few give the results of an in-office treatment. When I asked Yudit about what I could do to see some results, she put me up to the Zo Five Day Challenge with the warning that there would be some downtime. Timing is everything and with nowhere to go, I jumped right in. 

The Zo Five Day Challenge is focused around the use of the Radical Night Repair. Radical Night Repair is a 1% retinol designed to improve skin texture and uneven pigmentation, and to minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. The microencapsulated Retinol penetrates deeply and causes an accelerated turn over of dead skin cells. You will peel with this product! The process of peeling itself isn’t pretty but the results are. 

There are many ways to go about the Zo Five Day Challenge, if you do a little Google research you can see what others have done, my skin is sensitive, so I approached it differently than recommended. Below are the instructions directly from Zo Skin Health. If you decide to join the challenge, be sure to consult with your aesthetician first. 

 

 

My routine and photos during this process looked like this:

Day 1:

Cleanse with Zo Gentle Cleanser AM/PM

Zo Daily Power Defense AM/PM

Radical Night Repair (1 pump) AM/PM

Protect/Prime with Zo Sunscreen and Primer AM only

No notable change.

Day 2:

Cleanse with Zo Gentle Cleanser AM/PM

Zo Daily Power Defense AM/PM

Radical Night Repair (2 pumps) AM/PM

Protect/Prime with Zo Sunscreen and Primer AM only

A little bit of skin tightness no peeling.

Day 3:

Cleanse with Zo Gentle Cleanser AM/PM

Zo Daily Power Defense AM/PM

Radical Night Repair (3 pumps) AM/PM

Protect/Prime with Zo Sunscreen and Primer AM only

Tightness and slight peeling.

Day 4:

Cleanse with Zo Gentle Cleanser AM/PM

Gentle Exfoliation with Zo Exfoliating Polish AM only

Zo Daily Power Defense AM/PM

Radical Night Repair (4 pumps) AM/PM

Protect/Prime with Zo Sunscreen and Primer AM only

Slight redness, significant (as in my whole face is flaking) peeling, and slight sensitivity when applying products.

Day 5:

Cleanse with Zo Gentle Cleanser AM/PM

Gentle Exfoliation with Zo Exfoliating Polish AM only

Zo Daily Power Defense AM/PM

Radical Night Repair (5 pumps) AM/PM

Protect/Prime with Zo Sunscreen and Primer AM only

Redness, continued peeling, tightness under eyes, and slight sensitivity. 

Day 6:

Cleanse with Zo Gentle Cleanser AM/PM

Gentle Exfoliation with Zo Exfoliating Polish AM only

Zo Hydrating Creme AM/NOON/PM

Protect/Prime with Zo Sunscreen and Primer AM only

Redness, peeling (so much peeling, even areas where there was no product applied are peeling), peak sensitivity.

Day 7:

Cleanse with Zo Gentle Cleanser AM/PM

Gentle Exfoliation with Zo Exfoliating Polish AM only

Zo Hydrating Creme AM/NOON/PM

Protect/Prime with Zo Sunscreen and Primer AM only

Slight redness, small amount of peeling (mostly around hairline), slight sensitivity.

I had some pretty major flaking and redness until Day 9, but by placing my day one no makeup/no filter selfie next to my Day 9, no makeup/no filter selfie there is a significant difference that makes it all worth it. Not only is there a dramatic change in my skin’s appearance particularly the pigmentation (results similar to having a photofacial laser treatment), but my face also feels smoother (the way it does after a Full Microdermabrasion), and tighter (as if I added Radio Frequency to that).

Is anybody else up for the challenge? If you decide to participate, and have the products on-hand, choose a day and get started. If you have questions, Yudit, Valerie, Katherine and Solange can be reached via Facebook, Instagram and/or email. For those of you who don’t have the products on-hand, Yudit is offering for a limited time, when purchased together, 20% off of the four essential products needed for this challenge, Zo Radical Night Repair, Zo Daily Power Defense, Zo Sunscreen and Primer, and Zo Hydrating Creme. Product orders will be submitted Friday, April 17, 2020, please contact the clinic to place your order, by 4:30pm, Thursday, April 16, 2020.