My skin is nowhere near perfect. It's not completely dreadful either, but I'm prone to blemishes and the littlest thing can break me out. Last Christmas my endless quest for a miracle skin perfecting product lead me to the Clarisonic Mia.
Before I got this I knew every little thing there is to know about Clarisonics. The more research i did, the more I became convinced that this was going to be my skin saviour. I was so excited. Then it arrived and we began our eight month long relationship (I'm making this so dramatic).
So it costs £120 and is exclusively available from Space NK, a shop I know, love and trust. Maybe I was blinded by this and assumed that the expensive price would lead to results, but I was completely smitten. I went straight out to buy all the accessories I could: various brush heads, including the deep pore cleansing one and a few of the normal and sensitive ones, along with a lot of cleansers to use with it - Dr Brandt's Pores No More, the Eve Lom Cleanser, Benefit's Foamingly Clean Facial Cleanser, Ren's Mayblossom T-Zone Control Cleansing Gel, and they're just the ones i can think of off the top of my head.
Before I go on I'll just quickly fill you in on what the Clarisonic promises to do:
- Removes 6X more makeup than manual cleansing
- Leaves skin feeling and looking smoother
- Cleansing helps products work more effectively
- Gentle enough to use twice a day
- Reduces oily areas, dry skin patches and blemishes
- Minimizes the appearance of visible pores.
Sounds pretty good, right? So you can understand why I went to work straight away, using it twice everyday as if my life depended on it.
I was pre-warned in Space NK that for the first few weeks skin would appear to get worse, but that's because it's purging all the bad stuff that's been trapped in there for so long out. I was prepared to sacrifice one little January of bad skin, for a lifetime of flawless skin.
However, I didn't really notice this happening at all. For the first two weeks at least my skin actually did seem much smoother and brighter. I was still getting the odd blemish here and there, but they weren't getting any worse or better.
After about one month my skin started to feel really dry in places, so I went and bought a whole bunch of moisturisers that had been recommended to me for use with the Clarisonic. This was when the trouble started. I guess it's just my skin type, but when I put on these heavy duty moisturisers after a bit of 'sonic cleansing', I broke out more than ever. I kept it up for a while and then cut back to only using the Clarisonic every other day, which improved it but it was still worse than before I got one.
It wasn't until I went away for a month and forgot to pack my skin gadget that I realised it was really not helping me at all. One month without and my skin was clearer than it had been in ages. It's remained in my drawer ever since.
I'm interested to hear about other peoples Clarisonic experiences. I know some people absolutely swear by it and I really think it just depends on skin type. My skin's always been on the sensitive side and it just really wasn't for me, which is such a shame. If it hasn't worked for you either, or you're looking for an alternative cleanser, check out my Dermologica Daily Microfoliant post.
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