Review (5/5): Fantastic facial cleansing brush with some clear advantages over its competitors
I'm not new to the world of facial cleansing brushes. I'm a firm believer in the wonders they can do for your skin, but going into trying this one I wasn't convinced that it could really be much better/different than what I'd already been using. It seemed to me that one was pretty much like all the others, but boy was I wrong! From the minute I opened this I knew I was getting something of a higher quality just in the way it was packaged with a helpful pared down instruction panel right on the inner portion of the box (versus the more in-depth and tedious instructions one finds in full booklets, though one is included with this as well) which then opens to the brush along with it's complimentary travel case in a gift quality presentation.
All of those were nice little details but what's most impressive comes down to the functionality, so here are the ways it's better than the cleansing brushes I'd been using:
(a) You can actually get this thing wet, go figure! No, we're not talking full-on immersion but believe it or not a surprising number of cleansing brushes on the market will warn against water like it's acid, even advising you not to put water directly on the brush. That's hard to do and for an object that's sole purpose is washing that was always a very disconcerting warning. There are no worries with this one and it's much easier just wetting the brush and applying facial cleanser directly onto it rather than onto your skin and trying to quickly grab the brush before it all goes sliding off your face.
(b) The inclusion of a timer is wonderful. The brush will give a slight pause alerting you to move on to the next region of your face (which is also highlighted in the picture instructions). Making sure you give equal time to every portion of your face couldn't be simpler, and I think my favorite of all is that once you've finished the third zone the brush shuts itself off automatically, making sure you don't over-exfoliate. It takes all the guess work out of it.
(c) I love that you get three different brush heads. The skin on my cheeks tends to be more sensitive and can peel so I thought going in that I might have to use the sensitive brush but the regular brush has been just fine. The bristles are softer than other brushes I've used but I don't think that's a bad thing. I'm still seeing results and this brush actually feels much better on your face versus some others that are rough enough to leave your skin feeling sore afterwards. I wasn't sure if the massaging brush head had any meaningful purpose to it in terms of skin health, but another reviewer suggested using it right after the cleansing and I think that's a fabulous idea. It's like a nice little 2-step spa treatment.
(d) The ergonomic shape of the brush fits much more comfortably in my hand and the smaller overall size of the brush not only makes it great for traveling but allows you to more precisely get into every avenue of your face (like the bridge of the nose or between the nose and mouth) where larger brushes simply cannot go.
(e) The charger itself is conveniently small, a charge lasts a long time, and it has cool UFO looking lights that flash in a circular pattern around the brush head to alert you to when charging is ongoing and when it has stopped, again, taking the guess work out of it and also just being fun!