Review (3/5): Using this cleanser with Clarasonic
For the price, I have to wonder why this item is not listed under Amazon's "luxury beauty" line. Like many reviewers, I was put off by the sheer amount of packaging that came along with this item. It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't tout how conscious they were of environmental issues, but I've purchased Chanel with less packing, come on!
All of the beauty and skin care products I consume are luxury, at the moment I've been using Dr. Gross's skin care line but until I could get back to Sephora, I've been using Purity cleanser. I was hoping this product would be a suitable replacement but I'm not convinced so let me tell you about the photos.
Each night I cleanse my face with Purity using Clarasonic's Uplift with the Revitalizing brush. I follow this with micellar water (by Borghese) and then a serum and moisturizer. The whole thing takes about 7 minutes (it's therapy, don't judge!).
Upon waking, I swabbed my face with the micellar water and then took a picture of the cotton ball along with an untouched cotton ball for comparison. And by the way for the uninitiated, micellar water is the best skincare product to come out since mascara was invented. I was sure that my $349 Clarasonic erased all traces of dirt no matter the soap, but the micellar water never lies.
On the second morning, first thing, I used the Clarasonic with the Radiance brush and three pumps of LaClaire Foaming Botanical Facial Cleanser. Two pumps did not create a bit of lather. Then using micellar water, I swabbed my face again and there you have the picture of both -- no cleanser and cleanser.
You can see that there is still a lot of dirt left behind after using this cleanser, certainly less than no cleanser at all but there is still some there. There is less dirt left after washing with Purity so I wouldn't call it a miracle cleanser, it's really just "okay."