Review (5/5): Best Battery Powered Brush We Have Ever Used Cleans As Good As Clarisonic Which We Also Have
We have been through several Clarisonic brushes in our house (Mine kept dying) and my daughter swears by her Clarisonic Mia. She has to go to a camp which has a lot of other teens at it for a week to work for a city reach out program. She wanted to bring her Clarisonic, but I talked her into trying this one out. It is easy to transport and use and if it is lost or taken, it is not as expensive to replace.
WHAT IS THIS BRUSH LIKE?
First of all, this comes in a nice hard case which is great for travel. It comes with one soft brush for daily use and a harder brush for once a week or so use. There is a silicone brush head which is for dry sensitive skin types. The brush runs on batteries which did not come with our unit. They are AA batteries. There are two speeds- slower for daily use and higher for the harder brush to exfoliate.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
There are two speeds. The first speed is very slow and my daughter is not fond of it. She prefers to use it on the second speed which is faster. Since it runs on batteries, it is not going to have the consistency as a plug in version. My daughter prefers the exfoliating brush and uses it 2 times a week. She feels that it cleans her skin as good or better than her Clarisonic Mia as it gets rid of the dead skin cells leaving her skin softer and more clear too.
It seems to be very waterproof. My daughter uses this in the shower and has had no problems with it. After almost a month of use, twice a week, she is not having problems with the batteries running down yet. She does a lot of house sitting so having this handy has been great.
AFTER EXFOLIATING BRUSH
After using the exfoliating brush, my daughter wanted me to mention that it is important to put on good moisturizer as the skin has been exfoliated well and you will need to make sure to use moisturizer on the face to protect the skin as it repairs.
THE BOTTOM LINE
If you want the cleaning of a Clarisonic Mia but want something more travel friendly that cleans well, this might be a brush for you to try out. Working best on the second speed with the exfoliating brush, twice a week does the trick for our daughter. She really likes it and thinks it works as good or at times better than her Clarisonic Mia which she still has.
MY RATING
FIVE STARS for this one although it is not fair to grade it against the Clarisonic which is electrically powered, it works as well but does have the battery power. I debated giving it four stars, but it does work better than any battery powered brush we have tested so far, so I am leaving it at five. The soft brush is not too great, though, so perhaps see this as FOUR AND A HALF.