Clarasonic Mia 2

For those of us living in Australia, the Clarasonic have just recently hit our shore. Very late to the bandwagon but it is here nonetheless. 

I have purchased mine from the US thanks to my sister who was residing there at the time. I got mine for $119 which was on sale at skinstore.com. Unfortunately the website does not deliver overseas. For those of you residing in Australia, online I have seen them in stock at online stores such as westfield.com.au and adorebeauty.com.au. 

Now on the how Clarasonic works. For those of you that watches YouTube, you would have heard all the hype about how amazing this product is. The Clarasonic is essentially a skin cleansing system (brush) that claims to provide deep cleansing to the skin without causing abrasion and tugging to fragile skin. It is gentle to enough to use twice daily and claims to reduce wrinkles and fine lines, enlarged pores and oily skin. 

I have ordered the Clarasonic Mia 2 with a two speed system. I chose the colour passion fruit which is a deep magenta and I loved upon first sight. The brush is powered by an internal battery which you can charge without plug ins - and by this I mean the charger attaches itself to the brush through a magnet which is very nifty indeed. The Mia 2 is an improvement from the Mia 1 which I think  has only a one speed setting. 

Clarasonic Mia 2 - Passion Fruit

Rather than viewing this as a cleansing system, I see it more as an ex-foliating system. It scrubs my face clean and removes all the dirt and grime of the day. But like any exfoliator, must we use this daily? Our skin is so fragile that it is not made to be tugged at pulled at (no matter how gently) on  daily basis let alone on a twice a day basis. Like any ex-foliation system, because of the scrubbing and pressure applied to the face, the skin will react to this with more blood flowing to the surface thus creating a redness, which will clear to brighter 
more beautiful skin. This effect I think can only be temporary and in the long term, all the tugging and pulling from the brush can only lead to accelerated ageing. 

Don't get me wrong, I think the Clarasonic provides a very deep clean and as such I have opted to use this once a week or twice a week as I normally would with a face exfoliator. I am now using this in place of my regular exfoliator. In the first two weeks, there will a be a purging process where all the dirt are pulled from beneath your skin and as such there have been cases of severe breakouts for some people. I was fortunate enough to not have experience any major breakouts. There were a couple of acne here and there, but nothing some spot concealing won't cover during the day. 

Now on to the use of the brush. You can use any cleanser with the Clarasonic brush. I would advise not to use anything that also have an ex-foliating effect (i.e include micro ex-foliating beads) as this would only double up the scrubbing and abrasion on the skin. I use my Clarasonic with the Estee Lauder Cyberwhite Brilliant Cells Full Spectrum Brightening  cleanser which is a gentle creamy cleanser. 

I don't see any drastic improvement to my skin from using the Clarasonic but then again I have yet to acquire any wrinkles or have any major skin concerns. I however like the clean feeling after using the Clarasonic. I felt that my face has been scrubbed clean and the skin is prepped and ready for my daily skin care products. This I find also help with the product absorption which could only increase its effectiveness. 

So that's my thoughts on the Clarasonic Mia 2...have you tried yours and what are your thoughts?