Clarisonic

I’m obsessive when it comes to cleaning my face before I go to bed because I’ll breakout after just one night of skipping my routine. So it’s very, very rare that I don’t remove my eye makeup, wipe my face and neck with a makeup-removing/cleansing cloth, apply a foam or cream cleanser followed by an anti-aging cream or serum. As someone so painstakingly fixated with the cleansing process I can’t believe that I didn’t know about Clarisonic till I recently spotted it in my friend’s bathroom. It’s made by the same folks behind the Sonicare toothbrush which if you don’t own one I highly recommend. I’ve been using a Sonicare toothbrush for over four years now and ever since I started I haven’t had one cavity (which was a problem I had on a regular basis before). Like Sonicare, Clarisonic works using sonic waves that literally brush away all the dirt, oil and grossness that accumulates on your face. All you have to do is apply any nonabrasive facial cleanser to your face (the device comes with three), and then wet the Clarisonic brush and turn it on (it comes with a timer that you can set to 1 minute so you know when you can stop cleansing your face), and simply move the brush around your face. It has been clinically shown to be twice as effective at cleansing the skin than manual cleansing and it’s waterproof so you can use it in the shower. The price for this is $195 and it comes with: a Clarisonic brush and charger, one sensitive brush head, a 1 oz Refreshing Gel Cleanser, 1 oz Nourishing Care Cleanser and a 1 oz Hydrogel Cleanser. $195 is steep, but anyone who has used the Sonicare toothbrush will likely attest that you can never go back to manually brushing your teeth after using it and the same goes for Clarisonic. Just don’t forget to take off your eye makeup first!

Clarisonic Skincare Brush – BCA Pink, $195 — it also comes in white, but buy the pink one and Clarisonic will make a donation to help fund the fight against breast cancer.