I Love My . . . Clarisonic Skincare Brush

If you've ever made the transition from a regular toothbrush to an electric one, which I did not until I got married and started secretly using my husband's until he caught me and bought me my own, then you know what a difference some batteries can make. Clarisonic was GENIUS and took the same idea they had for teeth and applied it to the face. 

The concept is pretty straightforward - instead of using your soft, slow moving hands to wash your face, why not use gentle, vibrating bristles? After the first use my skin was softer to the touch and ever since I started using it my breakouts are much shorter lived - now I'll have a zit for a day or two at most, instead of a week. I use my regular gel cleanser - you can use it with any cleanser that doesn't have exfoliating particles in it, which you won't need anyway, since the bristles do it more gently and effectively anyway!

I KNOW I sound like an infomercial, but this brush is pretty amazing and my skin no longer feels clean without using it. I've already converted my mom, sisters, cousin-in-law, several friends and coworkers so it seems only right that it should be one of my first posts. 

: ) 

Only downside - it looks/sounds kind of like a vibrator, as my friend learned when her boyfriend found it charging on her bedroom floor and awkwardly asked what it was because it looked "like a sex toy".  My sister in college is still figuring out a way to use it in the co-ed dorm bathrooms without getting funny looks as she leaves the shower . . . 

(Clarisonic Skincare Brush, Sephora $195)