I'm a skin care fanatic I have oily combination skin with large open pores that has been driving me insane since I was a young teenager. I do get many compliments on my skin (and so I should with the amount of money and dedication I spend on it!)
My awesome older brother was off for a boys weekend in vegas and I asked him to swing past Sephora and pick up a tiny little shopping list for me. I did just book him a flight and a hotel, organise some us dollars, insurance, visa, managed to find him some luggage bags, buy him a travel wallet and get him to the airport all in 3 hrs so he owed me big!
On my list of treats I had the Clarisonic Aria in white because I had heard so many great things about it on blogs and youtube video's and in Australia clarisonic's are hard to come by and they also have a large price tag ( I got the Aria in America for the same price of the Mia in Australia ) so I figured it was time to give it a go.
I received my Clarisonic Thursday the 9th of May, attacking the box with much excitement and then found out I had to charge it for 24hr hours... Massive Anticlimax!
I used the usb cord to charge it up for 24hrs via my laptop. I should add I decided on the Aria as I like to travel frequently and having the charge via usb function as well as international voltage situation was a must.
This morning (10th of May) My Claraionic was up and ready to play! Running to the bathroom all excited I dampened my face with warm water, I foamed (Well as best I could since my my cleanser will not foam) My cleanser (which is ASAP daily cleanser) with my fingers, wet the tip of my clarisonic switched it on and was in heaven.
Note I did not read the instructions, so I could not figure out the the timer that you can switch to either one minute or two minutes. The speeds were easy enough to figure out and the little "beep" that lets you know its time to use on the next section of your face is very clear and I m not sure how any one could miss it as I read on some blogs prior to purchasing. So not knowing how to use the timer I ended up using the one minute timer twice so I could get used to the whole idea of it all.
Honestly it felt great on my skin and I was actually thinking oh no what a waste of money because it wasn't ruff or abrasive as I was expecting (closet microdermabrasion and hydrodermabrasion addict here) after my two one minute cycles I rinsed with warm water and almost died. I felt as if i just walked out of a facial from my favourite laser clinic.
Visibly smaller uncongested pores, slightly smaller open pores and powder soft skin. My cheeks actually have a sheen and the slight shadow under my eyes is slightly brighter.
Once used forever hooked! I m shocked and amazed, this would definitely be a staple item if I was "stranded on a dessert island" that a unlimited power source and replacement brush heads.. Which where another item on my tiny little shopping list.
Now I got mine from Sephora but they are cheaper on ebay when my brother purchased mine it did come with a $25.00 Clarasonic voucher which Im going to use as I'm back in the US of A next month so I will buy something online and send it to my post office box there and pick it up in person.
I will be updating my results as time goes on and attaching photos.
*Update*
19th of May
So still in love with my Clarasonic Aria! I had though I had a Battery issue after using in 4 times in to days I came to use it and the battery was flat, I emailed the Clarisonic resolution team and the advised me to charge it for another 24 hrs and try again. I followed there advise and it's been running all week with no issues. I also got the number for a Australian resolutions team that Clarisonic recommend if my Aria has another issue.
The results I have had have been phenomenal, my large blackhead's and pores on my nose have reduced 80 times in size I'm practically poreless there as far as I'm concerned. When I put my foundation on my nose I have to use a beauty blender and "bounce" it on my nose to cover the tiny empty pores that the Clarisonic has uncontested and shrunk.
My open pores around my mouth aren't as big, they don't seen to flare up as they used to. I'm finding the inner corners of the side of my nose are getting a little dry, maybe I'm over brushing these spots as that is wear my blackheads like to hide. My skin has improved in color my dark spots around my eyes are practically gone and my face looks more appealing all round. I feel like every day I've had a microdermabrasion facial and it's none of the discomfort. Yay!
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