For a while I have been dying to get a facial cleansing brush system of some sort. I constantly saw rave reviews online and demonstrations on youtube of how much these brushes transformed skin. Finally after a lot of debating and research, I decided on what i would get. The Soniclear. If you don't know what the Soniclear is, it's a facial and body cleansing brush by Michael Todd. It's similar to the Clarisonic, which is a more well known facial brush.
What drove me to get the Soniclear and not the Clarisonic was a few things. This website here helped me a lot. It has a comparison chart against the Clarisonic. One of the best things I liked about Soniclear was it's antimicrobial product protection. This meant brush heads would last longer and technically by cleaner. Saving money while protecting from bacteria, what could be better? The battery lasts longer between charges and it's cheaper in the long run with more features included. It also comes with a body brush too.
The only big negative that I can think of is that it does not come with different brush heads for different types of skin like the Clarisonic does, but the brush it does come with did not feel harsh to me.
So when I got my Soniclear in the mail, you could say i was pretty excited to try it. I ended up using my own cleanser, but Michael Todd sells cleansers also on his website. I have yet to try the samples they sent with the brush, so I will have to review that once I try them.The brush has 3 different facial speeds, and it beeps when it's time to change to a new part on your face.
So I used it for 4 days and loved how it made my skin feel so clean. Around that 4th day, I noticed my skin had started to break out so badly. Ever since I've taken Accutane, I have never broken out the way my skin reacted. Now there also were some contributing factors that I think lead to this. I also happened to try my new lush sea salt scrub out too. I think the combination of too much scrubbing on my skin was way too much. I also don't think I had the brush on the appropriate speed for skin that's sensitive. I don't think I realized how sensitive my skin even was, because I saw people use facial brushes as an everyday routine without this issue.
After this occurrence, I obviously never wanted to try that facial brush again. About a month later I decided to try the brush again, but this time only using it once a week to see how my skin reacted. I didn't have any large break outs like before. So I realized what i did wrong. So my suggestion is if you try the brush, slowly introduce my brush into a routine or do not use it as often, especially with any other facial scrubbing products. It maybe be too harsh of a product for those with very sensitive skin, and maybe not the best product to get, but it does make your face feel very nice. My cleanser lathered up well with it, and I really felt like it got any traces of dirt or make up off my skin.
Would I still recommend this product based off what I experienced the first time I used it? Definitely. Just take into consideration what type of skin you have, and try the product out slowly. Make sure you read the instructions it comes with, and have it on the proper speed. A lot of people have had very positive results with this, and I think it's worth a try if you've been eyeing it for some time.
