{"id":8313,"date":"2011-09-21T08:30:11","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T00:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=8313"},"modified":"2013-01-26T01:27:27","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T17:27:27","slug":"oh-me-oh-mia-my-clarisonic-mia-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2011\/09\/oh-me-oh-mia-my-clarisonic-mia-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh me! Oh Mia! My Clarisonic Mia experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
When I received the Clarisonic Mia in the mail and used it for the first time, I was so quick to tell you about it<\/a>, and squeal with glee at my super smooth skin and how my blackheads just literally fell out. So thrilled. Like a kid with a new toy.<\/p>\n Fortunately, I’m a little older and wiser than a kid with a new toy, so I held on to it, refusing to review it despite crossing the 14 day mark with still very happy results. I crossed the 30 day mark also with happy results. But I held back. And properly so. Before I tell you why I say so, let me tell you a little about the Clarisonic Mia and what it is.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This, my friends is a glorified face washing gadget. Haha… truth hurts a bit when said that way right? \ud83d\ude09 I’d put it on par with an electric toothbrush for it does roughly the same thing i.e takes the trouble of washing your face (or brushing teeth) out of your hands and puts it into a gadget. I must say however, that for a face washing gadget, this does the job very very well.<\/p>\n The Clarisonic Mia is the smaller travel version of the Clarisonic Plus Face and Body. You can purchase the larger version at our local Sephora stores. However, they don’t sell the Mia and so I picked mine up online. The Clarisonic Mia and Plus have international voltage charging systems so you can use them anywhere in the world. The Clarisonic Classic is calibrated to 120V only and you will need a voltage adapter. In my case, I only needed a regular travel adaptor for the plug head (US plug). The gadget itself is fine. So be sure you know your local electricity voltage supply so your gadget doesn’t blow up while charging \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n The principle behind the Clarisonic is simple. A rotating and pulsing brush head that you run over your skin while it takes the job of washing and exfoliating your face out of your hands. A video I saw at Sephora recommended that you put a bit of pressure while running it over your skin. I will tell you that it will make your skin feel cleaner, but it will also make your skin feel more sensitive over time. So my suggestion is go just lightly place the bristles against your skin, do not press and run it over the skin. There are various brush heads available. The Clarisonic Mia comes with a Gentle brush head but there is also a Sensitive brush head available. Mia also comes in only 1 speed. I believe the others come with 2.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Using the gadget is simple. What I do is to use a foaming cleanser. Any one will do but I stick to a basic cleanser with no abrasive or deep cleansing properties. I use the Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Oil Free Cleanser<\/a> or the Hada Labo Super Hyaluronic Acid cleanser<\/a>. Both work well for me. Some people prefer a non foaming cleanser. Its up to you.<\/p>\n I lather it up, apply to my skin and then, place the head of the brush on my skin and switch on the gadget. The Mia is timed to go off after a minute. Now, this might seem like a short time, but it isn’t really. Its quite sufficient to run it over your whole face at least twice, with focus on certain areas you might like to focus on, before it stops. Do take note of this and don’t be like Xin<\/a> who scrubbed her chin raw \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n One point to note. Charging time each time, takes 16 hours. Crazy. Each charge can take you to about 20 minutes which is 20 uses based on 1 minute per use.<\/p>\n Immediate results to be expected are very clean, smooth skin. You will be amazed at how clean your skin feels. Loose blackheads are dislodged, and some are loosened. Pores appear smaller, skin appears brighter. Its in one word – amazing! I loved it!<\/p>\n I was using it nightly for about a month and very happy with it. My newly cleaned skin seems to just drink up the serums and toners and moisturizers I was applying and I swear, helping them deliver better results than before. I loved it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I let my sister try it and she loved it, because she has easily congested skin and she said that the Clarisonic helps decongest her skin and reduce the circumstances of blackheads, or at least loosen them. According to her, the Clarisonic helps her skin a lot.<\/p>\n However, after about 1.5 months, I realised I was starting to break out. That was about when I sent out my clarion call for help to counter a sudden break out<\/a>. And after thinking over it for a bit, and doing a bit of research online, I decided to stop using the Clarisonic.<\/p>\n I remembered that Tine<\/a> scrubbed her skin into flaky bits with her Clarisonic and quite opportunely, the ladies at Beaut.ie<\/a> posted about their less than stellar experience with their Clarisonic Mia, experiencing breakouts after about 2 weeks of use. I took note of these.<\/p>\nHow to use the Clarisonic Mia<\/h2>\n
What I liked about using the Clarisonic Mia<\/h2>\n
Trouble in Paradise<\/h2>\n