One of the items I was most excited about using from my
Voxbox was the Olay Fresh Effects Va-Va-Vivid! Powered Contour Cleansing
System! This system contains a cleansing brush and a shine controlling
cleanser.
A quick background on my skin: I have dry/combo skin. I get
dry patches on my forehead but my nose and chin tend to get shiny. I also have
sensitive skin. It will breakout easily and gets red if I touch it too much.
The brush is really nice. The silicone bristles are a little
rougher on my skin than I thought they would be but not painfully so. It does a
great job of exfoliating without feeling like I’ve just taken sandpaper to my
face. The small size is great for getting around my nose and temples. It also
makes it more travel friendly than my Clarisonic. I did use this to remove my makeup a couple of
times but I wouldn’t recommend it. If I didn’t rinse my brush every couple of
seconds it would start to feel like I was just smearing it around. Just
something to note, after I used this my face was always really bright red. It
didn’t hurt but it was noticeable enough that my boyfriend would ask me why my
face was so red.
The cleanser is a thick and creamy consistency without
lathering too much. It promises to keep shine away and I felt like it did a
pretty good job of that. It didn’t have
a very strong scent to it; to me it just smells like soap. Mostly with cleansers,
I’m looking for something that cleans without leaving a film and doesn’t break
me out and this met both requirements. I’m actually considering buying a full
size to keep in my beauty stash.
How does it compare to the Clarisonic? Honestly, they are
two separate things. If you were hoping this was an affordable dupe to the
Clarisonic, the answer is no. This vibrates and the Clarisonic oscillates and,
in my opinion, that makes them perform very differently. The different bristles
on each brush mean they both do the job in a different way. I do enjoy them
both but I won’t be giving up my Clarisonic anytime soon.
As with any brush, they are not every day tools. You could
over-exfoliate which would do more harm than good. At most, I would use a brush
every other day but most of the time, I’m only using these tools twice a week.
I enjoyed this set and definitely recommend this. I feel
like it would work with a variety of skin types and it’s really inexpensive for
how good it really is. The kit retails for $12.99 and the full size cleanser is
$6.99. If you can't find it in stores yet, it can be purchased at the Fresh Effects website or on Amazon. I will keep using the brush and probably buy a full size of the
cleanser.
I received this for free from Influenster for review
purposes. My opinions are entirely my own.
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