Clarisonic needs no introduction – unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past decade, you’ll have heard of these nifty sonic skin cleansing devices. The latest offering, the Clarisonic Aria, comes equipped with three speeds and can be charged via a USB port – as I already own two Clarisonic models (the original Plus and Mia 2), for me, USB charging was its main selling point. The Clarisonic Aria retails at £155, however, I’d managed to catch their promotion where the purchase of any cleansing system comes with a bonus pack worth £84. I had yet to come across a better deal, so I snapped it up! There were 3 colours available – black, white, glossy pink.
Naturally, I went for glossy pink ❤
The bonus set includes: Gentle Hydro Cleanser 177ml (full size), RRP £21 Refining Skin Polish 177ml (full size), RRP £21 Delicate Brush Head, RRP £21 Normal Brush Head, RRP £21 Unfortunately one of the brush protectors had fallen off during transit, resulting in deformed bristles (brush on the right). I have contacted Clarisonic about this, hopefully they'll be able to arrange a replacement brush.
Unboxing the main unit...
What's in the box: Pink Clarisonic Aria Sensitive brush head USB enabled universal pLink charger Wall adapter (staying in the wrapper as it won't be used) Drying/charging stand Clarisonic Refreshing Gel Cleanser 30ml
The Aria's USB charging feature is long overdue; I have plenty of free USB sockets in my room, but no spare wall sockets (even the 6 socket extension is fully occupied). This means that whenever I want to charge one of my Clarisonics, I'd need to first unplug another device, plug in the Clarisonic, unplug it once fully charged, and plug the original device back in.
With the Aria, I can simply plug its charger into a USB port and leave the stand on my desk.
My Clarisonic collection:
I've had the Plus for about 4 years and the Mia 2 for over a year; both work just as well as the day they arrived. Granted, I have looked after them, but this should tell you something about their quality!
In the past few months I've been purchasing nothing but organic/natural skincare & makeup products. Although I've found no concrete evidence that parabens and other artificial ingredients are bad for the skin (surely they have to be "safe" if regulated by beauty industry standards), I decided to remove them - or as much as possible - from my daily skincare routine.
These are what I got...
Nude Skincare Range of all natural skincare products with probiotic technology to help activate cellular renewal, reduce & prevent cellular damage and rebalance the skin. I especially love their Smoothing Body Refiner and Deep Cleansing Mask. From left to right: - Advanced Multivitamin (to be taken once daily with food) - Smoothing Body Refiner - Clarifying Water - Replenishing Night Oil - Nude Lips (can never resist throwing in a lip balm) - Deep Cleansing Mask
Order from Sephora, Tarte Cosmetics & boscia via a parcel forwarding service in the USA. Got some samples from Sephora & a freebie eyeshadow from Tarte too. These were from about 4-5 months ago, can't remember when exactly... - Tarte Cheek Stain in Flush - Tarte Eye Couture Day to Night Eye Palette - Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes! - Tarte 4 Day Stay Lash Stain - Tarte Double Dose Berry Boost & Bloss in Acai Boost - Juice Beauty Organics To Go (gift for my mum) - Juice Beauty Blemish Clearing Serum - Juice Beauty Organic Lip Moisturizer - boscia Illuminating UVA/UVB SPF 30 - boscia Vital Daily Moisture SPF 15 - boscia Clear Complexion Treatment With Botanical Blast - boscia Enlivening Amino AG Eye Treatment - boscia Clear Complexion Tonic With Botanical Blast - boscia Jujube Salve Stick (best.lip.balm.ever. - I've since stocked up on 2 more) - Carol's Daughter Scar Butter - Carol's Daughter Lip Butter
Another Sephora & Tarte Cosmetics order from the States, arrived about 3 weeks ago. This time I used a different parcel forwarding service, Parcel It On. Uber fast communication and Lyka, the lady who runs it, is always very friendly & professional. The forwarding fees are very reasonable too. I've purchased through PIO twice so far and have been extremely impressed with the service both times.
Got a bunch of samples from my new favorite beauty store Sephora, and a free Korres 24-hour Moisturising Cream as part of their Skincare Challenge offer, where for every four $20+ skincare product purchased you can choose a free full sized product. - Tarte Celebutante Moisturizing Dry-Oil Shimmer Spray x 2 (love this stuff!) - Tarte Cheek Stain in Dollface - Tarte Vitamin Infused Lipgloss in Om - Tarte Double Dose Berry Boost & Gloss in Go Go Goji - boscia Clear Complexion Cleanser With Botanical Blast (to go with the rest of my boscia skincare stuff) - boscia Recharging Night Moisture - boscia Enlivening Amino-AG Eye Treatment (such an awesome eye cream I got a backup) - Tarte Multipleye Natural Lash Enhancer - Tarte Multipleye Natural Lash Enhancing Mascara x 3 (love their mascaras) - Clarisonic Skincare System & Spot Therapy Kit (contains a 3 speed Clarisonic brush with sensitive brush head, body brush, 3 trial size cleansers and 1 trial size refining body polish) - Cake Beauty Citrus Squeeze Better Bod Rub
I think those were the main hauls; I also added some Jurlique, Mama Mio, Trilogy, Mavala to my collection but didn't take photos of those as they were only a few items in separate purchases.
Now that I (pretty much) only use paraben free products I don't know what to do with a lot of items in my stash, a lot of them haven't even been opened lol...
