Clarisonic Mia Smart
Clarisonic Mia Smart is the new cleansing brush device that you connect it to an app. It is advertised to be a 3 in 1 device but it only includes one brush head so you'd have to buy the other two separately. The app helps track your usage and change routines. These a list of different routines from quick cleanse, gentle cleanse, makeup removal, etc. I find it do be a bit more effective than the old Mia I used so I do think its not a bad upgrade.
I've had my Clarisonic Mia for like 6 years and I've used it regularly. Its at the point that it is definitely dying as it needs to be charged all the time in order for me to use it. If it isn't on the charger it usually will not have enough power to turn on the vibration. It can only do one round also. So yeah I need to get a new one. Luckily Clarisonic was doing a promo to trade in your old device if you preorder the newly announced Mia Smart. I was skeptical to preorder this as there was hardly any detailed info on what it does and what it comes with. But the convenience of getting rid of my old Mia for free got me so I preordered it. This trade in is limited time so its unfortunate that they don't offer customers to recycle their devices all the time. I had faith that this device would at least do the basic job of cleaning my face as well as the old Mia did. I didn't have to wait for the release date to get this device as it was shipped the day after I placed my order.
The Clarisonic Mia Smart costs $199 with the trade in discount of $25 and tax my total came to $184.88. Shipping was free. What came in the box is the device, a brush head, and the charging stand. The charging stand is a USB charger and not a plug. No plug adapter came in the box either so I just used the one that came with my iPhone. Only other thing in the box is a manual booklet that just maps the buttons and tell you the warnings. Another piece of paper tells you to download the app. The app does let you make routines and change settings on the device.
The routines depend on the type of brush head you have attached on. These routines can have different strength in the vibrations depending on the kind of results you want. You can make as many routines as you want, but only one can be active at a time. So you will need to use the app to change the routine. The app will track your usage and even gives you an option to take a photos of yourself to see your skin progress. The device does make a beep sound but you can turn that off in the app but it will vibrate instead of beeping. There isn't a way to get rid of the timed beeps. These timed beeps just tells you when to move to the next area of your face. The app also tracks your uses and daily streak. You don't have to bring your phone with you when you use the device either. Once you connect and sync the device to the app it will update it with how many uses you did.
So far the device does seem to be a bit gentler on the skin than the old Mia device. It also seems to do just as good as the old Mia despite it feeling more gentle. The device is bigger, but it is lighter than the old one. The head of the device is bigger so the whole device has like a mallet look. Locking in the brush head isn't as smooth to do as the old Mia. There's also a slightly gap that I think acts like a cushion effect when you push the head down. The new brush head has a bigger middle opening to show the indicator in the middle. The indicator in the middle will turn red when you need to change it. So there is less brush hairs that vibrates. The outer ring doesn't vibrate. In this new brush head the out ring has a pink silicone U shape things that they say is to massage away impurities.
Overall I like it so far and I'm glad that I upgraded. I do want to try out the firming massage head and some other applicators. I will update this post as I continue to use this to see how it continues to hold up.
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