Clarisonic

Facial Cleansing Brush.

Cleansers

About this product

A vibrating facial cleansing brush with oscillating bristles designed to remove dirt, oil, and makeup from the face.

Guru Score

51%

Nay

4 experts · Moderate agreement

4Gurus

0Yay

1Mixed

3Nay

What they liked

Can help with foundation removal when used gently

What they flagged

Too harsh for regular twice-daily use

What the gurus are saying

These brushes have fallen out of favor for being too harsh for regular daily use. They were heavily marketed to make people feel their normal finger-and-cleanser routine was inadequate, a sales strategy more than addressing a genuine cleansing need. Some reviewers found value in using the brush to help with foundation application, though most still prefer the gentler option of silicone sponges.

Synthesized from 4 expert reviews · most recent take December 2024

Type

Cleansers

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What the gurus are saying.

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James Welsh

1.58M subs

✕Nay

"I always used to use a cleansing brush like the Clarisonic, which made me think I couldn't have a proper effective cleanse unless I had a brush scrubbing at my skin twice a day. But they basically went out of business for the same reason I stopped using them: it just became too harsh, and people realized they needed a gentler approach to cleansing."

Dr. Sam Ellis

882k subs

✕Nay

"Any type of Facial Cleansing Brush is absolutely not worth your money. The only tool that you need to cleanse your face with is your fingertips. If you grew up in the early 2000s the Clarisonic Facial Cleansing Brushes were everywhere and I feel like they did a really good job marketing themselves and making people feel like they weren't appropriately cleansing their face with their cleanser and their fingers."

No BS Beauty

89k subs

✕Mixed

"For a long time these Clarisonic brushes were very popular. I like the brush for foundation application, but for cleansing I found I really just like these little silicone sponges instead."

Dr. Somji Skin

359k subs

✕Nay

"Physical exfoliants, as you know, chemical exfoliants are much better, much more controlled. When you may hold on one area for longer, you're going to be damaging that skin barrier. And all of our videos talk about the skin barrier, or most of them anyway, so it can actually cause more problems with like further acne, dryness, dehydrated skin in the future. And it's probably not a good idea. It's unhygienic as well. How can you sterilize it? There's some kind of like celebrity skincare people that use their routine and they use the Clarisonic and you wonder whether they sterilize it. So it harbors bacteria. I mean, at the clinic we do some exfoliating stuff right, so we do chemical peels, which are chemical exfoliant, but then we have things like the hydrafacial, but that's controlled. And it's all sterile, single use stuff, so we're not introducing any bacteria into compromised skin. So not a good thing, guys."

What the evidence says.

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Frequently asked.

What is Clarisonic Facial Cleansing Brush?

A vibrating facial cleansing brush with oscillating bristles designed to remove dirt, oil, and makeup from the face.

Is Clarisonic Facial Cleansing Brush worth it?

Mostly no. None of the 4 gurus who reviewed it came away sold, leaving it a Guru Score of 51%.

What is Clarisonic Facial Cleansing Brush's Guru Score?

Clarisonic Facial Cleansing Brush holds a Guru Score of 51%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 4 expert reviewers we have collected.