Valentine’s Day is fast approaching so if you’re booked to go out for a romantic dinner, you want to make sure that your skin is one thing you don’t need to worry about.
Having good skin is the best way of making sure you feel confident about yourself; a new study[1] has proven that radiant, glowing skin is the best indicator of beauty. Just as you wouldn’t want to leave deciding what to wear or how to style your hair until Valentine’s Day itself, you need to make sure that your skin isn’t at the bottom of your to-do list. By take good care of your skin in advance there’s no need to panic about your evening being ruined by a break out of spots or blackheads.

Though it may be easy to leave on your makeup overnight and to wait to moisturise your face in the morning, leading dermatologist Dr. Ranella Hirsch warns, “Dirt, oil and bacteria left on the skin can wreak havoc, and without clean pores, treatment products like acne fighters and anti-ageing moisturisers are less effective.” If you resolve to make it a habit, treating your face need not be a chore. In fact it can be as simple as brushing your teeth. Now this parallel can be taken one step further thanks to a new innovation. Clarisonic®, the first sonic skin cleansing device, was developed by the lead inventor of the Sonicare®[2] toothbrush, which uses sonic technology to clean the teeth. Now they have harnessed their know-how to achieve a breakthrough in skin care. Professionals use Clarisonic for facials and until now the device was not available to the home user. It was initially popular pre-treatment at leading dermatologists and spas, before being recommended by them for home-use.

On the go
Just as you would with a toothbrush, you simply apply any non-abrasive facial cleanser to the brush head and switch on. The brush works with the skin’s natural elasticity to gently massage the dirt out, unclogging the pores without stripping, achieving a penetrating clean. Studies have shown it is twice as effective on skin as manual cleansing with soap and water. It is quick and easy to use and can even be used to prevent skin irritation caused when shaving... It takes just a minute to fully massage and cleanse your face, adding no time to the beauty ritual. The electronic timer beeps to indicate when you should clean the next area of the face, neck or body. It is waterproof so it can be safely used whilst in the bath and shower and small and portable enough to store in your beauty bag to take with you to the gym.

Clarisonic is clinically proven to remove six times more makeup than manual cleansing. Because it massages and cleans so deeply yet gently, it improves skin tone and reduces the appearance of pores. As a result, Clarisonic is safe for virtually all skin types and is recommended by dermatologists for women with sensitive skin. Indeed its gentle sonic micro-massage action cleans so thoroughly that it also prepares the skin to absorb skin care products easier, improving their effectiveness. Studies show up to 61% better absorption of Vitamin C after using Clarisonic compared with manual cleansing, allowing the skin to experience the full benefits of serums and moisturisers.

SpaceNK founder Nicky Kinnaird recommends the Clarisonic skin care system as the ‘must-have’ product of 2010: “This high-tech face brush unlocked the benefits of every single skin care product I own. Using a patented sonic frequency of more than 300 movements per second, the Clarisonic gently cleanses your skin twice as effectively as manual cleansing. Even more impressive is that it allows all of your favourite serums and creams to penetrate much better than they are right now.” This, coming from the founder of the leading boutique beauty chain SpaceNK, could not be a better recommendation for the Clarisonic sonic skin care brush.

It is also a popular skin care product amongst celebrities, who all share a common goal to remain looking as beautiful as possible in the spotlight. It is a perfect Valentine’s Day present for men too and is used by A-list.

If you want to make a date for great skin then the Clarisonic Skin Cleansing System is available at SpaceNK stores nationwide (for a list of stockists visit www.spacenk.co.uk). The Classic skin cleansing brush for the face costs £150 whilst the Plus model for the face and body costs £175. Replacement brush heads are sold separately for £20.

More information about Clarisonic:

Please visit www.clarisonic.com/uk or telephone 0800 988 4864.