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[wadedl]

I have a Mia and love it . I tested what I assume is the cashmere bristles before they came out but I did not think they worked very well for me. I did not like the clarisonic cleanser, I think those got thrown out quickly.

 

[SaraP]

I didn't have any purge and I used it daily at first, my skin felt so smooth! I tested it after I washed with my wash cloth like I normally would, then used the clarisonic to see what else was there....Yikes! Not even close to being clean  :blush: I use it now ever other day, because that is easiest for me. 

*Quick tip the brush head will collect water behind it, if used daily and that area starts to smell quickly  if you use it daily just spray hydrogen peroxide every few days to eliminate that. I don't have this problem now that I use it every other day. **Also purchase a spray bottle (target $2 or $3) and just add the nozzle to the hydrogen bottle, the bottle is brown because hp is light soluble and will degrade over time.  

 

[tweakabell]

I had a slight purge but nothing of monumental proportions, just my face going "hey you, you're doing new crap to me" I loved it when I was using it regularly, it's been packed for awhile.

 

[normajean2008]

To those with a Clarisonic Mia or those that have tried one: Do you recommend? I've never been lured in because I've heard as many bad things (breakouts that never end, as in skin isn't just purging, that they're TOO rough and TOO much exfoliation is just as bad as not enough, that they aggravate skin and that they cost too much to do something one can do manually) but with the introduction of the "cashmere" bristle set (which I've heard GOOD things about) I'm interested. 

I have one.  When I first got it early last year I was using the sensitive brush head.  I didn't get any adverse skin reactions like others did.  I just bought the long bristled cashmere brush head recently, that I don't really like, but I don't hate it enough to return/exchange it either, if that makes sense. 

I don't find my face any cleaner or nicer looking when I routinely use the brush.  I like the brush, but I haven't gained anything from it.  Most nights lately I'm too lazy to stand there using it, so my usage runs in waves.  

The cashmere brush head feels nice, but it doesn't give a "clean" feeling like the other heads.  It basically just pushes the soap around, and it splashes pretty badly all over the sink area/counter.  It also makes the brush not fit into the travel case if need be.  What I hate the most is the bristles take like 3-4 days to fully dry, which seems like a good bacteria breeding ground in my opinion (and this is in open air without the brush cap on).  The regular brush heads dry by the next night though.  I wish I hadn't bought the cashmere head, but I'm too lazy to return it, and it is nice for super sensitive-I just want to stand here and hold a brush vs. manually wash my face nights.  

Do I think it was worth the cost?  Sure, especially since I got it during the skincare discount last year spring or whenever it was.  Would I purchase again?  Yeah, I like having the option to use it when I'm not being lazy.  It feels more spa like at home.  In fact, I think I'll pick up a new acne brush head this weekend and start using my mia again.  

I haven't been using it lately however, I've been using just caudalie cleansing water to remove face makeup, and I think my skin has done much much better since doing just that instead of regular face wash (of any kind).   I've had a ton less breakouts and redness.  I just use face wash once a week now.  

Which color are you thinking about?  Mine is the emerald green color.  

 

[JenTX]

I wanted to comment on the Perricone No Makeup Skincare. I have been using the blush this week every day and noticed a difference in my skin. It's looking much better! Pores smaller and all that wonderfulness! I want to try some of Perricone's other products now too. Does anyone have any faves?

On another Skincare note, @@SaraP did you ever try PC's ultra light SPF moisturizer? Eek! I had a sample and wore it yesterday.... Once I was in the office I noticed I looked yellow... Not even a little yellow, A LOT yellow. It was especially bad around my hairline but thankfully I was able to push my hair up towards my face and kind of hide that. Sucks because I liked how it felt otherwise. But yeah, I can't buy it now since I don't like to look like big bird.

 

[misslaurelann]

To those with a Clarisonic Mia or those that have tried one: Do you recommend? I've never been lured in because I've heard as many bad things (breakouts that never end, as in skin isn't just purging, that they're TOO rough and TOO much exfoliation is just as bad as not enough, that they aggravate skin and that they cost too much to do something one can do manually) but with the introduction of the "cashmere" bristle set (which I've heard GOOD things about) I'm interested. 

I have the mia2 and I have sensitive normal/dry skin with an acne prone chin (can you say mixed bag?) and I use the delicate brush every single day with fresh soy face cleanser and while it may make my skin a little drier, my Josie Maran Argan Oil combats any dryness created. I talked to someone at sephora and they said the cashmere brush heads were no different than the delicate brush head in effectiveness because I thought with my super sensitive skin I might want the cashmere heads. Honestly the delicate brush  head is super gentle and so many people tell me not to use it every day but if I don't I find I don't get my skin clean enough or all my makeup off. I think even if you don't have sensitive skin, you should use a sensitive or delicate brush head if you want to use it every day, especially depending on how your skin reacts to physical exfoliators. Hope this helps!

 

[v0ltagekid]

I wanted to comment on the Perricone No Makeup Skincare. I have been using the blush this week every day and noticed a difference in my skin. It's looking much better! Pores smaller and all that wonderfulness! I want to try some of Perricone's other products now too. Does anyone have any faves?

On another Skincare note, @@SaraP did you ever try PC's ultra light SPF moisturizer? Eek! I had a sample and wore it yesterday.... Once I was in the office I noticed I looked yellow... Not even a little yellow, A LOT yellow. It was especially bad around my hairline but thankfully I was able to push my hair up towards my face and kind of hide that. Sucks because I liked how it felt otherwise. But yeah, I can't buy it now since I don't like to look like big bird.

Ooh I am now curious about this makeup no makeup line! I will go get a sample tomorrow :3 

 

[v0ltagekid]

Did anyone order online and get the laura mercier foundation sample? I'm curious about how big it is if anyone can tell me /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[kaitlin1209]

BLACKOIL: d/s of Josie Maran argan oil mascara

As always, complete list here: http://www.sephora.com/contentStore/mediaContentTemplate.jsp?mediaId=9700024

 

[jennm149]

A comment -- and then a question -- about Perricone:

I bought a few Perricone items after watching an infomercial earlier this year.  The skin items actually do seem (to me anyway) to do what they say.  I use the Acyl-Glutathione eyelid serum (I use it all around my eyes, not just on the lid, and IMO, the skin around my eyes is tighter) and neck cream (Sub-D, anti-aging neck cream -- which again, does seem to be tightening up my neck), in particular.

But -- and this is a big but -- some of the stuff smells so fishy that I just can't use it, because I can't stand the smell.  There was one item -- the Serum Prep -- that smelled so much like fish sauce that I thought it had gone bad.  I checked the internet and nope, apparently, that's just how it smells. Shaking it thoroughly makes it less bad, but wow, it's potent.  I also have a couple of small serums and creams (I got a set of travel-sized items, as well as the neck and eyelid items), but I haven't tried them all.

My question: how do the makeup items smell?  Because I was thinking about trying them, but was hesitant for that reason.

 

[JenTX]

A comment -- and then a question -- about Perricone:

I bought a few Perricone items after watching an infomercial earlier this year.  The skin items actually do seem (to me anyway) to do what they say.  I use the Acyl-Glutathione eyelid serum (I use it all around my eyes, not just on the lid, and IMO, the skin around my eyes is tighter) and neck cream (Sub-D, anti-aging neck cream -- which again, does seem to be tightening up my neck), in particular.

But -- and this is a big but -- some of the stuff smells so fishy that I just can't use it, because I can't stand the smell.  There was one item -- the Serum Prep -- that smelled so much like fish sauce that I thought it had gone bad.  I checked the internet and nope, apparently, that's just how it smells. Shaking it thoroughly makes it less bad, but wow, it's potent.  I also have a couple of small serums and creams (I got a set of travel-sized items, as well as the neck and eyelid items), but I haven't tried them all.

My question: how do the makeup items smell?  Because I was thinking about trying them, but was hesitant for that reason.

The Blush doesn't smell at all. The other no makeup items I have smelled in the store also don't smell at all. 

I have definitely heard about the fish smell with some perricone products.... I have heard though that it's only SOME of the products. Do the ones you use smell fishy?

 

[jennm149]

The eyelid serum doesn't smell fishy to me.  There's some weird smell in the neck cream -- a little fishy, a little like grass -- IDK, it's just this kind of strange, sharp smell.  But I really only notice it right after I put it on; it doesn't seem to last long.  The fishy smell from the Serum Prep did.

I got a set that also has the High Potency Amine Face Lift and HP Evening Repair and Nutritive Cleanser (in addition to the Serum Prep).  None of those smelled too bad to me.  The set seems to come with the No Foundation Foundation now, but I didn't get that item. 

 

[felicia1995]

Does anyone know what the Fresh Life sample is in the sample section? Is it a peelie card or a vial or a spray...?

 

[Kimb3rly]

Peelie card

I was so disappointed when I received it.

 

[normajean2008]

I wanted to comment on the Perricone No Makeup Skincare. I have been using the blush this week every day and noticed a difference in my skin. It's looking much better! Pores smaller and all that wonderfulness! I want to try some of Perricone's other products now too. Does anyone have any faves?

On another Skincare note, @@SaraP did you ever try PC's ultra light SPF moisturizer? Eek! I had a sample and wore it yesterday.... Once I was in the office I noticed I looked yellow... Not even a little yellow, A LOT yellow. It was especially bad around my hairline but thankfully I was able to push my hair up towards my face and kind of hide that. Sucks because I liked how it felt otherwise. But yeah, I can't buy it now since I don't like to look like big bird.

I have the No Foundation-Foundation Serum, it is great.  But I don't know how the color translates to a wide variety of skin tones.  It is a medium color, but sheer like tinted moisturizer.  You only use a few drops so it blends out pretty well.  

I've noticed a great improvement the last couple weeks I've been using it, compared to using regular foundation.  My skin isn't as splotchy, and it is brighter, I don't need as much makeup when I do wear it now.  I like the natural satin finish it gives my skin too, not too dewy, not too matte/dry.  It doesn't cake up either.  

I really want the bronzer, but it is out of stock right now. 

 

[normajean2008]

A comment -- and then a question -- about Perricone:

I bought a few Perricone items after watching an infomercial earlier this year.  The skin items actually do seem (to me anyway) to do what they say.  I use the Acyl-Glutathione eyelid serum (I use it all around my eyes, not just on the lid, and IMO, the skin around my eyes is tighter) and neck cream (Sub-D, anti-aging neck cream -- which again, does seem to be tightening up my neck), in particular.

But -- and this is a big but -- some of the stuff smells so fishy that I just can't use it, because I can't stand the smell.  There was one item -- the Serum Prep -- that smelled so much like fish sauce that I thought it had gone bad.  I checked the internet and nope, apparently, that's just how it smells. Shaking it thoroughly makes it less bad, but wow, it's potent.  I also have a couple of small serums and creams (I got a set of travel-sized items, as well as the neck and eyelid items), but I haven't tried them all.

My question: how do the makeup items smell?  Because I was thinking about trying them, but was hesitant for that reason.

The blush and the no foundation-serum don't really have a smell.  They have a faint smell, kind of like a classic makeup scent, but it is very faint and doesn't smell on your skin at all. 

 

[JenTX]

I have the No Foundation-Foundation Serum, it is great.  But I don't know how the color translates to a wide variety of skin tones.  It is a medium color, but sheer like tinted moisturizer.  You only use a few drops so it blends out pretty well.  

I've noticed a great improvement the last couple weeks I've been using it, compared to using regular foundation.  My skin isn't as splotchy, and it is brighter, I don't need as much makeup when I do wear it now.  I like the natural satin finish it gives my skin too, not too dewy, not too matte/dry.  It doesn't cake up either.  

I really want the bronzer, but it is out of stock right now.

I kind of want the bronzed too and have debated on the foundation or foundation serum. I think it would do well on a variety of skin tones actually. I checked it out in sephora yesterday with pale ol' me and then my friend who is Hispanic and has very dark (most people would think she is African American) skin. The whole line worked beautifully on both of us. We went to a store that was having a Perricone event thinking we would get some free goodies. No goodies at all (shame sephora) but did learn a lot about the products and tested them all. I am still curious about the mascara though.

 

[tgooberbutt]

Um.... so there's now a BirchBox brick-and-mortar store in NYC? 

http://ny.racked.com/archives/2014/07/11/birchboxs_first_brick_and_mortar_shop.php

someone needs to go there and tell me what they heck you do in their store?

 

[kgus22]

Um.... so there's now a BirchBox brick-and-mortar store in NYC? 

http://ny.racked.com/archives/2014/07/11/birchboxs_first_brick_and_mortar_shop.php

someone needs to go there and tell me what they heck you do in their store?

i went there today!! most of it is a normal shop with things birchbox sells on their website. instead of being organized by brand, its by category (i.e. hair, blush, skincare, eyes, etc.) they have a part to get services done (manicures, blowouts) and then there is a "build your own box" section.

 

[tgooberbutt]

i went there today!! most of it is a normal shop with things birchbox sells on their website. instead of being organized by brand, its by category (i.e. hair, blush, skincare, eyes, etc.) they have a part to get services done (manicures, blowouts) and then there is a "build your own box" section.

Oh interesting about the services part. Do you know if you could use BirchBox points there? And was the "build your ow box" part worthwhile...I mean, I imagine they would have the more deluxed sized samples and not a huge wall of foil packets and pillow-pouches, right?  I think I'm going to have to check out the store the next time I'm in NYC...