Sunday afternoon, I went on my usual post-payday shopping errands, and while in Target, I picked up the Olay Pro-X Advanced Cleaning System. The picture is pretty much self-explanatory, it's a rotating facial brush. This is not a new idea, rotating face brushes have been around for years. The idea behind them is to help exfoliate, remove makeup more throughly than a regular washing, and help face products penetrate the skin more easily. A couple of years ago, a facial brush called the Clarisonic hit the market and became huge. What really set it apart from the previous models was the fact it was able to rotate over 300 times a minute. Most of the other brands couldn't do half that. All sorts of folks declared it a miracle product, and no other company has been able to replicate that sort of success.
Olay has entered the rotating facial brush market with their Pro-X Advanced Cleaning System. They claim on their commercials that it performs as well as that "$200 brand brush," which is a reference to the Clarisonic, whose most popular model retails for around that price. I've never used a Clarisonic, so I really can't do a comparison. However, I've only used the Olay Pro-X once, and I'm very impressed.
The brush face is about the size of a half-dollar coin. You're supposed to wet your face, and use either the enclosed exfoliating polish sample, or your own face wash. You then glide it all over your face, and follow-up with a moisturizer. The brush has two speeds, high and low. I can see people with very sensitive skin having irritation problems with the high speed, but I had none. My skin feels amazing, very clean and beyond soft. All of my makeup was removed, verified by the lack of residue on the cotton rounds I use with my toner after I cleanse. Some reviewers of the Pro-X on various websites mentioned having trouble using it around the nose, but I didn't have any. The brush seems to have a bit of give to it, and I was able to rotate it around with ease.
At $29, this brush is very affordable and a good idea no matter your skin type. If you're like me and are starting to worry about aging (despite the fact i'm 26), the Pro-X can make your anti-aging products work better. I'm not sure about the "miracle" results the Clarisonic has provided will happen with the Pro-x, but if it keeps my skin exfoliated and cleaner I'm satisfied.
