Spa Sciences NOVA: what a sonic cleansing brush adds to washing your face, and who should skip one

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Researched. We have not used this one long enough to give you a verdict, and we would rather say so than invent one. What follows is how it works, who it suits, and what it will not do. When we have used it properly, this page carries the verdict and the date.

Spa Sciences NOVA Sonic Cleansing Face Brush

A cleansing brush does one thing: it moves cleanser over the skin with more movement than your fingers can manage. The NOVA is a sonic version of that, and the listing describes it as a cleansing brush and infusion system.

What sonic means

A sonic brush vibrates the bristles very fast, back and forth, rather than spinning them. The idea is a thorough clean with less scrubbing than a spinning brush.

What it adds

Hands are gentle but not very thorough. A brush gets cleanser into the creases around the nose and chin, lifts more makeup and sunscreen, and leaves skin feeling smoother. For oily skin and heavy makeup or sunscreen wearers, that can be a real improvement.

Who should skip it

The extra thoroughness is also extra friction. Brushes are the wrong tool for sensitive or reactive skin, active breakouts that are sore, broken skin, and skin that is already being worked hard by retinoids or acids. We go into this in cleansing brushes: who they are wrong for.

How to use it

• Once a day at most, usually in the evening. Many people do better with a few times a week.
• Wet face, cleanser on the face, then the brush, moving gently. Let it do the work; do not press.
• About a minute for the whole face.
• Clean the head after use and let it dry, and replace it when the bristles look tired. A dirty brush head defeats the point.

The infusion part

The listing calls it an infusion system, which usually means a second head or setting for massaging in serum or moisturizer. Massage can help a product spread evenly and feels pleasant; it does not push a product deeper than your fingers would.

What it will not do

It will not shrink pores or clear breakouts on its own. It will not suit every skin type. And it will not be gentle if used twice a day with pressure.

The product

The one people are searching for is the Spa Sciences NOVA Sonic Cleansing Face Brush.

Spa Sciences NOVA Sonic Cleansing Face Brush

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Written by JamieG in Garner Town, Tennessee.