If you enjoy watching "The Oprah Winfrey Show", chances are you have seen her segment "Oprah's Favorite Things" which discusses innovative new consumer products. Recently she featured an item called the Clarisonic Skin Care Brush System, which is designed to remove dirt and oil from your skin, leaving it healthy and refreshed. However, another similar product offers all of the same features and benefits of the Clarisonic Skin Care Brush and much more, at less than half the suggested retail price: the DermaNew Microdermabrasion Total Body Experience Kit.

The Design of the DermaNew

The DermaNew Home Microdermabrasion Tool was designed by two salon owners in Beverly Hills, California. Finding that spa microderm treatments were costly for consumers and required the salon staff to have extensive training and expensive equipment, they designed the first DermaNew Home Microdermabrasion Tool. With this new skin care device, the average consumer can enjoy a full body micro dermabrasion treatment whenever they like at less than the cost of one salon visit. In 2006 the DermaNew System won the "Redbook" 2006 MVP Beauty Award, and has since been featured in "Good Housekeeping", "Vogue", "Cosmopolitan", and "InStyle".

What separates the DermaNew from skin care brush devices such as Clarisonic is the additional functionality beyond its cleaning abilities. Like its competitors, it also features a skin care brush with soft bristles designed for cleansing and polishing. Contrary to popular belief, however, a brush is not designed for deep cleaning and is not considered a form of skin treatment, so it fails to reach a large amount of dirt and oil in your skin and leave your skin in the best possible condition. To properly exfoliate your skin, clean additional debris, remove dead skin cells, microdermabrasion treatment is far more effective than a simple brush cleaning.

Accessories and Added Benefits of DermaNew vs. Clarisonic

The primary advantage of the DermaNew system is the price of the kit and the number of products and accessories that are included with it. The Clarisonic system includes two brush heads, the handle with charging cradle, and a two ounce sample of cleanser. The brush has an integrated rechargeable battery which must be charged using the included cradle. The DermaNew system includes microderm attachments for the face and the body, a callus softening tool, a skin brush attachment, a sixty day supply of microdermabrasion cream, polishing body wash, skin moisturizer, and batteries. The DermaNew uses standard AA batteries so that when you travel with the kit you do not have to worry about bringing a charger with you. The enclosed accessories for the DermaNew are all available separately and cost much less than the accessories for the Clarisonic.

The DermaNew is the Better Deal

When you consider the factors of functionality versus cost along with the added products that are included with it, the DermaNew Microdermabrasion Total Body Experience Kit is far superior to the Clarisonic Skin Care System in every way. Fully portable, very inexpensive, and designed for users of almost any skin type, the Total Body Experience is designed to give your skin the treatment it deserves.