Thank you Sonic Fans and Have a Happy New Year from Clarisonic!

We at Clarisonic get nostalgic as a year ends and another begins. We want to thank our Sonic Fans for making 2011 so memorable for us!

In 2011, we brought you new and innovative products to combat common skin conditions like our Acne Clarifying Collection and Deep Pore Cleansing Brush Head. We also added new Limited Edition colors and prints and even some that aim to appeal to the men in the Sonic Circle like the Carbon Fiber Mia.  We introduced our new power house Sonic Cleansing System, the Mia 2. Finally, we moved to a new location to better accommodate our customers and meet the demands of the growing love for Clarisonic.

The success at Clarisonic is due largely to our wonderful Sonic Fans. We listen to your feedback and incorporate your suggestions into our products and service. The Opal Sonic Infusion System now comes with a dry cap and a separate serum bottle because you spoke and we listened.

In 2012, we will continue to reward you with our Fan of the Month giveaway , answer your questions with the Ask Dr. Robb video Series and provide insightful and interesting beauty content on our Sonic Chatter blog. Most of all, we will always offer the quick and easy customer service you deserve through Facebook and Twitter and by phone with our Sonic Service team.

We have and will continue to do what it takes to bring the benefits of Sonic Cleansing and Infusion to you. From our Sonic Employees to you, our Sonic Fans, we thank you for a wonderful year in 2011 and cheers you to another great one in 2012!

Share with us your favorite Clarisonic product, giveaway or event from 2011 and what are you most looking forward to in 2012?

Opal Secrets Contest Winners and Featured Stories

The eye is the jewel of the body – Henry David Thoreau. The quest for younger and more refreshed looking eyes is not a new one. Tips and tricks have been passed down for generations and new technologies have been created to answer the need.

One such technology and the jewel to the Clarisonic family, is the Opal. The Opal Sonic Infusion System uses proven sonic technology to apply eye serum better than manual application.  In just one minute, the Opal provides more than 7500 gentle micro-massages to instantly hydrate, smooth and brighten the eyes.

We asked our fans to share their secrets to keeping their eyes hydrated whether they used the Opal or not. We got some amazing stories; we are sharing three with you here and have ten that have won our Opal Secret contest. Congratulations to all of our winners!

Featured Opal Secret stories:

 “Redneck” Sonic Regimen

Well, I don’t own a Clarisonic Opal so here’s what I do instead…and don’t laugh… I use the back side of my Sonic toothbrush to help apply my night serum, (different brush head of course). I realize that this is no comparison to the Clarisonic Opal but I’m using what I’ve got because I know how beneficial it is. So until I get the real thing, this is what I do.

Men’s eye remedy

I am a guy who takes pride in his appearance. Recently I have been noticing my eyes have look tired and puffy (probably the increased stress of trying to run my live like a crazy person through work and school, trying to do the work of five people all by myself, deffinately not recommended..) I started to look for a solution. Your eyes can easily be the first thing someone will notice about you and they are usually first to show any signs of aging!… So I set out for a way to cure. To tackle the puffiness I began using a de puffing eye gel. I started with the Body Shop’s Eye Depuffer. It worked wonders I would notice my eyes significantly decreasing in puffiness. Much of it was extra water under the eye lids so at times I looked and still looks like I am crying, not to say my eyes get red and I make an ugly face, anyway I think you get the picture. My next step was to find a eye cream to help keep my eyes bright and awake and get rid of that oh so chic I just got punched in the eye look. I ended choosing Clique’s all about the eye, it was very feminine but the sales associate at Sephora helped me realize that the skin around a woman’s eye and around a mens eye really aren’t all that different. After that? poof those dark circles were minimized. My eyes were back in business and I am glad I took that step… lets be honest who wants to look punched and puffy?

The BEST under eye trick

When I was in college I worked at a makeup counter at the mall. One of my co-workers was an amazing makeup artist that had just moved from NYC so I was so excited to learn his tips and tricks. The one thing that he told me that I remember to this day and always share with people is……when applying under eye cream ALWAYS apply it and blend it from the outside of your eye inwards towards your nose. Why you ask? Well….the fine lines and crows feet that form tend to start out closer to the inner corners of your eye and expand outwards so everytime you put on under eye cream you want to be lightly tapping and blending the cream in the opposite direction they form to make sure the product really gets in there. If you put on under eye cream twice a day that is a lot of pulling and dabbing on the under eye area over time so it’s better to be smoothing it on in the opposite direction that they form. I swear this works! I used to have one line in particular that was fairly deep and I would notice it when I would get tan because it would be white from squinting while I was out in the sun. Since I started applying under eye cream from the outside of my eye towards the inside my lines have completely and very noticeably smoothed out! For some reason I had always put under eye cream on from the inside out which I know a lot us you do becuase it seems more natural to apply it this way but it’s the complete opposite of what you want to do. I love sharing this trick with people and I swear you will notice a difference if you try it!

All Winners:

Milliesnow: “Redneck” Sonic Regimen

Nikki: Smile You’re Beautiful

JenJen: Three Simple Tips to Youthful Eyes

Garrett: Men’s Eye Remedy

Shella: The Best Under Eye Trick

Butterfly: Happier Eyes

LauraLizzie: I Love My Opal!

Bauysrabbit: ‘Exercise-like’ Movement Fight Against Gravity

Rocky Mtn Gal: My Eyes Don’t Lie – But Maybe FIB Just a Bit!!!

All ten Opal Secret winners will receive the White Opal, Black Opal and a year supply of our Anti-Aging Sea Serum!  To read more of the winning stories, visit our stories page on our website. The contest may be over, but we would love to hear your secrets to younger more refreshed eyes!

Have a Happy Sonic Holiday with Clarisonic Jingles

We had so many great jingle submissions for this year’s Sonic Holiday Jingle Contest that we thought we would bring some of the jingles to life. As a thank you to our Sonic Fans and the jingle -writers, Clarisonic employees sang two of our fans’ jingles in the videos below!

We hope these jingles help spread the Sonic Holiday cheer and show our appreciation for our wonderful fans. In the spirit of the giving, we want to thank Hillary S and Mia Corbett who wrote these two jingles. You will both receive a Clarisonic of your choice!

Clarisonic Jingles: Oh Oily Skin to Oh Christmas Tree, lyrics by Hillary S

Clarisonic Jingles: Clarisonic in My Hand to Winter Wonderland, lyrics by Mia Corbett

Have a Happy Sonic Holiday from Clarisonic!

Holiday Jingles with the Clarisonic Elf

Give yourself and a friend the gift of beautiful skin!

We need our Sonic fans to help us spread the Sonic Cheer this holiday season! Over the past two years, we loved your Clarisonic jingles. This year, the Clarisonic Elf is back with more Sonic Gifts!

From Mia the Clarisonic to the tune of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, to Cleansing All The Way to the tune of Jingle Bells, the Clarisonic Elf is so excited to see what amazing sonic jingles you will come up with this year.

Our Clarisonic Elves in the workshop need lots of new jingles so we plan to have multiple winners per week depending on the number of jingles and creativity. Hint, Hint: The more music, the more products the Clarisonic Elves make to giveaway. Each winner will receive a Clarisonic of his/her choice and one to gift to a friend- ‘tis the season for giving!

The contest starts November 29, 2011 and ends at 11:59pm PST December 24, 2011. You can enter your sonic jingle in the comments on Sonic Chatter, Facebook, and Twitter. Be sure to include #SonicJingle if you are entering on Twitter and just another hint, the Clarisonic Elf loves videos!

Remember to tell your friends and family so they can enter too and increase your chances of winning! Winners will be announced on our blog, Facebook page and on Twitter each Monday. Good luck and have a Happy #SonicHoliday this year!

Check out an excerpt from one of our favorites from last year:

Dashing through my skin
in pink, blue, white and gray
o’er my pores we go
cleansing all the way
after a minute it rings
…Making my skin so bright
What fun it is to cleanse and sing my
Clarisonic song tonight

Lights! Camera! Action!

This year, Clarisonic was the official sponsor of Glamour Reel Moments. The Glamour Reel Moments program was established in 2004 to place more women in the director’s chair and bring Glamour reader’s stories to the big screen. Eva Longoria, Zoe Saldana and Olivia Wilde join the other 19 A-list actresses who have pushed stereotypes aside and stepped behind the camera to direct a short filmed inspired by real-life stories.  We got the inside access and are bringing it to you, our fans!

The three actresses discussed their directorial experiences on a panel during a luncheon hosted by Glamour and Clarisonic. The luncheon gave these new directors a platform to discuss the lack of female directors in the film industry; noting that only 7% of directors are women.

All three ladies noted the difference of being an actress to being a director and in taking on their movie themes of empowerment, discussed these nuances candidly with the crowd of film and beauty bloggers.  Zoe noted that the experience was empowering and made her dream of directing a sci-fi film come true. Eva’s insight into her directorial debut showed that the actress liked the feeling of power of behind the camera best stating, “As an actor, you just hope they edit things right and make you look good. As a director, everything is in your hands. You become very insightful and sharp real quick!”

When asked about why there is a lack of female made movies, Eva chimed in that the real project is to move the ball down the court. Olivia seconded that, by noting that someone has to be the first and Zoe noted that the pressure isn’t only on the industry but the audience – stating that people need to watch the movies women make for producers to want to make them.

Eva, Zoe and Olivia all agree that women don’t have to lose their femininity to lead a film crew. They also agree women need to work with men and share the success with other women. But don’t think these women believe they can do it without their masculine counterparts;  Zoe rounded out the conversation of empowering women in film by beaming, “We need them! I love men.”

As you can see in these photos; these beautiful and strong leading ladies are taking films into their own hands.

{Eva, Olivia and Zoe behind the camera}

Clarisonic and Glamour are proud to present these films to our fans and in the spirit of empowerment evident in these films, every film view will raise $1 for Look Good…Feel Better. Sit back, enjoy our films and let us know what you think! http://bit.ly/sfRVQK >Read More

2011 QVC Customer Choice Beauty Awards

We are thrilled to announce that the Clarisonic PLUS Sonic Cleansing System has been nominated for the 2011 QVC Customer Choice Beauty Awards! QVC has nominated the Clarisonic PLUS in the Best Tool category on QVC.
The Clarisonic PLUS debuted in 2009 and features three speeds for the face and a body mode for cleansing areas of the body needing extra attention and care. The Clarisonic PLUS was featured on QVC this year in the new paisley pastel patterns in a collaboration set with Philosophy products. The limited edition special was a huge hit!
Please help us win Best Tool by voting for the Clarisonic PLUS starting July 14th until July 24th. The award winner will be celebrated during a 24 our beauty event on August 27th.

Vote for the Clarisonic PLUS!

We appreciate your support!

Clarisonic Sonic Oscillation Animation

What sets the Clarisonic apart from comparative products is its patented sonic oscillation technology. As you learned in the Skin Elasticity Graph, sonic oscillation works within the skin’s natural elasticity “safe range”, not against it.

The 300+ micro movements per second delivered by Clarisonic’s patented technology are the optimum sonic frequency to deliver a micro-massage movement that helps gently massage dirt, oil and make-up from pores. The patented sonic oscillation motion of the Clarisonic ensures that the skin is cleansed 6x better than cleansing with your hands alone. When impurities are removed, skin feels softer and smoother and becomes healthier and more radiant each day. And because skin is so clean, it’s better able to absorb moisturizers, creams and serums.

Take a look behind the technology in the Clarisonic Sonic Cleansing System to see how the Clarisonic works with your skin to wiggle dirt and impurities from your pores.

Enter to win a Clarisonic Mia today by answering the following question in the comments: At how many movements per second does Clarisonic’s patented sonic technology oscillate?

The Clarisonic and Skin Elasticity

The Clarisonic works within the skin’s elasticity safe range to provide superior cleansing and yet still be gentle. Why do we care about skin elasticity?

Skin elasticity is the ability of your skin to stretch and then return to its normal state aided by the collagen fibers that make-up the skin. As you age, collagen levels decrease and collagen fibers become fatigued causing the elasticity of your skin to get poorer and therefore not return as efficiently to its normal position. Since stretching the skin can prematurely weaken the collagen fibers,  we designed the Clarisonic to work within the safe zone of skin’s elasticity, where collagen is able to spring back and recover easily.

The graph allows you see how the Clarisonic works with your skin, not against it. What happens to your skin in region three of the skin elasticity graph? Share with us in the comments to be entered in our weekday Mia Giveaways!