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1. The OG sonic cleansing company has a new look. The Clarisonic Mia Prima ($129, left) and Mia Smart ($229), a premium model with options for cleansing, firming and makeup application, are outfitted with sleek ergonomic handles, thanks to help from the design firm behind Beats by Dre. Two new brush heads were optimized for more effective cleansing after the R & D team made an observation about how the brush was moving dirt around on the face. “We always talk about the brush oscillating back and forth over very short distances very quickly, and we thought that when you added water, it was pushing dirt away from the brush,” explains Dr. Robb Akridge, one of the inventors of the Clarisonic. “It does do that, but when you actually put the brush on the skin, that water is pushed down and then pulled up in the middle like a vacuum. So it’s not just moving the dirt away from the skin; it’s actually lifting it up.” To accentuate this, the brand widened the space in the centre of the bristles to create a larger vacuum and added elastomeric fins (think soft rubber) to help guide the dirt away. Talk about a clean sweep.

2. Imagine if a sheet mask emitted gentle vibrations and alternated blasts of cool and warm air to boost absorption. That’s pretty much the genius Foreo

UFO ($349). 3. The next best thing to having your face in the hands of aesthetician Melanie Simon at one of her three California offices is taking her technology home with you. Pick from six preprogrammed “electrical cocktails” of microcurrents that come with the Ziip Beauty Device and Golden Conductive Gel ($645), designed to tighten, brighten and clear skin. (It’s totally painless.)