Invasion of the Scrubby Cleansers

I've been noticing a major trend as of late - scrubby cleansers. I'm not talking about an exfoliating cleanser with beads, these new cleansers come with little scrubby tools attached to get the deepest clean possible and have been popping up en masse at drugstores. I like to call them the poor man's Clarisonic. Clarisonic is a super popular cleansing system that utilizes a brush to majorly deep clean. The only downside? Prices start at $149 for the Mia. Clarisonic is well worth the investment, but sometimes you just can't rationalize dropping that dough on a brush that cleans your skin. Enter, drugstore scrubby cleansers. 

Exhibit A: L'Oreal Go 360 Clean. Each of the four cleansers - deep, deep for sensitive, deep exfoliating and deep cream - come packaged with a cute little scrublet to clean pore by pore. For some reason I expected the scrublet to be hard and plasticy, but it's actually super soft and rubbery. I sampled the Deep facial cleanser and it definitely delivered. My skin felt so soft and really clean, with nary a flake or clogged pore in site. Plus it's a steal at $6.99.

Exhibit B: Garnier Nutrioniste Skin Renew The Brusher Gel Cleanser. So the name is a mouthful, but this cleanser delivers. I'm a fan of Nutrioniste cleansers as it is because they're very nourishing and detoxifying, and the added bonus of a brush attached right to the cleanser is huge. This is similar to the Clarisonic idea, except you have to use your own elbow grease in lieu of batteries. Skin is left deep cleaned and soft. Pick it up for $6.99.