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The VaCUUIll Pack
Executive beauty editor JENNY BAILLY powers up three
new at-home microdermabrasion machines.
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My bathroom looks like a high-tech control station
(mission: silky, glowing skin). Next to my Clarisonic skincleansing brush, which stands next to my Tria hair
removal laser (see "Beauty Adventures;' 2010), now stand
a trio of microdermabrasion
devices. They mimic the
action of the popular spa treatment: loosening complexion-dulling dead
skin cells with a crystal-encrusted disc, then vacuuming them away.
Each has several levels of suction that let you customize the intensity of
your exfoliation. (Trust me: Start slow.) The Rodan + Fields machine
(above) is the most elaborate, with an LCD screen that indicates where
to glide the tool and a timer that beeps when I need to move on to a new
area of my face. It also has the most intense suction-after
my fiveminute treatment, I'm beet red. The next morning, though, makeup
glides over my incredibly soft, clear skin. The Riiviva and PMD
Microderm (below) have similarly silkening effects. All three are meant
to be used no more than once a week, and all three do the job. But
because it's light, cordless, and left my skin only slightly pink, the Riiviva
is the one that's going to score a permanent home at my personal skincare
operations center.
Do it ifyou ... don't have sensitive skin or rosacea.
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Riiviva Microderm,
$299;
riiviva.com.
PMD Personal Microderm,
$179; personal
microderm.com.