Neutrogena Wave Power-Cleanser and Deep Clean Foaming Pads

by Neutrogena

Product Features

• Power cleanser penetrates deep into pores for fresh, beautiful skin
• Disposable deep clean pads wash away dirt, oil, and makeup
• Waterproof design allows you to use in shower
• Ergonomic shape fits perfectly in your hand
• Gentle enough to use every day

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Neutrogena Wave Power Cleanser is a breakthrough new battery-operated power cleanser that gives you soft, glowing skin you will notice and feel after just one use.

The Neutrogena Wave Power Cleanser offers: Gentle massaging action to penetrate deep into pores. Ergonomic shape to fit perfectly in your hand. Waterproof design so you can use it in the shower.

The Deep Clean pads create foam that penetrates deep into pores. View larger.

Ergonomically Shaped and Easy to Use
The device is ergonomically shaped to fit perfectly in your hand. Plus it's small enough to carry with you when you travel--so you can be sure of perfect skin wherever you are. The Wave package includes 14 Deep Clean foaming pads with cleanser infused right inside them.

To use the Wave, simply install a single pad and push the switch to turn it on. The whole machine vibrates gently. Hold the power cleanser under a bit of water to activate the pad, and a light foam appears. Move the pad over your face, allowing it to massage the foam deep into your pores to remove more dirt, oil, and makeup than ordinary cleansing. Additionally, the soft texture of the pads helps to sweep away layers of dead skin cells. When the foam rinses off, it leaves your skin incredibly clean, smooth, and glowing. And the Wave is so gentle, you can use it every day!

Waterproof and Disposable Pads
The Neutrogena Wave is water resistant and can be used at the sink or in the shower. When you are finished, simply throw the pad away and rinse off the device. Deep Clean pad refills are available if you use up the included supply. The Wave runs on one AA battery (included).

With the Wave's affordable price, it's easy to treat yourself to glowingly beautiful skin.

What's in the Box
Power cleanser, attachment head, 14 pads, one AA battery.

Product Description

Includes Power Cleanser, Attatchnment Head, 14 pads, 1 AA Battery Clinically proven superior to manual cleansing in 3 ways: Tingly, cool foam penetrates deeper ~ 100% of women showed significantly deeper pore cleansing. Gentle vibrating motion stimulates skin's surface ~ feel the massaging action open pores to remove more dirt, oil and make-up. Softly textured pads sweep away layers of dead skin cells ~ see immediately softer, smoother skin after just 1 use.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000V2J3ZK
• UPC: 070501054109 381370054108
• Item model number: 05410
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (188 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,448 in Beauty (See Top 100 in Beauty)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

54 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Face Cleanser, February 2, 2008

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Lisa Shea "medieval swordfighting enthusiast" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Neutrogena Wave Power-Cleanser and Deep Clean Foaming Pads (Health and Beauty)

(What's this?)

In essence, the Wave is a pore cleaner that works by gently vibrating your skin to shake loose the contents of your pores. This is NOT meant to be an exfoliator or toner. It does its job exceedingly well, which surprised me. I have tested many, many skin care products over the years, and was quite cynical about this one working. Really, it does.

First, the theory. Your face is full of pores - i.e. holes that go downward into your skin. Dirt, sweat, make-up and other junk gets stuck in those holes. That is what forms blemishes. The more dirt and such you have in your pores, the more they are "pushed open" and the bigger they look. Keeping them as clean as possible also makes them as small as possible, so your skin has a smoother overall look.

This small handheld device lets you attach a pad to the face of it, then you moisten that pad to get the soap going. It isn't a "big foaming" soap, it's a very subtle one. Again, the aim is not to cover your face with foam. It's for the vibrations to get the small amount of gentle foam down into your pores. Pores are small :) You hold that vibration on one spot, to vibrate open the pores beneath the device. You don't want to "drag" the wave, like you would with an exfoliant. The aim is not to drag the pores open. It is to shake them up gently to loosen their contents, so that the washing stage gets those contents out of your skin. So you put the wave onto various parts of your skin, in order to do that. Then you rinse the junk all free. If anything your aim is to open the pores as little as possible, so that once the junk is shaken out of them, they can close up to a small size.

So that this process doesn't take all day, the wave face is relatively large - about the size of a half dollar. This is good in the sense that you can do your entire face in under 10 minutes, but bad in the sense that it doesn't fit well in those big-pore areas along the nose. I understand this was a tough compromise for them to make. If they'd made the unit smaller, people would complain about how long it took them to get their entire face done.

I like how easily the pads go on and off the sticky face, but it seems really odd to me the pads come in a non resealable foil pouch. There's no way at all to even "fold over the top" to keep them moist! That's a pretty simple fix for them to have made. That being said, there's really no way I'm going to go out and eternally buy pads for a device. I would just use cotton balls with my own Neutrogena acne soap (which I use daily and *love*). This would get me my favorite soap option along with the pore-cleansing capabilities of this device.

I really do find that this shakes loose dirt that normal cleaning cannot get to. My pores look much cleaner and smaller after using this device. I have no doubt that using this is gentle on your skin - I have rosacea and acne and my face will definitely flare if something bothers it. I haven't had any problems with this. I wonder though if most people will have the patience to use this properly. It's not a quick-use device. The whole way it works is to work section by section, shaking loose the dirt, cleaning out the pores in that one spot. I think most people want to do a quick pass with soap or exfoliant or whatever and get on with their life.

It's one of those investment things. If you invest the time to keep your skin clear and healthy, it will reward you by looking wonderful and doing its job of keeping you safe from germs. If you want a quick-fix to just soap off the outer layer of grime - or exfoliate off the outer layer of skin - you won't get the same results. So I highly recommend this as something which does take time to use, but you might be surprised at just how much better your pores are if you do invest that time and effort.

My only complaints are about the pads, and like I said, there's a solution for that.

43 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars THAT HEALTHY GLOW, February 1, 2008

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Red Rock Bookworm (St. George Utah) - See all my reviews
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After fighting with the hand held wave power cleanser/massager in an attempt to install the battery (it was almost like trying to remove a "child proof cap" from a prescription bottle)I prepared for my first use of the item.

My observations are as follows:
1. The pads do not really "suds up" and left me wondering if there was actually any product in them.
2. The vibrating "massage" was pleasant enough and obviously was doing something to my skin since after the second use I noticed a breakout of a few small "pimples".(Could it be that it cleansed impurities in my pores and brought them to the surface?).
3. After a week of use the pimples cleared up and my skin did appear to have a more refined look.

Overall I would say that the product does perform as advertised. It is a "Power Cleanser". Do not expect that it will diminish your wrinkles or make you look like you've had professional skin resurfacing. What you do get using the power wave is a healthy glow from the stimulation the massager provides and a clean face. (What more could a gal ask for??)

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S, January 6, 2008

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The Next Donna Karen (Swedesboro,Nj) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Neutrogena Wave Power-Cleanser and Deep Clean Foaming Pads (Health and Beauty)

This power cleanser rocks! On the package it says," you will have smoother skin in 1 day". And guess what... they are right. It gives you a 2 week supply of pads, the one I got at Target gave me a bonus of 2 week extra pads. I definetly notice smoother skin, but I see a glow to my once dull skin. It also helped with my acne b/c now my pores are open to have a more concentraded effect with my acne solutions acne kit form Neutrogena. Anyone who wants to brighten up their skin and help with pimples and more, should really get this power cleanser. At Target it only cost me 11.99. Neutrogena you did it again, another fabulous product. Fabulous price, for sure. A must have for all women and teens!!!