Advantages: Effective and long lasting Disadvantages: Painful!
For some reason, despite being blonde and fairly dainty in other respects, I've been cursed with leg hair that belongs to someone else - someone like my big grizzly bear of a boyfriend! It grows so fast that I usually have to shave my legs every day in the summer, which is a right pain. I've tried hair removal creams and found it just took longer, smelt horrible and didn't last any better, and waxing which brought me out in nasty bumps and didn't even get all the hairs. Bah. Anyway, I thought I'd give this a try as I had nothing to lose other than the 50 quid it cost me from Argos (although it's probably available cheaper online), and I've probably spent that loads of times over on razors and shaving foam... I was drawn in by the promise of smooth legs for 4 weeks - too good to be true?...
The Silk-Epil looks rather pretty and is ...
Advantages: Easy to use, versatile Disadvantages: Ingrowing hairs
I was bought the Braun 5580 by my husband for Christmas (it was on my list)!! Normally retails for about £60 and was bought from Boots.
I've been using it religiously for the past 2 months....probably about 4 times a week. I use it on my underarms, legs (upper and lower) and bikini line. I have also used it on my upper lip and my husbands chin. This proved too painful for both of us and we've not done it again....so, although you do get an attachment that enables you to use it on your face, you have to have a very high pain threshold to be able to do so.
I've always shaved and occasionally have everything waxed, usually when we're going away on holiday or for a special occasion. I shave my legs and underarms everyday and my bikini line every other day (I find it gets stubbly otherwise)...not an attractive look!
The Braun ...
Advantages: quicker than tweezing, the light, face and other attachment, ice pack Disadvantages: can hurt, & tweezers can go blunt after awhile.
Overall, the epilator is an ok way to get rid of hairs. i feel it seems to work best on people who are not as hairy, because the pulling out of the hairs are not as painful. i tend to use it on the face as well, which does work well. but what i did find, (like with any thing), the more i used it, the twezers became more duller, so therefore not picking up all the hairs so cleanly, esp the light ones. Its now not as sharp like in the beginning when i first had it. The light is also useful esp when doing the face. sometimes you may need a good pair of tweezers just to get them stubbon light ones.
this does work well, and the price is ok, esp with all the other attachments included, e.g the shaver, and the diff levels of epilating.
try to clean it regulary as well.
i gave it a 3 star, cus yeah it can at times, make your ...
