Remington BKT 3000 Trim+shape Bikini > Reviews > BUSH WHACKING FOR BEGINNERS

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Advantages:	Neatens up your undergrowth a treat
Disadvantages:	Can leave stubble

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yes

Full review

I think I must be going through one of those times in your life when you just want to be slightly different to what you already are. Don’t get me wrong I’m not unhappy being me, in fact I think it is because I am so comfortable that I feel able to gently criticize myself. Perhaps what I am doing is giving myself a mental kick up the backside, and setting out on a journey of self-improvement. Some may say that at 30 I am having an almost mid life crisis!

It was in this frame of mind that I set out to see just how different I could be whilst still being me. I found that I really only needed a few cosmetic tweaks to make a difference. I am now feeling ‘new and improved’.

The first port of call on my journey was M&S – new knickers, and a pair of sexy red sandals – guaranteed to make you feel ‘brand new’…and yes they helped.

My second was the Opticians, to get myself back into contact lenses.

By far the most significant of my transformations however was in an area that I have never really bothered with in all of my 30 year on the planet. A region that until recently was an overgrown jungle, a straggling mess, which every time I looked at it I cringed. No not my garden…but my lady garden!

Those of you with a delicate constitution may prefer not to read on!

Ladies (and gentlemen), I’m sure that I am not alone in having never tended to this little patch before. Previously preferring to have the natural look, or to be truthful, I have just never bothered to attend to ‘it’. Well times they are a-changing, and not being brave enough yet for waxing,, and not possessing any scissors sharp enough, I went on a mission to find a solution to the lost world!

For this reason and solely this reason I found myself in our local boots out of town store at 8.30am one Saturday morning! Sad I know, but this was my final step on the road to feeling refreshed.

Having seen recent adverts for the kind of instrument I required I hot footed it down to the back of the store, and stood for a while transfixed by the display of shaving and depilating instruments. There were nose hair trimmers, facial hair trimmers, beard trimmers, lady shavers, and those tortuous things that rip the hairs out of your legs (which I swore never again to use after an unpleasant experience with one when I was about 18!). I must have been looking perplexed, because I was approached by a young lady assistant (have you noticed how the staff in shops seem to be getting younger these days), who asked if she could help me find what I was looking for.

My reply was a reflex response, and one that produced much mirth and even more sniggering within the vicinity of the electrical department that day.

“I need one of those Bush Whackers, please”

And so from that day on I now refer to my Remington BKT1000, Bikini Trim & Shape as above! Frankly I find it easier and much more descriptive anyway…

There were 3 options for me to choose from in store, although I imagine that if you were to search the Internet you could find others too.

I could have had the Philips trimmer at £19.99, which is rechargeable, but looked a little too like one of the nose hair trimmers. So I passed.

I could have chosen the Remington BKT2000 at £19.99, which is identical to the BKT1000, but for the fact that it is suitable for wet and dry use, and is rechargeable. The idea of doing this sort of work in the wet didn’t appeal. So I passed.

The Remington BKT1000 won my affections instead, which at £14.99 seemed to be a good deal for someone who wasn’t sure if this was ‘for her’. So I left the store with my purchase and drove home to inspect (and use) my new toy.

After making sure that I was alone – well it’s really not the sort of thing you want to do with an audience is it? – I set about familiarising myself with the trimmer. It was much smaller than I had imagined it to be, but it was a nice girly sort of pinky-purple. A rake through every draw in the house turned up the 2 AAA batteries that are required to set it in motion. I inserted them, flicked the on-off switch and hey presto a sweet little buzzing shaver thingy.

Did I really want to do this, and place this so close to somewhere so vulnerable?

The trimmer has 5 cutting settings, easily adjustable by turning a little dial. You can also take off the blade guard for closer trimming. I started on the longest setting 5, and by the time I had got the 3 I think I had perfected the procedure. Setting 4 & 5 will not be getting much use by me. Now that I have done the deed I find I prefer the more ‘cropped look’.

Without the guard on the shave is much closer but leaves unattractive stubble, which I felt should be attended to by the old-fashioned razor method. However this does leave you prone to getting ingrown hairs, so beware.

Otherwise there is only one other pitfall that I can come up with…Where to undertake the task, so that the debris is easy to dispose of? You’ll work out the best way for you I’m sure.

The whole process is not painful, and quite pleasurable really, the mild buzz and vibrate can leave you feeling tingly, and with a little grin on your face too!

I am still not able to perform this task in front of my husband. Its just one of those things that you should do in private, although the buzzing from the bathroom is a dead give away (unless you have anything else that you use in private which buzzes).

I am very pleased to have completed my transformation, and would thoroughly recommend that if you have thought of trying this product, then go out and get one. After all if you don’t like the results, then your mane will, given time grow again.

I don’t think that I am creative enough to move onto advanced hedge trimming yet, but I suppose for those artistic Ciaoers out there the potential is massive. Have fun!

The products mentioned in this op are currently available, at the prices mentioned, online at www.boots.com.