Advantages: Battery and mains operated, built in light to help you see, choice of heads Disadvantages: Can be painful, initially expensive, unclear instructions, lack of a shaver adaptor plug in box
...opportunity to try out a Braun Silk Epil Xpressive epilator. At the time it was branded the 7681 but it is now branded as the 7781 despite being exactly the same product - a fact Amazon backs up. I will not lie when I say I had to think long and hard about trying this one out. I love a freebie but its no use to anyone if its something you don't really want to try, akin to buying a bright orange balaclava because its 50p, as opposed to something you ... ...work for 40 minutes. Braun recommend you use the epilator for the first time in the evening, so you have plenty of time overnight for any redness to calm down. You need to epilate when your skin is dry, so don't jump straight from the shower to do it - it might be better to epilate before you shower. The epilator comes with 5 caps which have 5 different purposes. There is a "beginner" cap which is obviously for novices like me, a "massage" cap which ...
rosebud2001 04.09.2009
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Advantages: Easy to hold, has a light to show up hairs, re-chargeable. Disadvantages: None that I can think of.
I love my Braun Expressive Epilator. For years I have wanted to try an epilator for removing the hairs on my legs, but have been put off by stories of pain and the fact that most have looked liked instruments of torture (ok ok, so I exagerate, but you get the idea of my wimpish attitude). I was a firm "shaving will do" type of gal. It's amazing how attitudes can change once you have become a mother. You have a sort of "I've given birth to 4 children, ... ...one day, I saw these Braun Xpressive Epilators on offer and decided to give one a go - the new big brave girl that I am... Actually, I was amazed, surprised, and cross that I didn't buy one years ago. The pain is well - it isn't really a pain, more a slight tingly sharp discomfort, but it soon passes. Some areas on my legs are more sensitive to the feeling than others, I find the area around my ankles seems to more susceptible to such a feeling and ...
Devonbunny 19.06.2009
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This is my first epilator and it works really well, takes a little getting used to first time, but wouldn't go back to shaving now. Hairs grow back thiner and a lot less quickly than after shaving though I'm not sure it lasts a month, I use every couple of weeks. ...
nicola325 13.10.2009
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