Worth the pain - Braun Silk-Epil X'elle

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...

d10an9 10.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Braun 5580 SILK-ÉPIL X'elle Body+face EAS

Braun Silk-Epil

Advantages: effective hair removal, easy to use, handy "smart light"
Disadvantages: A little painful the first time you use it. Takes longer than shaving.

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stephbond89 30.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Braun 5170 SILK-ÉPIL X'elle SOLO EASY Sta

Braun 5100 Silk & Soft Battery Shaver

Advantages: Easy to use, attractive, long life battery
Disadvantages: Not the closest of shaves

...I was fed up of disposables going rusty after one use and wanted something that I could use over and over again. I didn't have a lot of money to spend- i just wanted a basic shaver for my legs. However, after browsing vigouresly i saw the 'Braun Silk and Soft Body Shave 5100' and thought it a good deal. I was only looking for cheap leg shaver but to my suprise, the decription stated: underarm shaving, bikini trim AND leg shaving. Along with all the other features like: 'flexible foil', 'softstrip' and 'OptiShave attatchments'. I'm probably impressed to easily, because I had no idea what each feature meant, it just sounded better compared to others in the same price range. I was very impressed when I opened it because: 1, it was so easy to use (just popped in the batteries and off i went) and 2, money off at figleaves for my purchase...

a_lil_gem 20.01.2006 · Read review
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Braun silk-epil Xelle 5185

Advantages: Left my legs hair free and less pain than waxing.
Disadvantages: loud

...Hair free and not as painfull as led to believe. After all these years I invested in an epilator. I always thought it would hurt as everyone I knew had said it was. When I opened my product it looked scarey. I plugged it into the mains, it has a long wire which made it easier. I was sweating with fear at the noise before even trying. I thought no pain no gain and used the expert head first as there are two different head one for beginners. It is loud and has a light so you can see your hair. After the initial pain which was not bad the massagers took the pain away. It just felt like a sharp tingle. It can be a little more sharp round the ankle but I got over it. This is better than waxing as that is definitly more painfull and for anyone who wants to make it less scratchy there is an ice pack for the more frightened first time...

alison5409 21.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Braun 5685 SILK-ÉPIL X'elle Body+face SET

Soft and smooth silk-epil

Advantages: Spotlight for seeing little hairs
Disadvantages: slightly painful

...I had the old Braun silk-epil since about 1999 and when it gave up the ghost I started shaving again. After a couple of months I noticed that I was hairier than usual and got really annoyed at having to shave every couple of days so decided to invest in another of Braun's epilators. I must admit that this particular model comes with lots of accessories (shaving head, small/starter epilator head, intermediate epilator head with massager, advanced epilator head & ice pack with glove) which I find excessive but if you are new to epilating I can see the advantage in being able to get used to using one by building up in stages. Having come from already using an epilator but having shaved for a couple of months, I used the 40 tweezer head with the intermediate massager heads and found it most comfotable to use especially when compared to my...

lenni 10.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Braun 5280 SILK-ÉPIL X´elle BODY System E

Braun 5580 Silk Epil X'elle Body and Face

Advantages: Easy to use, versatile
Disadvantages: Ingrowing hairs

...have managed it myself a couple of times. I actually think that the hairs on my underarms and my bikini line have grown back less dense than before. However, I have been very disappointed with the results on my legs. My legs are quite hairy and I remove the hairs from the upper and lower parts of my leg...normally I shave them daily which produces a nice smooth effect but is a real pain to have to do all the time. I thought the Braun would mean that I wouldn't have to pay my leg hairs so much attention but it hasn't quite worked out that way. After 2 weeks of epilating every other day, I had the most awful ingrowing hairs on my legs. It didn't seem to affect my underarms or bikini line but my legs were covered in them. One or two got a bit infected and went red and if I ran my hands up my legs, all I could feel were little lumps...

rotty64 09.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Braun 5580 SILK-ÉPIL X'elle Body+face EAS

Braun 5585 SILK-EPIL X'elle BODY System+face

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...

deeann22 03.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Braun 5585 SILK-EPIL X'elle BODY System+f

Braun Epilator

Advantages: Lots of accessories, good instructions, excellent range of features
Disadvantages: none specific to the product itself, several to the process of epilating

...I bought this product to replace an older version from a different manufacturer that I have had for about five years. I moved from North America to the UK and my old epilator wasn't dual voltage, so buying a new one was easier than the variety of adaptors and step down devices I would have had to find to keep using the old one. Because I've been epilating so long, its hard for me to comment on the pain level of the Braun vs any other epilator as I really don't get much pain from the process anymore. At first it does hurt when you use it, but in my experience your skin gets accustomed, your hair roots get weaker, and the whole process gets quicker and easier. Quite a few of my hairs on my legs just don't grow in anymore. I do find my Braun to be much more efficent than my previous model, which I believe was a Remington. The Braun...

Troublesome_Tempest 31.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Braun 7681 Xpressive EASY Start Body&face

Braun 5580 epilator

Advantages: Keeps legs smooth for longer
Disadvantages: Painful!

...I had been undecided for some time about whether or not to buy this product. Eventually, having read other reviews I decided to get it. There was an offer on on Amazon at the time and as I also had some vouchers it ended up costing £35 instead of £64 as is the price in most shops. With hindsight I'm glad I didn't pay the full price. I'd picked up on the idea that epilating was going to be painful, and so when I first did it I made sure I'd had a glass of wine first in the hope that this would take away some of the pain! It was painful. The set comes with starter head and then standard. Having tried the starter head I soon decided to just use the standard. The starter is designed with few tweezers in to get your skin used to it; this means the process is even slower and so the pain goes on...! The first time I did it it took...

becks1005 20.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Braun 5580 SILK-ÉPIL X'elle Body+face EAS

Braun 5685 skil epil x elle

Advantages: quick & easy to use
Disadvantages: slightly noisy

...I had never thought of using an epilator (mostly due to hearing how painful it is!!) until I saw it advertised in a magazine so I decided to stop being a wimp and to give it a go! I was slightly put off by the noise and the speed of the rollers spinning however when I plucked up the courage I was very surprised by how little the pain was! This has a cooling pack and the rollers "massage" as you go which help this be less painful than I originally thought. I have used the beginner head and gradually worked my way up to the expert which cuts the time in half due to have double the amount of tweezers which is slightly more painful but quicker! There is an additional head you can use which is designed for under arms and bikini lines (I haven't plucked up the courage to use this yet!) There is also a "smart light" which comes...

nspillane 02.07.2007 (04.07.2007) · Read review
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