Epilating

I've always been a shaving girl; it's cheap, it's easy and it gets the job done. However, I wanted to search for a better solution to hair removal because having to repurchase razors all the time whilst your hair grows back thicker and darker wasn't doing it for me any more! I'd heard of epilating before but hadn't really bothered to look into it further because I thought that epilators were really expensive and super painful...

However, whilst I was looking through the Amazon sale I came across a whole load of affordable epilators, and after some research (on YouTube) I found that it wasn't really as painful as I thought it was, so I decided to bite the bullet.

I bought the Braun Silk-épil Wet and Dry Epilator because I had read that epilating in the bath/shower was much less painful, and this epilator is waterproof! Plus, I had a bit of Christmas & Birthday money to burn. Thanks to my free student trial of prime, it came the next day, but annoyingly I had to wait another few days to use it because its charger plug is for use in 'shaver only' plugs, and I needed to order an adaptor.

Someone once commented that it was like a 'multi-tool' and "why does it need a torch?!"

I've been using it for a couple of months now which has given me the chance to properly test it out and get used to the pain (!!) and I have to say I'm pretty happy with my purchase. It's easy to use, holds charge really well and does the job I bought it for. I use it to remove hair in all sorts of places (lol) and each is different so I'll go through each bit individually.

LEGS: the first thing I tried epilating was my legs. It was quite painful... bearable, but it did make my teeth clench. I couldn't really do large areas at a time, plus had to do it pretty slowly. The pain is sort of like tiny pin pricks and goes away as soon as the epilator has passed that patch of skin. I think the reason it hurt so much was because I've shaved my legs for a really long time, and the hairs have grown to be pretty thick and coarse, which is always going to hurt more. So, instead, I tried the epilator in the shower, which was much less painful. You do have to be careful that you actually get all of the hairs though, which involved some contortion, or a quick touch up after the shower whilst still wet.

Hot dogs or legs? I epilated my right thigh and left my left thigh to demonstrate - but I'm not sure it's that obvious.

UNDERARMS: this sound like it would be mind-numbingly painful and I was pretty scared before I went through with it, but I actually think that it was less painful than doing my legs! I didn't even try battling this 'dry' because I was terrified, but doing it in the shower is pretty much painless. You can feel that the epilator is working but it really doesn't hurt too much at all. I think it's because I try not to shave my underarms too often, and actually used to pluck the hairs out (I don't have that many, yeah it's super weird but it's worked in my favour!). If you have previously waxed your underarms I'm sure you'd be fine.

BIKINI LINE: yes, I even braved the bikini line. It took quite a while to build up the courage, and although I could feel the pain of it, it really was bearable and wasn't as bad as I had feared. However, this is another area which I have waxed before so I think the weaker hairs made it much easier. The more you epilate the easier it gets too, and I now don't even wince whilst doing it.

UPPER LIP: having dark hairs can be such a pain and I've always used creams to either remove the hair on my upper lip or to bleach it. However, seeing as I had the epilator and because the creams can be awkward and messy to use I decided to give epilating a go. I first used it in the shower, and the pain was bearable but did reduce me to tears. Also, being in the shower, it made it impossible to see which spots I had missed, so I finished it off out of the shower but whilst my skin was still wet, which also hurts but you can get through it.

And that's it folks... I am loving having an epilator, but it can sometimes take a lot of time. I'm hoping that it will be worth it for the future when hopefully my hairs will be much thinner and less noticeable!

What A Girl Wants

Just a little side note here - my blog has reached 10,000 views! I'm very over excited and so pleased. Thank you so much to everyone who likes what I write and thanks even more to those who share it with their friends/family/pets, it means so much to me!

I have four female house-mates and one male house-mate (bless his little cotton socks). I think at times his experiences in our house would be described as hell-ish, but he doesn't seem to mind... too much. One bonus he does have, other than living with five beautiful ladies, is getting unlimited advice on women (whether it's asked for or not...). Sometimes he'll ask me what I think a girl would prefer and it's down to the individual lady, but other times I know exactly what she'd want - it just depends upon the issue we're discussing. Anyway, it made me think, what do girls really want? So during a lecture (oops) my brain got buzzing and I jotted it all down and here I am FINALLY sharing it with all of you!


So, here goes... Reading it back it's sort of more of a guide to first dates, but that's cool too right?

COMPLIMENT HER. I'm sure that this goes for guys too, but a compliment never did anyone any harm. Be truthful and genuine, what did you first notice about her? What do you find attractive about her? Personal compliments are the sweetest and always brighten someone's day. Try to let her know you're interested without sounding creepy - there's a fine line!

MAKE HER LAUGH. First of all, you want to be with a girl who has the same sense of humour as you and the best way to find this out is to make light hearted jokes and hope that she finds them funny. Play it safe with the jokes, probably best not to delve into any deep issues, even if you are trying to make light of them. Show your sense of humour, get a sense of hers. Try not to be too sarcastic because it can be quite hard to sense sarcasm when you first get to know someone, and you don't want her to accidentally take you seriously.

LISTEN TO HER. This sounds like a dumb thing to have to say, but take in what she's saying. Even if you're not actually interested get her to expand on the things she's talking about by asking questions. If it truly is really boring to you then you can always ask a question which tries to change the subject!

BE "CHEEKY". Sometimes it's important to show your playful side. Flirt a little and maybe even throw a couple of euphemisms in there. If that's not your kind of thing that's still cool, you'll find other ways of flirting and letting her know you're interested.

DON'T BE SHY. There's nothing worse than a surplus of awkward moments. First dates can be super awkward anyway so you don't want to make them worse! Show your true colours and be confident about it - what's the worst that could happen? Try not to be over confident or cocky though, that's a total turn-off.

USE YOUR BODY LANGUAGE. If you're into her then you don't have to just let her know vocally. Think about what your body language is saying - how you are sitting, how close you stand next to her, how you use your hands when you're talking to her, or what you're looking at when she's talking to you.

ASSESS HER BODY LANGUAGE. Read what she is telling you without really telling you. Her body language will tell you everything you need to know, and show you things that she can't hide.