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
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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.
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!
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?!" |
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.
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| 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. |
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!
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