I wrote this review March of last year, but I figured it can serve a purpose here too! ;)
Okay so to be honest I hate having body hair. I don't like looking like I haven't hit puberty yet, but still a bit hairless. So in my quest of hair removal and smooth skin, I ended up at the epilator. I've tried them all. I started shaving my legs when I was in 6th grade, before the hair was even considered shaveable and I should've listened to my mother! It'll just grow in thicker and darker she said. Well she was right. I know people say it's not actually growing in thicker, it's cut at a "blunt" edge, whatever. I didn't want it. So a few years ago, sick of shaving after constant ingrown hairs and what not, I decided to start waxing. It's going to be painful they said! They too, were right. But it gets much easier and less painful. Again, sick of the constant upkeep of waxing, and cost, I started making my own sugar wax. I needed another answer to my problem. I had remembered a few years ago hearing about an epilator and thought OH MY GOSH that looks like a torture device. Well almost. And I left it at that.
Recently I began looking into it again, and decided to search for the best and maybe give it a shot. My first reaction was to look on Amazon.com, my go to place for reviews. I stumbled upon the Braun 5270 Silk-épil X'elle Body System Epilator. It was the top rated at 4.5 stars and 290 customer reviews. I looked at the next top rated ones but kept going back to the 5270. This epilator comes with three heads, the beginner "SmartStart Head" with less tweezers, the Advanced Head with massaging rollers, and an Electric Razor Head. Sounds good. Still a little scared, I sucked it up and decided to buy one. My next quest was finding it at the cheapest price. (Always looking for a bargain!) Off to eBay I went. The original retail price was $75, and later went to $59. Something was still stopping me from buying one, so my mother bought it for me. I received it in the mail and I was so excited and nervous. I read the user guide book and decided to give it a go.
[Braun 5270 Silk-épil X'elle Body System Epilator]
Product Features
- Smartlight - A spotlight which helps you capture even single stray hairs resulting in ultimate smoothness
- SmartStart Head - This head helps make your start in epilation easy
- SoftLift system, part of the epilation system, lifts and guides the shortest and flat lying hairs to tweezers. It helps remove the shortest hairs that wax cannot capture
- Active Massaging Rollers - 4-way moving massaging rollers stimulate skin with micro-pulses before and after hair is removed to minimize pulling sensation
Patience not being one of my best virtues, I started with the more advanced head. Gotta make sure the hair is long enough. Check! (Like with waxing, the epilator works at it's best on hairs 2-5mm) Okay so I plugged it in, took a deep breath, and started at the bottom of my leg. OMG. This is a device with 40 tiny tweezers pulling at once. I swear it had only pulled one hair and I had to stop lol. I grit my teeth, bit my lip, and started again, holding the skin taut. The more areas I went over, the easier it got. Obviously by now my endorphins are kicking in and relieving me from all pain to come. I got to my upper thighs. The hairs are so fine, so it was a breeze. I finished both legs in about 10-15 minutes, ankles to knees, to thighs, to bikini line.
ConclusionI was pleasantly surprised. My skin hadn't turned red and really felt great. I know it may sound like I was in a lot of pain, but like with any beginning experience such as waxing, it hurts. But it gets better.
ProsVery effective and fast! Very Time saving.
Cost - Saves tons of money spent on razers and waxing.
Not messy - No sticky wax or bacterial infected razers.
ConsA little painful at first
Possible skin irritation
I suspect some hairs are being broken off as opposed to pulled out.
Pros outweigh cons.
Overall I give it a 7.5/10!
