Just rip the hairs out! (Depilatories / Hair Removal for Women in General)

Member Name: SusanLesley

Product:	Depilatories / Hair Removal for Women in General
Date:	05/06/01 (632 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to use, Not painful, Regrowth less noticeable

Disadvantages: None

I have read quite a few opinions about hair removal just lately involving sugaring, shaving, waxing etc. so I thought I’d tell you how I do it.

Before you begin to read get yourself a tissue as this may make your eyes water!

I always used to use a Ladyshave on my legs and I still do use it on my armpits, but I found a much better instrument of torture for my legs – an epilator!

For the uninitiated amongst you an epilator pulls the hairs out from the roots as opposed to just cutting them off as the Ladyshave does. This means that the regrowth is much finer and less visible for longer.

Think about it – if you slice a hair in two the regrowth will have a blunt edge to it and will therefore be prickly like your other half’s six o’clock shadow. If, however, you remove the hair completely, the regrowth will have the fine pointed tip of a new hair and will be softer and also less noticeable.

I decided to try an epilator when they were first introduced, so I bought an Oris Epilady, which I think was one of the first on the market. I don’t know if they still manufacture these, but it’s the efficiency of the epilator that I want to tell you about not the specific make.

The epilator is an electric device that plugs into the mains through an adapter, which is provided. It has an on/off switch on the side, so control of it is easy.

It is an extremely simple device that consists of a metal spiral, which turns upon itself in the same way as the one on a gentleman’s razor, seizes the hairs and removes them at the roots. You just turn the epilator on and slide it over your legs in gentle circular movements whilst holding the skin taught in order to catch each hair. Any difficult hairs can be removed by holding the epilator at an angle of forty-five degrees.

It is best to do this just after a bath as the pores will be open and hair removal will be easier and less
painful.

It is not actually as painful as it sounds; at least I don’t think so. I find that it is more of a slight stinging sensation. After I have finished I rub moisturiser into my legs and they tend to look a bit pink for a while, but this soon disappears. You can get moisturiser specifically for use with an epilator but I find that any body lotion is good enough to be honest.

I find that I only have to shave my legs about every five to six weeks and as I say they still feel smooth even when the regrowth starts. So, go on, have a go – it doesn’t really hurt – honestly!

Unfortunately (or is it?) an epilator can only be used on your legs, so I stick with my ladyshave for under my arms and Imaac for my facial hair. Good heavens, I sound like a werewolf don’t I?

I have just looked in the Argos and Index catalogues to try and find a current price for you. The only one they have for sale is a Silkepil one, which removes the hairs in a different way, although it still takes them out by the roots, and that one is about £45.

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