When I bought my epilator, I'd never used one before. I went for this one because it was the cheapest one on the market and I didn't want to spend loads of money on something before I knew it worked and I liked it. The epilator is small and has two attachments, one for epilation and one for shaving. These can be totally removed and taken apart from cleaning. It has a rechargeable battery pack built into it, which I'll come back to. I can't comment too much on how well the shaving attachment works because I hardly ever use it. But it seems as effective as anything else I've used. The epilator attachment is reasonably effective, certainly much ...  Read the complete review

Remington EP5000 Epilator This is the first and only epilator I have ever used so I cannot compare to overs on the market there are quite a lot of reviews about epilators and I did read a few before I took the plunge as they can be quite expense and I didn't want to waste my money on some thing I would never use. So I opted to get the Remington about a 2 years or so ago I think it was about £40 but now retails at about £25- £30 there are much cheaper epilators on the market Argos have there own brand for £14.99 which might be a good starter one. What you get... With the epilator you get a storage bag with a zip really handy to ...  Read the complete review

Dealing with unwanted hair seems to be a permanent battle in my life. I am lucky in that my hair isn't dark but I really dislike hairy underarms and legs so have to find ways of dealing with it. I always used to shave as salon wax treatments soon get expensive and then a work colleague suggested buying an epilator as she thought hers was great. I looked at the prices and thought they seemed a little dear so forgot about it. However about six months ago I spotted the Remington EP500 on a half price offer in boots so I used my Advantage Card points to buy it and went home to try it for free. This epilator looks like the old-fashioned style lady shaves in ...  Read the complete review