Painful….but worth it!, January 28, 2010

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K. Van Kainen (Michigan) – See all my reviews

  

This was my first experience with an epilator, and after several decades of shaving in the morning and having picky legs at night I have to admit I’m in crazy love with this thing! Does it hurt? YES! Another reviewer compared it aptly to having a tattoo. The first time I started to use the epilator on my legs (with about 3 days of growth, as I wanted to be sure there was enough hair there for the machine to grab), the first minute or so had me convinced I could never endure finishing my entire leg. I was reminded of the tattoo comparison…I’ve had several tattoos, and felt much the same way during the first few minutes. But then my body’s natural pain killers kicked in and I managed to get through the rest without too much wincing.

Why put yourself through all that? Well, now that I have endured that initial epilation, I find it easy and almost painless to keep it up. I give my legs a quick once-over every few days to nab the few hairs that I might have missed or those…

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Great price, great product!!, June 10, 2010

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Maya Cointreau “Mother Maya” (New Milford, CT United States) – See all my reviews

  

This little epilator is great — it really didn’t hurt much at all, it isn’t too loud, and as a very hairy spanish girl I can tell you — it really works! I wish I had tried one sooner in life, by now I’d probably only be doing it every month or two. As it is, the results last two weeks. The shaver end also gets a very close shave, perfect for underarms or bikini areas that the epilator may miss.

Love it, love it, love it. For the money, the shaver alone is worth it.

I have since used my SIL’s more expensive emjoie which has a lot more tweezers on it, but frankly I found the noise overwhelming, and the epilator itself scary. It hurt way more, and I was constantly scared it wasy going to cut me. It didn’t feel safe the way this one does. I’ve even tried it on my underarms!

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Was a perfect product at first…, June 27, 2010

I was excited to try an epilator out, so I chose to get this Revlon one since it was an inexpensive risk I could take. The epilator did not disappoint- it works really well to remove hairs, you just need to go over sections a few times because it doesn’t catch them all (which I’m sure you would have to do with any epilator). It’s loud, someone in the next room will hear you using it and it hurts but it’s worth the results. I’ve had the epilator for about three weeks, and I have no negative comments to make about the epilator/shaver parts themselves. However, the rubber on the sides, which I thought were great at first because it helps you hold a nice grip has started to melt. At first I didn’t know what was going on- I thought that dust was just attracted to the rubber. I tried cleaning the rubber off, scraping it and using a damp cloth. Then I realized that the rubber was actually melting, and that was why it had become such a sticky surface. I guess I’ll just have to purchase a new…

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