Epilators - Reviews and Where to find?

[bianca_unica]

thanks po!

[poison.ivy]

any update?

[five_thirsty]

im also interested in epilators. magastos pag wax and my underarm gets irritated pag shinave. medyo sensitiive underarms ko..nagkakachicken skin ba kayo using epilator?

[mike_s_6]

^ Not that I could help, I already have chicken skin from I don't know which method I used before. If it vanishes, I'll tell you. But it's pretty hard to use the epilator on your underarms. First, your underarm has a weird contour. Second, skin has to be pulled tight to use the epilator. So I guess you have to reach your back with your elbow pointing upwards to use it.

Update -
There are some hairs that didn't get pulled by the root. They probably broke off, just like sometimes when you pluck your eyebows using tweezers. But it's been a week, hasn't it? And trust me, when I used it again this morning, I only pulled out a few. It hardly hurt as bad when I first used it.

Actually, I'm sure that I could still wear a skirt today even if I haven't used the product again because the hairs that I saw were very fine. I'm just OC. Haha.

So, my rating? Still tons better than waxing (messy) and shaving (grows back very fast), but obviously not as good as laser hair removal... (expensive!)

[five_thirsty]

yeah i thought so. using it sa underarms. anyway, what brand would you recommend? braun is too expensive. im hoping i can find something cheaper and very effective. thanks for the tips =)

[mike_s_6]

Some people online, probably in the States, said that Braun is cheaper than Emjoi. But the cheapest one form Emjoi that I saw is only P1700

[bhebscruz]

i jz bought an epilator at rustan's essesnces last week, i was supposed to buy braun but they don't have it on stock, they said they will have it by wednesday, i live farf rom makati so i just decided to buy what they have which is the remington.

[purpleheadd07]

saw a remington for $25 at walgreens, parang ang mura. sa amazon nasa 49.99 yung most recomended nila na braun. sa target tag 69.99, iba ibang prize hmm....

[fiddlebelle]

they have Braun in Rustan's Shangrila
6K for 24 tweezers

it's quite expensive kaya i asked my tita to buy me braun from the US, hahaha

[K.I.L.L.]

Epilators are made by a number of manufacturers. They use foam to lubricate while pulling the hair. They average $40 each.

[Lambselect]

Go to ebay. They sell a couple of it but the best so far is the Panasonic wet and dry w/ 3 heads.. check it out...

http://www.ebay.ph/itm/Panasonic-Wet...item2574589e00

[sliceoftime]

I had a braun epilator.

It's good when the hair is long enough to be grabbed by the tweezers, if not, the strands just break and I end up with very itchy legs for days. Also because the hair gets breaks at different lengths (some get pulled out some only cut at the skin), the hair just grows at different intervals. I end up having to do it once a week which defeats the purpose of epilating. Plus I find that it still takes up a lot of time, almost as much as waxing.

I ended up giving away my epilator and buying a very good razor (Gillette 5 blade). I can shave once every three days and takes me less than 5 minutes. As long as I keep it sharp, no razor bumps or itchy legs.