Epilation - Braun Silk Epil 7

Epilation has come a long way from the early days in the '80s. I remember when the 'Lady Remington Smooth and Silky was launched - it promised great things, but I remember trying it and gave up crying in pain.

Every couple of years I'd be tempted into buying a new epilator as I'd get tired of shaving my legs, giving myself ankle hickies trying to home wax or struggling to book into a salon. There would be gimmicks all the time to try and convince you that the epilation would be painless, quick and simple.

I've had an epilator with an ice pack that was supposed to numb the skin (who remembers to keep their ice pack in the freezer? I certainly didn't.) My last purchase had a comb that a comb with the word 'MASSAGE' emblazoned on it, well, actually I honestly can't think what it actually did, but it was luridly purple. I always had the same problems, epilation was just one more job to do after a bath or shower, it hurt, and it was difficult to spot when you'd missed a bit.

Braun have come up with an answer for at least some of these problems - the Silk Epil 7. It's a wet and dry epilator, that is fast to charge (about an hour) and gives up to 40 minutes usage. There's 2 different heads for large area epilation, both of which swivel to help you position the head at the best distance from your skin. It's not just an epilator for your legs. It comes with additional heads - 2 'guards' to give precise hair removal on facial areas or bikini lines. There's also a razor head to allow you to shave areas that you might find a bit sensitive for epilation. A small light, which didn't seem that useful at first, casts light close up on your skin so you can see any stray hairs that you've missed.

 One thing I did notice was on my previous epilator the tweezers were in straight lines, and you could easily not get them aligned perfectly with your skin. The Silk Epil 7 has offset tweezers which can operate at several angles without loss of performance.

This product has given me good results, and has removed even the shortest hairs. However, I'll be honest, it still hurts (What did you expect? You're still ripping out hairs!) but as it does the job so efficiently you spend less time on it, and so have less unpleasantness.