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epilators???

75 replies

smartestgiantintown · 31/05/2007 15:08

Please can someone recomend me good epilator???? I need for the legs and bikini area aswell!!! Have got lots of problems with ingrowing hair thats why (finaly-) i want to buy one.(epilator)....
Please all of you wise can you advise me PLEASE...

OP posts:
whomovedmychocolate · 31/05/2007 22:01

I have a Braun Silk Epil which is bloody great BUT it takes me TWO FICKING HOURS to do my legs so I don't use it much!

NikkiBFG · 31/05/2007 22:03

2 hours??!!!

whomovedmychocolate · 31/05/2007 22:05

I have very long legs.

Oh and I have to keep stopping to shout 'oowww it fucking hurts'

NikkiBFG · 31/05/2007 22:05

I'm only 5ft 2"

whomovedmychocolate · 31/05/2007 22:06

I've only an inch on you, but comparatively, my legs are long.

NikkiBFG · 31/05/2007 22:07

Mine are short.....

Funnily enough, DH is 6ft 2" - hate men under 6ft!!

whomovedmychocolate · 31/05/2007 22:09

Six foot under is sometimes ideal though

NikkiBFG · 31/05/2007 22:10

Yes, particularly if you like sex up against a wall.....am destined to die without ever trying that!!

nally · 31/05/2007 22:11

i have the silk epil, but since using it i have more ingrowing hairs!!! didn't get them very much at all when i waxed.

mrsmalumbas · 31/05/2007 22:11

I have one, can bear it for the legs but no way could I ever do my bikini line with it, far too ouchy mama. It's a braun, but the basic model. Some of them come with that icey thing that is supposed to numb the skin, but you have to buy refills etc which is a bit of a pain.

whomovedmychocolate · 31/05/2007 22:12

Mine has a knobbly thing which pummels your skin before the pully bits pass over it - it does stop it hurting a bit but it's a bit like holding an ice cube on your stomach in labour, it might distract you but it still bloody hurts!

nally · 31/05/2007 22:13

oh i like the pain

whomovedmychocolate · 31/05/2007 22:15

Nally - I bet you epilate your armpits! Now that really does hurt!

nally · 31/05/2007 22:16

i epilate everywhere!!! ouch, ooh, ouch, ooohhhhhh

whomovedmychocolate · 31/05/2007 22:17

Blooming 'eck, now that's really scary.

NikkiBFG · 31/05/2007 22:18

Nally - even your fanjo??? What if your flaps get caught???

nally · 31/05/2007 22:18

hehehehehehehehehehehe

whomovedmychocolate · 31/05/2007 22:19

Nikki - where do you think nally would come out on the left brain/right brain fanjo ra ra skirt debate?

nally · 31/05/2007 22:19

you hold the fanjo taut though, whilst epilating. my flaps are in fine condition (this is the wrong thread for fanjo examinations though...)

NikkiBFG · 31/05/2007 22:19

She wouldn't - they are too mangled from epilating her fanjo!!!

whomovedmychocolate · 31/05/2007 22:19

Ahh she found it then?

nally · 31/05/2007 22:19

already did that one. left brained, right flapped!!

whomovedmychocolate · 31/05/2007 22:20

Not surprised you are flapped if you are epilating your fanjo TBH

NikkiBFG · 31/05/2007 22:21

This thread is making me cringe and cross my legs!!!

nally · 31/05/2007 22:21

not the entire fanjo though... not totally nekkid down there, just tidy