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“Treated” myself to one of those illuminated no 7 makeup mirrors. It’s a nightmare....

49 replies

ForSaleChesterDraws · 20/12/2018 07:13

FFS. Every pore, stray hair, patch of redness in crystal clear clarity. I thought my skin and makeup application were a 6/10. Turns out that I was wrong and it’s a 2/10. So much for a bloody treat!

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WanderingTrolley1 · 20/12/2018 07:16

Sorry, but LOL!

Deathraystare · 20/12/2018 07:27

There should be a hand hold with every purchase!!!!

peachypetite · 20/12/2018 07:28

Ooo but they are great for seeing your blackheads?!

MayYourBrexitbeMerryandBright · 20/12/2018 07:29

Take it back and ask for a refund.
Seriously.

CuckooCuckooClock · 20/12/2018 07:31

Ha thanks for your warning.
I was planning on getting one myself but you saved me from the trauma.
Better to be ignorant of my flaws and only see my face in the soft focus of my grubby full length mirror

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ForSaleChesterDraws · 20/12/2018 07:40

I realised my old mirror was the equivalent of those soft focus glamour pics people used to have taken in the 80s with their big perms.

The question is does everybody else see the flaws from the super high def mirror or do they see the 80s soft glow version of me?

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Laiste · 20/12/2018 07:42

I nicked DD3's started using one of those for my make up about 6 years ago. I was well aware my once 20-20 eyesight had started to deteriorate and i didn't want to fall into the trap of 'out of sight out of mind' for hairs and blackheads and botched make up lines.

After a while of using one of these with the high mag. all normal mirrors feel pretty much useless and i wont leave the house without having a thorough inspection in mine before i go Grin

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ForSaleChesterDraws · 20/12/2018 07:43

At least it was an offer for £15 and I cashed in clubcard points for the “privilege”.

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recently · 20/12/2018 07:44

The mirror in the bathroom at work is like this - it's trauma-inducing! I thought I looked fresh-faced without make-up. I don't.

Laiste · 20/12/2018 07:46

does everybody else see the flaws from the super high def mirror or do they see the 80s soft glow version of me?

Depends on their eye sight.

10 years ago i was able to see the high def version of you and me and everyone easily. Nowadays without the mirror OR my super duper reading glasses we're all in soft focus! Grin

motortroll · 20/12/2018 07:47

My work mirror shows my actual size, I like my skinny mirror at home. I just look at the wall instead lol

Laiste · 20/12/2018 07:48

Are now - body length mirrors are a different thing altogether Grin

gladheart · 20/12/2018 07:48

@Deathraystare Grinthat made me laugh!

Laiste · 20/12/2018 07:48

Ah now.

Pinkyyy · 20/12/2018 07:54

That's why I love mine! I use it with the light off to apply makeup on the normal side, then use the zoom side (not sure what else to call it) with the light on for plucking any stray hairs etc

ThankYouDebbie · 20/12/2018 08:04

I ditched mine earlier this year after having one for about 15 years. I spend a lot less time poking at my face! Ignorance is bliss.

silkpyjamasallday · 20/12/2018 08:16

I have pretty awful eyesight must book that opticians appointment so everyone appears to be soft focus! I love those mirrors though, I have an illuminated, magnifying compact mirror (which also charges my phone) so I can always check if I've missed some of my luxuriant monobrow Grin

hettie · 20/12/2018 08:20

I think my failing eyesight is a compensatory thank you from my body for my aging knackered face Wink

ChesterGreySideboard · 20/12/2018 08:20

This reminds me of when my dad got his cataracts done.
A friend asked him how everything looked now. He said ‘oh everything looks great, but’, pointing at my mum, ‘I wasn’t expecting that.’

beachyhead · 20/12/2018 09:16

@ChesterGreySideboard
GrinGrin

Flashingbeacon · 20/12/2018 09:20

My aunt got one a year ago and was similarly traumatised. We laughed and laughed until she made us all go and sit in front of it. I think the lights add a certain “just pulled from the river” quality. And everyone one of my teeth is a different colour. That was a fun revelation.

User5trillion · 20/12/2018 09:21

I have one on my santa list but I might change my mind, ignorance is bliss. My eyesight is getting bad now so mainly I apply my make up by touch.

ChristineBaskets · 20/12/2018 10:41

Don't panic OP! I had a similar experience and was relieved to learn that these kind of mirrors are notorious for being haunted by the ghosts of angry, haggard old witches with hairy moles. It's not you.

PS. the mirrors at Premier Inns also suffer from these kinds of paranormal visitations, with the added trauma of ancient spectral wobbly bodies with wrinkles from beyond the grave. I just mutter prayers while in their bathrooms and try not to look.

IfNotNowBernard · 20/12/2018 10:50

God, no, throw it out. Or wrap it and give it to someone you hate.
My last car had a mirror like this. I would leave the house looking like I shtill goddit, and then glance in the rear view mirror and I would have been turned into a 300 year old hag.
So, you'll go off merrily to work with patchy foundation and eyes done in two different colour eyeshadow, but if you're British noone will mention it, so it's all good.

AhoyDelBoy · 20/12/2018 11:23

I’ve looked at similar types of mirrors in shops. Yeh, nah they’re not for me. I’d literally pick my face off if I had one, I wouldn’t be able to help it.