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

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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!

Relateable! Don't, whatever you do, attach the Tweezerman illuminated magnifying mirror to the Boots illuminated mirror ...

I have one of these Boots mirrors. I never plug it in! I will end up picking at my face if I do and make a mess.

Somebody bought my MIL (now sadly deceased) one of these one Christmas. She was fuming. She really did not like what she saw and it was very tense for a few days. She tried to get me to take it when I left but I didn't want it. I think she gave it to her freshfaced teenage GD in the end. MIL was traumatised!

My mirror bugbear is accidentally looking down onto a mirror. Face like a melted candle!

This happened to me when I finally got a phone upgrade and the selfie camera was a million times more sensitive and not covered in grime

@IfNotNowBernard 😂

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 ..............

My present car does similar ..I leave the house , think "OK" (I don't wear make-up) look in the car mirror... Bloody great chin hair!

And my tweezers.... at home

So , illuminated mirror eh? I have Points ..

I’m still traumatised. Spent the evening googling Botox and fillers 😂

I feel your pain. It’s hidepus. I’ve been forced into buying an electric facial shaver because I realised I am just so much more hairy than I ever thought. And the pores and the veins. Tbh I hardly notice the wrinkles as the rest is so awful.

Yes Sarcelle or turning your phone camera on and it’s in selfie mode

I've bought one.

Impressive. 🤮

Oh I immediately fell down a rabbit hole of Dr dray videos. And became obsessed with spf and Cerave.

DD used my phone to take photos of our Christmas tree. As they were coming out blurry she “helpfully “ cleaned it. Now I look terrible in selfies. My little layer of crisp grease was my equivalent of Marlene Dietrich getting her cameras smeared with Vaseline. Though I hadn’t realised my selfies were blurry and in soft focus. I thought I looked great. I shall avoid the illuminated mirror...

I think the lights add a certain “just pulled from the river” quality

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hmmmm. I usually don't bother but a mirror which will enable me to seek and destroy blackheads at every angle - NOW YOU'RE TALKING!

My mirror bugbear is accidentally looking down onto a mirror. Face like a melted candle!

I use mine for seeing the fuckin stray hairs that grow out of my face so I can pluck them out. One on my cheek and one on my chin. Attractive

Lol. I have a magic mirror in my downstairs bathroom. I always look really fresh faced, with glow. I walk out of the bathroom and am greeted by that bastarding hallway mirror of truth, that takes delight in pointing out that I am actually a tired, haggard, middle aged woman with pasty skin. The kitchen mirror just points out how fat I am.

I think my DH has bought me one for a surprise. I did say I think it would show me that I did in fact have a moustache (instead of being pleasantly in denial about it).

Heads up. The bulb died 3 years later and the mirror is built so you can’t change it. (Only found this thread by googling for replacements!)

The best mirror is a dusty mirror. Dust is nature's own filter.

Be slovenly in your housekeeping and your reflection will appear to be 37% more attractive.

I love that you kept using it after all that

@Juicer54321

I feel your pain. It’s hidepus. I’ve been forced into buying an electric facial shaver because I realised I am just so much more hairy than I ever thought. And the pores and the veins. Tbh I hardly notice the wrinkles as the rest is so awful.

But in a magnifying mirror? The only person who can see that is you!

I saw a presentation for a face shaving thing, they said "you don't know how much facial hair you have till you use this".

Cool, I'm fine with not knowing. There's no beard when I look in a mirror. The end.

@ForSaleChesterDraws

Heads up. The bulb died 3 years later and the mirror is built so you can’t change it. (Only found this thread by googling for replacements!)

OMD

Zombie thread AND you continued inflicting this on yourself?!

I love that you updated op 😂

Thank God it's dead. Don't buy another one.

Fwiw, I work on hospitality and when we check glasses for watermarks, we hold them up to the light; some of them look disgusting but look totally pristine in normal light. I'm assuming it's the same with our faces.

@ChesterGreySideboard Your dads a brave soul isnt the?