10 de marzo de 2026

Beauty is Pain

I wont lie to you, this sucker hurts, especially on areas of more sensitive skin. However, it works like a charm and I am OBSESSED with it.Listen, I'm a girl who suffers from PCOS and excessive body hair. I am also a professional cosmetologist and I have access to various high quality and professional hair removal methods. Hear me out:I hate shaving because it causes ingrown hairs and makes my facial hair grow back darker and thicker and much more obvious. I have used DOZENS of different shaving methods an still have this issue.Having someone else wax my face is expensive, especially for someone like me who genuinely needs it on a 10-14 day cycle.I can, and do wax myself at home, but hard wax or soft wax, it is very time consuming, messy, and expensive to buy the products needed as frequently as I need to use them. I am not over exaggerating; I grow a TON of hair ridiculously fast.Of course, tweezing each individual hair is even more time consuming and I have reached a point in my life in which trying to keep up with my own hair growth just to feel female is completely overwhelming.I decided to give this epilator a try and I am HOOKED. It is such an easy, simple, mess-free and speedy way to remove my facial and body hair without killing my bank account!It pulls the hairs right out like a wax, providing a longer-lasting hairlessness than shaving. It's like a ton of electric tweezers all moving together to grab multiple hairs at once. It even cleans the peach fuzz!I can't lie, it's not painless. I always hate waxing my upper lip because it hurts like the dickens and this was much worse in terms of pain, especially because you can feel it snagging each individual hair instead of one quick rip like wax. I am so desperate for the hair to be gone in a more manageable way though, and it is so 100% worth it for me to endure a few minutes of discomfort so that I can enjoy multiple days of smoothness.This might not be everyone's cup of tea, especially with so many more modern forms of hair removal today, but I seriously couldn't be happier with the results. No woman should have a beard like man, haha!Ver más

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Carmen

25 de octubre de 2025

Best form of hair removal I’ve tried!! 🙌

I want to preface this by saying that I am a hairier than average female due to PCOS issues. My body hair can be thick and dark and grows very quickly. I’ve been shaving since I was 9 years old and always got razor burn and irritation and the shave never lasted long. I did so much research on hair removal and as I grew older I tried different methods but faced the same issues. Granted I’ve never tried laser because it’s out of my budget.I tried waxing which wasn’t terrible in terms of pain and while it did last me almost 2 weeks, when there was hair I missed that I’d just pluck or shave, it grew back unevenly and shaving over skin that’s barely growing back after waxing was painful and caused more ingrowns. I disliked having the extra expense of purchasing wax beads constantly. Not to mention the MESS that comes with waxing at home when you’re not a professional! Sugaring was probably the best hair removal method I tried because it truly thinned out the hair that came back and took some time, it was sparse and I felt my skin looked great but making the wax out of sugar, Lemon and water everytime from scratch took so much trial and error to get the perfect consistency for my skin needs. Purchasing the ready made sugaring stuff was always a hit or miss. I’m also someone who runs warm so as I’d sugar the hair, the sugar would start to melt into my skin and became unusable regardless of my sitting right in front of the AC!I will admit with any hair removal method I always had terrible irritation so when it grew back I would get painful Ingrown hair despite having skin care and exfoliation routines to combat that so I finally just gave up on hair removal all together and would only shave the hair when necessary like when I’d wear dresses or skirts and especially during the hot months when it’s not really an option to wear pants.For a few years I let most of my body hair run wild and let it be but as I started to enter the dating world of course I wanted to be smooth and wear my more feminine clothes. Overall I wanted to feel more aesthetically feminine so I got back into shaving but the irritation was horrible as expected and I gave up again until I found this! This is my first epilator ever. I read about how painful epilating was and always decided against purchasing one but I’m glad I gave this a chance! Sure it does feel more painful than any hair removal method I’ve personally tried but the lack of ingrowns, skin irritation and burns I have afterwards make this so worth it. This was terrific in terms of price and works fine. I do have to go over skin a few times to make sure I get everything and yes as far as irritation goes I get the little raised bumps for a short time it goes away within hours, but I’ll take that to ingrowns and razor burns and itchiness! My skin feels genuinely smooth and I don’t have the same strawberry legs and pores that shaving gives me! The more you do it the more you get used to the pain. My recommendation is to epilate at least a day before you want to bare the skin.My only complaint is the power cord comes off quite easily. For folks who have overstimulation issues, this is quite loud. Personally, I use headphones and watch something to take my mind off the pain and noise.Overall, I have nothing but admiration and respect for people who epilate because it can be a doozy! Cheers to smoother skin and a raised pain tolerance. 🍸

Camila

10 de julio de 2026

Beauty is Pain, and This Thing is a Loud, Painful Miracle

Let’s be real: turning this Philips epilator on for the first time is terrifying. It sounds like a miniature torture machine, and the actual process hurts like absolute hell. But if you can survive the initial shock, the results are kind of miraculous. I am naturally blessed with thick hair that usually grows back at warp speed, but after using this, I can actually go a full two weeks without looking like a werewolf. Even better, the hair is definitely growing back much thinner and sparser.It’s also incredibly lightweight and compact, making it super easy to carry anywhere. I honestly prefer this over waxing any day. With wax, I can never summon the courage to actually rip the strip off myself. With this, I just turn it on, pass it over my skin while punching a pillow, and take frequent short breaks to question my life choices.The biggest pro is that you only buy it once and that’s it. It’s way better for your bank account than waxing, where you have to constantly repurchase supplies and make multiple passes over the same area. My advice? Just put on some loud music or a series, and run this thing fast.My only real gripes—and the reasons I’m knocking a star off—are the lack of a storage case and the color. For the price you pay and for something with multiple attachments, having them just rolling around loose in my drawer is annoying. I also really wish they offered it in other colors; I’m not a fan of the pink.If you have the pain tolerance of a medieval knight, buy it. Your legs will thank you, even if you have to scream into a pillow along the way.Ver más

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Bailee

26 de agosto de 2026

A no fuss, tweezing machine

Writing a review because this machine deserves more credit than 4.2 stars.TLDR:loud but does it's job. think of it as a "tweezing machine." it does just that. it's gonna pinch a little if you don't like tweezing and have low pain tolerance. but me and my friend used it- no hassle. compact. you can do it literally sitting anywhere. note: hair doesn't catch inside and does land on skin or on the massage add on lip. but I'd rather vacuum and easy wipe with a paper towel than all the prep/clean up other hair removal methods take.Full:(I'm an asian women with thinner body hair. I've just noticed that as I'm aging into my 30s, I noticed more hair follicles and longer strand growing on my arms and legs. People would say "there's nothing there" but I myself just don't want to see it so I started looking into methods.)Shaving was such a chore and I really don't like how it feels prickly and spiky after a few days. I didn't consider laser bc of cost (diy/at home type of girl), I don't really have a lot to get things done professionally, and much like the gel nail polish, I'm just a little slower to warming up to new methods of beauty and it's long term effects. I've gotten into but didn't enjoy sugar waxing because of the prep, the clean up, the mess. so when I saw the stars on this, I was skeptical but used it last night. worked like a charm. I also love that I can easily "just shave my legs" without like mentally booking a day/ mentally readying myself for all the hassle of waxing or taking more time in the shower to shave and not slip.it's a no nonsense gadget. I love it. It feels very analog and brings me back to like practical machines in early 2000s where one machine did one job and you see how it works. I would recommend it to my friends.Ver más

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M. Freeman

27 de agosto de 2026

I think it’s great

I don’t know what everyone’s fussing about. It’s an epilator. It’s going to be loud. And I’ve yet to come across an epilator that gets every. Single. Hair.After reading tons of the reviews after my previous epilator bit the dust, I decided to give this one a try, and I think it does the trick just fine. I think the cord is plenty long enough if your outlet is close enough to where you want to sit, which for me it was. If not, that’s what extension cords are for. Was it loud? Yes. But again, I expected that. I thought it worked just fine, and pulled out about 98% of my leg hair when I epilated before a trip to Denver to visit my best friend where I didn’t want to have to worry about shaving. My legs looked great when I was done, there were almost no noticeable hairs left, and as a woman who is very pale with very sensitive English & Irish skin, I slathered a layer of lotion on when I was done, and had no crazy rash of red bumps.So while others didn’t have such great luck with this particular epilator, I think it’s a great value for the money, has good power behind it since it’s corded vs battery operated, and does just what it’s supposed to do.Ver más

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Charlene Bounds

30 de enero de 2026

Effective

This arrived today, and I used it immediately. Some background- I've been getting waxed (legs and Brazilian)at EWC for a little over a year. I did the suggested routine of how often to get waxed, and I was still getting long hair regrowth within a week. Then, it was suggested to wax more often or wait longer, so I tried both several times. The results still didn't last any longer than shaving, which defeated the purpose. The last few times, I asked to see the wax strip and I didn't see hair follicles on most of the hair which led me to believe my hair was breaking off instead of pulling out. I'm a blonde, so I think my hair was not thick enough to pull out. I was also getting a lot of ingrown hairs with waxing.Ordering a epilator was my last ditch effort before going back to shaving. While using this, I noticed the hair was coming out with the follicle! Also, I was just waxed 10 days ago. This pulled out the long hair, and it really did grab the hair that would be too short for wax.As far as the pain, this didn't hurt more than wax. If you've never been waxed, then the pain will startle you at first but you quickly get used to it. My skin didn't get more irritated than it does with wax. The device it loud, but not any louder than hair buzzers. I used the same motion as shaving. It's also way cheaper than waxing!I'm thinking this is probably going to be my new routine. I will update if my opinion changes.Ver más

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