Braun SE7280 Silk-Epil Xpressive Epilator Body System, Corded
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Braun SE7280 Silk-Epil Xpressive Epilator Body System, Corded Details
Manufacturer: BraunBrand: Braun
Release Date: 2008-05-26
Model: SE7280
Product features:
- Has new pivoting head that ideally adapts to the body contours for maximum thoroughness
- Stimulates the skin before and soothes it after hair removal
- Reveals event the finest hairs
- Comes with shaver head and trimmer, massage system, efficiency cap, beginner cap and pouch
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Customer Reviews of Braun SE7280 Silk-Epil Xpressive Epilator Body System, Corded
Customer Review: An honest review from a very thick, course, and bushy haired lady who has a beard (no, really).
Summary: 5 Stars
PREFACE:
Alright, so lets get a couple of things straight:
1. When I say my hair is thick, course, and bushy I'm talking thicker, more course, and more bushy than some parts of my husbands body hair. Granted, yes, no matter how hairy I am it does not change the fact that there is a small amount of estrogene and progesterone floating around my blood, thus hindering some of the bushy thickness from growing to the likes of my husbands in particular areas (I'll just spare you the details and list em here: legs, face, & belly), however, when I tell you I have never in my life known a woman hairier than myself and I am not being dramatic (why would I want to be?!), please believe it!
2. I have PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome). That means a couple of things: 2a) It means that I grow excessive amounts of body hair than the average female, 2b) The hair I grow grows back thickly and quickly.
3. Yes, I DO HAVE A BEARD. Is it like my husbands? No, not at all. Is it as dramatic as it sounds? No, not at all. But do I grow extremely course hair underneath my chin and along my upper lip? Yes, I do. Is it hard on me? Yes, it is. Do I feel ugly and gross because of it? No, I don't! I embrace my feminine 5 o'clock shadow and realize that life is wayyyyy too short to give a heck about whether or not my chin is hairless. Also, I've had it since I was 13 and I'm 24-11 years of living with hormone imbalance, its all just added bonuses of my life at this point. And, I'm a BIG believer in hair removal products however they come (except depilatory creams [i'd be a hairy lady-man any day of the week than put that poison on my face ever again] and electrolysis [really, I'd rather spend $2,000 on a trip to Europe or a down payment for a Vespa...hair is just hair, but life, well, it's a whole heck of a lot more than hair on my chiny chin chin thats for darn sure]).
Moving Forward:
Since I never give reviews and covet any reviews on body hair removal products I want each of you who read this to keep in mind that:
a) you're probably nowhere near as hairy as someone such as myself.
b) if you are looking for an epilator just for basic hair removal, TRUST ME I'm SURE many if not ALL will work for you.
c) hair removal that involves pulling hair from the root of your body HURTS (go back to the days when plucking your eyebrows was new and/or you haven't done it in a while-stings right??)
MY BRIEF HAIR REMOVAL HISTORY
Shaving: HATE IT! I NEVER SHAVE! When I was an insecure Jr. High girl I STILL DIDN'T SHAVE my legs or armpits because of the pain involved. I would cave once in a while and shave to "feel prettier" (so I thought at the time) and every time I would feel regret because of the extremely painful ingrowns, rashes, cuts, etc. (and yes, this all takes place with brand new razors each shave, expensive razors, loads of shaving cream, not pressing hard, etc. etc. etc.)
Waxing: I've waxed my face most of my post pubescent life. Waxing in painless for me, I'm an expert at it. It doesn't cause ingrowns, it doesn't cause rashing, it doesn't cut me (when I was younger I would burn my face from heating wax too much, but haven't done it in years) and it is easy. I don't mind growing my hair out to wait for a wax.
Plucking: Handy dandy plucking is so great! Having those tweezers on hand to help maintain the beastly growth as it was awaiting its next waxing appt. (in my bathroom, by myself, of course) has spared me for years on those insecure days when I just felt like the world knew my hairy secret and couldn't even wait another day for it to grow back in order to wax.
HONEST TRUTH:
Did it get the hairs?
Having waited an entire month to remove any excess body hair (I was getting ready to send my money back if it wasn't doing what it allegedly promised) my hair was long and it was ready to be removed. I placed this little wonder underneath my chin and within 60 seconds ALL of the extra hairs were GONE! Just a quick stroke of this terror and they were gone, finito, hasta la vista baby!
Now, for those of us with PCOS (In my case, its severe) we know that the hair under our chins isn't peach fuzz-its along the lines of a whiskery texture and when it is waxed more than likely you will also have to pluck to remove the many that just refuse to come out. Well, this Braun terror did not even need me to pluck (ok, I plucked 1 hair because it was in the crease of my neck and my Braun baby was having a hard time with it-but that hair was peach fuzzy anyway, so no biggy). After I finished my chin I went to my upper lip and BAM! all gone!
My feminine 5 o'clock shadow was no more within maybe 90 seconds. And when I tell you it was as (AND STILL IS AFTER 1 WEEK) smooth as a baby's butt-believe it!
Some hairs have started growing back (I expected this, I'm a PCOSr, not a typical fuzzy lady) but they are so few that even I am amazed...and I've been waxing for YEARS-nothing has kept those ferocious hairs from growing back this slowly in all my hair removing days (since I was 14 baby!)
Did it hurt?
It feels like waxing but the pain lasts less, its over more quickly and is much easier. Don't be a wuss! IT IS NOT THAT BAD and I'm hairier than probably 99% of you.
When I was epilating my thighs I stopped for a few seconds to gather my breath because it was stinging a lot. But that hair was so long that I knew I just needed to get rid of it first and it would be fine next time.
What parts did I epilate? and on a scale from 1 to 10 (1 being pain free and 10 being my nightmare of shaving) how was the pain?
Face-2 (seriously, easy as pie)
Bikini Line-4 (be careful here, pull your skin extra tight because its easy to get it "caught" in the epilator. It doesn't hurt when its caught, it stings a bit then burns afterward because the skin has been cut.
Upper thighs-7 (i had to stop and breathe at a couple points)
My lady V (aka vagina)-4 (it stings but thats expected, and the benefit of hair gone in 60 seconds? yes please!)
My lady lump in the back (aka butt [including inside crack] <---hey, i'm just being honest)-3
OVERALL RATING:
5 stars! This miracle in an electronic rotating tweezer package is what makes my hairy life easy in the long run-and I'm thankful!
Now I have more of a reason to NEVER shave again.
Description of Braun SE7280 Silk-Epil Xpressive Epilator Body System, Corded
The Braun Silk-epil Xpressive Epilator is a revolutionary hair lift system the lifts, loosens and gently removes even short flat lying hairs at the root for an extra thorough epilation; the result: smooth skin up to 4 weeks in few strokesThese days women are busier than ever! Since shaving is the last thing on your mind, Braun created the Silk-epil Xpressive Body System 7280 -- a 40-tweezer epilator with a pivoting head for weeks of smooth skin. Best of all, it significantly reduces the discomfort that other hair-removal systems cause.
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What's in the Box
Epilator, shaver head and trimmer, pre-epilation wipes, efficiency cap, beginner cap, and pouch.
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