Beauty requires sacrifice, and considerable. Almost all women make these sacrifices: peeling, anti-cellulite massage and the most painful procedure - epilation. What can you do - the natural vegetation on the delicate female body for several hundred years is not considered attractive. Even in the harem of the sultans every hair that grew up in the wrong place was removed by beauties with the help of twisted threads. Today, for this they use more convenient devices - epilators.
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The best manufacturers of epilators - which company to choose
As in the case of any other technique, the quality and efficiency of the machine for hair removal largely depends on the manufacturer.
The list of companies producing such devices is small, and even fewer worthy names among them:
- Philips;
- Braun;
- Rowenta;
- Panasonic;
- BaByliss.
Other brands either didn’t come up with anything new to compete in the beauty market, or chose to reduce the cost and functionality of the epilators. So we recommend that you limit your search to the top five brands listed and definitely don’t recommend experimenting with non-device devices.
A detailed description of decent models can be found in our ranking of the best epilators for women. But first, let's decide which construction is right for you and whether it is worth spending on additional functions.
The principle of operation and the device epilator
Epilation is different from depilation in that the hairs are not simply removed from the surface of the skin, but pulled out of the follicles with roots. Accordingly, the device should be able to tightly grab them and pull them out entirely, like tweezers. It hurts, but the appearance of new hair is delayed for weeks.
Any electromechanical epilator has a rotating drum with numerous movable jaws of tweezers or discs. They are located very close to each other, which allows you to tightly grab every hair when the metal parts close when turning the shaft. Making a half turn and pulling the spine out of the bulb, the grippers again open about a millimeter to catch another rod in the next round.
It happens very quickly - the drum makes about 300 full revolutions per minute, managing to clear a rather big area of skin from unwanted vegetation during this time. In motion, it is driven by a built-in motor housing. Also, on any epilator there is an on / off button, and on many models there are also speed and density controls.
Types of epilators
Tweezers
The most common option is where short tweezers are placed on the drum in a staggered manner. Each of them captures a small number of adjacent hairs, so the number of work items is important here. Normally, they should be 20 or 40. In the first case, you get fewer painful tweaks, in the second you can finish this hellish procedure faster.
Pros:
- Less break off hairs;
- They have additional massage elements on the drum;
- Work well on small areas of skin.
Minuses:
- The procedure takes a long time;
- High price.
Tweezers make sense to choose if you plan to treat small areas of skin, for example, a bikini area or armpits.
Disk drives
Aging, but still not popular, construction.Here the same principle of grabbing hairs by converging / diverging elements is implemented, only now these are not small tweezers, but figured metal or ceramic discs rotating on a common shaft. They can hold several rods at the same time, so they are great for epilating arms and legs.
Pros:
- Do not cause irritation on the skin;
- Cleaner hair removal;
- Cope faster with work;
- Reliability and reasonable price.
Minuses:
- From them the most painful sensations.
Hybrid
By design, these devices are not much different from the disc or tweezers of the epilators already described above. But in a set to them there is an additional nozzle turning "instrument of tortures" into a usual electric razor. She should take advantage of those who have epilation of sensitive areas with any tricks causing severe pain and irritation.
Pros:
- Universality;
- Painless when using a razor head;
- The procedure takes much less time;
- Your skin does not get hurt at all, which saves you from irritation.
Minuses:
- The shaving head only cuts the hairs, and they quickly grow back;
- Higher price.
In addition to these models, there are also photoepilators, as well as laser devices. However, their effects on the skin and hair follicles are too aggressive and unsafe. Such procedures are best carried out in the salon, after consulting with a doctor and observing many requirements, both before and after epilation.
Epilator selection options
Number and material manufacturing tweezers / discs
It depends on the features of the work items how effectively the epilator will remove hairs in one pass and, accordingly, how long the procedure will take.
1. The best option is considered a multi-pin appliance, which has 40 pair grippers on the working drum.
2. The disc models also have a good performance - they pull 21–32 hairs out in one turn of the drum.
3. Tweezers with 20 pairs of grippers are considered the least effective.
The numbers are actually not that small, because, depending on the speed of rotation, the drum manages to make at least 600-700 tweaks in a minute.
As for the material of manufacture, the tweezers of the epilator can be made of metal or ceramic.
1. The cost of a metal typewriter will be lower, but steel grabs will more often break off hairs, and over time will begin to skip some sections.
2. Pottery is more expensive, but it always works with high quality, completely removing the roots from the bulb.
Adjustments
Many devices have several speeds (usually 2-3). The fastest rotation allows you to cope with long and hard hair. The sensations are more painful, but the procedure can be completed earlier - the main thing is to endure.
At low speeds, it is easier to work with thin hair and short bristles - the tweezers “miss the mark” less and fit each core well, pulling it out of the bulb, rather than just breaking it off in the middle.
Some models of epilators also provide for the adjustment of the grip, that is, the clamping density of tweezers or disks. There may be 2 steps: the first is designed to work with thin and weak hairs, the second - for rods of medium and large thickness.
Power supply
The epilator can work both from the network and from the built-in battery or provide both of these features. Here, when choosing, you should focus on your lifestyle.
1. Those who spend a lot of time away from home, it is better to look for an autonomous model, not forgetting to specify the time of its work on a single battery charge. The average indicator for accumulator machines is 30–40 minutes, the maximum reaches 2 hours.
2. If you care for yourself exclusively in your own bathroom and you have an available outlet at your disposal, you can buy a regular wire model that works only from the network.
3. Mixed-type epilators do not limit their owners in anything.
The only thing you need to pay attention to when choosing such equipment is whether the device can be simultaneously charged and used for its intended purpose.
Presence of moisture protection
An epilator is an electrical device and it is not safe to work with it in conditions of high humidity. But today, manufacturers are producing more and more models with waterproof housing. And although it’s still not worth using them under the shower jets, such epilators have rather high protection against splashing and accidental ingress of water inside.
Thanks to the hermetic design of the case, you can carry out the procedure by pre-raspariv skin in a hot bath and thereby reducing the discomfort. And after the use of the epilator itself, it will be possible to rinse it under the tap without removing the head.
Methods of pain relief
This parameter should pay attention to those who have very thin and delicate skin. If you do not tolerate pain, you will have to look for a special epilator, with which the procedure will become less unpleasant.
Completely get rid of the pain, of course, will not work, but manufacturers offer several ways to partially solve the problem:
1. Vibration mode - creates a light massage effect, “distracting” the nerve receptors under the skin.
2. The cooling unit is an additional attachment that must be held in the freezer before use. During the procedure, it is pressed tightly against the skin, dulling the pain.
3. Cold airflow - gives a similar effect, and also requires prior freezing of the container.
4. Precision nozzle is a more complex device, which during work tightens the treated skin area, and at the same time “holds” part of the tweezers, reducing the number of tweaks.
Also included with the epilator can be a gel glove - it is used like a cooling container, that is, it is frozen and used during epilation to reduce pain.
Equipment
The richer the set of accessories for the epilator, the more functional and easier it is to use. Here you must have a charger, a protective cover, a transport bag (so that you can take the device with you on a trip).
Other little things do not interfere, although their presence is not considered necessary:
1. Brush for cleaning;
2. Hair removal nozzle;
3. Shaving head;
4. Width limiter;
5. Trimmer for cutting too long hair;
6. Point attachment.
Well, if you come across a device with complete peeling rollers. Using them after the procedure, you will get rid of the problem of ingrown hairs and make the skin completely smooth.
Which epilator to choose
1. If your hair does not grow too thick “in the wrong places”, and the pain threshold is high enough, take the most common disc epilator without unnecessary frills. The effectiveness of the device increases if it will be special brushes, lifting the hairs for easy grip tweezers.
2. Do you have bad pain or have thin, sensitive skin? Choose an epilator with a concave working head, a vibration effect, a cold-blowing mode, or any other functions that can reduce pain during the procedure.
3. If undesirable vegetation has to be actively fought on all parts of the body, it is better to purchase a hybrid device. In this case, you will be able to carry out a standard procedure for hair removal on less sensitive areas of the body. And where the skin is too tender, use a razor head. Of course, it will not give a lasting effect, but it does not have to suffer much in the name of beauty.
4. Those who are often on the road and forced to take care of themselves almost in the field will need a battery-powered epilator with good autonomy (at least an hour on one battery charge).
5. The backlight function will not be superfluous, allowing to detect all the hairs on the skin even in poor external lighting.
How much is the epilator
1. A good disc epilator can be bought at a price of 600 rubles.The most sophisticated models in this category (with lighting, waterproof housing and the ability to work with foam) cost about 12 thousand.
2. A simple tweezer machine will cost at least 1300-1500 rubles. The ceiling for such epilators will be at the level of 6-7 thousand.
3. The same tweezers and disc models, but with a razor head and an abundance of additional heads cost from 1 to 14 thousand rubles.
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