Philips HP6578 Satin Perfect Deluxe Rechargeable Epilator Set

I am so impressed with my new set! It is so painless I hardly feel it and the extra twisers were a nice little present. I was also quite lucky as I bought it while on special offer for £80.00. It is the perfect set for experienced epilatory users. If I had to say anything negative it would be the noise: yes, it does sound like a lawn mower! :)I read the feedbacks before choosing my new epilator (my old one no longer held its charge) and I chose this one as I understood that the good feedback was from regular users and the bad feedback was from new users. I hope I can offer some advice to new users.if you have been shaving for years then you must understand that your hair has becomed strong and thick. I believe this will be the main reason why you are in a lot more pain than others and why it leaves your legs quite red and sore.If you want to move to epilatory instead of shaving I think that you stop shaving altogether as I believe they counteract each other: Try to get your legs waxed first for several months as you need to weaken the hairs (not sure if depilatory cream weakens hairs or not but it may be worth a try as well as it is painless). As your hairs get thinner with time then it will hurt less. Then you may want to try the epilatory way.You must also let your body get used to the pain as you cannot kid yourself: it is pulling hairs from your skin! It was hurting a bit when I started but it doesn't anymore. I found that the first couple of seconds are the worst and then your body knows what's coming and it's fine. Watch out for in-grown hairs but just a little exfoliating now and again should do the trick.Final point: some people get on with epilatory systems and some don't. If you are not sure, check with waxing strips first to see how you cope with the pain. Maybe it's just not for you.I hope this info will be of assistance.

leaves my skin all dry, doesnt get all the hairs......leaves my skin prone to break outs. Wouldnt recommend...sorry too expensive and not effective

After battery problems with my rechargeable Braun silk-epil (I'm not the only one) I went for this Philips set as I have many hair removal needs!Firstly, the tweezers are the best I've ever used - and the light is a bonus.I tried the main epilator on my underarms first... ouch! Much more painful than my Braun, but maybe that's because it really does pull out the hairs, not just break them off. I epilated after a bath and it left my underarms raw - I would advise cooling the skin and using talc rather than using on moist underarms, as it seemed to stick and pull. However, it was really comfortable to use on my bikini line, although a bit large to get any precision.I find the battery operated mini epilator BRILLIANT - weirdly, it is MUCH more efficient at removing the hairs than the main epilator. It is less painful, and so handy for using on holiday. It has been perfect for my underarms, chin, neck and chest, but the downside is it takes longer to cover a larger area (legs).I don't know what they did differently between the large and the small epilator, but I wish they'd just enlarged the travel version!The cost was just about worth it for the set, but knowing what I do now I might try another battery operated epilator.

A few years ago I bought a Braun silk epil. It was good for a couple of years then the small head started to grind and grunt and not work properly, so I bought a newer version by Braun. This new one had good reports but when I tried it I nearly hit the ceiling !!!! They say to use a certain head to make the process less painful.............. yeh right ....... it hurt like hell and certainly a lot more painful than the older version I had been using. I then bought this Phillips HP6578 and WOW this is so good I cannot believe it.I don't know how Phillips have created this epilator but my God it is so much less painful than the others I have used. The bigger head is fantastic, gets all the hairs and really does not hurt at all. The small epilator is amazing. I choose to epilate 'Brazillian', using the other ones I could not tolerate the pain, so I gave up........ this little Phillips one is so much kinder. OK so it does hurt a bit and you have to be careful but it does the job relatively pain free in comparison. It is also excellent for the few hairs on the upper lip. The under arm hairs came out without any pain what-so-ever.The rechargeable system is great and the smaller epilator which uses batteries has so much ooomph it's unbelievable.When this new epilator finally dies, as I am sure it will one day, I will only ever buy another Phillips. Well done......... xx

I was so excited to use my new epilator for the first time! Ripped the box open and started multiple leg tweezing as soon as it was charged... After the adrenaline had started to subside I started to look at the other bits that came with - but to no avail could I locate the tweezers and mirror that were listed as items in the box - M.I.A!!!! No tweezed eyebrows for me then... After paying rather quite a lot money for this product feel a bit ripped off that it didn't include everything it promised...