bikini area maintenance

sporina

I am looking to buy a shearer - what ever they are called - for below - for the part that I don't wax off.
I have looked at a few and some are cheap and some are expensive - and I have been told that I should get a guy's one as they are better.

can anyone tell me what works best?

sporina

thats the name of what i'm looking for i think

Michellenman

A shearer?!:D

You can get them everywhere really. I think phillips or one of those brands have a specific one for the bikini line and it also has a smaller head for the tighter areas.

MissFlitworth

sporina

Michellenman wrote: »

A shearer?!:D

You can get them everywhere really. I think phillips or one of those brands have a specific one for the bikini line and it also has a smaller head for the tighter areas.

cool thanks

can you use an epilator down there? or would that be too painful?

Michellenman

I've definitely read of people epilating there before. It just depends on your own personal pain threshold I suppose. Have you epilated anywhere else before? There are epilators on sale that are designed specifically for the bikini area.

shellyboo

You can if you're brave... I'd be going the route of shaving/waxing myself.

sporina

no I have never used one. was thinking of getting one for my legs.
tbh up to now I have been v behind in this area - shave legs and use veet down there...

but i just wanna trim and tidy up below
so need a trimmer

looking in the argos catalogue - there are remington trimmers for under €30 - or a philips one for €60..

feedback welcome

Michellenman

Tbh I doubt there's much difference between the two. Personally I'd just go for the cheaper one. Will do the same job for half the price.

If you're going for the epilator just make sure you give it a go on your legs first, get a feel of it first before you move to more intimate areas.

sporina

Michellenman wrote: »

Tbh I doubt there's much difference between the two. Personally I'd just go for the cheaper one. Will do the same job for half the price.

If you're going for the epilator just make sure you give it a go on your legs first, get a feel of it first before you move to more intimate areas.

thanks a million

Michellenman

Not a prob

smileysurfer

MissFlitworth wrote: »

hahahaha thats exactly what I pictured when I read ''shearer'' too!
I think ''Trimmer'' is a better word for it

dublingal80

i think its Venus that have a razor for women... its a razor down one end and a trimmer down the other. It has an adjustable head. I got one there just before my summer hols, €13 or there abouts and it was great. The battery doesnt last very long but might be perfect for what you are looking for. Can get them in boots

sporina

smileysurfer wrote: »

hahahaha thats exactly what I pictured when I read ''shearer'' too!
I think ''Trimmer'' is a better word for it

ok, bad choice of words.. good one

ok, so trimmer. bikini trimmer.

Elba101

sporina wrote: »

I am looking to buy a shearer - what ever they are called - for below - for the part that I don't wax off.
I have looked at a few and some are cheap and some are expensive - and I have been told that I should get a guy's one as they are better.

can anyone tell me what works best?

Men's ones are great but women's would be better for that area. But it's a good investment. And hygenic too!:D

St James

you probably want something like the SEIKO CLEANCUT, rather than a general shearer

Madame Razz

St James wrote: »

you probably want something like the SEIKO CLEANCUT, rather than a general shearer

I've actually heard good things about this previously. I've never seen one in the shops tho, only online.

MissFlitworth

St James wrote: »

you probably want something like the SEIKO CLEANCUT, rather than a general shearer

I have one of these and they're the absolute business, but they're more for removing hair down to skin level than tidying up hair you want to keep. You use a trimmer to get the hair as short as possible and then the cleancut to buzz off any stubble

Madame Razz

MissFlitworth wrote: »

I have one of these and they're the absolute business, but they're more for removing hair down to skin level than tidying up hair you want to keep. You use a trimmer to get the hair as short as possible and then the cleancut to buzz off any stubble

Are they really as good as all the online reviews say and why??

MissFlitworth

I like mine a lot, mainly because I'm too cheap and disorganised to schedule waxes regularly enough to prevent stubbliness and to make my hair grow back less quickly/thickly.

pros-

-removes hair right down to skin level
-it can't nick you so you can remove hair from all awkward and delicate nooks and crannies
-doesn't irritate your skin (I get awful leprous spotty rashes from shaving my bikini areas, and, to a less extent, from waxing)
-because it doesn't irritate your skin and because it works best on very short hair (it won't work at all unless you trim right down) you can use it regularly and stay cleanly shaven and smooth, no need to let hair grow back long enough for a wax

- you use it dry, no need for water or shaving foam. Very handy for travelling

cons

-I can still sometimes feel a tiny tiny bit of stubble, but I'd get that when I wax as well. You'd have to pull the skin really tight and dig your hand in to feel if ya get me

-I find it a bit time consuming to get down to my preferred level of baldiness, who knew hair could grow in so many places! beauticians have the patience of saints!

-if you leave it sitting, say, on a shelf in plain view in your room. It can look a bit like a sex toy and cause bright red faces for visiting aunties come to pick up wellies you'd promised to lend a cousin for oxygen

psycho-hope

hey i have a boots own brand one i bought does the job and was only bout 20 euro

sporina

psycho-hope wrote: »

hey i have a boots own brand one i bought does the job and was only bout 20 euro

yeah i think i will just have a look in boots and if not there then get a remington.

thanks for all the info