Good bye Waxing Hello Epilating

I have been planning to buy epilator since December but I can't afford to get one due to huge expenses because of the holiday for gifts, foods, Christmas party contribution and the yearly P20.00 and P50.00 peso bills I give my mom. But last Jan.10 after my Speaking Techniques tutorial at TCI, I decided to wait for Mr. P at the mall. So I window shopped a bit at Rustans' and moved on to Landmark to see if I can find the battery operated toothbrush Mr. P wants to buy.

So I roamed around, picked up Goody spin pin,

then I chanced upon the epilator I'am planning to buy which is the Philips HP6509 Total Body epilator. And the good news is that it was ON SALE :)

Even though I said to myself not spend much this month, I thought I'am going to buy it sooner or later, so why not while it's on sale? Its original price is Php6999 cut down to Php4899. I saved Php2100, an amount that can already buy the much cheaper model. I unboxed it when I got home and felt bad when I realized that the SA girl gave me the demo unit. How did I found out? Because of the visible discoloration of some part of the epilator body. Mr. P said I should return it and get a new unit but I replied that I'am just too lazy to go back :P I checked all the items and they're all complete. Read the manual and it said to wash it before using. I am just too curious to try it that I skipped the washing part (Yeah I know its dirty hehe).

I snapped the head attachement and switched it on and off several times. It took me around 10 minutes to finally let it touch my legs, because I'am just so damn scared! The sound and looks of it was just so dreadful that I thought it would scratch and shred my skin to pieces. I did the part with the thinnest hair, which is my thigh. Even if the hairs were too thin, it was still sooo painful. See, I've been waxing my legs for the past 6 years and I'am very used to pain, yet it still hurts alot. For me, I find waxing pain much more tolerable than that of epilating.

The next day I also tried it on my UA, and being a first time user I carelessly let it stay in one spot for too long (trying to get the stubborn short hair). Which in turn made it scraped/scratched my skin. Now I am sporting a small dark spot from it. You can't use the attachment head when doing the underarm, it wont fit. And for the underarm, as much as possible don't let it touch the skin that much. If you can't avoid it just don't let it stay in the same spot for more than 3 secs.

Unboxed

Body