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| Brand: Braun
List Price: $74.99
Buy New: $48.47
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Rating:  442 reviews
Sales Rank: 13
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 3.9 x 7.7
Warranty: 1
MPN: SE5270
Model: Silk-epil X'elle Body System - 5270
UPC: 069055839645
EAN: 0069055839645
ASIN: B000EZYKTS
Release Date: March 13, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 I will never shave again! August 5, 2006
Barbara Smith
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The first epilator I purchased wasn't a Braun. I thought it was okay--I didn't know what to expect. Then a few years ago, I purchased a Braun epilator from Amazon.com and I really liked it, but this one is even better!
 Beauty is a pain! April 5, 2007
Wendy Schapiro (Needham, MA USA)
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
First off, nowhere in the description for the Silk-epil did it say that you needed an additional attachment to use it on your face. So, while you *can* use it on your face (and I have, since that's primarily what I bought it for!) it's REALLY painful to do so! And while it is slightly less painful to use on the lower leg (the only other place I have tried it) and supposedly this will get better over time, I can't say that I don't cringe when I realize it's time to epilate!
I bought this in lieu of the much-advertised Tweeze, and now I am wishing I'd just gone with the hype and bought 'the original.'
Bye, bye razor, wax, etc, etc... May 8, 2007
Slave2Target (Detroit, MI)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Considering I'm the 90th reviewer of this epilator, there isn't much to say that hasn't already been said. Leaves your legs smooth for weeks, no worrying about being prickly a couple days after shaving. I particularly like it for my bikini line because it doesn't give me the razor bumps that I used to get with shaving. Even better, it somehow gets those pesky ingrown hairs that are impossible to avoid, no matter how you remover your unwanted hair. And it picks up even the shortest hairs that have just poked through the surface of the skin. It's also a great size, very portable, especially since it comes with a handy little carrying bag. And the smartlight is ESSENTIAL. It spotlights even the tiniest, finest hairs. Overall, I am very happy with this product, and despite the price, it is well worth it because think of all the $$$ you're saving on razor cartridges and shave cream!
 Hurts so good!!!!! May 11, 2007
B. Kadas (Martin, Ohio)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I don't know who invented this thing,(undoubtedly a man) but I love them and hate them at the same time!!!!!!!!!! I bought one at Target today after weeks of agonizing over the price and potential pain. I just finished epilating my arms and I must say, OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWA!!!!!!! However, they are now silky smooth and I can't stop touching them. (so glad my husband's not home right now) Although I feel a strange buzz in my skin right now, hopefully that sensation will subside by the time I get up the nerve to do my legs!! If you can keep from passing out from the pain it soon becomes a rather enjoyable experience watching the fur fly!!!Get your mind out of the gutter you pervs, I'm still talking about my arm hair!! LOL! Anyway, pain aside it was very fast, clean and very effective. Beats the hell out of messy waxing! Alas, the things we ladies do for beauty. Bottom line... Buy it. It hurts but you know what they say, no pain, no gain!
From a male point of view May 15, 2008
Howell J. Westbrook (Atlanta, Georgia)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Yes I am a MAN who for the past several years, off and on, have been shaving my entire body below the neck. I would only keep my legs shaved every week, and 3 or 4 times a year I would get it all, unless I was on vacation somewhere, then it was 3 or 4 times a week.
I have never tried waxing, so this YANKING the hair out by the root was a new experience for me. And can be a painful one, the first few times.
Well when my Braun 5270 Silk-epil arrived last month, I noticed several attachment heads. One was the shaving head that was suppose to cut the hairs to the "Ideal Length" for epilation. That does work on some areas, but for most areas there is no "Ideal Length".
I had read in another review, the user suggested shaving the area you plan to epilate, and latter that day or the next day, start epilating. Some areas work just fine using the shaver head to get started; the legs, arms for me the pubic area was one of the less painful areas to start with. But keep in mind trying to epilate anywhere the hairs are full length, it will HURT, and hurt BAD.
There were a few areas that even using the shaver head, or the old fashion razor blade caused me to break out in a cold sweat the first time I took the epilator to them. The area between the pubic hair and the navel was not that bad, but I did know the epilator was there. When I did the area between the navel and the nipple line, it did curl my toes a few times. But one of the worse areas was above the nipples to the neck line. I had to do that area in SMALL sections, with plenty of breaks over several days.
But the area that I'm still trying to get completely done is my under arms. Those two small areas are being more painful than the entire rest of my body. I will do as much as I can stand, and then take the razor to the rest. I'll start again the next day and get as much as I can as the hairs are starting to grow out again. One day I will have it all done.
Keep in mind that the first time is always the worse, no matter what part of your body you are trying to do. But it will soon seem like there are on hairs to pluck.
When you shave the area with a razor and then start using the epilator a few days latter, you will not pluck all the hairs at the same time. It seems to me that the hairs grow back at a different rate, so on the first time you may be getting only 10 to 20 percent. The next day another 10 to 20% and so forth.
You will also have a certain percentage of breakage, the hair does not pull out, but it breaks off level with the skin. Those can hurt worst than the ones that do pull out, and they will look much thicker than the ones that did pull out as they continue to grow.
Like I said I've had mine for about a month now, and I still go over at some part everyday.
At this point I'm about 99% smooth, there are still a few strays that I find every few days, but for the most part I have not been this smooth I was born. Also less and less hairs seem to be growing back.
Yes if I had it to do over again, I would buy either this model, Braun 5270, or the next one up.
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