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Hello everyone, my name is Hannah.
I am the brand and content manager here at Adore Beauty.
I've requested that our buying team look into,
which they already were looking into it,
an at home IPL device.
And this is the one that I have been using,
but today I'm going to road test the Selfie Skin,
and I'm going to give you my honest review
on whether it works,
how it compares to laser hair removal
and all the other questions that I've had about it.
So before lockdown started,
I was getting laser hair removal.
I was probably on about my 10th treatment.
I get full leg, Brazilian, and if you want to go back
and hear about all about my experiences
with laser hair removal,
please go and listen to the first episode
of our podcast.
I wanted to try a product
that would help reduce the growth of my hair.
Considering that I had been investing all this time
and money into laser hair removal,
and I'm not really sure when I'll be able to go back,
but I really wanted to know how it would work
on a part of my body that had never had laser hair removal.
So what I did was I actually did it on my arms,
which I've never had laser hair removal there.
I'm actually going to show you how it works today on my arm.
Straight in just six weeks, this is the before and afters.
It's now being a lot longer than that.
And I'm seeing the hair reduce
and reduce every single time I use it.
And what I find is that like the hairs,
they grow back quite patchy.
So what I do is I shave my arms
and then I go back over it with the Selfie Skin.
So at home IPL really makes hair removal
a lot more accessible to people at home,
but there is a difference between IPL
and laser hair removal.
IPL stands for intense pulse light.
The technology works by targeting the melanin,
which is pigment in your skin.
The light energy emitted by the device
is absorbed by the hairs' melanin.
The melanin heats up and the heat travels
to the hair follicle, destroying the growth cells.
So does IPL hurt?
I've been using it myself
and I've been using it on my Brazilian, on my face,
it doesn't hurt.
In terms of the settings,
you turn it on here and you can go up.
So it's got one, two, three, four, five,
and then you can go down.
The other thing that you can use, press this down,
and then you'll see it lights up blue.
And what that does is it's automatic.
But if you turn that off and it's back to red,
you actually have to press,
you have to press the button on here.
So I use that setting on my face,
I don't use that automatic setting on my face.
I like to manually use that button.
As you can see, I have tattoos on my arms.
Can you use the IPL device on tattoos?
No, you can't.
Please don't do that.
Please avoid all your tattoos.
It should over a number of sessions be permanent.
And then what you'll need to do is do top-ups
when you're starting to see hair growth return,
you might want to do a top up every six months,
once you're at the end of your sessions of using the device.
So when I first started using the device,
I used it on the top setting without sort of working up
and knowing, of course I did that,
I'm a beauty risk taker,
like of course I go to the top setting.
What happened was it did produce some like red,
but not bumps, but they were like really small little,
Oh my God, I got lipstick on my hand.
We'll pop some photos in here
so that you can kind of see what those, like,
they're not burns as such,
it's kind of like a redness from the heat.
So I would recommend starting on the lowest settings
and working your way up because now
that I think I've used it a few times, my arms,
I can use it on the highest setting,
and I'm fine.
Something that you can do post-treatment
to help with the heat is I use the Skinstitut Laser Aid.
So this one is really good.
It reduces redness and swelling.
So I actually got this
for my laser hair removal appointments,
but you can also use it after IPL.
So where can you use the IPL device?
You can use it anywhere.
You can use it on your face,
you can use it on your Brazilian,
you can use it on your arms,
I pretty much use it everywhere.
How often should you use the device?
I would recommend using it once a week
for 12 weeks to get the best results.
So repeat weekly for 12 weeks
and then do monthly every month after that
for another three months.
So that's six months of treatments
and you can expect the hair to fall out
between one to two weeks after the treatment.
Now, what I want to say is
this video is not a substitution
for reading the safety instructions.
Please, please, if you do invest in one of these products,
please read the safety instructions, first.
I would also recommend doing a patch test
because as you can see from those before and after photos,
you can get a little bit of redness and irritation.
I have used the device on my face.
I've had a lot of people ask me about that,
I don't go anywhere near my eyes.
I actually wear sunglasses
while I'm doing my upper lip and my chin.
In terms of prepping the skin before you use the device,
I have used a razor and I have shaved my arms.
To be honest, there's not a whole lot of arm hair left
because I've done 10 treatments on my arms already.
So I don't have a lot of hair growth there,
but I did shave my arm hairs last night.
So now my skin is ready to use the device.
So let's get started.
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Voila, I've just done one arm, I'm going to turn it off now.
Now I put a little bit of Laser Aid on my arm
to soothe and cool the area.
That is it, it is super, super simple.
As long as you're avoiding any of those tattoos,
any dark freckles or moles,
make sure that you don't have fake tan,
make sure that the area is shaved.
it is really as simple as that.
So I highly highly recommend this for anyone
that is interested in removing their hair at home.
It is a really effective treatment.
It's obviously not as effective
as laser hair removal,
at home treatments usually aren't as effective
as salon treatments.
I've spent too much money on laser hair removal.
I'm not spending any more money.
I didn't want to spend it on my arms,
but now that I've done the IPL on my arm, I'm just so happy.
It's actually been a bit of a game changer.
Ooh, I forgot the price.
The Selfie Skin is $350.
I actually think that for an an home, IPL device,
I think it's pretty reasonable.
When you think about how many times are you going to use it
and the permanency of the results.
Say for me, hair removal over my whole life,
I have, you know, quite dark hair,
It's always been so frustrating,
and it's the one thing that I'm really happy
to spend money on,
because I save all this time and I get all this time back
to do the things that I love.
Obviously, if you have hair on your body,
no judgment whatsoever, you do, you,
if you are interested in sort of permanent hair reduction,
this is a great device for you.
So that is my review of the Selfie Skin IPL device.
I personally love it and recommend it.
Thank you so much for joining me.
I really hate filming these things at home,
but I really hope that was okay.
I'm really trying to get used to filming at home.
I will see you next time. Stay safe.
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