Tweezers buying guide

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Tweezers Guide

Contents

1 Choosing Tweezers
2 Basic Tweezer Types
3 Speciality Tweezers

Even though tweezers seem like a simple tool, slight variations in them can make all the difference. The basic types- slanted tip and pointed tip -each are best for specific tasks. This guide will help you choose what's best for you, as well as provide you with tips for easy tweezing. There also are tweezers designed to look like scissors, making the tweezing easier for you.

Choosing Tweezers

Look for high quality metals, like stainless steel.
You may want to look for tweezers that have a rubberized or non-slippery covering to improve handling and the grip.
The shape and style should fit your needs, whether it be for hair removal or first aid.

Basic Tweezer Types

Slanted Tweezers: These are mostly general use tweezers and can be used for hair removal on all parts othe body, including eyebrows. Good for clearing large patches of hair, like a unibrow.

Pointed Tweezers are used more for precision tweezing, like getting to the tiniest of hairs. They can also help remove splinters, extract blackheads, and tackle ingrown hairs. Pros rely on these to get the job done. Also a smart idea to have around the house for first aid purposes.

Handle Design varies from tweezer to tweezer, prong style or scissor style. Prong style can have a wide handle to give you extra grip and control. If you have trouble gripping, then scissor-style tweezers can give you some help, too. Scissor tweezers are usually slanted tip, meaning that they won't get those tiny hairs or splinters.

Speciality Tweezers

Rubis Pointed Tweezers with Magnifyer

If you need a closer look at your tweezing job, then these are the pair for you.

Japonesque Precision Brow Groomer

These look kind of wierd, but they are great for acheiving and maintaining perfectly arched eyebrows.

Tweezerman Painless Plucker

If plucking your brows makes you tear, then you might want to try these relatively painless pluckers.


Slanted Tweezers: These are mostly general use tweezers and can be used for hair removal on all parts othe body, including eyebrows. Good for clearing large patches of hair, like a unibrow.	Pointed Tweezers are used more for precision tweezing, like getting to the tiniest of hairs. They can also help remove splinters, extract blackheads, and tackle ingrown hairs. Pros rely on these to get the job done. Also a smart idea to have around the house for first aid purposes.	Handle Design varies from tweezer to tweezer, prong style or scissor style. Prong style can have a wide handle to give you extra grip and control. If you have trouble gripping, then scissor-style tweezers can give you some help, too. Scissor tweezers are usually slanted tip, meaning that they won't get those tiny hairs or splinters.