The Boots No7 Iluminated Make Up Mirror

You may remember a few months ago I got myself a dressing table and what every dressing table needs is a mirror. Funds were incredibly limited and I found myself looking at the No7 Iluminated Make Up Mirror on the Boots website. Now I must say from the off that the mirror is currently sold for £51.05 which I would never have paid for it, no it was half price and I paid £25, just before Christmas I think. I should also mention that I deliberated for a while because there are loads of bad reviews on the site for it. But I was running out of time since I didn't actually have a mirror to put my make up on with so I just went with it.

First thing I noticed was that the mirror is quite small. The whole thing is large and heavy, but the actual mirrored area is quite small, not a problem for me at all, might be for some though.

The next thing I noticed was how poor the light was. It really isn't that bright but actually, this was an initial disappointment but I quickly got used to it and sitting in the dark at night tweezing my brows for example, using just the light of the mirror, was absolutely fine.

Next, there are two sides, a standard mirror and the reverse being a x5 magnification. Superb. The tiniest things are clear and obvious, if not a little too obvious because I find myself cross examing every single thing that I would never otherwise have noticed!. Great for spotting brow hairs that are only just sprouting and need tweezing!

I must say, I was rather hoping the bulb would last longer than the two months it did...but having said that I do spend an inordinate amount of time using this mirror...but still! This leads me onto something that if you're thinking the light not being great is putting you off, then this might change your mind, but when I replaced the bulb, the bulbs we had in the cupboard here are much much much brighter than the bulb it came with so the light is much improved, so it's an option to just switch the bulb as soon as you get it if you find it's not bright enough!

 So would I recommend this? Yes I absolutely would. I use mine every day, intensively, and it does a great job, doing all that I'd want it to do. Bright light, great magnification for tweezing etc, and its not offensive to look at in anyway.  The big but is that I would say its probably not worth the asking price of £51.50. In fact I'd go so far as to say it's hideously overpriced given the amount of people that seem to dislike it. I'm sure it is probably quite often in the sales so look out for them and grab one because at half price its well worth it, but be sure to read the reviews on the Boots site to see what it is that people didn't like about it and make an informed decision!

And heres an arty shot for you demonstrating a close up of my make up free face. Eek!

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