Press coverage—UK

 

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26/04/2009: The Sunday Times (Style supplement)

 

Get me a body like that

This is the first at-home laser hair-removal system. Like most salon laser machines, it uses IPL (intense pulsed light technology) to permanently remove hair...

 

06/02/2009: Daily Mail

 

They Say, You Say

Our tester found it so simple to use she was even able to do her underarms while watching Eastenders!

 

30/09/2009: Evening Standard website

 

The Sonic Boom in Skincare

...the most exciting home-use machine (it's too sophisticated to be called a gadget) is Smooth Skin (£299, Boots), an IPL (intense pulsed light) machine with enough technology to give decent results zapping body and facial hair into extinction.

 

12/02/2009: Cosmopolitan.co.uk

 

Stubble solution

Girls, throw out the trusty razor and waxing strips and prepare for a new era of de-fuzzing.

The clever people at Boots have developed Smooth Skin, a revolutionary product to permanently reduce body hair.

 

05/08/2010: Daily Express

 

Style Glossary

Super-smooth skin just got a whole lot simpler, not to mention cheaper, with the Boots Smooth Skin system. The magic machine uses intense pulsed light to zap away hairs permanently in six to 12 weeks and is so much less painful than waxing. On offer at the moment for £274.99.

 

10/05/2009: Daily Star on Sunday (Take 5 supplement)

 

Dare to bare
Ditch the tights and flash some flesh

For a more permanent solution try the £299 Boots Smooth Skin—the first home device to use Intense Pulse Light technology.

 

01/10/2009: Beauty Magazine (Awards Supplement)

 

Launch of the Year

Boots Smooth Skin is an exclusive, revolutionary product launched in February 2009 that uses iPulse Intense Pulse Light (IPL) technology to permanently reduce body hair.

 

01/03/2010: Good Housekeeping

 

Can you get rid of facial hair?

Laser and IPL-based gadgets for at-home use are pricey, but pay for themselves in the long term.

 

12/02/2009: Western Mail

 

Smooth skin without shaving—thanks to a device invented and made in Wales

The new Boots produce uses CyDen's patented iPulse technology, which permanently removes hair by creating heat in the hair follicle and disabling the cells that cause hair re-growth.

 

01/06/2009: Essentials

 

Hair Removal...At Home!

Boots Smooth Skin iPulse Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) may sound costly at £249.99, but this revolutionary machine offers safe and permanent hair removal, all in the comfort of your own home.

 

16/03/2009: Boots in-store promotion

 

Save up to 1/2 price on gift ideas for Mothers day

Ever dreamed of skin that's super-smooth, hair free and ready to go in just 6 – 12 weeks, whatever the weather?

 

01/11/2009: Company

 

The Old: Shaving Your Legs
The New: At-Home Light Machines

Keeping your legs fuzz-free used to mean one of two evils: daily dates with a razor or painful waxing sessions and at least a week of jeans or opaques waiting for the hairs to grow long enough to pluck out again.

 

01/05/2009: Beauty Magazine

 

She wants: sleek-n-silky legs

Even Boots has its own machine called Boots Smooth Skin Intense Pulsed Light Hair Reduction System.

 

09/11/2009: Grazia

 

Meet The New Wonder Gadgets

From laser technology, musle-stimulating vibration to powerful galvanic currents, these high-tech hand-held devices are the future of at-home anti-ageing.

 

12/02/2009: Medical News Today

 

Boots Centre For Innovation Brings New Permanent Hair Reduction Technology To The Home

Another innovative new product from Boots Centre for Innovation will be available in Boots stores from 9 February with the launch of Boots Smooth Skin, an exclusive, first-to-market product with Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) by iPulse to reduce body hair permanently.

 

26/02/2009: Blogs about: Beauty

 

Credit Crunch Bride

For the price of a few trips to Madame Bikini Wax and a little bit of patience, you can actually get your hair removed forever. Boots has just introduced a DIY non-laser Intense Pulsed Light hair removal kit, called Smooth Skin, for an introductory price of £250.

 

01/08/2010: News of the World: Fabulous magazine

 

Go fuzz-free for good

Razors? Redundant. Wax strips? See ya. Boots Smooth Skin is a hand-held IPL (intense pulsed light) device that sends out bursts of light to destroy the pigment in pesky hairs, blitzing them permanently after six to 10 weeks. At £324.99, it's a luxury—but at least you can use it on your man's hairy back, too!

 

01/08/2010: Pure Beauty

 

Fuzz-free Favourites

...the real innovation has come from the light-based hair removal sector. Allisyn James, director of marketing and innovation at CyDen says; "Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) technology has only been available in the home-use market for the last few years."

 

01/08/2010: Pure Beauty

 

Boots Smooth Skin powered by iPulse

...uses revolutionary Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) technology, controlled by the patented iPulse square pulse technology to permanently reduce hair on the face and body.

 

06/07/2010: lipglossiping.com

 

It's not all glamour...

Soooooooooo The Boots Smooth Skin by iPulse IPL System...
Armpit or Leg...
I tossed a coin. You get to see my hairy legs. Or, leg even. Just below the knee... to the right of the 2nd thread vein from the left.

 

05/07/2010: stylebible.com

 

Banish shaving and waxing forever with Smooth Skin

Now when we first heard about Boots iPulse Smooth Skin reduction system we honestly thought it sounded a little too good to be true...but true to the claims and rave reviews on the website, we have quickly jumped onto the other side of the fence and have been raving about this to everyone.

 

18/06/2010: Handbag

 

Win a Boots Smooth Skin powered by iPulse every week

iPulse technology is available in the UK exclusively as Boots Smooth Skin, and is clinically proven for permanent hair reduction. It can be used at home at a time that is convenient for you so can forget about daily shaving that leaves legs and underarms stubbly, painful waxing or time-consuming epilation...

 

17/06/2010: Groupon

 

Defuzzing the myths. Is it time to put down the razor?

Becoming increasingly popular, these two methods claim to reduce hair growth and eventually remove it permanently. The procedure works by damaging and killing the hair root, so the hair can't grow back. You can now buy the unit at home, like the iPulse Smooth Skin, which costs around £300. Salons usually charge £50 a session, with a minimum of 6 sessions to be booked.

 

28/05/2010: sofeminine.co.uk

 

Boots Smooth Skin hair removal system

There's a bit of a battle going on in the world of hair removal. For years the traditional hair removal methods have been ruling the roost. We buy razors, epilators and wax strips in their millions but there's a new kid on the block...

 

16/02/2009: Swansea Bay

 

Cyden and Boots Centre for Innovation Launch New Hair Reduction Product

Medical devices company Cyden based at The Institute of Life Science at Swansea University working with Boots Centre for Innovation have developed a new product with Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) by iPulse, small enough and affordable enough to use at home.