When we think of Switzerland we think of precision instruments – Swiss Army knives and expensive watches (Oh, and chocolate – I always think of chocolate). Well now you can add Rubis tweezers to the list.
Rubis is an old family firm, which originally made tweezers for prestigious watchmakers, including Rolex, who used them for placing the tiny rubies inside the watch mechanisms. Naturally, the accuracy required for this work necessitated high quality tools, and Rubis tweezers have been hand-made, using a 45-step process by skilled employees, for many years.
So when Fides Baldesberger, the daughter of the original owner, turned her sights on the beauty business, she developed some of the best tweezers, scissors and manicure tools ever. Made of surgical steel, the tips of the high-quality tweezers close perfectly, and they have precise edges with arms of just the right tension and resistance.
Keen to test these mean machines, I searched for a stray hair on my chin (sadly, it wasn’t too difficult) and honed in on it. Normally I find this a deeply frustrating experience, which involves stabbing repeatedly at where the hair seems to be, but missing, catching skin, stomping around the bedroom and eventually giving up. Somewhat sceptical, I aimed at my hair with the Rubis tweezers, grabbed hold straight away and pulled – to my amazement they had hit home and the hair was gone – painless and quick. Was it a fluke? I tried again, and a second stray hair was no more.
But don’t take my word for it – top make-up companies love them too. Bobbi Brown, Estée Lauder and MAC all swear by Rubis. Bobbi Brown refers to them as ‘the Ferrari of cosmetic tweezers’ and Vogue called them the ‘best of the best’.
At around £20-30 a pair, you can certainly buy cheaper tweezers, but these will last and last and take the pain and distress out of a necessary little job – treat yourself.
https://www.rubis.ch/ch-en/cosmetic-tweezers.html
By Dr K Thompson, author of From Both Ends of the Stethoscope: Getting through breast cancer – by a doctor who knows
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