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When you're looking for that perfect pair of tweezers all of the choices and possibilities may sometimes seem overwhelming. Even in the smallest beauty section of most pharmacies there will be at least a couple of different styles and materials. So how do you make sense of it all and decide which one's the right one for you? And though in truth the answer depends on each person's preference this article will clarify some important points which will help you greatly in making a choice for yourself.

The three things about tweezers that you should understand are the material, shape and the size.

Material
Size
Type and Shape
Care & Cleaning
 


MATERIAL

There are multitudes of different materials used to make tweezers, various metals, steel and even plastics. Plastic instruments are not as durable or as precise as metal ones, also plastic instruments tend to bend and loose sharpness rather quickly, and in such meticulous tasks as tweezing that could cause a major problem. Different metals usually do a better job than plastic, but they tend to tarnish and in quality and precision it is hard to find anything that beats the high quality of Solingen steel. Besides its high quality and accuracy, stainless steel is also very easy to clean and care for.

View selection of Stainless Steel Tweezers at Zamberg.com.

SIZE

The sizes that should be considered when selecting a pair of tweezers are the length of the tweezers blades, the width of the grip and the width of the tips.

The choice for the length of the tweezers blades is something that you should physically try out with the mirror you would be using. If you'd rather get a pair of really long tweezers, though they might look very elegant you need to make sure that you'd be able to see clearly in the mirror at the distance which your tweezers would afford you. In case you want to get really short tweezers, they would definitely fit better into any purse, but before you make that choice you should actually try them out, to realize if holding the tweezers that close is something you'd be comfortable with.

The next choice is the width of the grip or of what you are most comfortable to hold securely between your fingers. The choice is usually between extra wide extrusions especially made as a spot to place the fingers, overall uniformly wide or narrow blades of the tweezers.

Secure grip is essential to achieve precision when working with the tweezers. You don't want to the instruments to slip our or to feel clumsy in your hands, so try holding the instruments of different sizes to select the grip that is right for you.

The last size, but far from the least, that you need to consider when selecting a pair of tweezers, is the width of the tips. The tips must be smooth to touch your skin without scratching and damaging it, sharp enough to be able to grab the hair that you want and not others, and have good contact and wide enough surface to grab the hairs without letting them slip when you pluck.

TYPE AND SHAPE

As we said earlier, the choice of the type, size and shape of the tweezers you choose is always due to personal preference and must be something that you have tried and can handle easily. Different shapes and sizes are useful for different tasks; in fact many people own more than one pair of tweezers because of this. The basics of the shape focus on the form of the tips.

	Slanted Tweezers In general the slanted tip gives the greatest amount of accurate, control and allow for very close contact with the skin, and the hair's root, but they are not the best for plucking areas with multiple hairs where precision and accuracy are not necessary. Samples of Slanted Tweezers:
"Malteser" Perforated Slanted Stainless Steel Tweezers byMalteser Solingen, Germany "Antares" - The Ring Lock System® Stainless Slant Tip Tweezers byPremax® Premana, Italy Professional "Malteser" PROFINOX Slanted Tweezers. Solingen, Germany byMalteser Solingen, Germany
View entire selection of the slanted tweezers at Zamberg.com.
	Straight Tweezers For the faster route of removing multiple hairs, but without much accuracy, a square, straight tip is the best bet since it has a larger surface area of the tip. Samples of Straight Tweezers:
Professional "Malteser" PROFINOX Straigh Tweezers. Solingen, Germany byMalteser Solingen, Germany Prestige by Eloi Stainless Steel Straight Tweezers, France byEloi Nogent, France Professional TopInox® Straight Tweezers by Niegeloh, Germany byNiegeloh Solingen, Germany
View entire selection of the straight (square) tweezers at Zamberg.com.
	Pointed Tweezers At times when you need to remove a single, thin or very short hair, or an ingrown one, then you should go with the very thin, pointed tips. The thinner the tip the better you'd be able to isolate that specific hair and spot. Samples of Pointed Tweezers:
Professional TopInox® Pointed Tweezers by Niegeloh, Germany byNiegeloh Solingen, Germany Professional "Malteser" PROFINOX Pointed Tweezers. Solingen, Germany byMalteser Solingen, Germany "Vega" - The Ring Lock System® Stainless Pointed Tweezers, Italy byPremax® Premana, Italy
View entire selection of the pointed, needle sharp tweezers at Zamberg.com.
	Automatic Tweezers Last, but not least are the automatic tweezers. Sometimes they look like something from outer space, but in reality they are engineered to make tweezing easier, faster, as painless as possible, and what's more, the tweezers do most of the work for you. You'll have to choose the unwanted hair and point the instrument in the right direction, but the rest of the job is done by the tweezers. They retract and pull out the hair at the root fast and accurately.
Slanted Automatic Tweezers by Erbe, Germany byErbe Solingen, Germany

Whether you choose a particular tip style, size and material of the tweezers or get many different ones makes sure that you test them out and keep only those that are comfortable for you.

CARE AND CLEANING

Though care and cleaning of your tweezers might change depending on the material you choose, here are some basic tips that should keep any instrument in good shape.

• Don't soak your tweezers in detergents or in plain water.
• Always disinfect tweezers with alcohol before and after each use.
• Always place a cap to protect the tips of your tweezers.
• Don't drop the tweezers as this can dull the tips and mess up their alignment.