Tweezers buying guide

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1 Choosing Tweezers
2 Basic Tweezer Types
3 Specialty Tweezers

All tweezers are the same, right? Almost. These are very simple tools but some are better at performing different tasks. That is primarily because they come in different shapes, including a pointed tip and slanted tip. There are also tweezers that look more like scissors, which are meant to make using the tweezers easier.

Choosing Tweezers

Go for high quality metals like stainless steel.
For ease of use you might want the handle portion of the tweezers etched or covered in a rubberized material to improve the grip and handling of the tweezers.
The shape and style should fit your needs for a tweezer, whether it be for hair removal or for first aid.

Basic Tweezer Types

Slanted tweezers are mostly general use tweezers. They can be used for hair removal all over the body, including the brows. They are also great for clearing large areas of hair -- say the center portion of a unibrow.

Pointed tweezers are more of a dedicated precision tool aimed at finding the tiniest of tiny hairs. They are also great for removing splinters, plucking ingrown hairs, and for extracting blackheads. This is certainly what professional makeup artists will choose to have in their tool kit. It's also useful to have a good pair of these stainless steel tools around the house for first aid purposes.

Handle design can vary from prong style to scissor style. Prong-style tweezers can have a wide handle with a grip to give you extra control. If you have trouble maintaining a good grip on the tweezers, a scissor-style tweezer would be good as long as it's comfortable. The only problem is that scissor style tweezers are usually slanted tip, meaning that they won't excel at removing splinters or fine hairs.

Specialty Tweezers

Rubis Pointed Tweezers with Magnifyer

When you need a closer look at what you are doing (brows, splinters, etc.), this is a great pair of tweezers, especially for those who wear eye glasses.

Japonesque Precision Brow Groomer

No, it's not a fishing pole, nor is it a torture device. In fact, you can use this tool to create and maintain perfectly arching eyebrows with ultimate precision.

Tweezerman Painless Plucker

Did you ever wish that plucking your brows wasn't so painful? Then this inexpensive automatic tweezer is the answer to relieving your pain.


Slanted tweezers are mostly general use tweezers. They can be used for hair removal all over the body, including the brows. They are also great for clearing large areas of hair -- say the center portion of a unibrow.	Pointed tweezers are more of a dedicated precision tool aimed at finding the tiniest of tiny hairs. They are also great for removing splinters, plucking ingrown hairs, and for extracting blackheads. This is certainly what professional makeup artists will choose to have in their tool kit. It's also useful to have a good pair of these stainless steel tools around the house for first aid purposes.	Handle design can vary from prong style to scissor style. Prong-style tweezers can have a wide handle with a grip to give you extra control. If you have trouble maintaining a good grip on the tweezers, a scissor-style tweezer would be good as long as it's comfortable. The only problem is that scissor style tweezers are usually slanted tip, meaning that they won't excel at removing splinters or fine hairs.