You Can Only Benefit With An Illuminated Mirror
If you suffer from low light levels in your bathroom, help is at hand in the form of illuminated bathroom mirrors; all that leaning over the wash basin and squinting as you try to get your mascara in the right place can now be relegated to the past.
With modern homes getting smaller, many bathrooms now get little natural light; in fact, some bathrooms don’t get any daylight at all. Something that is especially true of en suite bathrooms, which have become a bit of a must-have. And even in a room that does benefit from lots of daylight, what happens after dark? Centrally placed ceiling lights just don’t cut it because the light hits the mirror at the wrong angle, causing shadows on your face that, at their best can make you look wan and, at their very worst, make you feel like you should take to your sick bed.
All that functionality aside, illuminated mirrors also provide very relaxing light levels that are ideal for a long relaxing soak in the bath. Like candle light but without the flames.
Karpathos Illuminated Bathroom Mirror £173.50 +vat
Returning to the facts, by choosing a mirror that incorporates halogen lamps you will also eliminate that persistent problem of fogging. It’s all down to basic physics: steam hits the cold glass and turns back to water, i.e. condensation. Because halogen lights emit heat, the mirror is warmed and the condensation doesn’t happen. Add to this the fact that halogen light is very flattering to skin tones and it would seem to be the only sensible choice for bathroom lighting. You should be aware though that there is a downside. Relative to other light sources, halogen is expensive to run and, also relative to the other types of light, these bulbs have a short life-span: up to 2,000 hours.
If keeping energy costs down is more important to you than rendering good skin tones, then consider a mirror that uses fluorescent lighting – and forget the old flickering and slow start of fluorescent lamps of old, which has been eradicated by modern lighting technologists. You’ll get a good 10,000 hours useable life out of a modern fluorescent lamp, after which time the light quality will fade and they will need to be replaced.
Because of the way they are made – the lights are placed behind a sheet of mirrored glass that has had some of the silvering removed by sandblasting – illuminated mirrors are easy to clean too. The front of the mirror remains smooth and there are no tiny inaccessible gaps where dust and soap scum can build up.
If you need a magnifying mirror to ensure that your makeup is where it should be or that you haven’t missed a bit when shaving, then you can now get illuminated shaving mirrors. Because to produce a magnified reflection glass must be concave, large illuminated magnifying mirrors aren’t practical to produce.
All illuminated mirrors tend to be good-looking, but some are far more than that. Designers have used LED lamps to create some stunning effects, from infinite pinpricks of light to Hollywood glamour.
Illuminated bathroom mirrors – how many more benefits do you need?
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