If you’re tired of squinting into an ill-lit mirror in a gloomy bathroom just to put your face on, you need an illuminated bathroom mirror.

In today’s doll-sized houses with squeezed in bathrooms, not everybody has the benefit of natural light flooding into the bathroom, particularly when it comes to en suites.  And even if you are lucky enough to have an enormous bathroom with dual aspect windows, you still need to use some sort of lighting illuminate your beauty at night.  You don’t need us to tell you that the central ceiling light just isn’t up the job.  At the very best this type of light casts unflattering shadows, at the very worst it can make you look as if you’ve died but not lay down yet.

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.

Choose your lamps wisely and you will remove the perennial problem of steamed up mirrors too – halogen lamps give out enough heat to warm the glass thereby preventing condensation! The halogen light spectrum is also very close to that of natural daylight (although slightly warmer), so your skin tone will look good by this light too.  The only downside of tungsten halogen lamps is that they can be quite expensive to run and have a useful life of only 2,000 hours.

So, if costs and energy usage are more important to you than looking pink and rosy, you should perhaps consider fluorescent illuminated mirrors.  Modern fluorescent lamps are far removed from their ancestors, gone is the popping and flickering of old.  They have a useful life of around 10,000 hours, after which time you’ll need to replace them as the light quality deteriorates.  So, in effect, they last five times as long as halogen bulbs.

If cleaning isn’t up there on your list of enjoyable tasks, once again illuminated mirrors have something to offer.  Because the lamps are mounted behind the glass, the surface is smooth and cleaning is a breeze – no trying to get into tiny spaces to clean out the soap scum.

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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