What do you want from your bathroom mirror? It sounds like an obvious question - but there are more decisions to be made when buying a new bathroom mirror than you might think.
To begin with, think about how your bathroom looks and works. Do you have a simple bathroom suite or a room of fitted bathroom furniture? Is your room large or small, light or dark? Who uses the room? And how much space do you have?
If you have fitted bathroom furniture with lots of integral storage space, a simple mirror could be best for you; if, however, you have a bathroom suite with no storage space, a bathroom wall mirror cabinet may be more helpful, as it will provide you with some useful storage space in addition to having a mirrored front surface for doing your hair or make-up, or for shaving.
Mirrored bathroom cabinets come in a range of sizes and shapes, from straight wall cabinets to corner-hung pieces of bathroom furniture; they can have one or two doors, and may have both enclosed and open shelving. You should be able to buy a bathroom cabinet to suit you, whatever your storage requirements.
A well-lit bathroom is easy: you can choose any mirror and, so long as you hang it in the right place, you'll have no problems with shadows falling across your face as you use the mirror. In a darker bathroom, however, or a bathroom with awkwardly positioned lighting, it may be best to choose an illuminated bathroom mirror.
So, think about where you plan to put the mirror, and how the light falls in this area of the room. An illuminated mirror will light you from the front, ensuring a shadow-free reflection - if this sounds beneficial, there are a wide range of illuminated mirrors available, and many have LED lighting, which means your well-lit reflection doesn't necessarily need to have such an impact upon the environment. Look for IP ratings when you shop for an illuminated mirror, as well. A bathroom mirror should have an IP (ingress protection) rating of 44 or above: this means that it's suitably waterproof for most areas of the bathroom, except within the bath and shower enclosure where you will need a special, watertight, IP67 or above, low voltage mirror.
Shape and size are important, both in terms of finding a mirror that doesn't overshadow your bathroom furniture, or look too small next to a giant basin, and in terms of practicalities. If your mirror space is wide, a landscape mirror will be most suitable; if the space is tall and narrow, a portrait mirror will be most appropriate. A mirror positioned over an extra wide basin should also be extra wide: if two people can use the basin at once, they should both be able to see in the mirror simultaneously, too.And if members of your family are varied in their heights, choosing a tall mirror will mean that both the tallest and the smallest can both see their reflection without stooping or standing on tiptoes.
Lighted mirrors have been a popular fixture in bathrooms for decades.
These led bathroom mirrors work the same way as conventional lighted mirrors- they provide illumination to make sure one can see his or her appearance clearly while applying different cosmetics.
Also, these fixtures are being replaced by led bathroom mirror fixtures which have led lights.
Such led bathroom mirrors come with LED bulbs, delivering adequate lighting for grooming tasks.
Thus, they serve as led makeup mirrors and led shaving mirrors too.
