We purchased the Kimball and Young 92545 Neo-Modern Double Sided HardWired LED Mirror. It's a very substantial mirror and was $243 (which I realize is above your budget).

FYI: you really don't want 10x magnification. It will distort the image too much to be useful. Even the 5x magnification I have on the one side of our mirror makes it kind of hard to use for anything except the image centered in the exact middle of the mirror.

Mine is a square Kimball and Young too with 3x magnification. The LED lights help, but you will need plenty of other light too. The best way to tell about magnification is to go to a local drug store or BBB and hold up their mirrors (3x 5x 7x 10x) to your face at the same distance you hope to use with the new one. You will see the detail/distortion and that will help you decide what will work for you. I have a small portable 10x for finding those occasional upper lip or chin hairs, but that magnification would drive me nuts for eye-liner. I like to be able to see two eyes at once when I am done.

-Babka

Jewel1654:

Thanks for the reply, the Kimball and Young seems to be a really nice mirror although the pricing on Amazon.com is presently $395.00.........Ouch!. I maybe able to find it lower but doubtfull at $243.00.

Babka:

Thanks for the reply and it seems you also like the Kimball and Young. I was thinking 10X since my wifes eyesight is really poor and when she applies her eye makeup she's normally around 6" away from the mirror in order to focus without her glasses.

I'll have to review the magnification charts to see if 5X is better suited but even if I doubled my budget the K&Y is still a bit high for my budget at $400.00 shipped.

I disagree with the 10x having distortion. I bought a 10X one for my BF last year for Christmas, and I love it SO much better than my 5X. Much better for our aging eyes, and there is no distortion at all.