If the answer to any of the above is YES then read on. You may find this very useful indeed.
I had suffered from ingrown hairs when I had shaved my bikini line. I then discovered waxing. Still the ingrown hairs and irritation remained but wasn’t half as bad as before. Then a stumbled across a snippet in Take a Break in Liz Wilde’s Beauty Lab.
This is the part where readers recommend things that have worked for them or write in with beauty problems or disasters and Liz suggests a product. She also recommends a product of the week and this particular week is was Tend Skin Lotion.
"What’s that?" I here you say. Well, it claims to reduce the appearance of razor bumps, ingrown hairs and skin redness after hair removal. "But does it work?" I hear you say next. ‘What the heck’ I thought and gave it a try.
About Tend Skin They say that Tend Skin lotion is goo for women and men. Men can use it on their faces and necks. Women will find it useful on legs, bikini lines, underarmas and anywhere else ingrown hairs or razor bumps are a problem. They claim that Tend Skin works very quickly and results will be seen in 24 hours.
As with any other products they recommend testing it on a small area first and if you have a true allergy to Aspirin (hives, itching) you should not use it. Care must be taken to ensure it is not spilt on non-colourfast items, it is kept out of the reach of children and it is not ingested.
It has not been tested for use during pregnancy.
Tend Skin may cause mild exfoliation and as a result will leave your skin “as soft as a baby’s bum!”
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE – for pre-existing ingrown hairs/razor bumps • Apply to both Men and Women • The product needs time to work on the skin • Be sure to apply to DRY skin • Apply at night before sleep and again in the morning after showering, shaving and drying • Do not wash off • Moisturiser can be applied OVER the product once it dries
Once skin clears, apply daily to maintain clear skin. Adjust usage over time to determine the least usage needed.
Uses for Women – Recommended by Tend Skin For shaving – Once skin clears, apply after shaving to maintain clarity and to help reduce post-shave redness. ENSURE you change the blade when it is no longer sharp as “scraping” the skin with blunt blades will work against the product and worsen ingrown hairs.
For use with Electrolysis – Apply before treatment as a cleanser and after treatment to help reduce redness and minimize post-treatment “bumping”
For use with waxing – Apply before waxing to ease the “pull” on the hairs. I haven’t personally tried this one yet. Keep meaning to but use other lotions that I have instead. Apply it about 15-20 minutes after waxing to reduce next-day post-wax “bumping”. I have tried this and if applied to early it can sting for a few seconds. It DOES reduce the next-day redness for me though.
Uses for Men – Recommended by Tend Skin For those with ingrown hairs /Razor bumps on faces, necks, backs of necks and scalps – Use twice daily until clear. Then use daily after shaving to maintain clear skin. Ensure razor is not blunt otherwise it will make problems worse as desribed above
Prevention of ingrown hairs – You should apply Tend Skin when new growth is seen and continue applying several times a week to stop irritation re-occurring.
Where Do I get it? It is only available to purchase from Websites (at least it was the last I knew) so simply type “Tend Skin” in to the search pane and away you go. Be warned though as it is available in the US and your search may return sites in the US too. Would tell you where I bought mine from but the guidelines say you should not include website addresses.MY ADVANTAGES
It does reduce ingrown hairs and redness after waxing
It does reduce ingrown hairs if applied regularly
Unconditionally satisfaction guarenteed so if it doesn't work for you you can get your money back.
MY DISADVANTAGES
Is fairly expensive (£12 for 4oz bottle, £21 for 8oz bottle £37 for 16oz bottle
Hi, I've just come across your op! I used this for the first time yesterday so still remains to be seen if it works for me but my sister (a beautician) swears by it! Good op! Leigh
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17.10.2003 15:12
Something else I have never heard of. Great op !
27.04.2003 13:35
Hi, I've just come across your op! I used this for the first time yesterday so still remains to be seen if it works for me but my sister (a beautician) swears by it! Good op! Leigh
22.01.2003 18:33
I wax regularly and do get the odd in-growing hair, so I might take a look at this - sounds good and effective. Very good op. Niki :)