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THIS SITE IS A COMPLETE & UTTER MESS!! WHY DID THEY DO THIS? IT's TERRIBLE TO READ< SO MESSY - HATE IT & WILL STAY AWAY TILL THEY SORT IT OUT
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I was brave on Friday night – extremely brave. I’d been toying with the idea for ages and ages of getting some DIY waxing strips. Most of my friends regularly get themselves waxed in various places, spending a fortune at posh salons in the process, but I tend to just stick to my tired old razor, or if I’ve got a lot of time on my hands and I want to feel a bit ‘extra’ smooth, I opt for nicking my mum’s Immac.
I had a big night out planned for this weekend (Saturday) and wanted to look my best so I picked up some Veet Ready to Use Wax Strips, which were on special offer at our Tesco Extra, at £9.00 for 40. I figured this was a pretty good buy as they normally retail at £6.99 for 20. The box proudly promised me they’d give me “eternally smooth” legs and that they were extremely
easy to use. I quickly picked them up before I changed my mind and grabbed a bottle of wine, which I guessed I’d need beforehand (and possibly afterwards) to ease the pain of the waxing experience.
Once home, I popped in the shower then got to reading the instructions in the handy leaflet which comes inside the box. There is a long list of ‘precautions’ you must take notice of before using these little monsters, i.e. to test an area of skin before use, especially if you are sensitive / allergic to certain ingredients in the product. I quickly scanned the instructions but was too impatient to test a little strip beforehand and decided to just be brave and GO FOR IT!!
I was very impressed with the cute little ‘perfect finish’ wipes, which come in a separate little pack. These are designed for mopping up any excess wax, which may run out from under the waxing strip. These strips are not suitable for use on your face (not that I have a hairy face) but can be used under arms or on the bikini line, so I guessed they must be fairly gentle and not too painful to use … how wrong I was!
Before I got properly started I ran downstairs and poured myself a hefty glass of wine and had a couple of slugs. I checked my legs were dry, as the instructions recommend, with no oil or lotion on the skin. The idea is that you warm the waxing strip between your hands before applying to the skin, so I sat warming them for probably a little longer than I needed to, had another (large) sip of wine, took a deep breath and slapped it onto my hairy little leg.
The strips are approximately 10cm wide by about 20cm long and they have a little wax free bit at the top which is the bit you have to take a hold of when you tug it off your skin. I tried not to think about what I was doing and just went for it as quickly as I possibly could. The pain was hideous. I don’t know if I have a very low pain threshold but I screamed so loud my dad shouted upstairs to ask me if I was okay. I yelled back downstairs that I was fine, had another mouthful of wine and carried on with the waxing process. The noise they made as they ripped off my skin was probably almost as bad as the pain – it sounded like I was ripping off my own skin. One leg done and one more to go. I’d drunk all of the wine in my glass so I hobbled downstairs for a refill and a bit more Dutch courage. On the way back upstairs I noticed my leg was starting to tingle quite a lot. Once I’d reached the bathroom I saw my leg was red and looked quite inflamed. I decide to hold off from doing the other leg for a bit and took my glass of wine into my room to text my friend Sarah to tell her brave I was being.
During the course of my conversation my leg was tingling more and more and the desire to scratch was intense. I glanced down at my shin and could see that it was really a nasty shade of purplish red and all the little hair follicles were standing on end – probably in shock! Parts of my leg looked as though it had broken capillaries and I shouted for mum to come upstairs to have a look to see what she thought. Mum said that she thought my leg looked bruised and she suggested that I should hold off from doing the other one until the next day just to see if my right leg settled down a bit.
For about the next couple of hours my leg really bothered me and the desire to scratch it took a long time to stop. The following morning it had settled down, my leg was lovely and smooth but there were still signs of tiny little purple veins. For this reason I decided to just use a shaver on my hairy leg as I was going out that night and couldn’t risk a tingling red leg on my big night out!!
It’s Monday night now and my poor old leg looks pretty much back to normal. My left leg feels a bit stubbly from my razor but my right leg is extremely soft, silky and smooth. All in all, not a product I would choose to use again – it’s far too painful and I think waxing is probably best left to the professionals. I have 38 waxing strips left and my brother has asked me if he can have them. I told him he can, with pleasure and I shall look forward to his screams of agony at the weekend as he waxes his chest – at least I think it’s his chest he has in mind!!
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I spend about £10 a month getting waxed in a salon - it's well worth it!
M.Newcastle 22.10.2009 20:24
Great review, I don't mind professional waxing, but I couldn't do it myself, though having been epilating for about 18 months I wonder if it would be as bad x
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Advantages: errr, well it doesn't really hurt. and being cold, they don't leave scolded fingers Disadvantages: they leave some hair behind, and the rest returns quickly
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