VEET Sugar Wax Strips For Women’s Body Hair Removal, Bikini Hair Removal Kit, Pubic, Dermatologically Tested For Body & Intimate Areas, 40ct Wax Strips with Shea Butter & 4ct Wipes

Kids, Don’t Try this At Home. Or Ever.
It started out promising.I peeled the little pieces apart and stuck them on very carefully in neat rows and let them sit for a while, so my legs were basically covered in what looked like huge pink pads. On the box it says “no longer needs to be rubbed to warm up the wax” so I figured hey, it might work better if I really rub it on there because obviously at one point in their product’s lifespan, it needed heat. So I’m sitting on the bathroom floor rubbing my legs frantically to create friction because I can’t find a hairdryer nearby.After about eight minutes, I try to peel one off. Not only is it incredibly painful, it leaves a huge square of sticky pink goo on my leg. However, I did get like five pieces of hair out so I was like YES. IT’S (sort of) WORKING. OKAY-ISH. So then I was like, I must not have held my skin down hard enough like they tell you to on the box. With one hand I’m pinching my leg like a crab while twisting to pull with the other hand and ripped as hard as I could. The strip of wax flew out of my hand right into my forehead. (Wrong hairs!!!) I got it off fast enough that it only took half my scalp with it and created a temporary set of (pink, gooey) bangs for me to enjoy. This time I took a very hard look at how much hair it was taking off because ouch. Unfortunately not much, maybe ten hairs, and I still had only gotten two tiny patches of leg finished, so I gave up and ripped away until I had gotten all the pieces off. By this time my legs looked like they had been attacked by thousands of bees – literally covered in leftover pink goo and bits of hair that hadn’t been torn out, and wherever hair had been successfully removed, my skin was irritated, bumpy and splotchy. I hobbled into the shower to remove the pink goo and IT WOULD NOT REMOVE. I spent an hour and a half scrubbing wildly at my legs with a washcloth, scratching, soaping, razoring, soaking… that. stuff. is. intense. The ironic part is that the goo took bits of the washcloth with it, so the poor washcloth ended up denuded and my legs covered in blue cloth bits. In the end it was needless to use the wax strips to remove the hair because I’d practically removed my entire first layer of skin anyway in my attempt to remove the pink goo. I went to bed at 11 defeated and resigned, with pink blotches all over my legs like I was dying of some horrible disease. The upside was that my bedsheets were permanently glued to my legs all night so at least no one could steal the covers. This morning I tore the sheets off my legs and spent another hour and a half sitting on my bedroom floor scratching the goo off my legs before work. I’d prefer hairy legs to pink gooey legs any day.Never. Again.

Good for travel and to save time
I definitely prefer hard wax, however when you need to wax faster or need to be able to pack wax for a trip, these work well. It takes two packs to do my legs completely. They do work well if used correctly, however excess wax residue is hard to remove if you miss it with the wipes. Can be a little messy if not careful. If this is your first time waxing, these will definitely hurt worse than hard wax (I recommend Gigi). But if you’ve waxed an area once or twice before and the hair is more sparse now, then these actually don’t hurt much at all. Remember to pull fast and parallel to the skin.

Very good product

1. Smallish section strips supplied (would have been better to have had full calf length strips or an opportunity to by various sizes or even a mix)2. Residue left after application. This needs washing off before going out or going to bed. I used the strips before bed time and found 20 minutes of time needed in order to ‘scrub’ off the wax. It didn’t come off with just soap application or flannel use. I had to use a sponge with scrubbing back area in order to remove the various areas the wax decided to leave residue on.3. The strips need pulling apart from each other for application. I believe this lessens the wax ability as some strips may take wax from the other strip its attached to. You have to be very careful on pulling each strip from the other as it can catch your fingers or other (around or by you). When the strips are separated you need to put the other strip (not yet being used) carefully to one side (if you can get it away from your fingers if it somehow clings to you)4. Didn’t remove all hairs. Re-application and still hairs stayed. The instructions claim the strips can be used over a few times but to be honest once or twice used…..lose the strip and pull removal aspect – so hardly worth using if going in for more than a 2nd reapplication.5. Tried a strip on my arms and the hairs there are finer and after 2 days have not returned. On the legs, not a similar hoped for response. The legs have some hairs left and others gone and others starting to grow.Overall, a quite expensive hair removal that for me wasn’t ideal for removing leg hair (on the calf areas). The strips are too short. You need to remember where you applied the last strip when carrying on with hair removal. Time consuming, messy stick wax residue that was stubborn to shift. Not removed all hair, some remained. Did I correctly follow instructions…yes I did.I daresay will work for others (as the reviews show hence influencing the decision to purchase) but for me (and others) a result that wont see my returning to purchase.Back to the epilator or foam removal cream. Both these applications have drawbacks such as epilating can be a bit painful and Veet removal foam application can tend to burn a bit (whilst on and a bit after being showered off ). The good old fashioned razor sees to quick instant hair remover but hairs grow back stubbly and make your legs prickly. Going to a beautician is pricey!Lots of hair removal products on the market but thankfully I tend to get away with hair removal due to having blonde leg hair so until there is a method that doesn’t cause pain, burn or fast grow back or poor results then like the majority of us waiting for the right product to come on the market.