Second and third attempts at waxing
by Geraden
Readers may remember that I bought some 'Wax Away' waxing strips at Sainsbury's recently. I used them up slowly, maybe one or two pairs of strips per day until they were all gone. I had a reasonable degree of success on my lower legs, less so on my thighs and very poor removal of hair from my knees. The backs of my knees and thighs were still very hairy.
I then tried a packet of Boots Single Use strips. I reasoned that I was not getting more than about one effective use from my old strips anyway. This was not a good choice.
Unfortunately the name of Boots did not guarantee either quality or success. Instead of having a gel coating, these strips were like wide pieces of sellotape on a shiny backing paper. And not much more effective! Using these strips I removed about 50% of the remaining leg hair, but I could see I would either have to go back to shaving, or find something more effective.
So I thought I would go for a well-known brand name as a final try. I bought 40 Veet strips (£9.99 from Sainsbury's). These are gel strips, and like the Wax Away the came in pairs back to back. The application of the gel on the strips seemed much less even than with the Wax Away ones. However after separation the gel seemed to flow evenly on the second strip that I set aside while I used the first one. I found these much more effective than either of the others, and the strips are indeed good for five or six applications. However they do seem to cause more pinkish patches and red spots than the other brands, but they are only temporary.
I would say that these are the most effective waxing strips of the three I have tried, and so (on cost grounds) they should be!
I am not sure I am getting the same smoothness with waxing as with newly shaved legs, but on the other hand I am not getting the same roughness that you get with not so newly shaved legs!
I will stick with the waxing (bad pun there, methinks) until the wax strips are used up, then I will see whether the long term result is better, or worse, than with shaving.
I think such waxing strips are un-economical: for the price of three packs
of Veet you can buy a Philips Bodygroom (men's) shaver - and there are many
more 'ladyshavers' on the market to choose from (I use a Remington) for
similar money. I've tried the cream version of Veet - it doesn't smell very
pleasant, and it doesn't give anywhere as near as good results as shaving.
For those that are interested, the Philips Bodygroom can be found at Boots
the Chemist, and here - http://www.shavers.co.uk/shopping.php?
node_id=38&manufacturer_id=3&class_id=2
Hi Jamod
I completely agree with you that ladysavers that only employ a foil method
alone do not remove leg hair effectively. That's why I chose the Remington
'Smooth & Silky' model (also available on the Shavers website for £23) that
has a 'floating trimmer' that lifts and cuts hair prior to the foil
following behind for a closer finish. The added bonus is that it can be
used for wet and dry leg shaving. I'd buy an identical model if I was
currently in the market.
Jamod
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