I'm not a gorilla but .... (Johnson's Hair Minimising Body Lotion)

Member Name: Lools_24

Product:	Johnson's Hair Minimising Body Lotion
Date:	27/10/09 (131 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Thinner soft hair on legs

Disadvantages: Lotion needs to be applied regularly, works out expensive

I think before I start I should have a warning on this review .. this is about Johnson's Hair Minimising Body Lotion a product which minimises the hair on legs (the product is aimed at women) its not a particularly glamorous nor exciting product. But as all (well most) the ladies reading this will know leg hair and stubbly feeling legs is not nice and drives me mad. Therefore when I seen adverts for Johnson's Hair Minimising Body Lotion I thought I would give the product a try in order to minimise the "stubbly leg feeling".


***Packaging***

The product comes in a 250ml plastic bottle. This is a white/ pink colour with a pink plastic lid. The problem I find with the packaging is that because the bottle is not see through it is difficult to judge how much lotion is left inside.

Johnsons is written clearly on the front of the bottle and there are also claims that the product helps you to shave less often and will leave the skin smooth and soft.

Although this is not the most eye catching packaging it is simple and does the job.


***Price***

For a 250ml bottle from Boots this costs £4.99. I have noticed that this product is priced at £4.99 in Asda and Tesco too. Not the most expensive of products but considering you are required to use this product on a daily basis it does work out quite expensive in comparison to some other hair removal methods which actually remove hair rather than "minimise it".


***The Claims***

The claims on the bottle are:

"This advanced formula with an exclusive combination of natural soy and other skin conditioners works to soften the hair and make it less noticeable"

The bottle states that the lotion has been shown to reduce the need to shave your legs.

Noticeably this did not say by how much this reduces the need to shave legs so I did not know what to expect from the product.

As a bit of background to the hair on my legs (how delightful) it is not the thickest or darkest of hair and I probably need to shave my legs a lot less frequently than a lot of my friends do. After around 2 days after shaving I start to get regrowth and the unpleasant "stubbly feel" to them. I would probably shave my legs four times a week at an absolute maximum so was hoping that the lotion from John's would reduce the need to shave my legs to around twice per week.


***Application and Results***

The Hair Minimising lotion is a cream/ white colour. When you skirt this product into your hand you can immediately notice that it feels quite thick. The scent of the lotion is noticeable but not overpowering and is very light. The scent of this lotion is very much like almonds but has a clean fresh scent to it which I find very pleasant.

The directions for use on the bottle are to use once per day. After showering I dried my legs then applied the lotion on a daily basis. The lotion applies very easily to the legs although the lotion feels quite firm if you squirt it into your hands. The lotion is quite greasy therefore rubs into the legs very easily and a little amount of the product goes a long way. The lotion once applied and rubbed into the legs feels quite wet and sticky. I left my legs uncovered for around 10 minutes before I applied clothes. After this time the lotion felt that it had absorbed into my skin.

The immediate results on my legs were not really apparent in terms of minimising hair growth. However in terms of leaving skin soft and smooth after one or two uses my legs felt lovely and soft and looked smooth. The dry patches of skin I often get on my skins had completely disappeared therefore the product did seem to live up to the claim that it left skin soft and smooth.

After around 2 weeks of using the product when the hairs on my legs started to grow back they did appear to be softer and less stubbly however in terms of the amount of hair growing back and the colour of it, this was exactly the same as before I started using the product.

After the full eight weeks of using the product I did start to feel a difference to my legs. My legs were definitely smoother and softer and the hair on my legs growing back was extremely soft. The product did live up to the claims that it reduces the need to shave legs. I was needing to shave my legs about 3 times per week at most however being honest I had expected the product would have taken this figure down to 2 times per week although I was being quite hopeful. The amount of hair growing back was the same but the actual hairs on my legs appeared a lot thinner and each hair felt softer. This meant that when I ran my hand up my legs before I shaved my legs, this felt less bristly and stubbly.


***Overall***

I did feel a noticeable difference to my legs after using the Johnson's Hair Minimising Lotion, but this was not significant enough for me to use this all of the time. The hair on my hair felt softer when it grew back and less "stubbly" and as a result the regrowth felt thinner however this only reduced the amount of times I shaved my legs by one occasion per week. Because the lotion needs to be applied daily this means that you go through quite a lot of this product. I used quite sparingly and the bottle lasted 8 weeks but I felt that if I used this "normally" I would have gone through a bottle within about 6 weeks. When you take into consideration that using on top of other shaving products this does add to the cost of shaving your legs and I would prefer to spend this money on waxing which has longer lasting results. This may work for those with thicker more noticeable leg hair but for me although it hurts waxing still is the most effective and least time consuming over the long run. A product which is a good idea but for those with more patience than I have.

Summary: A product to help minimise hairy legs