| Product: |
Nair Easy Wax Microwave |
| Date: |
02.09.07 (517 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: Great removal ability and moistens the skin
Disadvantages: sticky and gooey resembling strings of cheese
I would like to share a very strange experience with those who seek information on this new product from Nivea. Not being one to shy away from trying something new, I paid out something in the region of £2.50 for the pleasure of tearing my hair out by the roots. Women want to look nice, and we pay a higher price than monetary considerations in an effort to reveal ourselves as beautiful.
THE PRODUCT
This is the strangest product I have ever used. I was amazed first at the color of the product, since Microwave wax is usually a golden color, and this resembled some of the more edible looking products available from Lush. Pink, creamy looking gunk in a large pot, though I should have heeded some of the warnings on the pot before getting too up close and personal, since adhering to the instructions really does matter. The product is supplied with a stirring stick/spatula, and also with sachets of cream to take away any after stinging, which sent shockwaves through my mind about what I was about to try out.
PREPARATION
Be prepared to hurt. This is an inevitable side effect of the product. Be prepared to yell a little, to make splodges of pink stuff that drip, and in places resemble those strips of cheese that have endless dribbles. Be prepared to protect your bathroom floor, your sink (by putting the plug in), and be prepared to watch the timer on the microwave, since the timing of heating is critical to the procedure. The pot should be placed in the microwave and it really depends upon the wattage of the microwave how long you heat it, although it says NEVER to heat for more than two minutes.
FACE AREA
If you try this product, don't try it on the face area first. It takes a lot of getting used to, and the inexperienced user will find that the strands of wax will really startle them. It's a very odd concept, though what Nivea have produced is a wax that is heated, but that turns into a strip all by itself. Having used strips of a material in the past, the concept was weird to say the least, and having tried the facial area before I was experienced with using the product was a mistake.
When experienced with the product, this really does work well for unwanted facial hair. It's a matter of creating your own shaped spatula, or buying them from craft stores with a smaller head than the one provided, giving you more control. The wax works really well in the eyebrow region and is very effective indeed. For chin or the potential moustache area, this is more effective than any other wax I have ever used, and left the skin perfectly soft. The gentle aroma was nicer than those of creams, making it a great product for the face.
LEGS
For the legs, the benefit of the product is that you can make the strips whatever length you want them, cutting down the amount of time used in waxing. It's clever and it's quite good fun, applying the creamy substance, waiting a few moments while the producy dries into a strip, and then pulling in the opposite direction to hair growth.
UNDERARMS
Used in the underarm area, I didn't like this product at all. It hurts like hell, and creams do it better. What I found was that because the hair growth takes different directions in this particular area of the anatomy, the removal was not only painful but patchy.
BIKINI LINE
Here, goodness me, it makes the eyes water, and although the product is super efficient, I would advise less painful alternatives for those ladies with dark hair. The product is easy to put on, and the waiting period about 2 minutes, though when you go to pull of the strips, what has happened is so different from waxing with individual strips and separate wax. The product grips the hair as it dries, ensuring that you miss nothing, though in doing so, hurts more than I care to mention in the removal of bikini line hair.
What you get when you eventually extract the newly formed strip is super efficient, though so painful I would never consider the treatment again.
OVERALL
Overall this is a new and innovative product and I like it for legs and facial hair. It's more efficient at removing that horrible area of growth between eye brows across the bridge of the nose than traditional wax and the added benefit is that you don't have to keep buying the fabric strips all the time. For legs, it's so easy and less painful than traditional wax. For the bikini line, unless you have fair hair which always hurts less on removal, I think I might compare this with the worst kind of torture a woman can put herself through.
The stringy cheese like consistancy is a little odd at first, though you do get accustomed to avoiding it, and certainly the one spatula provided with the kit will not be enough for future use since it clogs up easily. Stirring of the product is necessary, although it is this very procedure that clogs up the spatula, making this particular very difficult to use on any area other than legs.
WHAT THE SKIN FEELS LIKE AFTERWARDS
Babylike is the word I would describe. The sachets of cream were unecessary and I think added as a kind of treat to those ladies taking the plunge and trying the product, rather than a necessity. My skin felt softer than it ever does with the traditional wax, and I believe this to be because of the content of the cream which seems to nourish and moisten the skin as it is used.
Summary: A product I shall continue using as it doesn't dry out the skin
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