at long last, 20 Aug. 2013

After a 10 year absence i have finally found a wax that works. around 10 years ago or maybe longer the only wax that worked on my thick strong hair was discontinued. i have been walking around with hairy arms for this length of time and recently discovered epilation but i find it more painful than waxing and the results can look quite bumpy. this wax is more expensive but it comes with loads of strips, more than ive evr seen in any product. the high street is absolutely full of products that call themselves wax but are in fact sugar based and do not work. before buying this one i checked on amazon and the ingredients were resin. sugar based wax will often have the word sucrose or similar words at the top of the ingredients list. anyone who says this wax is really sticky has obviously never used a resin based wax before, they are all like this. use cooking oil afterwards to rub off the sticky residue as water will not work. it is impossible to pull the strip off without the hair being...

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Wax that actually works, 3 Sept. 2013

This stuff is so amazingly effective I have no idea why it took me so long to try it. Yes it is messy, but the satisfaction one gets from using a product that actually works rather negates that! And for anyone like me who is turning into a Yeti as they age, it's a godsend.

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Works perfectly - but I got in a terrible mess., 30 Nov. 2015

First of all - it works. Very well indeed. I used it for facial waxing, and it hardly irritated my skin at all - the slight redness has already gone half an hour later, without having to use ice or powder to soothe it. (Caveat: other people's skin will vary.) But I have learned a lot in my first attempt at using the wax! Of course, these hints won't all apply to other parts of the body.

1. It took 2.5 minutes in the microwave on high before it reached the consistency of runny honey, after being stirred. The upper part can appear nice and runny while the lower part is still very stiff, so stirring and re-heating is essential.

2. Wear disposable gloves. Removing bits of wax from under my fingernails was very tedious.

3. For facial waxing, cut the long paper strips into smaller pieces in advance, so that you have a fresh, non-sticky, piece for each section of waxing.

4. If you will be leaning over the wash-hand basin to peer into the...

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