*Nair Home Waxing

Happy Monday!!

So I was over the moon when I was sent the new Nair home waxing kit. I had been in discussion with my best friend about going for a full wax for ages so we couldn’t wait to try this!  First impression, it’s boxed up nice, it has easy to read instructions on the box, shows the ingredients clearly and the cautions.

On opening it has a more thorough set of instructions to read, it has a plastic inner which doubles for the applicator holder and reusable woven strips. It’s easy to warm up, takes about half a minute in the microwave, I kept it in a jug of boiling water so I didn’t have to keep going up and downstairs to reheat it. On opening it smelt so nice, really orangey and sweet! It’s easy enough to apply, once you’ve got it so it’s rolling out it just applies to the skin in the direction of the hair growth, smooth the woven strip on in the same direction and then rip it off!!!

It doesn't really hurt hurt just more stings, but you can totally hear the nerves in my voice haha!! (Please excuse the flash of the bandaged thumb you see too!)

Here’s the video of my first strip…

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I think I need more practice at applying as I don’t think it worked massively well. I waxed my left leg and shaved my right so I could review the re-growth, I’m 5 days on now and my right leg is at about 2mm and my left leg, some has not come through yet and some parts are around half 0.5mm so still a better re-growth when compared to shaving. I did a patch on my vj to see how that hair would work, this I think is the best place to wax, my re-growth on  the  part shaved 5 days on is at 3-4mm whereas the waxed patch has not begun to grow yet.

Wax On...

Wax Off...

Spotty marks on the legs lasted a few hours, went down with coca oil application!

My best friend wanted to try her armpits, for newbie waxers I wouldn’t recommend it, the hair grows in two directions and is a pain to apply right, when I pulled the strips off a couple of the hairs had ripped deep and left little spots of blood, and it was very stingy!! She even said it was still a bit stingy the next day! I’d given her some cocoa oil to apply to try and sooth it which helped.

 Before

After

To clean it says to wash in warm soapy water, this is to clean the roller head and the wax strips. This is the only fault I have with the product. I scrubbed and soaked and couldn’t get the woven strips clean at all! So when I want to use the kit again I’m just going to have to pick up some new strips, and I would like to keep using it so that I can improve my technique and get better at getting the hair out right! 

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O is for Orange...

The best colour ever!! No arguments ;p I just love the colour orange, and all the different shades of it, but my favourite has got to be bright hot orange. Some hate it as it can be a pain to style but I find I can match it with anything!

My favourite orange item has got to be my Michael Kors handbag that my three best friends bought me for my 21^st! It’s huge, and I fill it all the time I carry so much unnecessary stuff around with me! It goes great with my usual leggings, also jeans and skirts, and really well with cobalt, bright blue! I'm not going to lie, I wear it with everything, I couldn't care less whether it matched or not, I just like it too much! Ha, joking aside here are other items I have which sport the great colour!

Below in the image is what I use as my walking jacket which was featured in my ‘G’ post, I get too hot when I go walking up in the hills so I don't like big coats, this is really thin so it’s good, plus it’s waterproof…and I figure if I ever need saving by the mountain rescue people they will spot me a mile off glowing on the green hill face!!

I’ve even matched the colour with some accessories, I bought a watch off eBay for the bargain price of £1.76 it did take like 3 weeks to come from China, but I have no qualm waiting for that price!

And with summer nearly here it’s close to time to get my favourite orange bikini out, with an orange sarong and I can’t forget the orange beach towel and beach bag!! I also have orange heels and a gorgeous little orange dress that I got for a bargain in Asda! I mean I am that obsessed with orange I even have an orange IPhone wire! I recently read a blog post on Viva Epernay that featured an orange lippy that I think I may have to invest in because it looks fab on her.