GiGi Brazilian Body Hard Wax A Non-Strip Formula for Sensitive and Delicate Areas 396g

I used to spend best part of £30 a time having my bikini & under arms waxed every 2 weeks.Having decided to do it myself (like most of my beauty routines) I invested in this wax to use with my wax pot.It’s easy enough to use - highly recommend you oil yourself first, apply reasonably thick (doesn’t have to be inches thick, but if you spread it on too thin then it won’t come off in one go) ensuring you have a bit of a bulky edge to use to grip. Once it’s started to set & is not so gooey to the touch I highly recommend you use the “pat” method & tap the wax for a good few seconds to unstick it from your skin, so when you pull it off it’s not adhered to your skin as well as the hair. This will help to reduce the pain as well as ensuring the wax comes off easier.Pull against the direction of hair growth (so if the hair grows downwards, pull upwards).I invested in some wooden spatulas, almond oil, cotton wool pads and some old towels as part of my waxing kit.If you heat the wax too much it will be hard to apply more than a really thin layer and will burn you, so ensure your temperature is set correctly to get the best consistency. You’ll need to turn the temperature down as you get down the wax otherwise again you’ll cook the wax and in turn burn yourself causing damage & peeling/blistering to your skin.Basically, for less than £10 I can easily get 2 waxes out of this which covers a full Brazilian, under arms and any other little bits such as eyebrows or toes.I have tried other brands and have come back to this one time and time again.

Really good product. Thought I would give DIY waxing a go as professional waxing is so expensive, and in my experience not always that good. I am by no means a professional but didn't experience any of the problems that some customers have listed below e.g. flaky wax, difficulty in removing wax etc. If you have never had a professional wax then I wouldn't advise to try this as your first attempt because there is a technique to it which I picked up from watching what my beautician was doing. I used the Mylee wax heater and this tub fitted perfectly inside. It took around an hour on the hottest setting to fully melt so allow yourself lots of time. Once the wax has properly melted turn the heater down to medium to stop the wax being too runny. I applied talcum powder to the area I was waxing which is meant to ensure that the wax doesn't stick to the skin and just catches the hairs which stops it being too painful (it definitely was still painful but that is to be expected!) I applied the wax in the direction of the hair growth using a wooden spatula and did very small sections at a time leaving a 'handle' at the bottom. I waited about 30 seconds for the wax to go hard and pulled it off against the direction of the hair growth. It pulled almost every single hair out leaving your skin really smooth and pulled all the hairs from the root. It took me a really long time to do the whole area but that's the price you pay for waxing yourself, hopefully I will get quicker as I get more practice in. Overall a great product that will save you a fortune if you can tolerate the pain / have the time

This has gone up in price so that now it costs more than my initial purchase of the wax heater, the wax itself and accessories….. not worth it except I already have the heater, which has also gone way up in price…. I don’t think it could be justified to buy a new one now. However the product is great, as long as you know what you’re doing with hot wax. No need for strips, works on bikini line, chin, underarm, but is wasted if you use it on your legs as it uses so much of the product (though I still do it before holiday). I’ve found using the product in the extreme heat of this summer that the air temperature makes it not quite set hard enough, so that you get wax stuck to your finger nails which is a pain.

Very effective product.

pros:Heats well in the heaterRemoves hair very well, even very coarse onescons:crumbles when left even a tad too long, resulting in a very painful procedure of removing remaining bitsvery difficult to wash residue afterwards, whether with oils and balms, under shower or what not - tried it allaverage in:gripping - I actually still use muslin strips with it, as it helps with gripping and even when it's crumbling half way through the patch, the muslin strip catches it preventing you from a painful operation of trying to grap the restamount - you have to heat up the whole tin every single time as there is no way to portion itapplication can be tricky, as it can slid of the waxing spatula quite quickly, but some practice gets consistently better results

I don't do reviews as a rule but omg this was one of the worst experiences I have ever had with hard wax, I have done my own bikini waxing many times before and after researching to find the best wax I came across this one as it has great reviews everywhere so I thought I would give it a go, I used my wax heater to get it to the perfect temperature and prepared my skin for the wax,, then I applied it to my skin and I am not even exaggerating when I say it was difficult to put on and once it was on was impossible to remove! The wax just doesn't seem to have any give in it at all if you pull it off when it is warm it strings and doesnt come off and if u leave it a second later it is hard and crispy and literally breaks off, I got to one point that it stuck to my skin so badly it just wouldn't come off and was literally the most painful thing to remove. I've never had such an bad experience with wax before in my life, it stuck to my skin so bad that I bruised in places trying to get it off and it has irritated my skin badly I will never buy this product again

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