[JGMycroft]

(Original post by LeaX)
It takes a few minutes really. I always wax after a shower so my skin is nice and clean. I use Veet wax strips, you just warm them up by rubbing your hands together and it's so much easier than having to microwave wax and use an applicator, etc. Then afterwards I just clean my skin with baby oil then wash it with a gentle shower gel and cold water (stops redness) then put aloe vera gel or moisturiser on the area.

I second this. I've tried a bunch of other methods but the the Veet strips are still my favourite and effective enough!

[Na-dia]

I epilate my legs in summer and wax them in winter. I used to wax them in the salon since the very first leg hair removal and I could cope with the pain and it would last me ages ( 1month after waxing the hairs would only start to grow although I have dark hair). It became too expencive however so I had to swap to epilating. It worked fine for me in the beginning but then it started taking less time for hairs to start growing and now they grow on the next day I think the epilating machine got too old and doesn't remove the hairs completely so the routs stay under my skin and continue growing. Also I started having little dark spots in the place of removed hairs and it is really bothering me I moisturise and exfoliate and it helps a little. A bit of tan helps to desguise them but I want to get rid of them.

I shave in the bikini area and under my arms every day when I have a shower and it is fine but I never used a razor on my legs, I have a fair skin and the hair routs will be seen through it I have tried cream removals on my legs but the hair would grow back quickly as if I shaved it

If anyone knows how to deal with the spots, please let me know.

To sum up everything I said I prefer epilating because you don't need to wait until the hairs are long enough.

[fredscarecrow]

I epilate/shave my underarms depending on if i have time to epilate. It does hurt the first time but it gets easier and lasts about 5 days for me (i have very fast regrowth too)
I have my pubic hair waxed at a salon when i can afford it/can be bothered for it to regrow, i hate that part. Otherwise i shave.

Legs i have waxed (you shouldnt be paying more than £25 for two full legs) but again it depends on if i can be bothered to wait for them to grow enough.

Because i alternate between methods i dont get all the benefits. Legs last about a week, pubic hair is about 1.5 weeks. If i stuck to waxing it would last much longer. The major benefit for me is the way it thins the hair out.

This was posted from The Student Room's Android App on my GT-I9100

[Na-dia]

(Original post by fredscarecrow)
If i stuck to waxing it would last much longer. The major benefit for me is the way it thins the hair out.

This was posted from The Student Room's Android App on my GT-I9100

It is a benefit but I have faced a problem of ingrown hairs because of it. They became so thin they couldn't brake the skin to come out and stayed under skin

[Tigzie]

Hair removal cream didn't work for me, Where i was shaving I used to have quite dark thick leg hair, i now get them waxed.

I did epilate my legs and armpits but it is quite painful, got into the habit of taking co codamol about half hour before. It does last longer than shaving and doesnt have the stubble, although its easy to miss some hairs. I started going to waxing because a friend of mine has her own business and charges me £10 for half leg wax and £8 for armpit waxes. Try to find an independent place they're usually cheaper!

[Na-dia]

(Original post by Tigzie)
Hair removal cream didn't work for me, Where i was shaving I used to have quite dark thick leg hair, i now get them waxed.

I did epilate my legs and armpits but it is quite painful, got into the habit of taking co codamol about half hour before. It does last longer than shaving and doesnt have the stubble, although its easy to miss some hairs. I started going to waxing because a friend of mine has her own business and charges me £10 for half leg wax and £8 for armpit waxes. Try to find an independent place they're usually cheaper!

Waxing is perfect, if only you did not need to grow long hairs! That's what puts me off even if the price is fine. I have wax at home and self wax at times but it only works when the hairs are long

[fredscarecrow]

(Original post by Na-dia)
It is a benefit but I have faced a problem of ingrown hairs because of it. They became so thin they couldn't brake the skin to come out and stayed under skin

Mine do this when I epilate. Best thing I've used is Nair (I think, maybe one of the other companies) exfoliating mit. It's basically a soft sandpaper and removes excess skin etc but it gets my ingrowers out with a miimmum of fuss.

[Na-dia]

(Original post by fredscarecrow)
Mine do this when I epilate. Best thing I've used is Nair (I think, maybe one of the other companies) exfoliating mit. It's basically a soft sandpaper and removes excess skin etc but it gets my ingrowers out with a miimmum of fuss.

I've never heard of that, shall try it as soon as I can! Thanks a lot!

[YemiSanya90]

(Original post by hali0112)
I have always shaved using a disposable razor. It is cheap and simple but it never lasts that long. I usually have to shave every other day and I don't have the time to do this regularly. What type of hair removal do you use and how often do you use it? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the product you use?

I use Veet hair removal cream on my legs and underarms. I have a Hollywood wax every every 3/4 months and Brazilian wax every 4-6 weeks. I find taking everything off in one go means I can add more time between waxes and save me money as waxing can be expensive. I've found that with using Veet means the hair grows back sparser and thinner over time meaning that I only have to use it every 4 weeks, but if I wanted I could use it more often than that, but I don't need so often so the spray can normally last for 3-5 month for me which again saves me some money. the only annoyance is that my underarms need to be done every 2 weeks though which is annoying. Also there is no stubble with hair removal creams I've found which is nice. I normally buy the 99p Nair for my arms and they are done every 6 weeks and it comes with two sachets and I only use one half of a sachet for my arms, so it last for ages.

EDIT: I used to shave and I've tried at home waxing with the waxing strips from Veet. But after reading in magazine that there is no stubble regrowth from hair removal creams which was useful as I was going on holiday that month, I started using Veet hair removal cream and I've never looked back.

[Na-dia]

The effect of cream hair removal lasts you for 3 weeks? that sound amazing! Do you have dark hair?

[POWCATTY]

i prefer waxing because it lasts longer (although onyl 1.5 weeks for me) and because my skin seems to be pretty thin, it means that the roots dont show through. however, it takes me a while to do and i tend to end up getting sticky wax everywhere lol.
also, i find that it only removes about 70% of my leg hair? i have to keep going over the same patches, the first strip normally only removes about 50%. for some reason i have both thick, dark hairs and really fine blonde hairs that dont grow so fast. therefore, even though 'most' visible hairs get removed my legs still feel all stubbly D:
so i still have to shave afterwards, anyway
will an epillator work???

[Goody2Shoes-x]

Neet raspberry fragrance hair removal cream from the 99P shop sounds good!

[hollywoodbudgie]

Hi, here's my summary

Waxing lasting 4-6 weeks is actually not true. You'll have red dots on your first day. Then from the second onto a fortnight you'll have perfectly smooth legs. Then you'll start growing some. The main limitation of it is that a) it's painful, b) you have to wait for hair to grow to a suitable length before waxing again. It's not like shaving where you can remove the tiniest of hairs. It also results in ingrowns quite often.

Shaving lasts only a few days, but is painless and quick and cheaper too. It can result in stuble though, razor burns and cuts. There's also the problem of ingrowns, but not as much as waxing.

Epilating can be very painful, but unlike waxing it can remove tiny hairs as well. It also has a smaller risk of ingrowns and can be quite cheap.

Removalable hair creams price varies. Some have an off putting smell and they do not always work. The results are less predicatable and it's a messy process like waxing. Most are painless however and there are no risks of cuts like in shaving. I'd avoid this if you have sensitive skin, or skin prone to going red quickly.

Laser is hugely expensive, but it drastically permanetly reduces the amount of hair that grows and may even completely get rid of it. It only works on dark hair though and thicker hair. Some forms of it can also be painful and legs cannot be exposed to heat (i.e. no lying down on the beach) for about 2 months before and after laser treatment. It's also a lengthy process that can last a year of treatment and you'd have to shave in between these sessions with no waxing in between.

I'd say, if you can afford laser, do it.
If not, wax with maybe shaving in between.
Hope this helped

[YemiSanya90]

(Original post by Na-dia)
The effect of cream hair removal lasts you for 3 weeks? that sound amazing! Do you have dark hair?

Well, I'm Nigerian and I have very dark brown/black hair. But I'm lucky that I'm not very hairy, even when I don't shave during the colder months of the year, people unless they look really closely cannot tell. Even now, I last used Veet before my graduation which was w/b 9th of July and I'll do my legs again tomorrow, instead of next week as I have two job interviews on Monday and Tuesday. So I'm quite lucky in that way. But I've noticed that this only started to happen when I started using hair removal creams though. I started using them at end of June 2011 before my holiday in July because I read that there was no stubble regrowth from them which is true. (Just checked now. )

[Na-dia]

(Original post by YemiSanya90)
Well, I'm Nigerian and I have very dark brown/black hair. But I'm lucky that I'm not very hairy, even when I don't shave during the colder months of the year, people unless they look really closely cannot tell. Even now, I last used Veet before my graduation which was w/b 9th of July and I'll do my legs again tomorrow, instead of next week as I have two job interviews on Monday and Tuesday. So I'm quite lucky in that way. But I've noticed that this only started to happen when I started using hair removal creams though. I started using them at end of June 2011 before my holiday in July because I read that there was no stubble regrowth from them which is true. (Just checked now. )

Wow that is a precise reply!

Veet is very expencive but if it does give such effect, I will have to give it a go. The cream that I used ( I can't remember the name) did not really differ from shaving: I had stubble the other day

Congratulations on your graduation by the way And good luck with the job interviews

[hali0112]

Hair removal creams seem like a popular option which is also pretty reasonable price wise. It also lasts longer than shaving. might try that

[Hazletts]

Don't remove hair it's pointless.

[Deziah]

Hair removal cream at the moment. Takes about five-ten minutes, moisturises at the same time so the finishing result is smooth, lasts considerably longer than shaving. Only downside really is that if you leave it on too long then you might get a chemical burn, but you'd probably have to way a while for that to happen. Been wanting to try waxing for a while now, just haven't had chance to get the wax.

[YemiSanya90]

(Original post by Na-dia)
Wow that is a precise reply!

Veet is very expensive but if it does give such effect, I will have to give it a go. The cream that I used ( I can't remember the name) did not really differ from shaving: I had stubble the other day

Congratulations on your graduation by the way And good luck with the job interviews

Thank you!!! You're so sweet Hopefully it will go well. As this is my 4th interview and no job yet.

Well I buy the Veet Suprem' Essence Spray On Hair Removal Cream as you can control how thick you want it. I use for 4.5 mins/5 mins normally which is longer than I need (3 mins is normally okay for me and the maximum time is 6 mins). But I find that it makes sure that the hair and the hair root is removed properly, so there are no little black dots afterwards. It's pricey at £7.15, but I always buy it when it's on offer anyway at £6.50 or less, so the price is not an major issue for me. If you happen to live next to a Wilkinson's, which I did as it was near my uni in Staffordshire, I buy all my toiletry products from there as it normally on offer and it priced cheaper. Luckily my local area in London is getting one now I'm so happy about that. Plus because it last so long for me I'm only buying it every 4/5 months anyway. If you do the maths for over a year £7.15 X 3 = £21.50 a year, £21.50/12 = 1.80 a month over a whole year on hair removal and I use for underarms, arms and legs. So it is cheaper over a long period of time. But if you had to buy it more often it can work out be more. http://WWW.boots.com/en/Veet-Suprem-...150ml_1043484/

For the girls that epilate I reccommend this, my friends use it and it suppose to help with the pain - http://WWW.boots.com/en/Veet-Comfort...y-40ml_865831/

For girls that live in the UK - Boots is currently doing Buy 1 get 2nd half price on selected Veet products, so take advantage!!! On the other hand you have Superdrug that is doing 2 for £9.99 on selected Veet products

[Jellybeany]

I recently used veet spray on removal cream for sensitive skin after reading quite good reviews in various places, After about 3 mins my legs felt hot and quite sore so I thought it was time to take it off. Removed it with the spatula thingy and didn't really remove any hair but seemed to remove the skin from my leg! Had loads of small open sores all over my legs (like blisters). Absolutely wrecked. Would not recommend it myself!