Mischo Beauty: hair removal

In preparation for my trip to St. Lucia, I decided to test out the Body By Brigitte Wax Strips Kits. The goal was soft, smooth and hair-free skin! Now there's a kit specifically for the face, brow and bikini, while the other kit is for the body, legs and arms. Now I've used wax strips on areas of my face in the past (before learning to use wax), so I had high hopes for these kits.

I liked the kit for the face, though I didn't use the strips on my brows (I would've had to cut the strips down to tiny pieces for better control- and that would have been too much trouble!). The strips were easy to use on all of the other areas of my face, and the kit comes with a pre-wax towelette (for cleansing the skin) and a post-wax towelette (for clean up).

I think the face kit is great for home use and easy touch-ups. I ended up using wax every where else. Are you a wax strip kit user? Do the strips work for you? Please share- I'd love to know!

Disclosure: Products in this post were provided for consideration by the company. For more information, please see my disclosure.

I was finally able to test out the Shobha Sugaring Kit last night and I'm pretty pleased with my results. For those who may not know, sugaring is another form of epilation (hair removal) and is supposed to be less painful than waxing, because the "sugaring gel" is only supposed to adhere to the hair and not the skin.

The Shobha Sugaring Kit comes with the following: Shobha Sugaring Gel, Shobha Talc-Free Powder, Shobha Denim Strips, Shobha Sugaring Instruction Booklet and Shobha Spatulas. The "sugaring gel" is free of parabens, dyes, fragrances, petrols, resins and waxes- and is water soluble, which makes for an easy clean-up! Also, because the sugaring gel is water soluble, both the denim strips and spatulas are reusable.

So my first step in testing out the kit, was to read the instruction booklet. Let me repeat: "read the instruction booklet"! Though I'm a licensed esthetician, I always read product instructions in order to ensure the best possible outcome. After reading the instructions, I realized how straight forward it was going to be to use the kit. I heated the sugaring gel in the microwave and used the small spatula to remove hair from smaller areas (face & underarms) and the larger spatula on larger areas (legs & bikini). Oh, and I did use the Talc-Free Powder to prep my skin (very important!) before hair removal.

The hair removal process was pain-free - well, except for my underarms. I think I'm just super sensitive there in general, plus the hair grows in so many different directions that I had to work in smaller sections- and holding the skin taut while preparing to remove the denim strip was a challenge. Oh, and I did cut the denim strips into smaller strips for better control of this area.

The kit is a great investment, easy to use, with easy to follow instructions. Perfect for all the recessionistas out there- you'll only use thin layers of the sugaring gel with each use and the denim strips and spatulas are reusable, so this kit should last for many, many months!

Has anyone else tried this kit? Has anyone been to a Shobha salon for treatments?