Cons: Hurts like a very bad word I can't say in the presence of family epinions.
The Bottom Line: If you're not into pain, don't waste the money. If you think you can stand it, go right ahead...but don't email me when you rip your skin off.
tjolims's Full Review: Nads No Heat Hair Removal Gel
I hate to shave. It's one of those things, like plucking eyebrows or pushing back cuticles, that goes on my list of unpleasant beauty routines. I spend a lot of time looking for the easy way to do things like that, at least until the revolution hits and hairy legs become vogue.
My quest for quick and easy hair removal brought me to Nads, apparently named after the daughter of the Australian inventor. There's nothing really exceptional about Nads. It's a kit based on an old no-heat alternative to waxing known as sugaring. Sugaring is basically using sticky, sugar based substances as a substitute for hot caustic wax. Nads is probably the cheapest of these kits on the market, retailing for $20-35. There are several ways to order it, either over the phone during their infomercial, over the internet, and in some stores, like Walgreens.
I ordered Nads over the internet after seeing an infomercial, and in my experience, it arrived on time, although I've heard people complain about Nads shipping nightmares. It comes in an medium sized box, a middle-sized tub of green kiwifruit-smelling goo, a small tube of lotion(which also reeks of kiwi), a spatula for spreading the goo, an orange stick for separating out eyebrow hairs,(Like I'm going to do all that?), an instructional video tape, about three trees worth of instruction manuals and re-order forms, a packet of cloth strips and a big round chunk of soap(which smells like kiwi too. See the trend here?). The instruction manuals and video, which are a little overwhelming, are nonetheless useful for learning how to use the product, leaving no doubt about whether or not I was using it right. The goo is supposed to be non-toxic, but I'm not crazy enough to taste it like they do in the commercials.
When my Nads arrived,after washing my leg with the chunk of soap, I carefully applied the sticky green goo to my upper shin, which had a good two months growth of hair on it, using the odd little spatula that came in the box. I carefully applied the cloth strip in the direction of the hair, pressing firmly, as the video instructions insisted I must do. I gritted my teeth, expected the worst, and yanked the strip of cloth in the opposite direction of the hair, pulling it out cleanly from the root.
I then let out a screech that curdled milk three counties away.
That stuff hurts! Of course, my thought(once I could think beyond my burning leg, that is) was duh, I'm yanking my body hair out by the roots, something never intended by nature unless you're a porcupine, and even then, not on your legs. But when I looked down at my violated leg, through my watering eyes, I also saw that I was bleeding. Not a lot, but in little spots, as if I had cut myself shaving.
Naturally, my next thought was blood? I can do that shaving! I then put away the Nads and vowed never again to use such a brutal product. I dabbed the blood off of my leg and smoothed on some of the accompanying lotion, which left me smelling more like a kiwifruit than I ever care to again. Then there was the issue of the strip used to rip up the hair.
If you need an incentive to diet, look at a strip of cloth used to pull hair off with Nads. It has got to be one of the nastiest sights since...ever. All these icky little hairs, root and all, embedded in a goop that resembles lime-green snot, stuck to a piece of cloth that is more than likely spotted with blood. That's not beauty maintenance; that's horror movie material. It rinses off easily, but then you have to worry about hair clogging your sink drains(which did eventually happen. Just one more thing to think about.)
I then went to bed, promising myself that I now knew not to ever trust an infomercial again.
However, when I woke up the next morning, I was amazed. There, on my hairy two month unshaved leg, was a patch of perfectly smooth skin that looked and felt as if it had never been hairy before. I quickly Nadded both of my legs and armpits, (I didn't do anymore bleeding, but I don't know why)letting out little unhappy yelps at the pain but estatic that I had finally found an alternative to shaving every morning.
I was right, for the most part. I didn't shave my legs for nearly a month, and my armpits remained hair-free for almost three months. When the hair began to grow back, enough of it had been sufficiently traumatized not to make an encore appearance. What did grow back, however, caused some skin irritation(in the form of some truly yucky red bumps) and a few very uncomfortable ingrown hairs, much like hot wax or any other method would cause.
There are a few other problems with Nads besides the pain(although that's the biggest one, I admit.) The product is drippy and messy. It also requires taking some time to use, especially the first few uses, that not everyone has to spare. I know I don't want to spend a whole evening ripping out leg hairs, I doubt anyone else does. The product is advertised as being able to use the same sticky strip over and over again for a whole leg, but that's not really true. I find myself having to reapply green goop to each new section.
I would also not recommend using this product on your bikini line, for reasons too embarassing to go into here. Suffice it to say that that sort of skin tends to be really sensitive, and ripping hair out of it does not help at all.
Overall, if you really have a problem with pain, I wouldn't use this product, at all. I am just fed up enough with cutting myself shaving to ignore the pain, but this is not a product for everyone.
I still use Nads, by the way...I figure a little pain is a small price to pay for less shaving time.
That is, until the revolution hits, and leg hair cornrows become the newest fad.
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