WAX ON, WAX OFF - PARISSA WAX STRIPS
MissRo here to talk about hair removal. I'm a bit obsessed with hair removal. I shave my legs everyday, I use Nad's cream hair removal on my arms and I use Parissa wax strips for my facial hair. If I had all the money in the world, I would probably get most of my hair removed by going to get it waxed and maybe my facial hair threaded. Since I don't have that kind of money I have to do it all myself. Well...except for the bikini area ;).
What I love about Parissa Wax Strips is that they are made with natural ingredients and completely cruelty-free (not tested on animals). What I also love about them is that they are SO easy to use. You basically warm up the strips in your hand, carefully place it on the area you wish to remove the hair, rub it on, then pull it off and voila!
Parissa Wax Strips are sold in different boxes for different areas of the body. You can get them for the face and bikini or the legs and body. If waxing is not your thing, then try Parissa's 2-in-1 Roll On. You literally roll it on and then wash it off. How easy is that! If you want to venture into more of a salon-style hair removal system, then try their hot wax.
The finishing process after removing the strips is to use the Azulene Oil that comes with it. You can either pour a couple of drops of the oil on your fingers and rub it on the spot where the hair was removed. Or, soak a cotton ball with the oil and dab the area. What's great about the oil is that it's soothing, boots cell regeneration, delays re-growth and prevents ingrown hair!
I usually buy Parissa products at Whole Foods, but you can also purchase them at Drugstore.com. Happy waxing!
What do you do for hair removal?
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wow! ive always hated facial hair! it makes me really self conscious and i never pull my hair back in a pony. ive tried to get rid of it but im to scared it will grow back really thick. I have never waxed my face but i am hoping to try it.
I'm guessing you can't use the roll on wash off product in the bikini area. Here I'm thinking of a friend who attempted to wax the particular area. After the first tentative stab at ripping the wax off, she crumbled, and ended up walking around with the wax attached for about 2 days (suffering thru' showers, which she hoped would lessen the attachment, and underwear that had to be well-powdered and carefully removed before raising the nerve to just pull it out. She goes to a salon now......
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That makes me laugh remembering the first time my sister tried to wax her pits. 5 minutes after putting it on she call me histerically for help cause she didn't dare to take it off so ... she make me cut every single hair with a pair of scissors.
That was so funny.My mom's friend went to wax that area and couln't bear to pull it off. She drew a hot bath (thinking that would melt the wax so she could get it off pain free) and got gerself stuck to the bottom of the tub. Hilarity ensued but it lets me know what to never do.
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I shave my legs or generally use veet and am also intrested in the no!no! hair removal system.I have never tried waxing strips(too chicken)but have seen these in the local pharmacy so will give them a go-how cool that they come with a little bottle of Azulene oil to prevent ingrown hairs-they have really thought of everything.Have any of you ladies tried laser hair removal-I'd be intrested to know about results.
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I had one leg waxed by a friend it was awful she spent nost of the time chasing me round the room with me saying "no, im not ready yet"!!! hahahaa quite funny really-i find leg waxing so painful! but i like waxing my eyebrows ( i havent dont that for years though-i just use tweezers)I had my eyebrws threaded before and they looked amazing!!! perfect infact! I will def have them done again.I would like to wax my legs (especiallly before holiday so i dont have to think aboout shaving) but im too chicken-i can never bring myself to rip off the strips so i end up just slowly peeling them off (which doesnt pull out the hairs!)MY mum had one that you heat up and spread on then it dries really quickly and goes quite hard (a bit like plastic) so nop matter how gently you try to pull it off it pulls out the hairs because it it so set into them-ooooouuuucchhhh!!!!!!
Hi!Parissa sounds much better than the sucky Sally Hansen wax strips I once used. Here is something I have saved on the computer. Courtesy of Dao from mymakeupblog.blogspot.comGreat DIY Wax Recipe:What you need:
How to make it:
Now, here’s the fun part: How to sugar waxOther things you’ll need
Before using this sugar mixture you just made, let it cool down totally. To use it, just heat it in the microwave for a few minutes until it get to the honey-like consistency. I’d like to have a warm water pot nearby to put the wax in so I don’t have to hobble back and forth between the bathroom and the microwave oven :)Then coat the part you want to wax generously with cornstarch. For example, if you want to wax your leg, just coat it until it looks snow white. Coating it with powder makes your skin less tolerable to the abrasion caused by waxing.Next, coat your hands with cornstarch as well and you’re ready to apply the sugar wax to your skin.Important step: apply the wax to the direction of hair growth! Then apply the strip on top of the wax, gently rub it two or three times in downward strokes. Take a deep breath and quickly pull the strip out of your leg.You can reuse the same strip over and over again until it’s thick with wax.To remove the leftover wax on your skin, use the old towels :)Unless you have really sensitive skin or use retinoids, sugaring is for you. This recipe can be used to remove facial hair as well. If kept properly, it can last for about a month.
xemailheather--I've use the Sally Hansen at home wax strips on my legs a few years ago and they didn't do a very good job of removing my hair. I have really coarse, dark hair, so I always end up feeling a little nervous around bikini season!For my face, I just tweeze, or sometimes use facial depilatory creams. For my body, I've used Nair with decent results. I have to leave it on longer than directed to really get all of the hair off. I only really use it during the summer, the rest of the year I just shave.However, if you are on retinoids or any other rx that affects your skin, very careful about using any hair removal method besides shaving! I had just started Accutane and a few weeks in decided to use some facial hair remover like Nair... I ended up getting chemical burns on my face. OUCH. And a few weeks after that, I tried using a pore strip on my nose--ended up ripping off some of the skin on my nose! (Apparently I didn't figure it out the first time that MY SKIN IS NOW SENSITIVE!)
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sounds great, but im a chicken when it comes to pain. i doubt id be able to stand waxing, especially doing it myself. i would chicken out and pull too slowly or something and end up having to redo it. :D waxing scares me, so does threading... :P
Waxing is too painful! I tried it many years ago, ouch! And the hair grew out finer but longer... now, I just use a shaver. I'm saving up to remove those unslightly hair permanently using IPL.
i heard sugaring is less painful than waxing because it only grabs onto hair. Waxing on the other hand sticks to the skin so it can get irritated and painful. i would prefer shaving but my hair grows in so fast so i have to stick with sugaring because it at least keeps me hair-free longer. I love the idea of strips that actually have wax on them already! Less mess!
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Pretty much all I ever do for hair removal is shaving. Everything else is too much effort lol. I used to use an epilator, but got tired of it. I've never tried waxing myself, and the only thing I've had waxed are my brows. I really want to try a bikini wax at some point, it's so expensive though! Luckily I'm very pale and most of my body hair is blond, and I don't have any noticeable facial hair!
I tried sugaring a few years ago and it did absolutely nothing. No hair came out. Of course I'm a red head with very very fine hair so maybe that had something to do with it? Luckily I don't even have to shave that often. Perhaps I'll try sugaring again...
These Parissa strips were an unmitigated disaster for me. They barely removed any hair, and left gobs of wax behind. However, I loved the Azulene Oil, and would like to be able to purchase it, by itself. Shobha's Sugaring Kit works about a thousand times better, for my hair situation. Between the Shobha product, and my Braun Silk-Epil Epilator, it's pretty easy to keep myself fully landscaped, in a pain-free manner. Lol! I'm currently eyeing the new Silk'n SensEpil at Sephora, but at $500, that's a huge outlay for something that hasn't been extensively reviewed, yet. However, if it works well, it could be a good (and economical) substitute for anyone who's considering laser hair removal.
I really like Parissa too. I prefer the hot wax though (the one that doesn't require applicator strips). All of the other at-home waxes I've tried disagreed with my skin, and this one did its job and didn't break me out. I tried sugaring before and let's just say it was a hot mess lol.
I once used Nad's wax for my bikini area and pulled too hard or something. I bruised terribly!I get my brows waxed maybe once a month or so, and trim between.Now I use Avon Skin-so-Soft hair remover for my bikini area and the facial hair remover for my 'stache. I've got bikini waxes before, but I like it all gone and that requires more upkeep than I have time for.
Iam afraid and old school!! shaving all the wayy!! mayb i will try this but iam not sure!!! hahaha!!
Im too much of a chicken to wax. Maybe one day I will try it out. For now, I just shave. Luckily I'm not very hairy.
I shave my leg hair, but its so light that I dont have to do it all the time. I also pluck my eyebrows to maintain them and clean up around them, but usually I get them waxed, and most recently I got them threaded.As for underarms, shave, bikini - shave (I cant gather the courage to get a brazillian, but Im not havnig any "fun time" anyway, so no need to make it look all pretty). I dont do anything to my arm hair because Its REALLLLY REALLY light, so I just leave it alone. And I dont get facial hair besides eyebrows.
I'm too chicken to use wax. I can't take any pain. lol I just shave and pluck my eyebrows. I should probably gather up the courage to test waxing at some point because it would be so great not to have to shave so often.
I'm obsessed with hair removal as well. However, I'm really scared of waxing! it sounds so painful! For my facial hair, I thread it myself. It's a little painful at first, but it's easy once you get the hang of it. Plus, you have more control over exactly what angles you want to remove your hair (it's important for eyebrows). I usually shave my legs, but I discovered this thing at the drugstore the other day where you apply this cream and the hair comes right off. Has anybody tried this type of treatment and does it work?
i have to agree, this stuff works really well. i'm also a fan of the natural ingredients :)
phenomeenal- i have theaded my own eyebrows (i learnt how from youtube) but i find it so hard to do on myself! i dont my sisters and they are immaculate but i cant get the same results on my own! maybe i just need to practice more, my mum used to see a lady threading her own eyebrows on the train platform in the morning!!!!I have used hair removal cream its ok-but the ones i used were a while ago and had to be left on for longer than the ones you can get noe (meanwhile you just stand in the bathroom watching the clock trying not to get the cream any where!!! but i recently purchased avon skin so soft hair removal cream (and have heard lots of good things about it) so i will let you know how that goes.TIP* dont use hair removal cream after a shower/bath, always before otherwise it burns! (i guess from your pores being open)
Ooh, the after waxing oil sounds really great.At present I go to a salon to have my bikini waxed. I find they do a cleaner and better job than I could do at home, and it means I don't have a huge clean-up afterwards. Also I find myself woosing out if I'm the one who's pulling the strips off me! If it's someone else doing it then they can really get in there and take out all of the hair. I like this idea for facial hair and maybe underarm hair as it's not quite as sensitive as down there. Thanks for the post MissRo. :]
I just shave. It works for me. But this product sounds really interesting. If I wanted to wax I would try it out!
I have not tried this product but i have been using poetic waxing (i've purchased on QVC and sephora) for years. I started using it about 8 years ago and have never looked back! I will tell you that i've only waxed my eyebrows and my guy friends chest (he cried like a baby and we still tease him about it to this day)! I'm scared of waxing other areas even though it isn't very harsh on my eyebrows.I really love it! Give it a try (it also comes with a oil that is awesome).
shaving a hair removal cream...waxing sounds extremely painful :(I tried to wax my legs once and it was the worst pain i had ever felt lol
Shave and pluck for me, nothing to elaborate really. I shave two days on, two days off (armpits everyday) and I pluck my eyebrows every two weeks. I guess I lucked out, not much facial hair. I tried using Nads once to wax, I immediately put everything in the box after one strip and sent it back. Waxing is not for me.
I shave or use nair.
Oh waxing is ouchhhh!!!I've only ever got my legs waxed once. my best friend pinned me down and started waxing my legs. I guess my skin is "tender" because i started bruising afterwards!!!! It hurt like hell. She felt bad afterwards so she started waxing my arm pits :\But since then I never went near a wax strip again. It's always shaving, for brows plucking. Recently i got Nair's cream hair removal in the post. I used a foam spraying thingy before but it irritated my skin. I hope this one goes better!
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i heard of these b4 but i have yet to see them in stores. thanks for telling me where to find it. looks like i really have to start going to whole foods. i hate waxing and i cant wax my face even if i wanted to so thanks for the roll-on info.
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I get my eye brows waxed every three weeks or so. I shave my legs as needed. Someday I would like to have lazer hair removal! I heard it hurts a bit. Has anyone had this done?
I am too much of a chicken to wax myself and my boyfriend is too afraid to hurt me to do it for me, so I just shave, but I will be looking into the other alternatives talked about here.
I shave my legs like 1 a month lol I don't have hair on thise area and when they grow back they are very light and thin !!!! But for the others areas like bikini and under arms....I got lazer hair removal wooow I am so happy with this i have a baby skin and not under skin hair growth !!!if you are fedup of hair girls go LAZER my life chnaged with only 3 REALLY painfull sessions of hair removal !!!but I have NO regrets !ps: it's 50 times more painfull than a tatoo thought lol I tried BOTH !!!!
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Thanks for that. I was interested in lazer hair removal...but since I am too chicken to even get a tattoo, I don't think I will be able to do this either (unless they make it less painfull somehow).
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I've tried waxing with a concoction of sugar, water and lemon that has been boiled down to a sticky syrup. I spread the "wax" on my skin and place a strip of cloth and then yank that mother! I only used this on my upper lip as my legs can't take waxing. I've also tried the real wax that you melt on the stove and as the wax hardens on your skin you yank it out. Now that was really effective especially on my underarms. I've also tried Veet Wax Strips on my upper lip and bikini line. That works too, probably the same as Parissa, but I haven't tried that brand.
Oh god 50 times more painful than a tatoo-but then again no more worries.
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Hm...do you think you can get Lazer removal with anaesthetics? :PAnyhow, I just might pick up the nerve and try waxing. Since I'm very fair, and my hair is both dark, thick and fast growing shaving is something I need to do every day to keep smooth. And there's nothing more embarrassing, then waking up next to my boyfriend with almost as stubbly cheeks as his.
Honestly, waxing makes me mad lol. I saved up all of my courage to go for a Brazillian wax a couple of summers ago. I made my best friend come with me and hold my hand and read People magazine to me while getting it done. I don't have super thick or coarse hair or hair that grows super fast so it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought. However, within a week it was growing back! $60 and an hours worth of pain for a hair free one week? I don't think so!
I bruised the CRAP out of myself doing at home waxing once, so I'm wary. I'm intrigued by sugaring though, I really might look into that more, especially since you can completely make your own recipe right at home.
I've only ever tried to do waxing on myself once. There was a reason I only tried once ;)Typically, I just shave. It's quick and easy for me. I have really thin blond hair, so it's not really a huge ordeal and I don't get really bad stubble or anything. On occasion, I will pay for someone to wax my brows, that's about it though.
I used the Parissa products once and I really don't like them. The prewaxed strips don't take off all of the hair and I have to go over it several times - just not worth the effort. I'm still looking for the perfect wax kit!
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I haven't tried any of the Parissa products yet but I just use the nair wax strips- but rarely- their not amazing products but their alright. Most of the time, I just use the Pure Divine Body wash ( which says it could also be used for shaving) and to be honest with you, after everytime i use it, my legs are soooo silky smooth, it is unbelievable. Oh and it smells delicious. =]
my skin bleeds a lot when i wax. i only tried waxing a few times- since of all the blood, bumps and bruises. I just shave now, and use Magic Powder (the stuff African American men use to remove hair on their face)- it smells disgusting, and i always have to clean up to get rid of the rotten egg smell. But it never irritated my skin, and it lasts a few weeks! i use it for my arm hair. And i get my brows threaded
I see Parissa wax strips in stores but never took the time to pick it up. But thanks for the great review, I'll try it sometime soon! (:
I have used these strips for years on my upper lip and under my chin. They have worked well for me -- sometimes I cut them in half to fit better. Waxing does hurt -- but there is no heat associated with these and I appreciate that part. However, I have graduated to laser hair removal and am thrilled with the results! And really, it doesn't hurt that bad... A Brazillian wax hurts a heck of a lot more and longer than laser hair removal in that same area!
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I'm telling you ---the poetic waxing kit is very gentle....and is made by a great company! BLISSI love the poetic waxing and it doesn't hurt that badly.
I haven't tried this brand. I tried the Nad's wax strips and OMG. What a pain in the ass! Or leg? It was my first time trying waxing and it did not go well. I followed the directions but I just couldn't rip hard and fast enough or pull the skin taught enough because it kept sticking to my skin and didn't really do a good job of removing hair. Then, I was covered in the Nad's. The company claims that you can rinse it off with water but nuh-uh! I had to get baby oil out of my cabinet and pour it on my legs and try and rub it in and I still had trouble getting it off. Then I had to clean my tub to get the oil out. NOT WORTH IT. Confession: Shaving bugs the crap out of me. I don't really shave much at all these days. I have nobody to impress at the moment and I've pretty much worn pants all summer. Then I had the cellulitis and I'm a little petrified of shaving and nicking myself (which I do at least three times every time I shave) and having a relapse. So I really haven't shaved. My hair is super super fine and very light and kind of soft so it doesn't even really show up and I don't get the porcupine stubble feeling. I would definitely go and get my legs waxed professionally since the hair probably wouldn't grow for months and it would be cost effective. Not to mention it would save me the trouble of dealing with it.
i don't need that because i don't have so much hair on my legs and my bikini ....i prefer hot wax ....
I've never tried the strips, but I've used a sugaring system from Parissa for several years and it works great for my underarms. Shaving irritates my skin, so sugaring/waxing is actually more comfortable. A quarter of a second of mild pain when the strip comes off, and that's that for a few weeks. ;) I also recently tried Moom's sugaring kit (they sell an adorable mini version that's great for travel), and I like that one too.