Back in July, our town house complex put on a pool party for the residents. That’s where I met our new friends — they’ve got an adorable chi-weenie pup named Penelope. We often walk our dogs nightly and finally, Alfie is starting to know little Nelly’s name.
Now, at first we sort of forced friendship with the two dogs. Nelly I’m sure loves any and all dogs she is around, she’s got that hyper personality that doesn’t understand when other dogs are angry with her. Thankfully she doesn’t mind alfie too much when he’s going at her viciously barking. Alfie on the other hand, hates anyone who even looks at him. 3 minutes into our regular walk routine, he settles down and trots along side his girlfriend while we chat about our days.
A few nights ago on our nightly walk we got to talking about hair removal. My friend was about to go to the salon to get her regular waxing done. I thought about it, and remembered when I used to do the hot waxing at home. Messy, terrifying and time consuming. So, when The Guy and I moved from Canada to California I got rid of my at-home-waxing kit, and kept the epilator to use on a regular basis. I’ve since slacked off with using the epilator under my arms (I wouldn’t dare use it anywhere else) and have resorted back to shaving.
Recently, Veet reached out to me and wondered if I was interested in a more permanent hair removal product that you could use at home called Infini’Silk Pro by Veet.
Who wouldn’t want their hair permanently removed, especially from the underarms. I mean, we’re living in California now and for the love of Fall — the cooler weather still hasn’t hit us yet, and I’m still comfortably wearing tank tops all day long. I think it’s safe to say I need to groom a little more often than I’m used to.
I have to be honest with you guys I’m following the rules on this packaging here, since I don’t want to mess up my body at all. The instructions state that you cannot have a tan before using the product. So, I’ve listened to that — and haven’t been able to test it out yet, even though I’ve had it sitting next to my computer for the last number of weeks.
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t afraid to start using it. Though, there’s a part of me that is really excited to be underarm hair free. I’ve already read reviews of it online and it’s FDA cleared. However it will not work with every skin type.
While I wait for my skin to go all pale, I did take it out of the box and have a peek at it. The laser is small, and will take a lot of pulses, zings or zaps (whatever the laser noise is) to get your full leg, and the handle is quite a big piece — but light weight, so when you’re doing your underarms it won’t get heavy or bulky feeling. A typical full hair growth cycle may take 18-24 months. So during that time it will most definitely take multiple sessions to achieve permanent results. There is a warning that is a little spooky that says “Warning: Do not treat the same area of skin more than once per hair removal session! Treating the same area of skin more than once per session increases the likelihood of adverse effects.” Um. What kind of adverse effects?
There’s different sizes and prices on Veet’s website of their laser hair removal machines. But keep in mind I’ll be going more in depth about this product at a later date when I scrub my tan off my skin and give it a few tries. It’s not going to be permanent hair removal in one easy zap, it takes time for your hair to grow back and get zapped off again. It’ll be a slow process, but good things come to those who wait.
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That sounds so awesome Nancy! A little scary, but awesome!
I always wonder about the at home treatments. I do professional and I wish I could do it at home and be more consistent and do more areas.
Candace recently posted..Summer Mini for Fall: Black & Gray
ooo! i’m so curious to see how this turns out for you – i’d be afraid to mess something up and would have to follow every word to a T!
Annie | MontgomeryFest recently posted..Digital Designs
I’m curious to see if this works, too! Who wouldn’t love never having to shave again!? Add me to that group! Haha! :)
Breanna recently posted..38 Weeks with Baby# 2!
I’m really interested to see how this goes…I’ve gone back and forth on the issue of permanent hair removal. I’ll be watching with keen eyes…:)
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I hope it works for you I’m in soCal and wear a lot of tanks as well.
karissa recently posted..Challenge #4-10thingsaboutme-#feelgoodblogging
Ooh I can’t wait to see how this works – life would be so much easier without shaving all of the time!
kendall recently posted..Enrique Love & Cricket Wireless
I’ve been contemplating buying one of these/or like these for a long time now and can’t wait to hear whether it works or not!
Looks like a good product, let us know how it goes once you get chance to use it.
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I would love to permanently remove my armpit hair, hahaha. I can safely say I would never regret that ;)
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No natural tan or no fake tan?
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How awesome. I am interested to know how well this works!!
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I can’t wait to see how well this works on you! Although I love the idea of permanent hair removal, I’m really not sure I’d have the patience to do that for as long as it would take, or as many times, in order to get the desired results! lol Good luck!
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I can’t wait to see how well this works on you! Although I love the idea of permanent hair removal, I’m really not sure I’d have the patience to do that for as long as it would take, or as many times, in order to get the desired results! lol Good luck!
Sharon recently posted..What is Kitnapping and How Can it Change Your Life?
I had professional laser hair removal on my legs but want to do my underarms, so this is VERY interesting to me!
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Ooooh now this looks interesting! I can’t wait to see how well it works and how you like it! Who doesn’t want to be under arm free? I know I do! What a pain to shave EVERY.DAY! I wish I was kidding.
it looks kinda scary.. but i don’t think i would mind trying it! i don’t have to worry about under arm hairs bc for some reason our family of women just don’t have it.. but i do want to try it on my legs.
estherjulee recently posted..Poached Pears Recipe with Raspberry Chocolate Sauce
I am curious to see if this works! My aunt uses a similar product and loves it!
Britt recently posted..Behind the Scenes of Yellow Umbrella
Sounds amazing! I’ve been terrified of waxing. This sounds like a great alternative.
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Interesting product. Curious to read how it worked out for you.
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Interesting! I’ve been eyeballing the Tria for YEARS, so if there is a cheaper product out there that gives the same outcome I’m allllll over that.
I currently wax at home, and I don’t think it’s all that bad, I can’t do my legs (ouch!) but the hard wax is pretty awesome. But I’d love a laser remover nonetheless.
Interesting! I’ve been eyeballing the Tria for YEARS, so if there is a cheaper product out there that gives the same outcome I’m allllll over that.
I currently wax at home, and I don’t think it’s all that bad, I can’t do my legs (ouch!) but the hard wax is pretty awesome. But I’d love a laser remover nonetheless.
Very intersting! I have never seen one of those. I would be really intrested to try it!
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Hmmm, this is really neat. Really neat. Now I wanna try it.
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Oh wow, this sounds really cool, can’t wait to see how it ends up working!
-Nasya
This look so cool. I don’t know if I’d have the patience for it though. I can’t wait to hear how it works.
Jessica Doll recently posted..Lead A Quiet Life
I’m interested to see how it works for you – the thought of doing it at home terrifies me… but I sure would love to never have to shave under my arms again!
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