Silky Smooth

Posted on May 6th, 2008 by admin

Product Review alert!

“Feel my legs.” “I just Naired them.”

Oh yeah baby. I think I’ve just found my new bff. Her name is Shower Power, by Nair.

For those of you (guys) who may not really know what Nair is, let me explain. Nair creates a bunch of different depilatory creams that can be used to get rid of body hair. It gets into your skin and dissolves hair. Kinda gross I know. Nair has a helpful website that gives a complicated explanation of a depilatory:

Depilatories contain ingredients that work by breaking the bonds of hair. The bonds give hair strength and structure, so when you break these bonds, the hair can easily be wiped away and removed.

Ok, so that wasn’t as complicated as I thought.

I saw a commercial for this stuff. And since I’m a sheep when it comes to advertising strategies, I went to the nearest Walgreen’s and bought me some. I’m really not the Nair kind of girl. I usually don’t shave until the hair on my legs is noticeable from ten feet away. Ya know, there are those girls who need to have every single day. Not me. When I lived in Michigan I would go a month at a time during the winter without shaving.

I had tried regular Nair lotion years ago and thought I had permanently damaged my dermis. It stung and made my legs red and bumpy. Awful. I’m pretty sure that I read the directions. Maybe not. But this Shower Power stuff seemed like it was right up my alley. The more convenient the product is the more likely I am to use it. Aka, I’m lazy.

Nair Shower Power is a cream with little micro beads floating in it. The smell wasn’t bad, it kinda reminded me of tanning lotion. The cream comes with this little sponge. You squirt the lotion onto the sponge and then put it all over your legs (dry skin), or wherever your unwanted hair may be. Then you wait a minute or so for it to kinda dry or whatever. Then you get in the shower and do your regular shower thing, with the cream still on your legs. You’re supposed to keep the cream out of the direct water stream so that it doesn’t all wash off, easier said than done. Then you take the sponge and rub off the cream/dissolved hair. In circular motions of course.

I followed directions exactly. I used almost half a bottle for the lower legs. I just didn’t feel like I had enough on there. And a bunch of it was soaking into the sponge. I put it on my legs and then waited a minute before I got into the shower. Once I got in there some of it rinsed off. I tried to do a ballerina move to keep my legs out of the stream, but it didn’t work. After about 6 minutes I started rubbing the remaining cream/dissolved hair off.

It totally worked!!! I was pretty skeptical, but it removed the hair. Except for a few spots where I think the cream washed off too soon. It did sting a little bit, but nothing abnormal. When I got out of the shower my legs were a little pink, but I think that was more due to the fact that the sponge that you use to remove the stuff is kinda rough. It’s exfoliating. Nice.

I think that they have you apply the cream with the sponge instead of your hands is because it makes your hands all slippery and weird feeling. It most likely dissolves your skin along with the hair.

But it was as easy as putting on lotion and rubbing it off. I think I can do that. I will no longer be the girl at the gym with the gross leg hair. Maybe I was meant to be a French woman.

Maybe not. I was even thinking about using this on my arm pits. Anyone ever Naired their arm pits before? Maybe I should research that. When I’m rich I’m going to get them lasered. I’m not rich yet.

And hairy guys: Don’t worry. Nair has a whole line of products for men. I’m sure they are the same exact formulations, but they come in shiny silver and blue containers to insure that you feel hetero while removing every speck of hair from your body.

I’ll keep you updated on how long my legs stay silky smooth. If it’s longer than 4 hours, I think Nair has shaving beat hands down.

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I’m watching the Hills right now (yes, I know). Lauren Conrad is eating ice cream. Like ice cream out of the container ice cream. I hate her now.