GiGi Tweezeless Wax, Non-Strip Facial Hair Remover for Sensitive Skin, 1 oz, 2-pack

This might be a bit of a long review, but I want to share 8 years of trial and error with this Gigi Hard Body wax. I am not a licensed professional, just a person who wants to save money by doing my own waxing at home.For starters, this wax does not require the fabric strips. If that's what you want/like to use, this isn't the right wax for that method. Don't know much about that kind of wax except to say that it's sticky/gooey and I hate it. Used it once, it was a complete disaster and a mess, threw everything in the trash and went back to this. This is the easiest wax to use!!!Moving on, buy the big warmer that they sell for these cans of wax, the one with the temperature control. Also, having the cardboard ring that goes around the can while it's sitting in the warmer is nice. It prevents the wax from getting dripped down into the edges of the can when its in the warmer. No matter how hard you try, you are going to drip wax. Just expect that. Protect your bathroom counter with paper towels and spread a big garbage bag over where you'll be standing while doing this. Wear old clothes if you have to have something on. If you have a nice manicure, wear gloves or you will be spending time picking wax off your nails. I recommend waxing right before getting a new manicure if you can. If you color your brows, do that the day before you wax. And remember, if you have long hair, tie that up or it will find its way getting stuck in the wax!!Here's how to work with Gigi Brazilian Body Hard wax. It should come with a clear plastic seal around the lid on the outside edge of the can. There is no inner seal. Take the plastic wrap and the lid off. Place just the can (and the cardboard ring if using one) in the warmer and turn it up to the highest setting. Go do some laundry, watch tv, make a sandwich. A new can will take 1-2 hours to melt. You can stir it around with a stick every 20 minutes or so if you want.The most important thing to understand.....getting the temperature of the wax right. For starters, the whole can needs to be evenly warmed to the same consistency, so expect the wax to be too hot after its melted. It almost always is. How do you check? Place an applicator (popsicle) stick in, stir it around good and hold it up over the can. If the wax drizzles off the stick fast and it's really runny.....it's way too hot!! Stop right there and turn the warmer off or down to the lowest setting. It needs to cool. If the wax is too cool, it will be like stirring an old container of super thick cake frosting. Turn the temperature up slightly and wait. Eventually, you will get the wax to the perfect temperature. The way to tell? If the wax has the consistency of honey, then you've got it right where you want it. Test it on the inside of your wrist. It should feel warm, but not scalding hot. To keep the wax at that honey-like state, you might have to switch the temp on the warmer up and down throughout the whole process. You're almost ready to start the fun part.Put some olive oil on a cotton round, not too much, and lightly go over all areas to be waxed. (If you're doing your brows yourself, go over your eyelashes with a heavier dose of olive oil too, just in case they touch the wax. Really long lashes can get stuck by accidentally blinking right after you apply wax under your brow, so be aware of that. This can happen if you're standing up looking in the mirror.) The olive oil serves to prep the skin and helps the wax easily pull off. I don't know anything about using powder, but I would think it would cause this wax to bond with your skin and be incredibly difficult to get off. Play it safe and go with the olive oil.Time to get waxing!!! Pull the skin taught and smooth if you can and get ready to apply the wax. (*TIP* The applicator should have wax on one side only. Scrape the backside of the applicator off on the edge of the can as you get the wax onto the top side of the stick. Doing this prevents you from dripping wax all over everything!!!) Spread the layer of wax up and against the direction of the hair growth. The layer of wax should be about the thickness of a dime to a quarter, but this varies from area to area. (That's just a general giudeline for anyone new to this.) The wax will harden in 1-2 minutes and the edges will start to come up when it's ready to pull off. If it feels like gooey bubblegum, you'll need to wait a few more minutes. When you and the wax are ready, grab the edge and pull fast. I pull down (in the direction of the hair) and it seems to hurt less.A few notes about the discomfort. Its going to hurt. Expect that. You are ripping the roots of the hair out from below the skin. The trade off is that it doesnt grow back for 1-3 weeks!! The hair should be rather short before waxing. (For measure, I'd say long enough to grab it good with tweezers if you were going to pluck it.) The longer it is, the more it hurts. The thicker it is, the more it hurts. The good news (yes there is some) is that the more you wax, the less it starts to grow in over the years. I've invested 8 years to ouches and profanity, and I'm seeing less and having to do it less often.Peach fuzz on your face that picks up powdered makeup? No problem!! That comes off regardless of how fine or short it is. Be careful on your face and try the neck area first for practice if you're not sure. I mastered eyebrows first and then eventually moved on to experiment with waxing off the microscopic facial hair I could barely see. And to bust a myth...waxing will not make facial hair grow in thicker. Those little personal facial shavers are what cause that lovely problem, so skip those gadgets and save yourself the aggravation. Waxing gets it all!!!What else? I'm thinking. Oh yes. To apply wax, use the big wooden applicators for everything but brows. Brows need the skinny applicators. You will find that it's hard to get all the hair with one pass with the wax. It says not too, but you can wax the same area more than once. I find two passes with the wax to be most effective in getting everything. No big deal for me, but to err on the side of safety, I would say that all depends on the person's tolerance level and the sensitivity of the skin to the wax. If you can only manage to do each area once, clean up the leftover hair with tweezers. To remove excess wax...go over it with olive oil and it will release from your skin. Shower after waxing. If not, you will find yourself sticking to your clothes and underwear like velcro. Use a loofah glove and soap and gently go over all the areas you did from your neck down. For your face....be sure to get the olive oil off of your skin as soon as you can. Ponds works great for an initial gentle cleanse, then follow with whatever you use to wash your face. Avoid microdermabrasion or harsh scrubs for a day or two after.Ingrown hair and red bumps are sometimes an issue with waxing. No worries there. Amazon sells a product called Tend Skin Solution. This stuff is great and fixes that problem in a few days.Ok. So that was my Gigi Wax 101 Tutorial. Remember to be patient with yourself (or whomever has asked you to do this for them) and don't try this for the very first time 2 hours before a date. This should be done when you have an uninterrupted block of time. Some privacy or having the house to yourself helps too, especially if you have a roommate, kids, or significant other that might end up banging on the door wanting to know what you're doing!If I've forgotten anything, I'll update this. I swear by this wax and I recommend it to anyone who asks what product I use.

When I go to a professional salon, they use this wax for the bikini area. They also charge $50+ for a bikini wax.Hoping to save money, I bought this wax and I do have to say, I'm impressed.I used this on my bikini area, my underarms, and some very sensitive and tough to wax areas like my knees and the back of my knees.I am very pleased with this product. I have very sensitive skin, and very course hair with sometimes 2-3 hair follicles growing together. This wax takes out almost every hair, and leaves my skin the least irritated of all the waxes I've tried so far.Tricks I have learned on using this:1. It requires a good 20 minutes to heat up in the warmer. Set it on High for 20 minutes if it's a full can. Then turn the warmer down to low. Wait about 10 minutes, check consistency. You may need to move the warmer setting from off to low to maintain the consistency you want: a very thick honey. It should pour off your applicator not like syrup but very slow like honey.2. Twist your applicator around and around to make sure to keep the wax on your applicator and not get those strings flying everywhere. Keep twisting your applicator until you get it very close to the area you want to wax.3. Use baby powder or talcum powder before application. You don't need to buy any fancy Gigi powder. It works far better on my skin then any pre-wax oil. The baby powder will make sure the wax adheres to the hair and not your skin.4. Apply in small and thick patches. Go big and regret it. I keep my application sizes to the size of a quarter to about an inch wide by 3 inches long. Keep them small and it will be easy to control.5. Someone said that you can pull this wax off after 20 seconds. No way. It takes a good 60 seconds before I can even feel if the wax is not tacky anymore. Somewhere between 60-90 seconds, pull up a little lip of wax at the bottom from which you will pull. If you pull it up and it's still sticky, just push the wax back down and give it a couple of good pats. Count 30 seconds, then try pulling again.6. Put down a lot of newspaper when using any wax. It will save your surfaces and you a big headache.7. Clean up on this wax is pretty easy. Once it cools, it just breaks off. And if you wait too long to remove it, it will break into pieces. You will have to learn the correct timing for removal. Trial and error.8. Use baby oil for removal. You don't need any fancy wax removers. Baby oil works great. Apply a good decent coat, let it sit in your skin a good 10 minutes, then jump in the shower and it comes off very easily.9. Never go out into sun, go tanning, go in chlorinated pool, or use harsh scrubs or soaps on your skin within 24 hours of waxing. Your skin needs time to recover.I hope these recommendations help. I know reading all the reviewers on Amazon has made my waxing experience way easier. Good luck and happy money savings :)

I used to spend best part of £30 a time having my bikini & under arms waxed every 2 weeks.Having decided to do it myself (like most of my beauty routines) I invested in this wax to use with my wax pot.It’s easy enough to use - highly recommend you oil yourself first, apply reasonably thick (doesn’t have to be inches thick, but if you spread it on too thin then it won’t come off in one go) ensuring you have a bit of a bulky edge to use to grip. Once it’s started to set & is not so gooey to the touch I highly recommend you use the “pat” method & tap the wax for a good few seconds to unstick it from your skin, so when you pull it off it’s not adhered to your skin as well as the hair. This will help to reduce the pain as well as ensuring the wax comes off easier.Pull against the direction of hair growth (so if the hair grows downwards, pull upwards).I invested in some wooden spatulas, almond oil, cotton wool pads and some old towels as part of my waxing kit.If you heat the wax too much it will be hard to apply more than a really thin layer and will burn you, so ensure your temperature is set correctly to get the best consistency. You’ll need to turn the temperature down as you get down the wax otherwise again you’ll cook the wax and in turn burn yourself causing damage & peeling/blistering to your skin.Basically, for less than £10 I can easily get 2 waxes out of this which covers a full Brazilian, under arms and any other little bits such as eyebrows or toes.I have tried other brands and have come back to this one time and time again.

This is an extremely good product. I bought cause of the quarantine with little expectations. I warmed it up in boiling water for about 45 minutes until liquid and started my bikini area small sections at a time. It takes a while but the result is amazing and could even do a total one. I was used to hard wax but only at salons, I used one nyself in the past bt was rubbish. This one is really easy to apply and take off, does not irritate the skin(well, for being a wax that takes off your hairs) and does not even make a mess.. will buy again and possibly even save money and not rely on the beautician anymore!

Read a review from a guy on here, he said he pulled his skin!! Ouch! Bless him!This is the BEST wax ever but you kinda have to know what you’re doing. You NEED the pre wax oil or use whatever good quality oil you have. I bought the pre wax oil. The wax has to be at the right temp. If unsure, do it in very little patches. I did a complete Hollywood twice during lockdown! Pleased with my results. I won’t ever pay to get my wax done anymore! It cost me £30 a session whilst buying this, I get 3 sessions out if it!

It’s not often I write reviews - vile product.I’ve had many Brazilian and Hollywood wax’s and used home wax products before.This does not harden properly so cannot be removed in anything more than ‘bits’ of course it remains sticky between thumb and fingers as well to add to the difficulty.I’ve basically been left picking at my a******e like a chimp. Waste of money and time - I do not understand how it has any positive reviews - fake ?Oh and the bonus - as with other home was products I’ve used that come off towels when moistened with hot water ? No.Would have preferred to leave no stars or even minus - but amazon reviews don’t have that feature.

This product was OK. It works well for eyebrows where you do very small strips of wax. Although for bikini area I had a lot of issues with it. I made sure my wax was the right temperature and consistency (like honey) but it would rarely come off in one piece which ended up being really painful to remove! I read up on this a lot before using and was aware if left on too long the wax would cool too much and become brittle. It seemed to do this regardless of it being left on the skin for 10 seconds or 30 seconds, the only way it would work was to do tiny strips like you do for brows, which if you're doing a larger area would take forever. I've tried it a few times now and don't get on with it so I am going to try a different brand.