Aio Waxing Body Sugar Review

*Disclaimer* I have given away my pottle of this to a friend who does like it so maybe I was failing at using it but I couldn't bring myself to do any more!

I picked up the Aio Waxing Body Sugar in the recent Beauty Review Beauty Vault and was SUPER excited about trying it out.

The product arrived in a brown cardboard box, housing a decent number of cloth strips, two 'iceblock stick' style applicators (one big and one small) and a gorgeous, heavy glass jar of the toffee coloured product.

The wax is a dense syrup the colour, consistency and smell of liquid toffee or molasses or treacle. You thin it out/warm it up in the microwave, spread on a thin layer and use the strips to yoink out hairs. In theory.

Bearing in mind that my experience is based on one usage... this has put me off waxing full stop! The wax heated up fine, went on fine, and attached to the hair fine. It washed away from my skin cleanly and left no reaction or residue from ingredients, which is great. It smells divine and is therefore pleasant to apply in that respect.

SO...why did I give it away? When I whipped off the cloth strip, no matter how tautly I held the skin or which angle I tried, I ended up bleeding. Later that day I was really bruised and battered looking - purple blotches that took a week to fade. And man, did it HURT!

I'm glad I tried it but I'm not really a wax newbie and so it shouldn't have caused these issues, so I discontinued use immediately.

However, a BR friend requested it, and I sent it to her as she loves it for her legs. One persons trash is anothers treasure, perhaps?

Since I don't use wax very often... seemed the same as any other wax for me. It may well be less painful, but I don't have much to compare it too! :( however, I do have sensitive skin and didn't make me react at all.

As a home waxing novice I enjoyed having A play with this yummy looking and smelling body sugar. With a very similar consistency to honey (my son actually asked why I was put in honey on my face) I was a little bit nervous and rightly so. It was a bit too sticky for my liking, which made it quite hard to apply even though I heated it for twice as long as recommended because the suggested time did nothing to make it "slightly runny" as the instructions said. The was also not helped by the fact that the paddles provided are simply popsicle sticks, so when applying this sticky substance to my eyebrows I needed a special kinda talent. Next time I am going to find something thinner and maybe slightly pointed to apply it.

However, overall I am happy with the pain free result and the fact that this is a new Zealand made product is completely natural! I am sure with better tools and more practice this will become a favorite product.

This smells soooooo good! It's like desert for your skin! It's sugar so smells like.. well. . Sugar! It comes in a glass jar with a smart black lid and an inner lid to stop stickiness getting onto the outer lid (very smart). Also included is 2 wooden spatulas, 1 popsicle stick size (actually it is a popsicle stick) and one bigger. I love that they've considered Smaller and larger applications with this. There's also fabric strips - quite a few too! And of course instructions! I found it a wee bit thick when I opened it so as per the instructions gave it a quick Wizz in the microwave to get it to "honey consistency" - gave it a good stir and did a test on my forearm. I love the consistency of this wax! It's smooth and glides onto the skin nicely! The strips are the right amount of grippy so are easy to use. I found this test patch great! It was virtually painless! After my test patch I had a go at my chin - I have really gross thick dark hairs that I battle on my chin and I'm sick of plucking so I'd let them grow a wee bit to have a Crack at this amazing sounding wax.... aaaand. .. pooh! No good! I think the hair needs to be quite long for this Sugar Wax to be most effective. I finished up my forearms after this and got the same result. It removed all the ones that were long but left behind anything less that possibly 7mm.... I found a little goes a long way with this, so it's fantastic that it'll last a while. I really love how painless this is, so much so that I'm going to let my leg hair grow and have a go at those - which is huge for me after a very painful attempt a few years ago, I swore I would never wax my legs again..... Clean up was a breeze! Even cold water removes excess! And ( possibly my favourite thing about this product) the strip also wash up perfectly! They look like they should be disposable but they're not! Woohoo!

UPDATE: Had a go at my legs! It was still painful but not unbearable.. I still found it left quite a few hairs behind but I just went over them with a razor and have found regrowth is still longer than just shaving. So I will keep waxing!

I used the Aio waxing body sugar on my legs. This product claims you can pull the wax strip off in the same direction of the hair, but I found like normal wax the strip needs to be pulled the opposite direction to remove the hairs which made it just as painful as normal at home waxing. However, I found this product to be a lot more effective than any at home waxing kits I've ever used before. It pulled out practically every single hair first go. There was no need to wax the same spot again which meant my skin was far less red and sore than it has been after using other waxing products. Only the hair follicles were a little red. I loved the soft material of the waxing strips, I found them to be far more effective than the paper strips as they did not rip and contoured well the areas like my knees. Overall I found this to be a very good at home waxing kit. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to wax at home.

When i heard about this product on BR, it sounded too goo to be true! Plus it was a version of waxing i had never heard about. Sugar waxing! It sounded delicious, but i really wondered if it would work.

This product comes in a understated cardboard box. Nothing exciting and something i would work straight past in the store. The wax comes in a frosted jar, with a plastic black lid. The jar is transparent and you can see the wax inside. It also comes with the wax strips, and two wooden spatulas.

The wax looks just like golden syrup. Its had the rich dark caramel colour to it, and the same sticky quality. It has a really thick consistency when it is at room temperature, but it is winter so no suprises there. I just leave it near the fire for a few minutes to warm up and thats when the wax looks more runny, and is easier to spread.

This wax is really easy to use. You just spread it over your hair, rub the wax strip over the hair, and then pull the wax strip off. Easy as 1, 2, 3.

I find this wax pretty effective, and one good strip is all it takes to remove most the hair, although a few straggly hairs remain Also this sugar wax is meant to be less painful than other wax strips. I haven't really used many other wax strip so can't comment on that aspect, but i do not find these painful to use at all (other than the expected slight twinge when the hairs get pulled out). Also my skin does feel sensitive after being waxed, but that's expected.

Overall, yes i would use this product again, even though it is time consuming, it saves me from shaving my legs every other day, and its not too painful either.

I got so excited when I pulled the first strip off - it was completely painless! It's easy to apply, smells wonderful, and doesn't hurt. This is my first time waxing at home, I usually go to a professional, so I would recommend this if you are in the same position as I was. However, I did find I had to go over sections as all the hair was not being pulled out. I'm not sure whether this is through inexperience, or that it was the wax? It's also very sticky, so watch out for that. I had to microwave it a couple of times to get it to the sticky consistency by the way.

I have been lusting over this since I saw the trial team. I didn't get on the trial, but I did pick it up in the vault and I'm so glad I did. I was skeptical - could sugar wax be the answer to my problems? A day after my vault goodies arrived, I cracked into it. The brown box is simple with all the info, and inside was a gorgeous frosted glass jar with the delicious amber wax within. I removed the lid and was hit in the face with the scent of toffee apples! Oh god, I think I drooled a little. I set about getting some stuff prepared to start waxing my lady area, like a bowl of hot water for the wax, a cloth and some scissors to cut up the strips.

Fail. The wax adheres well to the hairs, but it does not pull them out nicely. After 2 hours of failing I gave up trying my lady area - the pain wasn't worth it. I was swollen, sticky and sore, and really not enjoying my experience. I had used minimal wax, as I've never used sugar wax before, so I was quite disappointed. The hair has since grown back and I have had so many ingrown hairs - I don't think I'll use this down there any more!!

However. I plucked up the courage to try my legs, and oh my god. It was like the easiest thing in the world. Slather, rip, wipe with damp flannel, repeat. I couldn't believe how well it was working on my legs, and how painless it was, and they had less than 1cm of hair on them. I sat in a state of euphoria as I pulled all of my leg hairs out - 3 WEEKS later, the hairs have barely grown back, it's a little sprinkling of stubble and that's it.

I have also given my armpits a try and I just can't get the wax to work - I don't know what I'm doing wrong. This would have been perfect as my razor has been irritating my armpits to the point where I scratch them raw.

The wax claims you can pull it with the hairs, I've found that no, you cannot do this. So other than that, and the pain from the lady area and the fact I can't use it on my armpits, I'm happy. I'll gladly continue to use this on my legs and be dolphin smooth, baby.

The first thing that makes this product stand out from your average wax is its gorgeous packaging. It comes in a lovely frosted glass jar with a black plastic screw on lid, much nicer than the standard plastic pot I am used to. The Wax itself has a nice "good enough to eat" toffee scent and a sticky thick consistency.

I found microwaving the wax for about 10 seconds worked best and then applied it to the skin using the applicator provided. I found it a bit harder (than my standard wax which you heat for a bit longer) to spread but it still effectively removed the hair as it said it would.

I love that this is an all natural NZ product, which performs just as well as other alternatives. I used this on legs, arms and bikini line with great results. I didn't find this wax any less painful as it claims, but, am happy with the results so would happily repurchase :)

I'm quite new to waxing. I tried many years ago with some strips my sister got, it put us both off for years. Then recently there was a discounted product at Farmers...well there was a reason that was discounted. OUCH! But this sugar product...well it may have just changed my mind.

When I first saw the packaging it looked like it was a jar filled with golden syrup. When I opened it up, the product was rock hard though, not like syrup (although it has a nice sweet scent) This was just because it was cold. 10 seconds in the microwave made it a syrup that was easy to smooth across my skin.

I decided being a waxing rookie I would start with my legs. It was so easy! It definitely wasn't painless - but it wasn't as painful as the other methods of waxing I have tried. I felt confident doing both my legs and managed to get most of the hair, there seemed to be the odd bit that was a bit stubborn.

I really like how it is so much easier to remove than wax too, that stuff sticks to EVERYTHING. This sugar formula was easy to remove with a cloth and warm water.

It has been two weeks since I did it and the hair hasn't come back yet, this is awesome. My hair grows so fast :( Can't wait to keep using this...and maybe be brave enough to try it in other spots ;)