Aio Waxing Body Sugar Review

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'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 ;)

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.

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.

*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?

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 :)

Ah this stuff. It has taken me from despair to cheer (thanks goes to Magpiefi for giving some tips) anyway this was in the vault and I loved the sound of it. It promises a less painful waxing experience and ingredients that aren't full of nasties.

I used to wax back in my teenage years and I loved it. I have been waxing my eyebrows for years now and love the results.

So this arrived and I knew I had to start letting my hair grow so it would be long enough to wax. A few days later I was ready. I heated the wax for 10 seconds put a tiny bit of talcum powder on, applied a thin layer of wax to my arm pit, pressed the strip on, braced myself and ripped the strip off... No pain that was a start but I managed to get 3 hairs. I did this several times with the same result. Tried my legs same thing. I was going nuts reading the instructions over and over again and gave up destined to be like muffin Mclay like a bundle of hay.

But.. Magpiefi had her review up ahh as I read it.. Damp skin! So off I went again used the same method as above to get ready but this time I sat a hot face cloth on the area first then patted it dry a wee bit and ahhh of it all came. Still painless even though the hairs actually came off. It's like ripping a bandaid off its not painful at all. I think a big help with the pain is it's not ripping the skin. I have tried arm pits, legs and bikini all easy. I might sound like a freak but I can't wait til the hair grows back so I can do it again!! It's easy to clean up too everything just dissolves off and wipes away easily. Love this product definitely will re purchase.

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.

Honestly I fell in love with this product as soon as I opened the delivery parcel. The packaging is very simple as it was in a cardboard box but the product itself was in a frosted glass jar with a black plastic lid.

The Waxing Body Sugar had a very good consistency but I decided to microwave my wax for about 5 to 10 seconds as it was too thick for me.

It did what it had said as the process was not painful. I could feel very little pain and sometimes not at all unlike normal waxing when I would be screaming my head off but I found that is product was more effective as it gave me smoother skin.

The Aio Waxing Body Sugar is a New Zealand made product and only has surcrose, aqua and citrus extract in its ingredients.

I tested the product in many different areas such as my upper lip, arms, legs, armpits and down below (if you know what I mean) and the results were amazing.

The box contained the 340g sugar wax, 20 wax strips, 2 wooden waxing spatulas and also an instruction leaflet that was very detailed on how to wax the different areas of the body.

Definitely re purchasing for summer

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.