Veet Hair Removal Cream for Sensitive Skin Review

Great product for hair removal. Its relatively quick (8 minutes before you can start scraping the hair away) and it works on many areas of the body. It smells pretty intensely chemically but I'm sure many hair removal creams do! I have found it to be safe on my skin and it lasts a long time too.

I used to use this as my only method of getting rid of unwanted hair about 10 years ago, but not sure if they changed the formula or if my body changed against it but I only ever use it now if I don’t have a blade left for my razor.

The cream is fine to apply albeit a little on the messy side as the texture is extra thick and it has an odour to it that is a little off putting, the only way I can describe it is it smells warm and acidy. So you lather this all over you legs then you need to give the cream time to essentially burn off the hair, which takes 10-15 minutes depending on how thick your hair is, I’ve got thick hair so I always leave on for the full time allowed, although it pays to keep checking with the supplied spatula every few minutes after the 10 minute period you don’t want this cream on longer than it needs to be. Then you rinse it off using the spatula to mimic a razor by scraping against the grain of the hair. Voila! Hair free legs, well kind of, they look tidy but as soon as you run your hands over them you can feel the prickly reside of hairs, that a razor would have gotten rid off leaving you silky smooth.

Also I find that even with this sensitive version of Veet that I developed a rash/itchy burn sensation across my legs within 24 hours, especially after showering (doesn’t help I guess that I have my shower so hot even Satan would wince getting into it – but that is besides the point I like it hot and shall do so) it’s not worryingly bad, as soon as I’ve showered and dried I apply cream it dies down, it just seems harsh even in this formula.

I was chosen to review this product so I decided to go a week without shaving my legs to trial. It I was very time consuming to apply all of the cream on both my entire legs and I was left standing awkwardly in my bathroom waiting for 5 minutes as directed. I did a test after 5 minutes and no hair had been removed so waited another 5 minutes. After 10 minutes in total the hairs on my legs came off with ease. The result wasn't "silly smooth legs for up to twice as long as shaving" I was silly smooth but unfortunately only for one day. I shaved again within the next two days. This product does work but personally I prefer shaving as it's easily done in the shower and doesn't mean I have to stand awkwardly in my bathroom waiting for the cream to do its magic.

I was chosen to test out this product, and I honestly came out disappointed with the product.

The first thing I did not like about it is the smell. The smell was so bad, I ha to hold in my breath when I was applying it.

The second problem I found with it is you aimlessly stand around your bathroom for 5 mins doing nothing. I thankfully thought of putting a mud mask on while I was waiting to shower but for me, I don't like waiting around for things like that. I would rather grab a decent razor and shave it off in 5 mins then wait around for it to work.

Lastly, it did not remove all of my hair on my leg, in fact, it removed hardly any of it! My hair is very thick and stubborn so that is probably why. It may work out better for those who have lighter/fairer hairs on their legs, but for me it wasn't working.

Overall, i would not re-purchase this product. I think I'll stick to my razors and waxing.