These home waxing kits will help you on your way to smoother skin (if you prefer a hairless bod)

Different horses for different courses, right? Me personally, I couldn’t think of anything worse than using waxing kits and ripping my own leg hair from my skin. My mate however, she’s a fully paid-up convert. Why? Waxing kits remove hair from the root which means the results last longer (weeks rather than days), there’s less risk of in-grown hairs and there’s minimal maintenance in between (other than, the initial plundering of follicles, of course), which means you can skip daily shaving. What’s not to like?

“Once you’ve done it a few times, it gets easier,” she says. “I barely even feel it anymore.” Her tip? “I started off going to a salon and built up my pain tolerance before doing it at home on myself. It means I had a better idea of what to do as well.” Now, she’s a well-oiled (and very smooth) machine. “You find your groove, you work out what works for you and now I have it down to 10 minutes for my legs, bikini line and armpits,” she says.

Because she’s now an at-home pro, her hair grows back less frequently and when it does, the texture is finer. “I can go weeks without needing to do my bikini line,” she reckons.

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So what are the best home wax kits for the job? “The Veet wax strips work really well. You just warm them up between your hands, stick them down and pull them off.” And, you can use them on your legs and underarms. “I just get the leg ones and cut them down to smaller strips for my armpits,” she says. Thrifty. Veet also does these Sensitive Face Strips - so you can banish pesky upper-lip hairs - or you can go for something like no-strips required Smooth Appeal Microwavable Wax.