TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 5.6*
Why: This product makes a lot of claims (like it will reduce hair growth), but readers aren't buying it. "I used no!no! for 10 weeks and didn't get the results they promised. You're better off saving your money for laser hair removal." Another reader had an even worse experience: "I devoted so much time to using this for about 10 weeks, and the only difference it made is that it actually made MORE hair appear!" Other complaints: "it is very hard to use on the underarms" and "if you go over the same place too much, you get what feels like a minor sunburn."
TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 4.9*
Why: The biggest complaint: "The gel itself is thick and doesn't lather well on the skin," readers say. Others say, "I've been using this for a year now and I've noticed zero minimizing of hair." The final call: "I don't think this is any better than cheap Walmart shaving gel. Don't waste your money."
TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 4.5*
Why: Readers say this product is painful: "After rinsing it off, my skin felt like it was burning and an hour later I got a very bad and painful rash," one reader says. Other readers didn't have pain, but they also didn't get hair removed: "I left the product on for the full 10 minutes but got little to no actual hair removal." Another complaint: "I stunk like burnt hair for three days. It was disgusting," one reader says.
TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 4.5*
Why: The biggest complain readers had about this depilatory: "Nair removed hardly any hair!" The second most common gripe? The smell. One reader says, "I thought the baby oil would make it smell better, but it didn't. It smelled like baby powder and sulfur -- like a baby that needed a diaper change ... eeew!" As if the first two points aren't convincing enough, "It also gave me the worst chemical burn I've ever had," adds a reader.
TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 4.1*
Why: The reason readers didn't like this is simple: "Nothing happened, it did not work." One reader says, "waste of money, it itched and I had to shave the same amount of times while using it." Another reader had an even worse experience: "Whatever you do, do not use this product under your arms! I will probably have this scar for the rest of my life to remind me never to use this product."
Unless you're lucky enough to have gotten laser hair removal, you're stuck in a never-ending cycle of shaving and/or waxing to get rid of unwanted hair. Even when using the best hair removal products the task is no fun, but when our readers used these products, it was terrible. See which hair removal products left them hairy and annoyed. P.S. Curious about those Smooth Away Hair Remover commercials you've been seeing? Wait until you check out what our readers had to say about it.
