Best Hair Removal Cream for Women and Men in the UK
Thanks for taking the time to read our reviews of the best hair removal cream that is currently available on the UK market. As you may well imagine, there are hundreds of hair removal products available from many different cosmetic brands, all trying to get you the consumer, to buy their particular product.
You will also be aware of the many forms of hair removal. These range from:
- Shaving
- Bleaching
- Waxing, threading or plucking
- Tweezing
- Laser Treatments
- Electrolysis
- Epilators
- Intense Pulsed Light (IPL)
As you may also know it doesn't stop there. So why consider using a hair removal cream rather than these other methods.
Benefits of Using a Hair Removal Cream
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According to Wikipedia, a depilatory cream is "a cosmetic preparation used to remove hair from the skin. Common active ingredients are salts of thioglycolic acid and thiolactic acids."
- These hair removal creams work by dissolving the hairs from the body. You apply the cream to the area of your body where you want the hair removed.
- You leave it on for the precise time indicated on the instructions. The usual time period is around 10 minutes, but this will vary from product to product.
- You then rinse and rub it off and that removes the hairs from the body. Sometimes a plastic or wooden scraper is used but nothing with a blade
- It is important to understand that all hair removal creams are never going to be a permanent solution. That is because the cream does not destroy the dermal papilla (outer layer of skin), and the hair will grow back.
So the key benefits of using hair removal creams are:
- Painless - as long as the instructions are followed
- Relatively quick when compared to other methods
- The creams help hydrate the skin to make it healthier
- Gets really close to the roots of the hair
- Practically no risk of getting ingrown hairs
- No risk of cuts, nicks, irritation, rashes or unwanted stubble
- Suitable for sensitive areas of the body
- Most creams have been enriched with vitamins which nourish and hydrate the skin
Cautions When Using Hair Removal Creams
Like any cosmetic product, it may take you a few attempts using different hair removal creams to find the right one for your skin. There are quite a few different types of skin. These are usually classed into 4 different groups which are:
- Normal Skin - well balanced eudermic skin
- Dry Skin - as the name suggests your skin is dry and that is caused by a lack of sebum
- Oily Skin - the opposite of dry skin and caused by too much sebum
- Combination skin - you may have normal, dry and even oily on different areas of your body
The main reason we mention these skin types, with particular reference to hair removal creams and lotions, is that your skin can react to different brands of creams in different ways. That is called skin reaction and it can be a major problem for ladies with sensitive skin in particular.
That is why we strongly recommend trying out any hair removal cream, lotion or gel on an area like your arm first. Pick a small area and try it out there to see what the results are. If you get a redness or an itch, then your skin will be too sensitive for that particular brand of cream.
The best hair removal cream for you depends on the following factors:
- The type of hair you are trying to remove
- The area where you are trying to remove the hair, the face and bikini areas are much more sensitive than the legs as an example
- How sensitive your skin is to the particular cream type?
Best Hair Removal Creams for Women
Before using any hair removal cream you should always do a skin test first. That will stop your skin from breaking out should your skin be allergic or too sensitive to the properties of the hair removal cream.
Best Hair Removal Creams for Men
Just below you will find the best hair removal creams for men.
Hair removal creams remain a very popular choice for both men and women, mainly because they are effective and more importantly pain free. As we mentioned earlier, it is always worth testing a small amount on a piece of skin to check for any reaction.
If that works out OK, then it is safe to apply to the areas of skin where you want to remove hair.
