Sally Hansen, Eyebrow, Face & Lip Wax Kit

I have been using this stuff for YEARS. I am an upper-middle class 30 something, but find it ridiculous to spend $$$ every few weeks to do my eyebrows. My hair grows fast and is very thick and dark, I needed something for clean up and get my brows shaped like once a year.You can get multiple uses out of this (I usually get three to four). Throw out the guide packet and the wooden stick - those do nothing. It used to come with mini tweezers and I’m sad it doesn’t anymore. You will need tweezers for leftover hairs.The wax takes forever to heat up the first time you use it. Put it in the microwave and heat in 30 second increments. You want the wax to make a pool of melted wax in the can. You want at least half of the wax to be melted. Sometimes you have to take the paddle and press into the wax and it’s nicely melted on the underside. Press in and melt some more. You need to be able to have access to a lot of wax and it hardens quickly in the pan.Prep the skin. Clean, no makeup. Use a spoolie and push up your brows so the underside (where I start) is clear of hairs you DONT want to wax.Take the paddle and dip it in to get a little chunk of wax. Rotate the paddle back and forth to kinda cool it, and you want to sort of “puddle” the wax on one side of the paddle. That puddle will be the puddle you drag across your eyebrow, starting inward and moving outwards. You use the puddle to get it closer to the brow itself but it gives you a bit more control to get it on the hairs you want, not the skin below the hairs. Forget the little “ready” word. It does nothing. Press the slightly sticky wax into your hairs just to make sure it’s on there. Let that dry, repeat on the other side. Your puddle will be on the opposite side of the paddle because when you bring your opposite hand up, that puddle is now meeting the underside of your brow. Press inwards to outwards.I rip my wax pieces and put all in the top of the lid, then dump all pieces into the trash. Put the lid back on and you’re good to go for a few more uses.Tips: the wax can be runny. I have definitely dripped wax onto my lashes and that was NOT FUN. Take your time but also be quick or it will drip.Try to leave or add some wax on the “end” of your wax smear, so you have something to grab and rip. Rip on one big motion, like you’re ripping your ex boyfriend out of your brain. Rip in the opposite direction of hair growth.Better to start small and get more confident. I’ve definitely waxed off half my brow before.Hope this helps! Xoxo

Listen, this is a $5 wax kit. Let’s talk specifics:1- I only used this on my lip so I can’t speak for eyebrows. I needed to use it twice on each area to make sure it got everything, but it was effective and not painful.2- Soothing gel is great. I have very sensitive skin and was worried I would break out or swell up but neither happened. Plus you get soo much soothing gel. The trendier brands actually give less gel than wax which is disappointing but this comes with plenty.3- heating it up. I personally had no issues. Everyone’s microwave is different. I think I heated it for 100 seconds and it was perfect. Took it out to check at 90 and applicator was about ready but a few spots weren’t totally melted so I did another 10. Felt fine on my face and was effective.4- It cools very quickly!!! I am a beginner and it was a little tricky to manage but I think it was more of a general waxing thing for me and not this specific product.I’ll update this review if anything changes, but as someone who just needs the occasional lip wax this product is perfectly fine.

I bought this to replace my Sally Hansen sugar wax, a product I've used for decades. I realized after following the instructions and heating it in the microwave, that it is not sugar wax at all. For a start the instructions tell you to heat it on high for 90 seconds. I thought, "wow, that's a long time, I usually only heat my previous wax for 10 seconds." Well, I should have listened to my gut. It smells terrible (like burnt wax!) and it was so hot, I had to wait for ages for it to cool. By the time it had cooled enough that the plastic spatula with "heat sensitive ink" told me it was safe to use, it had hardened too much. So I reheated it, using my own judgement this time, in 10 second increments. The spatula heat sensor is not accurate at all and the wax kept cooling too much. So, I had to risk burning myself to try it a little hotter. I didn't burn myself but I never quite got it hot enough to spread properly. It did not work. And unlike sugar wax, it does not dissolve in water, so there is no way to clean the spatula. You just have to wait for it to harden and try to break it off. It is messy and clumpy and did not work. I'm going to try to return it, though it's quite a mess now. The picture is the aftermath of my single attempt.

I bought this wax to use on my daughter's eyebrows for the first time. I did read the instructions and I even watched a couple of youtube videos before I started. It did work in some areas and some areas it did notdo as well. My daughter is very skiddish so I only had one shot. I heated the wax for 90 seconds. I repeated this a couple of times but the wax was not getting hot enough. By the time I took it out of the microwave and walked over to my daughter to put it on it was already hardening and was very difficult to put on. Several days later I watched more videos and I ended up heating the wax more than the time before and there was a big difference. The wax was able to go on smooth and it did work much better the second go round. I would recommend this but honestly for a first time eye brow waxing it might be beneficial to practice on an area that is not on the face! Over all I am pleased with this purchase.

Good product, never got around how to use it effectively.