Test Driving - Inhibitif Advanced Hair-Free Face Serum!

Inhibitif has added a bunch of new products to their line to help in the fight against unwanted hair - including Natural Hair Free Body Serum - 120ml - $19.99 - with a more natural but slightly slower results; Advanced Hair-Free Body Mist - 150g - $23.99 - with an aerosol format; Hair-Free Intimate Care - 75ml - $14.99 - so you can fire your waxer; Hair-Free Body Hydrator - 100ml - $15.99 - moisturizes and hydrates skin while minimizing the need for hair removal and preventing ingrown hairs; and the one that interests me the most:

Inhibitif Advanced Hair-Free Face Serum - 30ml - $24.99 - brings its unique and effective hair inhibiting technology to a face friendly formula to reduce the prominence and density of facial hair. When used twice a day for 8 weeks density and thickness are visibly reduced and then you just need to apply every other day to maintain smooth results.

Knowing that I'm a total loser when it comes to testing products that depend on regular use for optimal results, I recruited a few ladies of varying ages and facial hair concerns for a broader idea of what this stuff will (or won't) do!

Angie - 23 - medium toned skin with noticeable facial hair - I have been using Inhibitif on my upper lip, chin and uni-brow and am very impressed that there is almost no hair growing back in the areas that I've been applying it to for the past 8 weeks.

Toni - 44 - olive skin with dark facial hair - along with my Italian heritage comes the stereotypical lady-stache. It's been the bane of my existence since I was 13 and it has not improved with age. I have been scared to get it lasered so Inhibitif sounded like a good alternative and while it hasn't gotten rid of it entirely, there is now a lot less hair and it's finer - will definitely keep using!

Meg - 30 - light skin with light but thick facial hair - I have a line of pretty thick hair that goes from my sideburns down to my chin, if I dyed it dark, it would look like one of those strange contour beards that alternative guys wear. Up to now I have either had it waxed or used a depilatory cream but both methods make me break out and/or get bad ingrown hairs so I was happy to discover that after using Inhibitif for 7 weeks twice a day that now it is just a light sprinkling of hairs instead of a full on beard!

Lisamarie - so very young - fair skin with light, but annoying peach fuzz on upper lip and jaw line - so my experience to share comes from being the idiot person who could never remember to apply it twice a day - mostly I just applied it once a day in the morning. The serum is super light and a little goes a long way - two drops covered the whole bottom half of my face - it also doesn't absorb super quickly so to give it a chance to sink in, I apply the serum and go and do something for a few minutes and then come back to apply moisturizer on top of it. Even though I have been lax in the suggested twice a day application I have noticed a definite thinning of hair - I figure once I have used it once a day for 16 weeks it will be the same as if I had used it twice a day for 8 weeks and I'll have my optimal results!

Available at select Shoppers Drug Mart stores across Canada.

- Lisamarie -

Two months in and still hair-free with Philips and Inhibitif!

A couple of months ago I posted about starting a (hopefully) hair free life with the help of Philips SatinPerfect Epilator and Inhibitif Advanced Hair-Free Body Serum and I'm back as promised to let you know that this combo is a winner!

It's easy enough, use the epilator to get rid of the hair and spray the Inhibitif on twice a day to keep the hair from coming back. It's not perfect a few stray hairs did pop up here and there but after using the epilator on them again, they didn't return.

Of course there's always a downside, if you've never used an epilator before, it can be a painful experience but by adding the Inhibitif step, you won't have to use it nearly as often! It's also a bit of a pain to remember the Inhibitif twice a day, it was no problem in the morning but by the evening I often forgot so I actually got these results from using it once a day and twice every few days - I'm lucky to have pretty fine and light leg hair so if yours is darker and coarser, it will be more important to remember to apply twice daily.

Now I'm on to maintenance which means I only have to apply the Inhibitif every other day - and I'll just need my Philips Epilator for any random hairs that pop up - that should be easy!

Check out the original post here for pricing and availability for both products.

- Lisamarie -

Hair free legs with a one, two punch from Philips and Inhibitif!

Hair removal has to be my least favourite personal grooming task - it's boring, tedious and never ending so when I heard that there were a couple of products I could use to dramatically cut down, if not cut out the whole process altogether, I was in!

Philips SatinPerfect Epilator - $139.99 - a rechargeable unit with two speed settings that can be used wet or dry that has an extra wide head to help make the job quick along with hypoallergenic, ceramic textured discs that gently remove even the finest hair. Includes an active hair lift and massage attachment to remove flat-lying hair and soothe the skin and a shaving head with comb ideal for the underarms and the bikini line. What I like best about this model in the running light which makes it very easy to see the hairs you are trying to nab - even the fine ones you would normally miss!

Available at Amazon.ca, Bed Bath & Beyond, Personal Edge, Sears, The Bay and Walmart.

Followed up by...

Inhibitif Advanced Hair-Free Body Serum - 240ml - $29.99 - with the highest concentration of proven hair retarding actives than any other product in the world making it super effective and a spray applicator so it's easy to use - just apply twice a day on shaved, waxed or epilated skin for 2 months or until body hair appears nearly invisible at which time, apply every other day to maintain results.

Available exclusively at Shoppers Drug Mart.

I'll check back in 60 days and let you know how it's going!

- Lisamarie -