(Buster Go)Nads

Leaving aside the high-larious name of this product (I don't think they thought about it for too long or else the people in the focus groups they used didn't tell them for a laugh), NADS is marketed as a natural hair removing product. "Oh", thought I, "great! No nasty smell like Immac/Veet/whatever they're calling it this week, excellent".

So I bought the facial wand version, which they say is perfect for shaping brows and getting rid of the'auld bit of a 'tash some of us have. The formulation is completely natural and water-soluble, so there's none of that endless hassle you have with wax when little bits stick to the skin - I hate that. It'll also remove hair as short as 3-5mm. Looks wise, it's a thick green syrup and it's hassle free in that it doesn't have be heated - your own body heat softens it. It comes complete with linen strips that you use over the gel to pull the hair off - similar to using strip wax, and wipes that you use to clean the area before treatment.

So what you do is use the wipe and then make sure your face is dry. You then smooth on a thin, even layer of the green goo onto the area you want to treat, in the direction of the hair growth. Your body heat is supposed to be sufficient to melt the product and provide good hair removal properties. You then smooth a linen strip on top, and quickly snap it back off again, keeping it close to the skin, and pulling against the direction of the hair. Et voila!

Eh, except it's not quite et voila. It's more like ehh, wha'? It doesn't work! I thought I'd done it wrong, so I tried again....and again, and then again. Nothing. Nada. Not a little squeak of a hair moving in its follicle, not a hint of a removal of hirsuteness.

So if you'll excuse the pun (and the language), I found Nads to be a load of bollocks.