Kracie Epilat Cute Line Hair Removing Cream (Treatment Type) [[REVIEW]]

This is a break from all my blush and Canmake and Melliesh post today!

I’m really excited to tell you about it because I’ve been wanting to do this for a really long time but haven’t gotten round to buying it because I always forgot to OTL

-laughing- I finally remembered yesterday so today, I’m here to talk to you about Kracie’s Epilat Cute Line Hair Removing Cream (Treatment Type).

[WARNING: THIS CREAM REVIEWED TODAY CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PART OF YOUR BODY ASIDE FROM THE ARMS AND LEGS. PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THIS ON THE PUBIC REGION OR ON ONE’S FACE.]

Nope, this isn’t a sponsored review or anything!

Notice that I didn’t say ‘epilation cream’? This is because epilation is the removal of the entire hair + roots off the skin – depilation on the other hand, is simply the removal of hair above the skin. So the root still stays in.

Now, depilation cream basically is a not-so-painful way to remove hair off the larger parts of your body. For example, your arms, legs and maybe even bikini line.

[WARNING: THIS CREAM REVIEWED TODAY CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PART OF YOUR BODY ASIDE FOR YOUR ARMS AND LEGS. PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THIS ON THE PUBIC REGION OR ON ONE’S FACE.]

It’s made up of harsh chemicals that break down the bonds in your hair so that it just disintegrates and becomes easy to just wipe off with a tissue.

It’s pretty ‘Kracie’, isn’t it? Harty-har. The brand name’s Kracie, which kind of sounds like ‘crazy’, don’t you think? Ah, these Japanese brands. -laughing- The product’s made in Japan, by the way!

There are two types of hair removing cream, one is the treatment type (this one) and the other is the citrus version (no, really). The difference between the both is that that one comes in a pink tube and this one comes in a white. That one has a zesty scent and this one doesn’t. This one contains shea butter and nut oil extracts and the other doesn’t.

The product comes in a twist-off tube which is alright, I suppose, considering that the product in there is pretty much corrosive.

The main instructions were to layer on the product on the area that you’d like hair to be removed – roughly 1-3mm will do, with te spatula provided in the box. But before that, please do a patch test* on your skin.

*What is a ‘Patch Test’?:
A test on a small area of skin. Apply a small amount of product on a small area of the skin and leave on for about 10 minutes to test for a bad reaction.

If your skin looks fine, wash off the area you patch tested and you’re good to use the product. If not, wash the product off immediately and do not use the product at all.

I found the spatula kind of cute because it’s pink. And oh yes, I bought this product because it looked pretty on the shelf. /bricked.

Leave it on for 5-10 minutes and then wipe off with a tissue.

I took the liberty of doing a nice before and after photograph for you to laugh at.

It really is the same arm. I see you laughing already. Haha, it’s okay, I’m laughing with you. XD At least my swatches won’t be hairy anymore.

The Smell:
Was horrible. Then again, almost all depilation creams smell like this – it made my toilet stink up for the duration I had the cream on but after washing it off, it was fine. It also didn’t leave a lingering smell on my skin, which was good.

The Wipe-off:
Didn’t actually work because my hairs were too long, I guess. I had to use the spatula to scrape off the cream and most of the hairs came out then. I later used tissues to wipe my skin down gently and washed it with warm water just to get the chemicals off.

The result:
Was moderately desirable because I had a slight reaction in the form of a slight bump and some redness, which is very normal. Most of the longer hairs came out but there were remnants of little stubbles that had to be rubbed off gently in a circular motion under water. This is normal though, because with all depilating creams, it’s not a 100% success rate sort of thing and I’m a very very picky person. 🙂

My main peeve was how dry my skin felt after using the cream… My Veet one never used to give me trouble, but then again, that was maybe 6-7 years ago (yeah, I switched to plain old waxing after that but have been too lazy to go for another waxing session recently)

This tube did come with a sample sized sachet of their “after-shave” cream though which was the BEST thing about this product. It wasn’t quite a cream actually… It felt more like my RMK Makeup Base – a little watery and almost fruity smelling. My skin felt so much better after applying that. And the sample was a generous size too. 😀 I squeezed it all out into two five gram jars. I’m really pleased.

Depending on the growth rate of your hair, the effects of this type of hair removal is supposed to give you nice smooth skin for up to seven days but I’ve got a sinking feeling that I’m going to have little hairs by Sunday T_T

Overall:
If you’re in a hurry and haven’t got time to hit your waxing place,  then this would probably work for you.

Pretty much all the creams are the same, to be entirely honest. But at 18.90 SGD, it comes in a pretty tube so you’ll get to look at a nice bottle while you remove those pesky hairs.

I can’t be bothered to use these on my legs though, so I’m popping by Strip today -laughing-