Product Review: Smooth Away

You may have seen the infomercials for this product and wondered if it really does what the commercials say it does. Does it remove unwanted hair? If you are a smart consumer you may have even searched the internet for reviews. I did, and frankly the reviews were not very good. However I decided to give this product a try myself just to see how it works for me. I spotted the product at my local Smith's Food & Drug grocery store for $7.99 and I had a $1.00/1 coupon so thought I would buy it at the price of $6.99 after coupon.

Let me preface this review with a little info on my body hair type. I guess I am blessed with very light colored blond body hair that is very thin and pretty sparse. That being said I can easily go 3-5 days between shaving my legs before you can even start to see or feel the hair re-growth.

Now on to the product review. I opened the box containing the Smooth Away and read the instructions. Put the peeled the paper backing off the Smooth Away hair removing pad and stuck it to the pink body applicator. The instructions said to use it on dry skin. Yep, my skin was dry. The instructions also said to use on hair that was less than 1/4 inch long. I had last shaved my legs about 3 days ago and so my hair was less than 1/4 inch long. It was long enough that I could feel the stubble, but not really see it. Like I said my hair is fine and sparse. I hitched up my pant leg and gave the product a try. I moved the Smooth Away pad in a circular motion clockwise, and then counter-clockwise. And the results were...smooth legs! The product removed all the hair in the first section that I tried it on. I went on to Smooth Away the rest of my legs and was pretty happy with the results. I noticed that there was quite a bit of ashy skin on my legs and the Smooth Away product sort of buffed some of that away in the process too. I was pretty pleased with how the product performed on the knees and the tops of my toes too (yeah I get a little hair on the tops of my toes), areas that I have always found hard to shave with a regular razor. The process was painless, and I experienced no irritation at all. When I was all done, I wiped down my legs with a wet washcloth (to remove some of the dead skin cells more than anything) and applied a nice beach scented body butter. I asked my husband to give them a feel and he said "Nice!" and gave me the "lets go upstairs" look.

I did give the Smooth Away a try on my arm, but it did not work. The hair on my arms was longer than 1/4 inch though. So I guess if I wanted hair free arms I would be best with shaving them first, letting it grow out a little bit and then using the Smooth Away for maintenance.

So, my product review for the Smooth Away is a five star rating and I will probably continue to use this product for my legs. I have not yet tried the small applicator on the face yet, but I will give it a try here soon. I don't have a facial hair problem, but as I have gotten older a stray hair on the chin pops up every now and then.

I cannot vouch for how this product works on other types of hair, but if you have fine hair, and it is less than 1/4 inch long I would urge you to go ahead and give it a try.