Weddingbee

Like most brides-to-be, I was determined to look my best on my wedding day so over the past year I tried out countless different beauty products. Often I was unimpressed, a couple of times I was pleasantly surprised but these two were the most noteworthy.  And so I present to you, dear readers, my very first (two) product reviews! Do you want the good news or the bad news first?  I will start with the good news because I would rather help advertise GO SMILE than Veet so let’s put their picture on the site first! (See, my psychology degree was worth it! I remember the concept of primacy very well and am applying it in real life!)

I haven’t always had great teeth - I had a short 6 month stint with upper braces in grade 6, but I have been pretty lucky overall. I don’t drink coffee or smoke and my teeth have always been pretty white, but over the past 4 years or so I have noticed some yellowing in the teeth in the corners of my smile. Since it wasn’t really the whole mouth that I was concerned about, I thought I would try a brush-on type of whitener so that I could concentrate on the teeth that needed the most whitening, rather than use a whitening strip which would blanket the whole front of my mouth and miss the corners that needed the help. Plus, I had tried whitening strips before and they were messy and annoying to wear for a half hour and the gel was hard on my gums. I liked the idea of just brushing on the whitening formula and then going about my day, only not drinking anything for a half hour after each application. However, that did make me skeptical about the whitening power of the brush-on systems; how well could it work if it is being washed away and diluted every time I swallow?

The answer is that it worked amazingly well! I bought the GO SMILE “Go All Out Starter Kit with Advanced Formula B1″ from Sephora and started using it 1 week before the wedding. I noticed a difference after the first day and it just got better from there! I love the little tubes because they are so easy to just throw in your purse or pocket to use whenever it is convenient for you to apply the formula. They also included a small carrying case so that you can take several tubes with you at one time if you wish. There was also no problem with my gums since I controlled where the formula goes. The only thing that I found slightly annoying was that the brush end of the tube is pretty stiff. I usually would spend a couple of seconds before I broke the ampule open, softening up the brush so that it would work better. But what is 3 seconds, right? Totally worth it for the results that I experienced. GO SMILE worked just as it said it would, it was easy, convenient and well worth the money, in my opinion.

The second product that I tried was the Veet In-Shower Hair Removal Cream.

Luckily I did not try it on a day where I needed to wear a short skirt because this product did not work for me at all! I was compelled to try it by their claims of easy, quick hair removal that lasted for weeks, so several days before the wedding I crawled into my tub and applied the cream as per the instructions. I have fairly thick hair so I left the cream on for the maximum time (but no longer), started the water and then scrubbed my legs with the supplied sponge at the end of my shower. After all of that my legs still had patches of hair and the parts that were clean were stripped of skin as well and were very sensitive. There was no easy, quick hair removal! By the time I had shaved off the patches I had spent more time than I would have just shaving my legs in the first place, and I still had to shave again after 3 days. So much for using this to get through my 2 week honeymoon! I was disappointed by this product and would not spend my money on it again.

Have any of you tried any products that either exceeded your expectations or let you down terribly? Does anyone want to redeem Veet’s reputation with a good review of the product?

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