The No-No!

So I caved a few months ago and bought the No-No. I figured if I can get some half decent results in the privacay of my home instead of paying hundreds of dollars for someone else to do it for me, why not? Plus they had the money back guarentee, so you can't lose, right? So I bought it and waited impatiently for it to ship. It comes in the mail and I excitedly run to the bathroom as I pull out the instructions. Seems simple enough.

The first week it seems ok. The smell is horrid when it is used, but you kind of get used to it after a bit then spray a ton of air freshener. You also learn very quickly to go very carefully over places like knees and ankles, just like you would with a razor. I had a few burns to prove this theory. By the second week, I'm getting the hand of using it and am waiting very impatiently to see the results. It says on the box it will be about 6 weeks before you start seeing results so I still had a ways to go.

By the third week, I am tired of using this thing every 2-3 days. I hate the smell, my legs have gotten really dry and I am still not really seeing much for my efforts. The laser can be touchy at times if you don't hold it exactly right and you have to go over places a few times because it will miss hairs. I'm starting to get a bit annoyed.

Week 4 and 5 pass much the same, annoyed, hating doing this because I feel like I'm doing it all the time and for barely any visible results. They say you get faster at doing it as you get used to it. You do, but it still takes a good 20-25 minutes to properly do legs and underarms. I am starting to see a few very small patches that don't seem to be growing back as thick or where a hair or two isn't there. Maybe there is hope...

Week 6 comes and I am pretty dissapointed. I only have a very few spots about teh size of a dime where the hair growth has stopped. 90% of my leg still has hair that grows back exactly the same color and spot as when I started. It it at this point, when the machine stops holding it's charge very well. A full charge only lasts me about 20 minutes. As I am in the bathroom collecting the equipment to send back to the company and get my money back, I drop it in the toilet. Submerged completely in... the... toilet. I frantically dig it out of the toilet, dry it off and put it in a bowl of rice as the blue light on the front flashed on and off repeatedly. I check it the next day and it won't turn on at all. No life. After 2 more days, still nothing.

So my experience with the No-No... it is now a $300 paperweight.

 

It's a burnt hair smell and it's very very strong, at least to my nose it was. I tried burning a scented candle or some incense like they suggested but it really didn't help much at all. I tried some air freshener and it just sort of masked the smell. It doesn't just smell in the air though. Your skin itself smells like burnt hair wherever you use the No-No. It comes with a cream that you are supposed to use after each time you use the No-No and the cream is supposed to help cut out that smell on your skin. I found that it did help some, but I could still smell it. Maybe I just have a really sensitive nose, I don't know. I would open the windows to let it air out and the smell would stick around for a while before it would dissipate.