Inhibitif Face Serum Review

I may be blonde and fair skinned but I still have issues with facial hair. I have always kind of had a blonde mustache but when I hit my thirties it seemed to become more pronounced especially when it came to applying make-up, or the effects of sunlight at pretty much any angle. For years I would get the area above my upper lip waxed and after I developed some nerve pain I tried other measures for about a year. The nerve pain settled and earlier this year I went back to waxing.
I like waxing because it yanks the hair out and I am hair free for a few weeks. When it does grow back in it is not all stubbly. I should go every two weeks but I stretch it out to three or sometimes four depending on how my pain avoidance level is and how bushy I feel the area looks. One night while I was watching TV this adorable commercial came on of a cartoon hairy blob that gets electrocuted, and yanked on to get it’s hair removed. It spoke to me so much I went out the next day to find the advertised product — Inhibitif.

I found 1 fluid ounce bottle in the hair removal section on a shelf in an inconspicuous spot not looking for attention. There was the option of a small hair-free face serum size bottle as well as a larger body size one. The cost? $24. I bit the bullet and picked up a bottle of the Inhibitif face serum.

So, what is Inhibitif? Their official website says it is not a depilatory product and with continued use hair will appear finer and finer until your hair removal routine becomes easier and less in frequency.
When I opened the bottle I expected to find an instruction slip on how to use it successfully but there was nothing in it. On the outside of the box it talks a bit about how the serum works by reducing the density of the hair and shows a little graphic. The application instructions: “Apply on shaved, waxed, or threaded facial areas twice a daily for 8 weeks, until hair growth, density and thickness are visibly reduced. Apply every other day to maintain results.”

Personally, I think these instructions are incredibly vague. The bottle includes a dropper. I immediately wondered, how much do I apply to my face, one drop, two drops, three drops? Do I rub it in? Pat it on and let it dry? Should it be applied immediately after waxing or a few hours later? Does it matter? I went to the website expecting more directions — none — basically the same directions.

I started using the Inhibitif hair-free face serum on September 17 (I used one drop from the drop to saturate the upper lip). During that time I had my lip waxed three times (Sept 17, Oct 3, and Oct 31). I noticed a difference in my hair growth within two weeks mostly in the upper part of mustache, near the nose and along the upper edge of it. It was sparser in a few spots. I really didn’t feel that it worked that quickly on the courser hair on the corners of the lip and in the meatier section but now that the eight weeks are up I am getting ready to go for another lip wax next week and I do feel the hair is thinner and not as bushy considering the last time I went was a month ago. Normally when I touch my upper lip area with my finger and brush up against the grain so to speak I can really feel the hair resistance. Now I can only feel a few spots so I definitely notice a difference in the texture of the hair as well.

I have a few stray black or at least dark brown hairs that crop up in two spots under my chin (that double chin section) that I usually pluck. During the last two months I also applied 1 dropper drop of this watery solution there. I have noticed the hairs have definitely slowed in their sprouting. These are particularly difficult spots because I have had electrolysis done on them and can’t get rid of them so it is nice not to have to pluck them every other week.
Overall, I am please with the product and will update this post again once I have completely finished the bottle.
Inhibitif can be used by men and women (although they recommend pregnant women talk to doctor first) of all skin types/colors. Product can be found in drug stores in Canada, the UK, Australia and South Africa. And it can also be purchased online at their website.
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