Today, I'm trying the Bleame Crystal Hair Eraser.
It claims to be the easiest,
most painless form of hair removal.
It says that it works by using
nanocrystalline technology,
which allows the hairs
to clump and break from the surface
when rubbed on the skin.
I usually just shave using a normal razor.
No matter what razor I use,
I have always struggled
with nicking myself and razor burn.
I have no idea what nanocrystalline technology is,
I honestly think it's just some fancy words
for "files down your hair,"
but I am interested to see if this is going to be
painless, effective, and gentle.
I've been letting my hair grow out
for about two weeks now,
and I'm going to use the Bleame on one leg
and my regular razor and shaving routine on the other.
So, it's giving Ped Egg just a little bit,
but a bit softer than a Ped Egg.
Like, I don't think I could do this with a Ped Egg.
So I'm not as scared as I was
that it was going to hurt me.
The instructions say to, "Clean the surface
of the Crystal Hair Eraser before use,
rub the desired area in circular motions,
rinse with water, and let the eraser dry."
Oh!
Oh. Oh, my gosh.
There's a patch of hair missing.
Hello?
It's gone.
There's a patch of hair missing!
It's so soft.
Whoa.
I feel like I smell something strange.
I'm like, am I smelling my skin?
You know, my skin being filed off.
Whew. I am out of breath.
It's definitely harder than shaving.
And it's really hard to get precise areas.
Like, I'm trying to get specific hairs that it missed,
and it's not getting those specific hairs.
So that's a little bit annoying.
I am really sweating.
I don't know if it's the studio,
the "studio" lights.
OK. I have two ring lights in my bathroom.
I'm sitting in the tub, my studio.
I don't know if it's my ring lights
or I'm just putting in some hard work here,
but I would say
maybe it's a mixture of both.
But I don't usually sweat while I shave my legs.
And with a razor, you know,
you can go over your knees very easily.
This is kind of hard to get the knee area.
Yeah, like, nothing is coming off my knee.
I've been at this for about seven minutes,
and there's, like, a,
probably my front shin area,
like, this much of it,
the hair is completely gone,
but everywhere else I feel like I'm rubbing
and nothing is coming off.
I feel like I'm really working,
because I'm starting to get redness
around my ankles here because I am pressing so hard.
You can see obviously that it did
take a bunch of hair off.
Just not, you know, as much hair
as I had on my leg did not come off.
I think it's pretty clear
that the leg I used my razor on has less hair.
The Bleame just wasn't able to get all of the hair,
even though I really tried my best.
I did like how soft it made my skin, though.
And because I do nick myself
and get razor burn easily,
I could see myself using the Bleame first
and then coming in with my razor
just to do some cleanup
on the areas the Bleame missed.
That way I'm using my razor on smaller areas
and less likely to get nicked and burned.