Boddi

Boddi is made by the New Zealand team behind Marzena, an at-home hair removal brand that has been around since 1989, and is sold as Boddi by Marzena. The cream and oil are made in their Auckland factory, and the lightener is also New Zealand made.

Wax strips take hair out from the root, so skin can stay smooth for up to four weeks, but it takes a quick pull. The cream dissolves hair at the surface in 3 to 7 minutes with no pulling, and regrowth comes back sooner. Strips suit legs, arms, underarms and the face; the cream is for the body only.

The wax is the same coconut oil and pine resin formula. Face strips are smaller, cut for the upper lip, chin and jaw; body strips are larger for legs, arms and underarms. Both packs include after wax soothers.

About 2 to 3mm, roughly two weeks of growth after shaving, so the wax can grip. Shorter hair tends to break rather than come out.

The hair removal cream can be used on the bikini line, but not on genital areas. The wax strips are not for genital areas, nipples, inside the nose or ears, or under the eyebrow.

Yes. Test 24 hours before using the strips for the first time, and 24 hours before every use of the cream and the lightener, even if you have used them before, because skin sensitivity changes.

It lightens dark facial and body hair so it blends into your skin, instead of removing it. You mix the two creams, leave them on for 7 to 10 minutes, and check a small area. Very dark hair can take several weekly treatments to reach a soft blonde.

Three jobs: it dissolves sticky wax left on the skin after waxing, gives a blade glide when shaving or dermaplaning on wet skin, and softens dry skin day to day. It is a blend of natural origin oils including organic coconut and jojoba, with a vanilla coconut scent.