We have given you our thoughts on whether you should have smooth or hairy legs and we told you a few different ways of doing it. Shaving with electric or with a wet razor also wax or electrolysis, we also suggested depilatory creams, Ozone makes a special mousse for male leg hairs, so we thought we had better try it out

After our article on smooth or hairy legs we noticed that Italian company Elite (who are famous for nice carbon bits for your bike, like bottle cages and also training rollers) have a subsidiary company called Ozone who makes massage oils and also a Depil Mousse which is made especially for sportsmen. I say sportsmen because, Ozone say, the Mousse has to be stronger to burn off men’s coarse hair. I am glad to read the reasons they give for hair removal being necessary to facilitate massage, avoid complications following cuts and abrasions, help wearing particularly tight garments and enhance muscle tone definition, so there are some good excuses for when people ask you why?

Where do we Start

You can use the Mousse on arms, legs, underarms and probably any other part of the body, but with anything that works like this, read the instructions first before you start spreading it on any delicate parts of your body. Ozone suggest you try the Mousse on a small part before doing the whole of your legs, they say a test of 8 to 10 minutes should do, but if that isn’t enough leave for another 2 minutes this being a maximum of 12 minutes altogether, also they say there will be no irritation or smell, this is not what I found.

How did I get on

First thing, wait until your family are out of the house and not coming back for a few hours, this stuff has a strong smell, you need to apply the Mousse either in the bath or in the shower and you need to leave the door and a window open for fresh air, when your family come home they (female members) will know what you’ve been doing. I tried a small area to see what would happen, nothing much after 10 minutes, so I left it for 15 minutes and that seemed to do it. Next I did one whole leg, you spray the Mousse directly on the leg and leave it, they assure you there is no irritation, well I had a very warm leg, I’d even say on fire, after 10 minutes nothing much had happened, 12 minutes and not much, 15 minutes and I had to wash it off, most of the hair had disappeared, but not all and there was patches where the hair was still there.

The Other Leg

OK, I can’t leave one leg smooth and the other hairy, so here we go with the other leg. Same as the first, spray the stuff all over your leg and wait, over 15 minutes of hot leg, this is not what they advise but I had to do it so see what would happen. Wash the stuff off and I had a smooth leg, so it does work, it had missed bits and I needed to tidy things up a bit with a wet razor, but they looked OK.

What Do We Think

It works, it smells and possibly it irritates, its not cheap and takes time, I also found my legs stubbly after only a week, personally I don’t think I’ll buy it again and will go back to the electric razor to shift the long hairs and then the wet razor to keep the stubble down. It will be the winter here soon so I will be wearing long training tights and I wont bother with shaving until the sun comes back in the spring. Give it a try, maybe I have very strong leg hairs, Ozone Elite also make some very good massage creams and oils, these we will try to review soon.

5/10 Its OK