R.E.M. Spring Facial Hair Remover

by R.E.M. Spring

• Suitable for all hair and skin types, including sensitive skin
• Easy to clean
• No artificial fragrances or colors
• Simple to handle and store
• Simple
• Easy to use

Product Description

Hair removal

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.4 x 0.1 inches ; 0.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001FXUTUM
• UPC: 094922116260
• Item model number: R.E.M. Spring
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (731 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #996 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)
  • #94 in Health & Personal Care > Personal Care > Shaving & Hair Removal

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1,072 of 1,087 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars You have to experiment to get it to work but it does work very well April 21, 2009

By Anonymous

I ordered this because I read about it in Oprah's O Magazine and they loved it. When I received it, I read the directions and even went to the REM website and watched a video of how to use it, but I couldn't get it to work for me. I almost gave up and thought about tossing it, but then I decided to experiment since there were other people who liked it.
Here's what worked:
1.) You don't necessarily have to bend the spring into a tight U shape as shown in the pictures (you can also use it bent just a little into a wide rounded U shape).
2.) Lay the spring against your skin just below where you want to remove the hair.
3.) As you slowly move the spring upward, twirl the right hand fingers clockwise and the left hand fingers counter-clockwise. If you twirl them the opposite way, no hairs get grabbed (this was the main thing I needed to figure out and the instructions didn't explain it).
4.) Doing this grips the hairs and pulls them out, and yes, it does hurt for a split second but no longer than that and it doesn't leave your skin at all pink or red or irritated. I suspect it hurts more when you first start using it, but after multiple uses, I'm thinking it will hurt less.
I cannot understand why the REM company doesn't explain how important it is to twirl your fingers in the right direction. I was ready to toss the thing. I should add that the hairs I want to grip are not at all unusual (just your average thing). So I'm giving this 4 stars instead of 5 only because I had to figure this out for myself, whereas the company could have done a better job of explaining how to use it. Once you figure this stuff out, the spring itself does a great job and is worth 5 stars for how it actually works....

Update: I have used this for quite a while now, and it by far hurts the most the first time you use it, I guess because it is grabbing the most hairs that first time. I find that I need to use it 2 or 3 times a week, and when you do that, you're only picking up those hairs that are long enough to be grabbed. It hurts much less because there are less hairs than the first time (I think individual hairs grow at different rates). So definitely do not judge this based on the first-time level of pain - it's no big deal and I LOVE the way it works. I have read what other people said about turning "both hands in, then both hands out" and that accomplishes the same thing I recommended (right hand clockwise, left hand counterclockwise) - that accomplishes "both hands in" and that is the sweep that grabs the hairs and pulls them out. The "both hands out" doesn't grab any hairs.

Another update: I'm still using this 2-3 times a week and I love it! I have noticed one additional thing that I thought I would mention. I have a magnifying mirror which I use occasionally and I've noticed that there are a few hairs that grow in somewhat different directions from the others. Most of my hairs get grabbed when I sweep upwards at them from below, but there are a few that grow in an upward direction, or from right to left or left to right, and those weren't getting grabbed with the others. So now I sweep at the hairs from every possible direction: upwards, downwards, right to left, left to right, diagonally, etc. This picks up those remaining hairs. This also should help if you're trying to get hairs on a curvy surface like your chin area. Just remember that whatever direction you're sweeping, the right hand goes clockwise and the left hand goes counter clockwise. Read more ›

715 of 748 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Hair be gone August 24, 2011

By beckygardens TOP 50 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

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This is a video showing my very first time using the REM spring. It hurts! However, it also works and works well. The coils grab onto my facial hair and rip, it's gone. I will continue to use it because it really does work. the chin and cheeks hurt less than that super sensitive area under the nose, that is a killer! But it's worth it to be hair free for awhile, especially for those of us who have a lot of embarrassing facial hair and don't want 5 o'clock stubble or red wax burn or to take hours in front of a mirror plucking.

*edited, within a day it began to hurt less and boy does it work! My face it smoother than it's been in years! It still hurts under the nose and probably always will but totally worth it. Excellent and I love my hairless face! And no five o'clock shadow!

132 of 150 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars OMG! Where has this been ALLLLL my life?!!!! February 24, 2011

By Patti-Cakes from Dayton

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Me: 1/2 italian, 46 & perimenopausal. Yes a perfect storm for facial hair. Always had moustache (started bleaching in high school) & now, with hormones... I'm adding CHIN HAIRS?! And lots of em. Yikes! Could NOT stay on top of it no matter how hard i tried. Coming in thicker, both moustache AND chin. VERY depressing. So desperate started "bic-ing" my chin. But the stubble! and so soon! SIGH! Was miserable. Waxing - no $ or time for neither salon or at-home. Tweezing - exhausting. Hair removal cream - too long it burns, not long enough didn't work. And the smell, yuck. Saw this little product, was skeptical. Read the reviews. They're all very thorough and detailed. Couldn't NOT try. Now i'm hair free on the lip and chin (& have u ever really checked out the area right under the bottom lip? i was horrified). But it's ok. This product... (sigh of happiness). My only regret is i never found it sooner. i will NEVER be without it the rest of my life. And i'm not being dramatic. Yes, it's comically shocking the first couple of times. My friend actually shouted "son of a mother!" when it first worked on her upper lip. BUT it got like 12 hairs. All at one time! (she still bought one). Just start slowly and maybe on the chin, to get used to it. I do it every few days to catch the new stealth hairs. I'll lay in bed watching tv and doing it and don't even blink an eye now. I rub my chin all the time amazed at how smooth it is. All the time. Seriously. I'm really so very happy and NEVER have to worry or fret again. If only all life's problems had such a simple solution. Thanks for listening to MY story.

82 of 94 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars FINALLY....a solution for one of the hairiest women on earth! August 14, 2011

By JerseyGrl

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I am a 25 yr old African American woman. I've been blessed with a gorgeous head of THICK hair that runs down my back and unfortunately a gorgeous face full of hair that goes from my unibrow (even above that I have a pretty fuzzy forehead that I took care of by doing an upside down crescent bend and rolling downward) to underneath my chin, on my neck. I have struggled since the age 13. I didn't know any better because the women in my family didn't talk openly about being hairy and I was too embarrassed to ask. Come to find out as an adult they are freakin hairy too!

It started with shaving and went to waxing and tweezing my uni, cheeks, mustache, chin, jaw line, and neck.. in more recent years.

Let me tell u that I WAS DESPERATE. This was interfering with my whole life. I didn't want to go outside! Especially not in the daylight. I could feel peoples eyes on me in the grocery store line, in the line at the post office, sitting next to me at dinner, etc. From a certain distance people smiled or guys would look and when they got close enough to see my extra hair, they became disgusted with me or would look away. Waxing was breaking me out and tweezing 1 by 1 was OK but it took too long in the mirror and I could never get every hair because on top of having coarse hair was long ass peach fuzz... UGH!!

SO the shipping was ok. I ordered on Sunday and got it on Friday. I cleaned it with a paper towel and rubbing alcohol 1st. Then washed my face and let in dry. This thing was so painful for me that my eyes were constantly tearing and teeth clenching. I decided to do my normal 1 by 1 tweeze job on as many of the really coarse hairs first and then I went over all the areas with the spring. It was still painful but bearable.... Since I'm sooo hairy I didn't expect to get it all the 1st night. I did as much as I could bear that night, and followed the next night.

MY FACE IS VIRTUALLY HAIR FREE AND SMOOTH NOW!!!!! I use the spring every night just to catch any strays and keep my face smooth. My skin is sensitive so it does get red and a little swollen from all the removal but that goes away in about 15-30 mins. I usually hold a cold bottle of water on the areas to soothe and that works magic. I was going to give this 4 stars because of the pain but I HAD a ware wolf face so there is no way it wasn't going to be painful. It pulls every single little hair from the root. You can try less of a U shape (more like a crescent shape) and also try rolling in different directions because hair grows at all different angles sometimes. If you have like 4 or 5 hairs on your chin I would say to save your 20 bucks and tweeze those suckers. The mustache was unbearable for me so I just shave it...but that's like a walk in the park for this gal.

Give it a try! If you're really hairy just try what I did and you won't regret it. Good luck all!!
I hope this helps someone.
XOXO Read more ›