Mind Control by Debbie Mascot
The Beginning of the Story…
My new hair removal system came in the mail. The info-mercial got me. Igia Citrus Hair Removal System. Sounds easy, painless and natural.
Riiiiiiiiight.
I don't have very high expectations for this product, but for some reason I was unable to NOT order it. I was having trouble falling asleep and the "program" came on and something made me yell to Marc to write down the website address. 5 o'clock the next morning I was eerily drawn to my computer and to their website to order. Subliminal advertising, my butt. It was mind control.
I'll let you know when I get the third degree burns.
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Two weeks later…
Remember my Igia Epil-Stop Citrus? I tried it over the weekend. Using the Special Applicator, I spread Part 1 of the Hair Removal System on the bottom part of my legs and let it sit the allotted amount of time. Then I used the Special Towel to "gently wipe away the unwanted hair."
Ouch.
Some hair came off. And some skin came off. I had patches of hair and patches of raw, bloody leg. Pretty. I then had to shave the hair part, because I knew that I couldn't wear long pants with the rawness rubbing against them. And there was no way in hell ('scuse me) I'd go outside with my legs in that patchy hair shape. Shaving chemically burned legs isn't very fun. Nor is it painless.
I wrote to Igia to find out how to return their 100% guaranteed or your money
back product. I've not heard back from them yet, but in case they give me any
grief, I did take pictures of my one particularly bad leg. If I need ammo, I'll
threaten to post the pictures all over the internet. Wait. Why would I want
anyone to see my hairy bloody leg? I guess it will have to be an empty threat.
Shhhhh... don't tell...
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End of the Story…
I did get reimbursed for my Igia Citrus Hair Removal System. First you have to write to them. Then you have to call them to obtain your special Return Approval Number. Then you have to mail the stuff back. You don't get reimbursed for your shipping cost and you do have to pay to ship it back and you do have to pay for the long distance phone call to New York to receive your Return Approval Number. When all was said and done, it cost me only $15.48 to have my legs chemically burned and yet still hairy. Nice mind control. I bet if they put that in their commercial, they'd do a lot less business.
Never again will I get sucked into an infomercial. Never.
But the Ron Popeil spinning food griller thing doesn't count as an infomercial,
right?…. 'Cuz I really want one of those...