Better than shaving
Its only painful the very first few swipes & in tender regions! But when you get going its not bad ! I have an electric one looks lika a razor but it pulls the hair out. After you use it you wont need to use anything for at least a month
The lotions & potions that are out there are to be used with great Caution! Nair has been around since I was young! The way those kinda things work is chemicaly! So basically they break down the molecular structure of the hair! Basically melting it! It also will chemicallly burn your skin! Your skin isnt as tough as your hair. If it gets on your skin your skin willl be afected a lot faster than it takes to melt your hair! I have never used anything along those lines that really worked & it has very harmful side affects!
One more thing thats out there is a little emery board looking mitten that you just rub your hair on & it rubs it off! Its cheap and works actually.
Then there is permanent hair removal! Electrolosis. It a needle with electricity running though it. Its put down into your hair folicle and sometimes takes more than one time. It zaps the vulva of the hair (basicallly the root) with electricity killing activity ! I personally would never try it . If its done wrong it will cause actuall pitts in your skin that dont ever go away!