A depilatory article comprising a water impermeable substrate and a depilatory composition disposed on the water impermeable substrate, forming a coated region of the water impermeable substrate, wherein the water impermeable substrate has a thickness of from 80 µm to 12 µm, preferably 50 µm to 15 µm, more preferably 40 µm to 16 µm, even more preferably 30 µm to 17 µm, and wherein said water impermeable substrate comprises a material selected from polyolefins, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) polyvinylchloride (PVC) polyamide (PA) polyurethane polychloropene polysulfone polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) polyvinyl acetate (PVA) polystyrene polyphenylene oxide (PPO) acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVA) natural rubber, latex, nylon, nitrile, silicone and thermo plastic elastomers (TPE) or mixtures thereof, preferably a polyolefin or mixtures thereof and more preferably a polyethylene or mixtures thereof.
