The NURU is fun, I don't find it to be very messy at all. I always go to Wal-mart and get a plastic fitted sheet for my bed, I take some towels and roll them up long ways on the sides of the bed, for support. So it's easier to catch yourself if you start to head for the floor. Which by the way has yet to happen and i have done a lot of NURU
It is water based so it washed right off in the shower no problemo and the plasitc fitted sheet I just trash and get a new one. No mess to clean. The fitted sheet is only 6 bucks, worth throwing away and having a new one for the next NURU friend. I hope this helps some of you and feel free to PM me for any more questions if you like. I have helped lots of folks out on here via PM