The waxing issue has been bothering me for several years. I have never done it. And considering I lost my Ikea virginity last week, I thought I might lose my waxing virginity sometime next week.
Let's be clear: I am not hairy. It's that Norwegian ancestry. But curiousity is getting the better of me. My sister has an excellent motto: "I'll do almost anything once." So I figure, why not do some work on the nether lands?
Please tell me if I am making a horrible, tragic mistake in the comments. Otherwise, I will take your silence as a green light.
I've only had the eyebrows waxed, they didn't need it, but my mother in some strange fit of cosmopolitan chic insisted I try it.
Wicked pain. I don't care how good the stylist is, they are still using the cosmetic equivalent of warm tar to rip hair out of your skin. Well, hell, try it yourself. Slather your arm with duct tape and go crazy.
Sorry. Nothing will convince me to try it again. God must've intended for certain regions to bear hair, mano.
[unrelated aside: very nice blog!]
eyebrows are the worst--especially the underside. Seriously. Worse than a bikini wax. The underarm was--meh. It wasn't a big deal. And the legs, just sort of irritating. But the underside of the eyebrow is like yelp-worthy pain. That said, I also think it has the biggest effect. A well shaped eyebrow is one of those things you don't realize affects your opinion, but it totally makes the difference, all other things being equal, between someone who looks sharp and someone who looks meh.
K
Are you saying I look meh? I don't even have eyebrows, really. Do you still wax 'em?
Oh, and I don't know how to interpret your comments. I'm getting a yellow light. Green or red folks, green or red.
Go ahead and try it. You have nothing to lose but your hair.
Hi Lee,
I think you get used to the pain in waxing (green light). However, speaking of netherlands, I once shaved the whole area... suddenly,
I felt 5 years old and horribly embaressed in front of my boyfriend who already knew me - well WITH hair.
- S
Silly, I'm not saying you look meh. That's the whole thing with the eyebrows--you don't realize the impact until you do them. Of course, you're blond, so maybe it won't be as noticable. I have to great brown caterpillars on my forehead.
Definitely green. Do the eyebrows. The rest of your body, assuming it's like mine, isn't really worth the time and money, but it isn't painful, really, so if you want to try it, go crazy.
I'm with S, though, on the whole feeling-like-five-years-old. Didn't like that much. And the grow-back--yeaaaach. Grow back from waxing didn't hurt, but the grow back from shaving--BIG FAT FUCKING NO.