I'm waxed!!!

[maroki13]

I went and got my legs waxed yesterday afternoon. I've been planning on getting them waxed for the wedding, but I was worried I would have a reaction or something would happen, so I wanted to do a test run before the wedding.

I LOVE IT!!

It didn't hurt barely at all (except around my ankles) and my legs are so smooth. I think I may never shave again.

Except....when she got close to my bikini line. She accidentally ripped out a few bikini hairs, and THAT was painful. I don't think I'm getting my bikini or anywhere else waxed for the wedding...I'm just fine shaving that.

[kenzies_mama]

A few bikini hairs caught like that hurts much more then getting the area done on purpose.

I used to wax myself when I worked at a beauty supply, but shaving is cheaper, and easier with a baby in the house.

[ljeagle]

Now you got me wanting to go and get my legs waxed.

[Emily]

Originally Posted by maroki13

Except....when she got close to my bikini line. She accidentally ripped out a few bikini hairs, and THAT was painful. I don't think I'm getting my bikini or anywhere else waxed for the wedding...I'm just fine shaving that.

Go get yourself a Brazilian - now that is painful!!!

Great for doing the deed though!

[Heather]

I'm glad you had a good experience! Did you have to let the hair on your legs grow for a while?

It may be a good time for me to have this done since I can't reach to shave my legs right now, lol.

[maroki13]

Did you have to let the hair on your legs grow for a while?

Yeah, that was the only bad part. It has been pretty bad weather here for a while, so it wasn't too hard to wear long pants to cover up my hairy legs...and it actually worked out perfectly to get it done this weekend, since it was gorgeous this weekend and I wore shorts and got a tan!!

[Steph]

Originally Posted by Heather

I'm glad you had a good experience! Did you have to let the hair on your legs grow for a while?

It may be a good time for me to have this done since I can't reach to shave my legs right now, lol.

If you go while taking the Vicodin you won't feel any pain!

[Heather]

LOL Steph, that's true... Hmmm, what other debilitating stuff can I do while jacked up on narcotics?

[Steph]

[feb-bride]

Just how long do you have to let the hair grow first? I'm now considering getting my legs waxed; I *hate* shaving them, and since I'm a brunette, you can definitely tell when I don't shave my legs.

[Complicated Woman]

Originally Posted by feb-bride

Just how long do you have to let the hair grow first? I'm now considering getting my legs waxed; I *hate* shaving them, and since I'm a brunette, you can definitely tell when I don't shave my legs.

I know, this post made me want to wax...but I am in the same boat as you, Feb, and I'm super pale to boot.

[Marge129]

Random waxing thought....

I was watching Tyra the other day... she did a special on STD's. The nurse practitioner that was on as her guest said that there have been cases where an STD has been passed from person to person from bikini waxing! It's rare, but it can happen. Think about it. The lady dips the stick in the wax, speads it on your skin... she then puts the stick BACK into the wax. Think of all the nasty people who have been there and the stick was put back in the wax after touching them.

Getting your legs and what-not waxed is fine... but I'd be careful if you ever decide to do the bikini area. I think I'll stick with shaving.

[maroki13]

I had to let it grow for about 3 weeks. And it actually was REALLY long (TMI) so I think I could have gone in earlier to get waxed, I just didn't have the time.

I also think it depends on the salon where you go. Mine has a 'requirement' that the hair be 1/3" long....are you kidding me?? Mine wasn't that long and they didn't say anything.

[Emily]

an even better solution to hair removal is to get an epilator! I have one and it rocks! I only need to do my legs and my bikini line about every two months - but then again I have been waxing my whole life, as soon as my hairs started showing on my legs when I was in my teens my Mum took me down to get them waxed - so the hairs on my legs are now really fine and thin, and only really grow back in patches.

for those of you that dont know what an Epilator is - its one of those machines that looks like an electric razor but rips the hair out by the root! I ended up buying one because my waxing was just getting too expensive - at £50 a pop for legs and bikini it was just getting too expensive - and my epilator cost me only £60 and I've used it twice already so its already paid for itself!

[Steph]

Does it hurt?

[maroki13]

for those of you that dont know what an Epilator is - its one of those machines that looks like an electric razor but rips the hair out by the root!

See, I think the problem for me is that I don't want to rip my own hair out. If someone else is doing it for me, I won't be chicken about it. But if I was doing it myself...guaranteed I probably wouldn't get through it.

[labeadel]

I think I'll have to ask my waxing lady next time I'm there how much it costs for legs. I get a bikini wax (yes, brazilian) and love it. She always seems surprised that that's all I want to have waxed while I'm there. People must get lots done when they come to her. I HATE shaving my legs. That's next on my list now. Thanks maroki!

[swtdl11552]

You guys are all whacked out and must be on opiates. I get my eyebrows waxed...that is it end of discussion.
1. Can't stand letting the hair grow long enough to be waxed.
2. the sheer pain is enough to make me heave a large heavy object at someone..and the only upside to that is I am might could get off on an insanity defense, or b/c I was under duress when I committed the act. Ok read this...but you have to read every word of it..its hysterical.

All hair removal methods have tricked women with their promises of easy, painless removal - The Epilady, scissors, razors, Nair and now...the wax.

My night began as any other normal weeknight. Come home, fix dinner, play with the kids. I then had the thought that would ring painfully in my mind for the next few hours: "Maybe I should pull the waxing kit out of the medicine cabinet."
So I headed to the site of my demise: the bathroom. It was one of those "cold wax" kits. No melting a clump of hot wax, you just rub the strips together in your hand, they get warm and youpeel them apart and press them to your leg (or wherever else) and you pull the hair right off. No muss, no fuss. How hard can it be? I mean, I'm not a genius, but I am mechanically inclined enough to figure this out.

So I pull one of the thin strips out. Its two strips facing each other stuck together. Instead of rubbing them together, my genius kicks in. So I get out the hair dryer and heat it to 1000 degrees. ("Cold wax, yeah...right!) I lay the strip across my thigh. Hold the skin around it tight and pull. It works!
OK, so it wasn't the best feeling, but it wasn't too bad. I can do this! Hair removal no longer eludes me! I am She-rah, fighter of all wayward body hair and maker of smooth skin extraordinary. With my next wax strip I move north. After checking on the kids, I sneak back into the bathroom for the ultimate hair fighting championship. I drop my panties and place one foot on the toilet.
Using the same procedure, I apply the wax strip across the right side of my bikini line, covering the right half of my labia and stretching down to the inside of my butt cheek. Yes, it was a long strip.

I inhale deeply and brace myself.......RRRRIIIPPP!!!!
I'm blind!!! Blinded from pain!!!!.... OH MY GOD!!!!
Vision returning, I notice that I've only managed to pull off half the strip. CRAP!!! Another deep breath and RRIIPP!! Everything is swirly and spotted. I think I may pass out.......must stay conscious...Do I hear crashing drums??? Breathe, breathe...OK, back to normal.
I want to see my trophy -a wax covered strip, the one that has caused me so much pain, with my hairy pelt sticking to it. I want to revel in the glory that is my triumph over body hair. I hold up the strip! There's no hair on it. Where is the hair??? WHERE IS THE WAX???
Slowly I ease my head down, foot still perched on the toilet. I see the hair.
The hair that should be on the strip. I touch. I am touching wax. CRAP!
I run my fingers over the most sensitive part of my body, which is now covered in cold wax and matted hair. Then I make the next BIG mistake.......
remember my foot is still propped up on the toilet? I know I need to do something.

So I put my foot down. !!!!!!!! I hear the slamming of a cell door. Vagina? Sealed shut! Butt?? Sealed shut! I penguin walk around the bathroom trying to figure out what to do and think to myself "Please don't let me get the urge to poop. My head may pop off!" What can I do to melt the wax? Hot water!! Hot water melts wax!! I'll run the hottest water I can stand into the bathtub, get in, immerse the wax-covered bits and the wax should melt and I can gently wipe it off, right???
*WRONG!!!!!!!*
I get in the tub - the water is slightly hotter than that used to torture prisoners of war or sterilize surgical equipment - I sit.
Now, the only thing worse than having your nether regions glued together, is having them glued together and then glued to the bottom of the tub...in scalding hot water. Which, by the way, doesn't melt cold wax.
So, now I'm stuck to the bottom of the tub as though I had cement-epoxied myself to the porcelain!!
God bless the man who had convinced me a few months ago to have a phone put in the bathroom!!!!! I call my friend, thinking surely she has waxed before and has some secret of how to get me undone.
It's a very good conversation starter - "So, my butt and who-ha are glued together to the bottom of the tub!" There is a slight pause. She doesn't know any secret tricks for removal but she does try to hide her laughter from me. She wants to know exactly where the wax is located, "Are we talking
cheeks or hole or who-ha?" She's laughing out loud by now.....I can hear her. I give her the rundown and she suggests I call the number on the side of the box. YEAH!!!!! Right!! I should be the joke of someone else's night.
While we go through various solutions. I resort to scraping the wax off with a razor . Nothing feels better then to have your girlie goodies covered in hot wax, glued shut, stuck to the tub in super hot water and then dry-shaving the sticky wax off!!
By now the brain is not working, dignity has taken a major hike and I'm pretty sure I'm going to need Post-Traumatic Stress counseling for this event. My friend is still talking with me when I finally see my saving grace....the lotion they give you to remove the excess wax. What do I really have to lose at this point?
I rub some on and OH MY GOD!!!!!!! WHAT IN!!!!!! My screams probably woke the kids and scared the dickens out of my friend. It's sooo painful, but I really don't care. "IT WORKS!! It works !!" I get a hearty congratulation from my friend and she hangs up, still laughing. I successfully remove the remainder of the wax and then notice to my grief and despair....THE HAIR IS STILL THERE.......ALL OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I recklessly shave it off.
Heck, I'm numb by now. Nothing hurts. I could have amputated my own leg at this point.
Next week I'm going to try hair color....

[Marge129]

I've read that before. It's SO hilarious!

[whiddle]

I think someone posted that before. I can see myself doing that.....

[Emily]

Originally Posted by Steph

Does it hurt?

It hurts a little - but its a good hurt, but I love that kind of pain for beauty, my Husband thinks I'm weird!

[ljeagle]

I had a dream last night the day of the wedding I went to have my hair done and had my legs waxed also. All I remember is it hurt and I woke up when they pulled it off my legs. My dreams have really been crazy the last few nights.

[maroki13]

LJ they told me the best time to get waxed was 2-3 days before the wedding so if your hair is long enough you could still decide to do it!!

[ljeagle]

No i just shaved yesterday and with that dream nope I can't do it. The funny part about the dream after I went back to sleep I got a call from my hair salon the place that was in my dreams. It was all to real for me!

[SuzyBride]

how much does it cost to get your legs waxed?