hair removal (merged)

Mumstheword

Epilators are great on the legs, and not painful, just tingly.
Underarms.......aaaargh, weapons of torture!!
Needless to say, that's as far as I got with the machine!!

Ted_Hutchinson

I personally think you should be as nature intended. I don't think there is any merit in looking unnatural and if you legs and underarms are hairy so what.

Of course if anyone wants to waste their time and money shaving or getting rid of hair in any other way they should be free to do so but the idea that women shouldn't have natural hairs is absurd and should be countered by a hairy womens movement. It's discrimination and I think any women who gives in to it is pretty pathetic. One day you'll be older and wiser and not waste your time, energy and money on such silly trivilaties.

I love hairy women and if anyone thinks they are doing it to please their menfolk then they should make certain this isn't putting them off first. In the same way I don't like made up clowns or people with dyed hair either. On an older woman it just doesn't fit and looks so ridiculous it draws attention to the fact that she can't cope with the fact she's over 40.

Nobodies fooled by it so why pretend.

rubytuesday

Ember999 wrote:

Why not your underarms? I have mine waxed (along with my legs) every 3 weeks and no way would I go back to shaving!

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Because it bloody well hurt thats why and anyway I think they did them pretty crap and I'd rather just shave them to make sure I don't get pongy!!!

Ember999

rubytuesday wrote:

Because it bloody well hurt thats why and anyway I think they did them pretty crap and I'd rather just shave them to make sure I don't get pongy!!!

Yeah, I'll give you that, it did hurt the first time and to a point it still hurts. Guess I am just used to it. Didn't mean to undermine the pain it caused you.
Sorry,
Ember x :grouphug:

morveryn

Dee123 wrote:

Has noone else tried any of the little electrical gizmos which you stick small discs on like a smooth emery board?

No more pain and supersmooth legs as it exfoliates your skin. Takes the same time as epilation , no ingrown hairs and after a while the hair does become weaker.

I have one of these Babyliss Simply Smooth mine is called and its berluddy marvelous!
I agree about the supersmooth legs -lovely! Never had legs as smooth as that with any other method no matter what I slapped on them after.
I have PCOS and my body hair has definately got thicker and darker -yuk! My worst area is my arms so I defuzz them regularly so I don't look like a female gorilla. :rotfl:

morveryn

Ted_Hutchinson wrote:

I love hairy women and if anyone thinks they are doing it to please their menfolk then they should make certain this isn't putting them off first.
Nobodies fooled by it so why pretend.

I think you are a rare breed Ted! Its great you prefer the 'au naturel' look but lots of men and women don't.
I don't like hairy armpits on women but in lots of cultures its considered lovely. I know Mr Morv would be horrified if i said, "right I'm growing my armpit hair!"

Gingham_Ribbon

I know loads of men who couldn't care less one way or the other. But I don't know many women who haven't been taken in by the idea of what we're 'supposed' to look like. (Including clothing, make up, hair or lack of it...)

I wonder if men worry about their appearance as much?

patchwork_cat

I tried an epilady about 10 years ago and never again. Does anyone know if they are less painful now.

I do use the veet strips and find that they don't hurt, but I get really bad ingrowing hairs. I am going to exfoilate next time - before or after the strips?

Ember999

patchwork_cat wrote:

I tried an epilady about 10 years ago and never again. Does anyone know if they are less painful now.

I do use the veet strips and find that they don't hurt, but I get really bad ingrowing hairs. I am going to exfoilate next time - before or after the strips?

Always exfoliate the day before waxing, never just before you wax or your skin will be more sensitive. You really should exfoliate at least twice a week anyway, regardless of waxing or not. Ingrown hairs will not be a problem if you exfoliate. I have been waxing for years with no probs as long as I do exfoliate regularly.

On the subject of epilators, I bought one years ago and later sold it on Ebay as it was agony! My legs were bright red and pimply for days afterwards. I then tried waxing and haven't looked back since

gizmos

Well in the winter it's au natural for everywhere besides the armpits. In the summer it's usually a quick go over with the epilator everywhere (well not quite brazillian - darent venture that far!)

However before I go away on holiday I use NADS (no sniggering) on the undercarraige - however enlist the help of the OH for this. Have had to teach him to rip it off quick and don't take it slow. We usually both end up in stitches laughing though. Still at least he can see how its going - impossible alone.