The Hair "Down There"

[ediewho]

Seriously i was shaving for a while...but nothing as good as wax

 

[em9rald]

I was wondering if anyone has used Parissa Wax strips. I always stop in the store thinking I'm going to buy the wax strips but put them back. I shave right now but its just kind of a hassle to do it every other day and i cant really afford to go to the salon.

 

[PinkPrincess113]

wax strips sound interesting- don't know if i could do it myself though!!!

anyone get "blue wax" at the salon?? my friend told me it's more expensive than regular wax but it is a "peel off" instead of a "tear off" kind of wax... and it supposedly hurts less? i am willing to pay more for less pain!!!!

 

[hautechild]

I think "blue wax" is hot wax (as opposed to warm wax). Hot wax isn't used with strips, as you say they just apply the wax and then tear it off.

I get hot wax brazilians and warm wax on my legs. My beautician said to only ever use hot wax on the bikini area, because it's more gentle.

 

[brokenenglish]

wax strips sound interesting- don't know if i could do it myself though!!!

anyone get "blue wax" at the salon?? my friend told me it's more expensive than regular wax but it is a "peel off" instead of a "tear off" kind of wax... and it supposedly hurts less? i am willing to pay more for less pain!!!!

I use a blue colored wax that my esthetician friend gets for me that is a bee's wax. You don't use strips, just apply and tear off.
It is meant to be gentler b/c the wax just sticks to your hairs and not your skin so you are just pulling hair not skin.
I do notice much less redness than with strip waxing.

 

[tifa]

don't epilate that area...that is all i am saying.

 

[Esperanza]

whats epilate??

 

[Deborah]

Oh yeah I tried that once. Never again.

 

[Esperanza]

is it like the emjoy or wat ever its called? that is electric and pulls out hairs?

 

[Deborah]

I don't know what the emjoy is but yeah its electric and plucks out hairs. Honestly there was the pain so I only did a little bit and then that little bit sort of blistered then my underwear rubbed the blistered bit. Gosh it was terrible.

 

[Esperanza]

oh shivvers, yeah i just googled it, and they are the same sorta machine. i never want to use it again, once i used it on another area of hair and i got little bumps and burns.. soo bad!

 

[tifa]

i use one on my legs and it works great. it makes the hair sooo much thinner and sparse. however it can cause ingrown hairs and the pain down there..ow.

 

[Tatika]

don't epilate that area...that is all i am saying.

does it hurt that much?

i was thinking about that, since for whatever reason, when i sugar the *ahem* it picks up almost NO hairs...and it gets annoying cuz ill redo and redo and redo, and hardly nothing...grrrrr

I have a REALLY high pain threshold....maybe i shouldnt then huh?

 

[Miwi]

I've been shaving for 2 months or so, because I was either broke or I didn't have any time. It's horrible, itchy and full of ingrown hairs. Ok, dirty details.
Now we're going to spa this weekend and I'd like to wax, but I have a problem, I just saw the hair is too short-somewhere around 2mm and somewhere around 4-that's the longest I think. That's too short for brazilian, right? Or at least it won't be brazilian.

 

[michyed]

don't epilate that area...that is all i am saying.

It is so darn painful. I tried it once, NEVER AGAIN!

 

[tifa]

i am getting soo so annoyed at how useless shaving is. waxing gives me tons of ingrows and epilating is just a no. i swear i follow every instruction for shaving correctly and it always looks rubbish. having dark hair and very pale skin is always going to be that way it seems. if i shave after doing it the day before or 2 days before it just looks even worse. i'd totally get laser hair removal if i could afford it..

 

[Psylocke]

I got laser hair removal "down there" this year. I'm not sure yet whether I am happy with the result. I had 5 treatments, which cost 200$ each. Actually, the last treatment didn't cost as much, because I was in so much pain, I couldn't take it anymore and I had to ask my cosmetician to cut the treatment short The pain is seriously unbearable in the more sensitive areas. Most of the hair is gone now (about 95%), but I'll be majorly pissed, if it ever comes back. So basically, I'm glad I did it, but I wouldn't do it again

 

[Thatsnotmyname]

twice a year, i get it waxed, but i can't stand the pain So i shave, but it never lasts long

 

[PinkPrincess113]

After that first time I got a brazilian, I couldn't imagine to bear that same pain again so I went back to shaving. I admit it's not as clean and it grows back a million times faster but it is not painful at all and it's so easy for me.. no ingrowns or anything? I find that weird. Anyway.. I really want to try waxing again but I'm sooo nervous!

Psylocke i hope nothing comes back as well.. please keep us updated! I would definitely do that if I only had to a couple of sessions.

 

[Miwi]

^^Some people take some aspirin before waxing. I wanted to try the last time, but I of course, forgot. I shaved for past 2 months and got brazilian done few days ago and it was more painful than my first brazilian! I'll never shave again.