Make-up! and all things beauty!

[Hawkfeathers]

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I don't mind doing it. When I was younger I was very picky about it, but as I got older I just don't set much store by that stuff anymore. Not a big deal one way or another.

[volcaniclastic]

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I don't shave my legs in the winter. When I had a bf I did.....but for myself - not interested.

Nah. I expect my men and women to accept me as I am. I'm cool with people who find it disgusting, though. I mean, everyone's got different tastes, right? Most women have a problem with it, but I've never been with a man who has.

[Heka]

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I don't shave my legs in the winter. When I had a bf I did.....but for myself - not interested.

Sames. Tights and pants deal with that.

I like to keep my lady parts trimmed and shaped a bit, but I'd never go bare. I think it makes you look like a little girl, and who would have sex with a little girl? Uh uh

[Hawkfeathers]

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I don't shave my legs in the winter. When I had a bf I did.....but for myself - not interested.

[volcaniclastic]

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Clearly not an option for everyone, but....I just don't shave. Not my legs, not my downstairs mix-up. I shave my armpits in the summer, but not in the winter. I've never waxed, or plucked, or nothing. I do trim certain areas from time to time, but the only time in the last 8 years my legs have been shaved was for a surgery, and for a tattoo.

[Hawkfeathers]

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My hair tends to be very deeply rooted. Leg wax never really worked on me. But I've found that after 50 much less hair appears on my legs anyway! Yay! I wouldn't even consider a Brazilian......

[Heka]

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Now I'm really curious about the colour of my lady bits.

[volcaniclastic]

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The rug most certainly doesn't match the curtains. I'm a true Celtic Princess down there...

Note to self: become friends with Jem...

[Jembru]

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When did this go from eyebrows to lady bits? Well anyway, I'm in..

I've been intimately acquainted with a modest number of lady bits and yet never noticed a hairy butt-crack. I thought we didn't get hair there... *checks mirror*, well, I guess hair really can appear when and where you least expect it!

I wouldn't let wax near my special place, but I do trim and shape. As for caring about the colour.. in my case, I clearly don't. The rug most certainly doesn't match the curtains. I'm a true Celtic Princess down there...

[Medusa]

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Ok... maybe it's just me but the colour of my lady bits is not all that interesting to me! x

It matters to me. In fact I make sure to regularly check what's going on down there with a mirror. Now that I'm older, things don't just automatically look great on me. Enjoy your not worrying. Enjoy it all you can!

[Willow]

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Has anyone here gotten a Brazilian wax? I'm contemplating it and have done loads of research but am more interested in personal experience.

I can't believe I missed this one, stupid work demands... And I'm totally using that wax-elf line whenever someone asks me about waxing again...

Gotten one twice and now I do it myself. I hate body hair on myself, it drives me up the wall. And I can't shave, the razor actually gives me a rash after one pass that lasts about 6 weeks. After a few years of waxing, my body hair has gotten so fine that the razor won't even pick up 90% of it anymore on one pass anyway.

As long as you can find a way to physically relax your body (I use wine.. or ibuprofin) it doesn't hurt horribly. I've been told I have a really high pain tolerance, but you won't know until you try for yourself. The waxer you hire will make a difference too, try to find someone you can talk to easily that you feel comfortable around. I had a lady who was really liberal, talked to me about everything from her kids to her boyfriend farting in the shower and had no problem with nudity (neither do I). Very relaxed atmosphere, and still professional. I was sad when she moved to the other side of the country. And as long as you have someone drive you to/from, you can still have a glass of wine prior. :P

The pain only lasts a second at a time, the whole process takes around 40 minutes if you have it done professionally. It usually takes me about 80 minutes to do it myself (but that's because you have to be something of a contortionist to begin with and I put a movie on during my waxing night and get distracted... I know, probably tmi.

If you're really not sure you can deal with the pinch, go in for a bikini wax first.

The end result is worth it though, the hairs grow back softer and finer if you do it regularly (without shaving in between) and it lasts longer the more you do it. Just need to have the stamina to stick to it for awhile.

I was about once every 5 weeks (I can wait 6, but the hairs just bother me and I hate getting too fuzzy). It doesn't cost more than shaving does (razor cost & shaving cream v. wax & muslin). You will need to set aside a few hours and possibly a few hours afterward to shower and "recover" after you wax (even if its just legs or underarms, because sometimes you get sticky and you don't want to put on jeans right after you wax your legs...).

I could probably write a book about waxing, so I'm going to leave it here for now. If you want me to go into it more you can either prompt the thread or drop me a message.

Like I said, I don't really have the option to shave; and waxing isn't for everyone. So my best advice is to just give it a shot and see how it goes. I would definitely recommend going to a professional for the brazillian though if you can afford to.

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This is why I'm glad I brought this here -- at the other site I posed this question on, the ladies were like, "hey, it's not so bad, nothing grew back weird."



And your buttcrack too.

Oh, and for the record. I don't usually get more than 1-2 ingrowns per "session," and I can usually mend those within a few days with a little tlc. You can google how to take care of ingrown, it usually involves soaking it with a warm (and clean) wash cloth until the skin is more pliable and then freeing the hair gently with a tweezers. I use an after-shave lotion for it that works fairly well; but if you really have an issue with ingrowns I really REALLY recommend a product called tendskin. http://www.tendskin.com/m_airshave.html

My waxist lady recommended it to me before we knew I was slightly-prone. I never found it in a store near me, so I never tried it out but the reviews are fantastic and I've been recommended it several times by several different people from many different walks of life.

[FantasyWitch]

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http://www.ivillage.com/would-you-dy...obref=obinsite

^WTF?!?!?

Ok... maybe it's just me but the colour of my lady bits is not all that interesting to me! x

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http://www.ivillage.com/would-you-dy...obref=obinsite

^WTF?!?!?

O_O ... well then, about that! I didn't realize people actually sit in front of mirrors studying their bits making sure they are still pink enough ?! Alrighty.

[Auseklis]

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http://www.ivillage.com/would-you-dy...obref=obinsite

^WTF?!?!?

Learn something new everyday... I had no idea that women's genitals lose color with age? Mine certainly haven't but I refuse to age (yet) hehe.

[thalassa]

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http://www.ivillage.com/would-you-dye-your-private-parts-look-younger/5-a-547200?obref=obinsite

^WTF?!?!?