A thick heated paste of sugar, maybe with lemon juice added, is spread over the area and strips of cloth applied on top. The sugar cools. Then the strips of cloth are sharply pulled away.
It’s a difficult method to get the hang of, not very efficient unless you’re an expert at the technique. How do I know this? That’s… personal. A slightly modernized version of the method is sold in America, packaged under the brand name Moom[sup]TM[/sup], which comes from the Persian word for ‘wax’. No actual wax is present.
See now, I had heard that when the men all went off to war (depending on who’s telling the story, WWI or WWII), the companies selling shaving-type accesories realised they needed someone to sell their product to. So they encouraged the hot young starlets of the time to appear in public without stockings, showing off hairless legs, and with their shaved armpits visible. And, since every women wanted to look like a star, they all started shaving their armpits and legs.
The fact that there’s so many different versions furthers my opinion this is an ubran myth. I can’t find anything on Snopes about this, however.
I think there should be a law against shaving natural body-hair. Why do people want themselves to look like pre-pubescents, other than to cater to their paedophiliac tendencies, hmmm? :dubious:
I dunno. But it would be fairly easy to assess the bikini-line shaving habits of French women. Would one of our French dopers mind going to that place where the ladies wear no pants? I hear there’s a hole in the wall where the men can see it all.
:dubious: right back at ya. Why can’t we get though these kinds of threads without insults, eh? If you want to remain unshaved, feel free, and I won’t insult you, but don’t you insult me either for shaving. I hate excess hair anywhere but my head, and I don’t do it for my “paedophiliac tendencies”, I do it because
a)I like smooth skin
b)I’m Indian, I sweat a lot and hate it
c)I like it! And that’s all there is to it.
Law against shaving natural body hair - sure hope you were joking.
Last year, I met a woman, here in the US, who had shaved the sides of her head, but not her armpits. It was clearly a fashion statement, but I don’t know what she was saying.
Arwin. If you want to start a thread debating the subject, or if you want to Pit people who shave their bodies, then you know where those fora are. If you want to contribute to this thread, then do so without such comments. Understood?
