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Read this thread about body sugar. I’ve been wanting to do this for my more delicate bits and now that summer is coming and I’m actually going to wear shorts and bathing suits (I’m 50 pounds lighter than last year. Woohoo!) I’ve been wanting to try it even more.
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I can’t open your link, but if it’s the thread about Parissa Body Sugar, my experience was exactly the opposite as the OP (of that thread). I read that thread, got so excited to try a better product, went out and got some, and…I wish I’d saved my 10 bucks. I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong, but it was completely ineffective for me.
That’s weird about the link. I know I tested it before posting and it was fine but now it doesn’t work for me either. It is the link you were thinking of and here it is again. I hope. Thanks for the heads up that the Parissa doesn’t work for everyone.
I went in again today. Apparently (as mentioned above) the reason for the two-week interval rather than a longer period, is due to years of shaving and the hair then growing in strange directions. It’ll be another few two-week intervals, then it should go to a month between waxings.
She even threaded the little ones up that the wax didn’t get! !!! That hurt WAY more than the waxing. A LOT more.
[QUOTE=Una Persson]
I understand that it’s not what the OP asked for, but I have to ask - those who wax, have you tried laser from a competent professional source, and if not, what is putting you off about it? I’ve had legs, armpits, etc. lasered and so has Fierra, and the success rate has been phenomenal.
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Cost and dark skin. Lasering is prohibitively expensive for me and then when you add “most likely will permanently scar me” to the equation it seems like an awful waste of a lot of money to look worse than I did before.
Also recommend sugaring over waxing for at home. Never had any trouble with armpits (had a lot with bikini area. But then, the last time I had it “professionally” done, she was worse than I am. Horrible experience.) And no one has ever been able to rip the hair out of my legs - those just have to be shaved.
Sugar seems to hurt less than wax and has the benefit of dissolving in water which is very convenient all around.
[QUOTE=Una Persson]
I understand that it’s not what the OP asked for, but I have to ask - those who wax, have you tried laser from a competent professional source, and if not, what is putting you off about it? I’ve had legs, armpits, etc. lasered and so has Fierra, and the success rate has been phenomenal.
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I did laser hair removal about four years ago on my face. (Yay for extra long “sideburns” that needed to go away.) I haven’t had any issues since, and I only went for two sessions. The only major downside was that the procedure smells like burnt hair; this wouldn’t be as much of a problem further away from the nose.
If I had the money to spend on something that frivolous, I would never have armpit hair again.
[QUOTE=Miss Purl McKnittington] jjimm, I’m going to go ahead and say no, it wouldn’t be a good idea. I pluck the dark hairs on my upper lip instead of waxing, because I find I can handle that better than having them ripped out all at once. I cannot even imagine what having your entire face waxed would feel like.
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Well I ignored your advice.
Wax strip smoothed down firmly onto my bristles. Steeled myself. Took hold and pulled.
Riiip!!! AARGH!
All the pain of waxing, and not a single hair removed. Now I have sticky, shiny wax all over my face, and a beard.
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth]
Rub it off with some oil, jjimm, and consider yourself lucky none of us were there to point and laugh.
[/QUOTE] WriterChick was. She says it looks like I dipped my chin in butter.
[QUOTE=LifeOnWry]
I saw the thread title, mis-read the poster’s name as “Labialess” and thought, whoa! That’s waxing WAY too close!
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I’m going to take this as more evidence that no matter what you might think of to say in a thread, some other Doper has already come along and said it before you
[QUOTE=LifeOnWry]
I saw the thread title, mis-read the poster’s name as “Labialess” and thought, whoa! That’s waxing WAY too close!
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Oh dear god! Its still there!
And forever now, I’ll fear as being seen as the poster with no labia. :dubious:
Here I went for a name that might not have any tags to it, and now I’ve got waxing labias.
It could be worse.
And wouldn’t you know it. I had run out to Sally and bought the stuff they sell there. So I’ll know baby oil from here on out.
I will say that in the morning light, it’s not all that bad for his first time. He sought out a video on Youtube, and thinks he’ll be better at it. Though I’m getting a professional pro-bono from him he felt so horrible. (THE PAIN, the AGONY! ) And so I’ll know more of whats right.
Thanks everyone for the advice!
(and the stories! someone glued to the bottom of their tub was priceless!)
