Ouch!
My god, you people. If it hurts STOP DOING IT!.
Sory. Personal reaction. I’m a wuss and I value my own comfort over what should be going on vanity wise.
I brush my hair, clean myself, and laugh off the rest of it. I can’t use makeup to save my life, much less pull hairs out one by one (or a whole pile at a time) That hurts.
shudders
I won’t grow up, I won’t grow up…
Ginger, why you do like that?
We love you as you are!
Don’t go changin’
to try to please me…
For the record: I have two eyebrow hairs in my left eyebrow that for some reason grow freakishly long (we’re talking, like 3 inches! No exaggeration!)… the other day I was sitting at my computer deep in thought while I proofread something, and suddenly noticed that I was twirling these freak sasquatch hairs between my thumb and forefinger as I thought.
What the f**? What am I, Simon LaGree here?*
I grabbed my toenail clippers (which were sitting nearby, as I trimmed my toenails, like, a few months ago and haven’t cleaned my desk since…;)), and chopped those mothers off at the roots!
All well and good, until the next morning when I realized that I have clipped a little gap in my left eyebrow!:eek:
No one has noticed yet… which may mean that I’m off the hook (as it will grow back in shortly…).
Don’t tell anyone! It’s kinda embarassing!
Well, when I was a young teenager, I wore a girdle. I also had to wear a thick elastic harness thing beneath my clothing that looped under my arms and pulled my shoulders back because my parents thought I had poor posture. I did, actually.
Now I just do the usual stuff: shave legs and armpits; wax upper lip; pluck eyebrows; a little lipstick and rouge for special occasions; regular manicures (French Manicure only, no color); daily spritz of cologne. I also work out usually five days a week, 45 minutes a day.
Not really too time-consuming once you get the routine down! 
I used to get my eyebrows waxed until The Incident. I was getting my eyebrows waxed regularly during highschool. So I go in on my normal time, lay down and wait for the stinging pain. But this time, the wax is TOOO HOT! Well, so the stinging pain comes and my eyebrows are all red. Next day I wake up, and lo and behold. The wax has burnt my skin. So i have two big burn marks under my eyebrows. I got a refund from the salon and never went back. I had to endure tons of questions from nosy highschool people about my burns. But now? It sounds weird, but I shave my eyebrows. I learned it from my sister. You gotta be really careful not to shave them stupidly. I don’t shave them ALL off. Just where you should be plucking/waxing them.
Painful things I do for vanity? Eh…Nothing. Unless poking myself in the eye with eyeliner counts? I’m very clumsy and can never do things daintly.
Uhm…these were not for vanity, just for the look of it. I have gotten my nose,tongue and nipples pierced. I don’t have them anymore. The nose hurt the most. I actually cried when the guy did it. The nipples hurt the second most. I exclaimed “oh fuck!” when they did one and I pondered if I should get the other one done. But I was like…Hmm…I already PAID them. So I went one with it. The tongue did not hurt at all. Just disgusted me a bit how easily a needle will slide through tongue muscle. But now i’m pierce free. I’m missing my nipple piercings and wonder if there is a way to get them done again.
I do the waxing in the underarms and the legs and the hey hey hey it hurts. Anyway, not fun but I do it anyway. I’ve heard of taking an aspirin before you get it done to make it feel better, but haven’t yet had a chance to try that out. I’m going to make an appointment soon. Definitely that qualifies as painful!
I like the NADs infomercial where they do the older guy’s ear hair. They pull that strip of cloth off his ear and he has this expression on his face which is indescribable, somewhere between “Make the bad lady stop” and “as soon as he turns this camera off you’re going to be soooooo sorry”.
I myself pull out my rampant ear hairs. I use pliers because these hairs laugh at tweezers. I’m having the S.O. knit the hairs into a tow rope for my SUV.
Also, there is some anecdotal evidence for a correlation between ear hair and heart trouble, so by removing them I think I’m doing my old ticker a world of good.
Well, it was a good theory anyway.
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Ginger, I’m a redhead and decided last week to do something I have always wanted to do, dye my eyelashes. Well, their blonde and it sucks to keep putting on mascara. So, I did, (have them dyed) and boy did it burn! I do find though that wearing mascara, and laughing so much that your eye’s water (hey it happens to me regularly) make my eye’s burn like hell. The woman that did them was most concerned because they were so red, but they were back to normal after an hour or so. Anyhoo, I’m really glad I had it done, because now, no more burning eye’s when my eye’s water! Waxing, I have never done…yet.
Update:
Lo, the brows they are lovely, no more do they ache.
How the goddess wept at the sight
And the realization that this will be a regular part of her life…
Why the hell did I bother? Oh man… this is like crack. One time, and you’re hooked.
Eyebrows and underarms waxed. The eyebrows end up loooking odd for about a day and a half, but it’s worth it once they settle. The underarms don’t even hurt anymore.
Bikini waxing (which must be done by a professional. I end up doing a tiny little bit and crying while applying the wax (not to mention the later gasping in pain ripping it off) and never finish the job myself, which looks odd.)
But the true what-is-wrong-with-this-picture thing is the multiple-hour hair nightmare. Which basically involves anywhere from 8 to 30 hours of unbraiding and detangling my hair. I’m trapped in my apartment, which is good, because during that time I hate all of humanity while my hands, and arms, and back, and neck get tired. And then I go, and hand a ridiculous amount of money to people who then pull on, sorry, rebraid, my hair for another 8 to 12 hours. My scalp hurts for another 2 days. During this period, I frequently think “bald, I could just shave it off and go bald, people probably wouldn’t even notice.” But they probably would, and I don’t trust that my head is shaped ok.
Amarinth, girl, how long is your hair???
What do I do for vanity? I tweeze eyebrows, shave legs, artificial tanner (they work, but man does it suck to be prancing around your room, butt-naked for a half an hour or more waiting for this lotion to dry and not able to touch anything for fear or streaks or spots!) shave down there, um…I have unruly curly hair, so I blow dry it straight, anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours depending on how long I let it air dry, then I turn around and curl it again, but only the ends so it curls up nicely
I don’t dare try waxing. I tried Nair once, nay, twice. It worked okay the first time, didn’t really remove hair like it promised. Used it the second time, left it on a little longer this time. Hopped into the shower, covered in a smelly yellow cream and dripping wet from the head, and washed the stuff off. No problems yet, but them the burning started. And the itching. I rubbed it off (“Do not use soap”) and hopped out of the shower. Dried myself off, and the itching continued. And the burning. Put on shorts and ran around the house for no less than 10 minutes, because the air against my wet legs felt good, and I wasn’t getting the same effect by blowing or fanning my legs. I wanted to cut off my legs to stop the itching. Finally it did stop, and I threw away the rest of the bottle. It is the devil.
Same here. The most make-up I ever put on is maybe a little eye-shadow, and even that is rare. God forbid I even pick up an eyeliner pencil. Lets just say I don’t have the best of aim with that sort of stuff. I always end up looking like a clown.
As for my eyebrows, I have to tweeze them every once in a while. It’s hell. I have very low tolerance for pain.
And waxing? That can go screw itself. No spa is ever going to touch me with that stuff… Shaving works just fine, thank you very much.
I gave up on eyeliner pencils years ago. I’ve been using liquid liner for about 10 years - I got sick of poking myself in the eye - give it a try, arachnidlove.
Astroboy, aww thanks. But you’re still weird, boy!
funny Ginger…
I do use liquid liner…still poke myself in the eye. I think its worse than a pencil because when I poke myself with the little felt tip, a nice healthy gob of makeup goes and swims around my eyeball and burns like hell
Old-fashioned me uses the brush type. It takes a while to get the hang of it, but I like it.
Update on the brows: The bitch burned my left eyebrow! Of course, I just came to this realization yesterday, when I bothered looking in the mirror for the first time since Friday evening. I thought it was supposed to hurt like this! The girls at the office confirmed it for me… ARGH!
I have a fetish about keeping my bikini line hairless at all times. So, to make my life easier I thought I would try the latest and greatest gimmick being sold on TV, the at home waxing kit, NADS.
It works great, the hair comes right out and it stays gone - but the bad part is I chickened out after the first tug. Now one side is silky smooth and the other side is jealous.
you gotta try this
It’s [sub]almost[/sub] foolproof!
Ear hair, nose hair. Where the heck does it come from?
I’ll cop to having clipped both.
Nothing more wonderful then looking at your ears, seeing that wacky ear hair for the first time … like something outta the Wizard of Oz …
IMHO, if you’re a redhead, your eyebrows and eye lashes are supposed to be so blond no one notices them. I’ve never used mascarea, and I don’t feel the need to.
Vainity, smanity, I barely do anything in the name of vanity. Unless you count the up to 45 minutes a day I spend detangling my hair, but that’s matienence, right? I suppose I * could* cut it, but many people have claimed it wouls kill them if I did. Can you imagine being brought up on charges for that?
The only things I do for “vanity” is bathe regularly, brush my teeth and hair, and wear clean clothes.
About once every 18 months to 2 years I trim my hair. Just about due for it again - my braids are down to my butt again.
Waxing? Eyebrows? No way. Oh, wait, I do shave my legs when wearing skirts - otherwise you wouldn’t see the legs for the fuzz. Told my husband once I’ll never ask him for a fur coat since I could grow my own, but it’s strictly a razor affair, no harsh chemicals or molten lava-like substances (Are you people nucking futs or what? If someone was doing that without your consent they could go to jail for a long, long time)
The eyebrows are dark, lush and thick. They stay that way. No tweezing. Personally, I think I have very nicely shaped eyebrows, even if they’re not fashionably thin. Then again, the rest of the body isn’t fashionably thin, either, so at least I’m consistent.
About the only thing I’d really like to change is the vampiric complexion. It’s a wonder I don’t burst into flame in direct sunlight. It would be great not to be so sensitive to sunlight.
Well, let’s see. I shave, which usually end with me bleeding large amounts… I’ve even tried those ‘cut-proof’ blades? HA! I bled for three hours straight and went through a whole box of band-aids.
Oh, but my stupidity doesn’t stop there! Oh, no. I then, after shaving, put globs of sea salt (mixed with yummy smelling body wash) onto said just-shaved legs. Result? Lotsa pain. Salt in little tiny open wounds is BAD. Oh, but the other day, I went through my little routine, but I forgot something. I was horribly sunburnt in two rectangular patches on my thighs.
Shaving + sunburn + salt = screaming and cussing…
I also pluck my eyebrows, dye my hair, and I want a tattoo.