Each to her own, but, well, you know that thread about indefensibly shallow and vapid reasons for being turned off about someone? I was tempted to post about the shaving thing. Shaving of the female parts is a massive turn-off.
Meanwhile, continuing with the thread-title hijack–
there’s a thread in About This Message Board devoted to the subject in case y’all missed it.
I may be falling to the enticements of a troll (well, one DOES have to wonder about the likelihood of someone in possession of the parts denoted by the controversial term choosing the monicker “SolarPhallusMan” as her username)–but if I may put that aside for the moment and take her femaleness at, uh, face value, I must admit I have a problem with the way everyone else has a problem with what she chose to call her genital equipment, and I’ve posted to that effect in the thread mentioned above.
(It probably oughta be in Great Debates rather than here or in ATMB, but if so I’m hoping a moderator will relocate it accordingly)
from my experience, if you have never waxed yourself, then it is better to leave it up to a salon. because once you put it on. you are committed to pulling it off (but that depends on the type of wax you use).
what is your pain tolerance? It doesn’t bother me, but I know some women that will never do it again.
but now, I recommnd the laser. yes, it is pricey. (your bikini area and underarms run about $150 per session, about 3-4 sessions total). but if you wax it’ll be around $40 each time, plus tips, etc…but at least the laser is pretty permanent.
and just for the record, I with the high pain tolerance, recommend you never EVER wax your underarms. it hurts bad!
I am Anna, Bughunter’s ladyfriend, and I wanted Ladybug for a nickname but someone else took it already. He spent 2 hours getting my own nickname to work and was really agrravated because he said the web page wasn’t working. I don’t have a computer so i;m using his. But now its working and he talked me into reading this webpage and leaving a message because he is always talking about you guys and I agreed because I had to see what the deal was about. He says it’s completely anonymous and since it’s not my computer how can I doubt that? haha. Anyway, I read the whole page and should say first that no matter what he says I don’t let him use the C word except sometimes during sex. But he usually likes to use the P word anyway.
I shave my legs and my underarms but I don;t shave under my bikini line anymore. When I shave my legs I will sometimes go as far up as my bikini line, but I will stop at the tan line because it gets too tender and get razor burns, they are the problem.
I started going to a wax salon in Beverly Hills to get a body wax when I worked as a cocktail waitress and had to wear a very short skirt and bikini underwear as a uniform. Ever since then I found that it was easier to let someone else take care of that. I pay 100 dollars, including tip to get a full body wax. The asian lady I see uses a heated cup of wax and spreads it with a stick, and then presses a strip of silk over the wax and pulls it off. Then she puts baby powder on the waxed area and does the next one until she covers my entire body from the neck down. It’s amazing how fast she does it, and to get to some places she puts my leg over her shoulder like she’s my lover but she is totally professional. The only hair she leaves is a little line straight above my cunt. hehe. It does hurt but afterwards I take a mineral bath and feel so relaxed I just want to fall asleep. It’s worth the money because it lasts for weeks and it’s not so itchy when it grows back. The way it grows back is so much better than shaving it reminds me of being 16 again. Bug Hunter says he likes my natural hair but I’m telling you when I get waxed he gets very excited. He paid the bill the last three times I went. Bughunter is coming back to read what I wrote and I typed faster than he thought I could, so now it;s my turn to embarrass him. He really could use a wax, especially on his face and on the base of his stalk. He really needs to appreciate how painful it is, too, especially there. Ha ha!
[Edited by UncleBeer on 07-17-2001 at 11:19 AM]
She actually bit me on the arm, trying to keep me away from the computer. If she had tried any harder she would have drawn blood!
Moderator, can you replace my real name with bughunter in her post? She wasn’t supposed to say my name.
Excuse me while I go administer an appropriate penalty.
You can delete the entire post, too, if you feel it’s inappropriate. And this one, too, if you feel the same… I’m sorry to have subjected you to this. It was a lapse in judgement.
Ummmmm, yes Guin, I do, in fact I only shave my legs when I absolutely know I will be in public (or even family) with shorts or a dress on. I rarely put on a swimsuit these days so Miss Youhoo has long hair just like my head.
If it were my idea, we’d all be a little more natural like a home cooked dinner and less made up, waxed and processed like a Lean Cuisine meal.
Me too! However, Cartooniverse, I notice you’re not sharing…
I love how the message title keeps changing.
Oddly enough, I rarely shave my armits, but everything else I do. I do the hoo-ha shaving thing for my SO’s benefit.
I trimmed it & shaved it into a cute little heart shape once. I even hennaed it once too, to bring out lustrous red highlights…
The reason I ask is that I bought some “Sally Hansen Triple Smooth Hair Remover blah blah blah” and it hasn’t done anything worth doo-doo. I left it on 5 minutes (like the bottle said) the first time. Nothing. Hair still there (legs, people :p). Tried it for 10 minutes. Nothing. Hair still there.
As a reward for losing my first 10 pounds, I’m going to get a Brazilian from my wax lady here in Chicago. I’m very excited about it. She teaches classes on how to do it yourself and she said she’s been doing it for years, so I trust her.
And as for ‘being natural’, I’m a swimmer, I swim four days a week and rather than shave my hooha every other day I’d like to take it all off in one fell swoop. I also receive a certain sexual pleasure in being waxed or shaved down there and I know my husband digs it.
I do not think this makes me a ‘lean cuisine meal’ or any less of a natural woman :rolleyes:
I’ve tried quite a few of them and for me I like Nair Gentle Formula. Try it for the minimum time at first. Especially at the most tender areas…you know, closest to the pink parts.
I have worked out a battle plan for nearly every hair on my body and it has become more complex as new patterns emerge. I dye the gray hairs blond (on my head), shave the legs and pits, pluck the ones on my chin and eyebrows, curl and mascara the lashes and nair the private parts. I have little to no hair anywhere else but personally I think they’re there, they’re just chicken. [sub]Come on out guys, I won’t hurt you much. Bwaa ha ha ha.[/sub]
I know some people prefer au natural but for me that is just a little to earthy. I don’t like totally smooth either cause it does seem prepubescent. I find a nice neat strip up the middle to be just about right. My hubby concurs.
I would just to say I find the terms c*nt, vagina, AND pudendum to be VERY offensive. Please change the thread title to something less offensive such as
But hey, jarbabyj, if you didn’t have someone else trying to dictate personal beauty decisions like that to you, you’d be able to focus on more important things like your job, your family, your dreams, aspirations and such. And that would be bad! You must look like what we tell you to look like!
I’ve been shaving my pubes for years … just shaved again yesterday. But I’m really tired of shaving — I can never do it there without drawing blood. I refuse to put any of that chemical junk on my skin. As for plucking … are you kidding???
That leaves wax.
Do you think any of those wax salons would do a man? Why not? My money is as good as any woman’s, and the technique can’t be too much different. Have you heard of any unisex wax salons?
No, really. I’m serious, this is not a joke.
Outlandish idea? It isn’t without precedent. Remember Groucho Marx—
When I used Nair, I left it on for somewhere around 14 minutes. That might work better for you. (Does it have a maximum time limit on the back? Like, “Do not leave on for more than X minutes”?)
