A history in wax

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Are you are shaver or a waxer. I'm a waxer *

I actually I enjoy getting my legs and eye brows waxed. I know it's weird but I do and I don't think it even hurts, and the lovely silkiness and hairfree feeling far outweighs any pain. I wish I could say the same for my bikini ( but I don't know how it is possible to enjoy that experience).

Today I had all three ( but I don't go the full monty ) . And no I don't do it myself, because if you've ever been through DIY waxing disasters like mine you would get someone else to do it too.

First up was the leg wax disaster of 2007, which after thinking it would be more economical to wax my own legs, I bought one of those heat up wax pots. And perhaps it would be more economical if I didn't somehow manage to used up nearly a whole pot one the front of ONE calf ( yes one calf not even the back) and get the rest everywhere all through the kitchen and living room- and you know how hard it is to clean off dried wax. Then there were the wax strips with with I had little success too, I just couldn't get it taunt enough and again managed to stick everywhere.

Never to mention the time I waxed my own eyebrows. Which was like a liquidy pen with little strips. After ( somewhat) successfully waxing the right brow , I still wanted a bit more off the end. And on the packet it said you could reuse the strips, but perhaps not if there a perfectly large chunk of wax left on them at which put I managed to wax off an entire hunk of my eyebrow - old nanna style- and was left with no other option then to repeat this on the other side to "even up"

So I'm happy to let someone else do it even if it cost a bit more, which I don't considering the whole pot of wax on one calf scenario and because unlike me they have skills in this area, and takes no time at all.

* except for my underarms, which I shave because I'm blessed with like 5 hairs under there so it doesn't seem worth it.