waxing

[neopeipei.livejournal.com]

could anyone recommend a decent pubic hair waxer/brand commonly found in drug stores to me? ^^

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[ahota84.livejournal.com]

Sally Hansen Hot Sugar Wax

Heat it in the microwave, paint it on and let er rip.

[stupidforyou.livejournal.com]

not the OP but do you need cloth strips for that or is it like face wax where you use the wax to pull?

[ahota84.livejournal.com]

no no the little cloth-ish pieces come with the kit. You layer it over the wax and pull.

[neopeipei.livejournal.com]

thank you!

[idontrecalll.livejournal.com]

i'm glad you asked this, i've been looking around too!
All i can tell you is i really don't recommend Sally Hansen Lavender Wax (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vlN2OQWlL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)
it smells great but it's really unmanageable and just makes a damn mess.

[neopeipei.livejournal.com]

icic. thanks! maybe i will give the hot sugar wax a try hehe.

[e-moo1.livejournal.com]

I've done a lot of experimenting with brazilian waxing. I've had it done professionally about a dozen times, and before and after those experiences I've done it at home. There's some good stuff by bath and body works that really does the job (gotta have a way to keep it warm in the bathroom. I recommend either a candle/mug warmer plate or a pan of HOT water), there's Nads and Moom (both sugar waxes, Nads hurts but lasts a long time, haven't experimented enough with Moom to really give a good review) and there's Sally Hanson Bikini Wax (kicks some pubic hair butt, but hurts and lasts like 3-4 weeks).
The one that I've recently tried isn't store bought. It's home made and it's called sugaring. The ingredients are 3 cups granulated sugar, 2 1/2 cups water, 4 tsp. lemon juice. You just heat it on the stove until "rolling" boiling, let it boil a couple of minutes, then back off the heat so it's not rolling but still boiling. Watch the color turn to light golden brown (~25 minutes), then lower heat to simmer and watch for color to turn a definite brown (~20 minutes). Then you take it off the heat and let it cool a bit. Pour it into a heavy duty plastic container and let it cool for about a day. It should feel a littler harder than Nads, def not as gooey. Then you use it like shown here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COo0Mx_Rd-A
Sometimes it takes a couple of tries to get the sugar paste to heat up enough for maximum pulling action, but it really works. When it gets too gooey to handle, just grab another piece from the container and go again. I barely have pubes now because I've done it 3 times. It's also the cheapest method. You just gotta be brave enough to experiment in the kitchen a bit and then rip your own hair out.

[elephantus45.livejournal.com]

Cool. Thanks for all that info!

[aspirituntamed.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this.
I'm definitely going to give it a go.
The lady in the video made it look so easy...
I doubt it is though haha

Thank you for your detailed info!

[superfan1.livejournal.com]

Going to experiment.

Thanks for info.

[neopeipei.livejournal.com]

thanks! where can i buy Nads? or is it just online?

[e-moo1.livejournal.com]

grocery stores, drug store, etc. There's a no heat kind (the green and white box) and a hard/heat bikini specific kind (red box). The no heat works best BUT, I feel like I should warn you. When I say it hurts, I mean it can make you cry. Some girls can't use it because it bruises them. So, good news is it gets every last little hair there is with fantastic results, the bad news is it can possibly make you bruised and feel like you've just ripped your skin off with ductape and super glue. This is just a possibility, though. Also, if you're going full on brazilian you might need a few more strips than what they give you in the box. An old sheet cut up into strips works great if they don't have any extra strips at the store. I would also recommend that if you're doing this for vaca or something, try and do it a week ahead of time.

[neopeipei.livejournal.com]

thank you !!

[atalanta0jess.livejournal.com]

I recently used parissa brand strip-less hot wax for my bikini line, and it worked pretty well. It was kind of messy, but I'm guessing that's just a feature of wax and my inexperience. The stripless aspect was kind of nice because it made the wax go further...I just remelted it and used it again. (Probably not the most sanitary thing to do, but whatev.)

I could never get sugar to work as well as the wax did...but the good thing is that with sugar you don't have that moment of terror where you've applied the wax and really don't want to rip it off...but don't have any choice. Yowch!

[e-moo1.livejournal.com]

haha!!! "Okay, pull on 3... 1... 2....3... oh crap! I chickened out!, It's okay, just try again. 1...2...GAH! I give up!" Yep, I'm very familiar with the moment of terror. Anticipation really sucks. I'm sorry to hear the sugaring didn't work as well for you. Maybe I should start making mine in big batches to sell with a little home video on you tube for help, because it really did take me a while to find the right mix and right technique.

[atalanta0jess.livejournal.com]

Actually I was using moom I think? It just didn't stick well enough to my hairs, or else I wasn't yanking it quite right. Oh well.

[xxxkaliaxxx.livejournal.com]

Nads is easy to use because the wax is already pressed onto the strips so you just press the fabric strips down onto the skin and then work up the nerve to rip them off. It does hurt a lot (hurts more than when I got waxed professionally).

[neopeipei.livejournal.com]

do you know where i can buy nads? (in store)

[xxxkaliaxxx.livejournal.com]

Well, I believe Nads is a pretty popular product. Are you in the US? I found it at CVS pharmacy but I assume similiar stores like Walgrens, Walmart, would have it.

[neopeipei.livejournal.com]

icic. yes i am in california. will check out cvs later today. thanks!

[beganwithayes.livejournal.com]

i like surgiwax bikini wax.

[beganwithayes.livejournal.com]

'scuse me - surgiwax brazilian bikini wax. you can get it at cvs.

[revilo.livejournal.com]

i use sally hansen waxing strips and they are totally, totally awesome. the wax is already set into strips and there's no gigantic mess to deal with.

[neopeipei.livejournal.com]

oh god. i tried nads after all the reviews said it was good. it worked.. but there are stray hairs here and there that refuse to be pulled, and because of how badly it hurt, i refuse to do my lips...... oh god oh god. (in shock from the pain) lol.