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What's Your Fave Unwanted Hair Remover? - Dimensions Forums
Hi all,
Of course we all know that no women have any hair except on the top of their head, right?
LOL
I often find myself frustrated with the endless process of removing unwanted hair.
After I shave my hair tends to grow back quickly so it seems like I've got stubble in no time.
I mostly just use shaving on body & tweezing on unwanted face hairs.
I just wanted to know if anybody has any suggestions of the hair removal products that work best for them.
Also, has anybody tried those permenant hair removal devices & had success?
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This is the easiest
I have very sensitive skin though so I can't use most razors unless they are specially made for the more sensitive
Oh, several years ago I bought one of those home electric hair removers- they suck.
Don't do it
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I really just stick to good old fashioned shaving.
I have SO many friends who can't shave for whatever reason (they're wildly allergic to the whole process, they get rashes and ingrown hairs, etc etc etc), so i kinda feel like i'm actually lucky that i even can shave.
plus i just like the daily-ritual aspect of it.
At this point i'm basically still 99% asleep, standing upright, in a shower, with a razor in my hand.
also this is random but i've never understood waxing legs, either.
You have to let your hair grow to over 1/4 of an inch, at LEAST, before you can do it!
So like...what's the point?
You walk around with sasquatch legs for a month and a half, then you get to pay someone $80 to make it go away for what...4 days?
Maybe 5? and let's face it that shit's stubbly after two.
no comprende.
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Actually, elle, my experience is exactly the opposite--I walk around with hairy legs for week, and after a waxing, I'm good for a month (at least!).
Waxing doesn't just remove the hair at the skin line, like shaving does, it removes the entire hair & root--so a new root has to develop before the hair grows again.
And when it does grow in, NO STUBBLE, it's very soft and fuzzy.
I prefer waxing because I hate stubble and the daily ritual of shaving (to prevent the stubble).
(side note: stubble is a funny word.)
I'm actually considering getting a full leg wax before I go to Vegas.
The beauty school down the street does it for $40/leg, so $80 total.
Which is pretty cheap as far as a full leg wax goes!
Despite my preference for waxing, I do tend to shave more than wax because my legs are bare so infrequently and I'm usually a terrible planner.
So I don't think about my hairy legs until it is too late to get 'em waxed.
In which case, I use my intuition razor, which I love!
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Yeah i've worked at spas and salons for like 8 years now, i know how waxing works.
hell if it stays off for a month for you, friggin GO for it.
That's amazing. i'd do it too if it worked like that for me.
i've had my legs waxed about half a dozen times over the years (there is a LOT of downtime at your average salon), and the longest my legs have remained non-prickly afterwards?
5 days.
not worth it, for me.
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I use the Venus razor.
I've never in my life shaved daily, tho.
I pretty much shave once a week or so, usually before a big event or date or something I want to try for.
So I'm pretty stubbly most of the time.
Prickly pear!
I never leave myself enough time in the mornings to shave, and part of me HATES the idea of spending that time removing hair from my body.
ARGHH!
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Yeah sometimes i ask myself if i'd still shave if i were a guy.
Y'know like...am i doing this daily-shaving thing because i prefer myself to be fairly hairless, or because i feel some kinda pressure to do it because of my gender.
And i figure that no, i probably would not still shave my legs if i were a guy.
But not because i'd be like "YAY i'm a guy now so i don't have to shave!".
More like it's like completely not socially acceptable for guys to shave their legs, and i'd get tired of having to explain why i did it.
i'd still hate having hairy legs.
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I think having a bald you know what is se a - so it's worth the shave
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Me too girly... me too!!!
Quote: : Eyed Fairy I think having a bald you know what is se a - so it's worth the shave
That said...
I shave everything, every other day.
That's the LONGEST I can tolerate it...
Especially on my legs.
Any more and I'm ready to rip it out by hand.
I have used depilatory cream (on my girl), but I gotta plan that way ahead...
Several days before an "event"...
Not always possible.
I've also recently purchased a "lady's" electric razor...
Not worth the $20 I spent.
Good old disposable razors, in the shower, are the best thing for me.
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Okay, I'm going to be way blonde and ask an ignoramus question here, k?
What if you wanted a bald you-know-what (did you refer to it as a 'girl'?
) and you don't have anyone to help you with that and you have a hanging belly?
What do you do? How do you do it?
Would acrobatics be involved?
Mirrors? I can so picture myself doing this and, frankly, the picture is pretty hilarious.
I had a boyfriend a long long time ago whom I allowed to shave me.
Mainly, I remember how horribly itchy it was a couple of days later and I understand that one way for it not to get itchy is to keep shaving it regularly.
I hope to god no guys read this LMAO
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Not an ingnoramus question at all.
Take a look at this thread:
http://www.dimensionsmagazine.com/fo...hlight=shaving
There is quite a bit of discussion about that very thing and AnnMarie gives a great description of how to go about doing that.
My belly doesn't hang down, but it definitely prevents me from seeing everything.
Mostly, I go by touch.
Once you have done it a few times, you kind of get a groove going and you can do it very easily.
Take a look at that thread though...
It's really good.
Good luck!
PS.
Any man that laughs??
You'll have an angry mob of women after you...
Promise.
Quote: : Okay, I'm going to be way blonde and ask an ignoramus question here, k?
What if you wanted a bald you-know-what (did you refer to it as a 'girl'?
) and you don't have anyone to help you with that and you have a hanging belly?
What do you do? How do you do it?
Would acrobatics be involved?
Mirrors? I can so picture myself doing this and, frankly, the picture is pretty hilarious.
I had a boyfriend a long long time ago whom I allowed to shave me.
Mainly, I remember how horribly itchy it was a couple of days later and I understand that one way for it not to get itchy is to keep shaving it regularly.
I hope to god no guys read this LMAO
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Quote: : Well you can hope!!!
Mark!
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Thank you Violet Much obliged I tried going 'by touch' a couple of times but, somehow, that didn't work out very well
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Being well-informed, I'm off to the store.
AnnMarie's trimmer is da winner for me Woo-hoo...
AND with minimal embarrassment
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When I was a teenager, I was in the shower and reached for the bottle of shampoo.
I had gotten soap in my eyes, and wasn't looking at what I was doing.
So I pour some shampoo in my hand, and then start rubbing it in my hair.
But it's not lathering up.
So I grab some more & add to it.
Still not lathering.
So I grab the bottle, and nearly shit myself when I saw it was my sister's Nair.
I rinsed it out quickly, but I didn't lose any hair over it.
It wasn't in my hair long anough.
As I said I was a teenager, it was the 80's and my hair was down to my ass when wet.
When dry, it curled up to about the middle of my back.
I looked like Slash in Guns N Roses.
I used to shampoo, condition, and then would use Alberto V05 hot oil treatment.
These days, my hair is less than 1/4 inch.
I can't stand it any longer.
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No offense meant, elle, didn't know your work history so didn't know how familiar you were with the process!
So, we've covered legs & girlie parts how about those more seriously unwanted hairs....you know the ones I mean....the dreaded....the horrifying....CHIN HAIR.
The older I get, the more I've got....and I'm S.I.C.K.
Of them. My dr prescribed Vaniqua (sp?) for me, but I balked at the $80 price tag.
I'm more inclined to pony up the $200+ for laser hair removal since it is permanent.
Anyone tried anything other than tweezers?
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I hope it works for you!
Quote: : Thank you Violet Much obliged I tried going 'by touch' a couple of times but, somehow, that didn't work out very well
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I use this stuff for eyebrows, the 'stache area and things on the chinny-chin-chin.
For me, it works like a charm.
People always freak out when I mention I do my own eyebrows, but it's really not that hard.
I went and had them done in a salon a time or two and watched what they did and I just do that.
Frankly, I like it better when I do them because I don't make them so thin.
Mine are more natural looking.
A little trick that I've learned too is, immediately after you yank the wax strip, place your finger over the part where you ripped the strip from...
It stops the stinging.
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Thanks for all the helpful replies, everybody!
Particularly noticable stubble is the curse of the fair skinned.
I think the part of my body that I hate the quick returning stubble most on is my toes.
(Yes, men secretly reading this, woman can & do get hairy toes sometimes!)
I have the Tweezee plucking machine or however it's spelled, but i wimp out on it.
It does work, but well, it's a medieval torture instrument, as well.
Has anybody out there ever tried one of those home electrolysis machines?
The type that are supposed to remove hair forever?
I might just hate my hairy toes enough to try one out.
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I don't remove hair as often as some would think I should LOL.
Most times I Will use an electric on my face & legs.
I need to use a blade for the underarms though.
FOund out hard way flabby skin=Razor burn from electric.
Most blades oddly cut up my legs no matter what but then I got a sample of the Venus breeze (had built in shaving 'gel') It works great even on my legs.
I use that before photo shoots.
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I like the Gillette original Venus razor with Skintimate shaving cream not gel.
That razor is the best razor I have ever used in my life!
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Confession: a few days ago I was at work on my lunch break and read this thread title as What's Your Fave Unwanted Eye Remover?
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Quote: : Confession: a few days ago I was at work on my lunch break and read this thread title as What's Your Fave Unwanted Eye Remover?
A melon baller
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Hi
As a guy with sensitive facial skin I use this product
AVEENO THERAPEUTIC SHAVE GEL
I notice that they also make this product
AVEENO POSITIVELY SMOOTH® SHAVE GEL
Which they say lets you shave less often, It has the evil Soy Plant in it so I will skip it
AVEENO Website
http://www.aveeno.com/index.jsp
William
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