Speaking of hair...i'm starting to think that we may need a new category called "hair removal."
Hair removal is the ignored, underappreciated topic among beauty magazines and girlietalk. Why aren't we more open about this matter? How much time is spent shaving, plucking, waxing, exfoliating, bleaching, carefully releasing ingrown hairs...worrying that you CAN'T go to the beach tomorrow unless you can get an appointment with Olga today in enough time for the irritation to heal and not cause any attention to your upper thigh area? And if you factor in time, energy and money, how much do you spend doing so? A heck of a lot of resources are spent grooming unwanted hair. But I don't hear enough about it.
Of all the topics I discuss with girlfriends, the most uncomfortable that of hair removal...ESPECIALLY "down there." Some of my friends are blessed with blondness and say they just don't get it...what is all the fuss? just shave daily. I could write volumes in response, but not today. Let's just say this is clearly a case of the "haves" and the "have nots" and this time, the latter has the privilege. When I ask other girlfriends, they give me short responses like "I'll give you my waxer's number" or "Don't ask me, I just can't be bothered to upkeep anymore." Some are lucky enough to laser and be done with it. We will spend hours talking about hair color, the latest fragrance, and just the right shade of lipstick, but hair removal conversations remain short. I haven't figured out why.
Perhaps I am a wee bit sensitive to this question right now because after spending 10 years and 120 hours, and an estimated $4800 on leg waxing, I have just discovered the EMJOI GOLD CARESS CORDLESS EPILATOR (I promise this is not an infomercial). This handydandy item is not for the faint at heart, but if you have ever given yourself a bikini wax, you possess the pain threshold and this is the item for you!!! Of all the epilators, it is better than Silk-epil, Satinelle, and the Epilady (I have tried all).
Why it rocks:
1) A one-time cost of $75 - it is cheap, cheap, cheap
2) Can be used anytime. you can capriciously decide to go to the beach tomorrow, worryfree of flashing anyone.
3) Experiement with hair removal in places you've always been curious about without telling a soul or paying big bucks (disclaimer: i have not done this myself, and can't vouch for pain threshold).
Here's the catch. You can't buy it in stores. Yes, folks. Parallel to the topic of hair removal itself, this little item is inaccessable except through the internet (try shavers.com or emjoi.com).
So, if you can't talk to your girlfriends about it you can read about it here :)
Posted by Mahsa at August 1, 2003 11:58 AMFound it: http://www.arazorhouse.com/emjoi_ap9gar.html (right click and open in new window)
Brilliant.
Posted by: lacey at August 1, 2003 01:27 PMYou beat me to the punch, Mahsa. Just last night, I was wondering if we have a "hair removal" category. I, too, am in the time-consuming,expensive, and sometimes-embarrassing category of "haves" in this situation. But I did not know about this new epilator. I may have to give it a whirl.
Posted by: shokufeh at August 1, 2003 01:55 PMi know i want to try it out, fo sho. i am also a "have" - in fact, i have a lot. everywhere. although i have found that waxing my armpits was the best idea i ever had. even when it grows in, it's light and it's fuzzy as opposed to thick and bushy. it's all good...
Posted by: delara at August 1, 2003 04:17 PM