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I need to epilate my legs 😭 please motivate me!

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Pusheenicorn · 23/09/2018 18:11

Going on holiday on Thursday. Forgot to not shave them so the hair was long enough to wax... if i shave more than once a week I get a horrible itchy bumpy red rash.

So. I need to epilage. I've turned the bastard on 6 times now and immediately turned it off again.

I've cleaned the whole house top to bottom instead of doing it.

I decided to make a roast dinner to avoid doing it.

There is no more procrastination. Help meeeeee

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NotANotMan · 23/09/2018 18:12

What's holding you back? It doesn't hurt that badly. Have a glass of wine and a paracetamol

SweatyFretty · 23/09/2018 18:13

Can you do it Wednesday night?

ArtemisWeatherwax · 23/09/2018 18:14

Have a large gin.

Or go and get some Veet. It'll hurt less.

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villainousbroodmare · 23/09/2018 18:14

Get a book. Comfy spot where you can put your feet up. Do it. You'll be glad when it's done!
I would love a clean house and a roast dinner. And a holiday!

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Pusheenicorn · 23/09/2018 18:14

I have a pathetically low pain threshold... no wine ubfortunatly and I'm not sure if the Passion fruit vodka left over from last holiday is sensible since I have work tomorrow.

Paracetamol I can do though... eeeeeek

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DramaAlpaca · 23/09/2018 18:16

Like a PP says, take two paracetamol right now, give it an hour or so to work, pour yourself a nice big glass of wine & get on with it. Woman up!

HeyMacWey · 23/09/2018 18:16

Do it after a warm bath. It definitely hurts less then as the pores are more open.

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Pusheenicorn · 23/09/2018 18:16

Maybe if I have a bath first and a passionfruit vodka then do it when I get out of the bath it will hurt less...?

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BuggerOffAndGoodDayToYou · 23/09/2018 18:19

I have a Braun Silk Epil and run it over my legs every couple of days (my body hair grows silly fast). To be honest it’s never hurt in the slightest on my legs. Bikini line is about the same as waxing and I haven’t tried it on my under arms as I’ve heard that that really does hurt.....

Glass of wine and go for it.... it might not be as bad as you think...

Good luck OP 🍷

DramaAlpaca · 23/09/2018 18:22

Have a bath while you wait for the paracetamol to take effect. Then get on with it.

fuzzywuzzy · 23/09/2018 18:22

As others have suggested, two paracetamol half an hour before you start, take a warm bath & I sit in front of the tv to distract me. The first minutes hurts then it’s quite satisfying.

specialsubject · 23/09/2018 18:52

fook that . Suffering for beauty went out with foot binding.

bloke plastic razor in the bath. no pink tax and no pain.

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Pusheenicorn · 23/09/2018 21:13

Fuck that fuck that fuck that.

Nope x 1000.

Stubbly legs by the pool it is.

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Fluffyears · 23/09/2018 22:14

Painkiller an hour before and just grit your teeth.

BuggerOffAndGoodDayToYou · 24/09/2018 07:35

I am gobsmacked that people find it so painful. I did DHs back yesterday...he said it tingled but he read his kindle while I did it. I don’t even feel it on my legs....

HRTpatch · 24/09/2018 07:37

I used to quite enjoy it

Quangot · 24/09/2018 07:49

I wonder why you'd be getting a rash with shaving. Could you use olive oil instead of soap/foam, or a "sensitive" razor? What about an electric shaver which I think isn't such a "close shave"?

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