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To ask what you wax?

101 replies

Sister77 · 13/12/2013 12:55

It's Christmas party season, I went to get my lower legs waxed, the new woman said I do a great deal for full leg and bikini, so I said yes.
I thought I was going to die.
A bikini isn't just a tidy up anymore.
She took the whole lot of and picked my whole leg up to get "any strays between your legs!"
Afterwards she did my TOES.
Am I a yeti?

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MrsShh · 13/12/2013 12:58

Hehe you really made me giggle!!! My mum also suffers with hairy toes, you are not the only one! Normally with a bikini they ask first if you just want a tidy or if you want it all gone, I think it's a bit mean to just spring it on you!

Helpyourself · 13/12/2013 12:59

I wax lyrical.
Xmas Grin

Binkyridesagain · 13/12/2013 12:59

The drawers on old furniture, it helps them to run smoothly when they get a bit sticky.

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Sister77 · 13/12/2013 13:00

She put the wax on then said "ooh did you want it all of?" When I said o she said ooooohhhhh it's a bit late to tell me now

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mistlethrush · 13/12/2013 13:00

I wax the kitchen table as its pine and it makes it easier to get spills of it..

PeggyCarter · 13/12/2013 13:01

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Freddiefrog · 13/12/2013 13:02

I don't wax anything. I did a runner from my friend's salon with a half waxed right leg as it hurt like buggery {wimp alert} Grin

Shave or Veet here

You're not alone with the hairy toes, mine are terrible

EmpressOfThe7WillowsandTaras · 13/12/2013 13:05

I'll be waxing my puppies' paws to protect them from icy pavements.

But gratuitous self-torture? Why would you????

TheWanderingUterus · 13/12/2013 13:09

Ow.

I wax nothing, shave the visible bits occasionally. Threads like these remind me why.

Doyouthinktheysaurus · 13/12/2013 13:12

I wax nothing!

It's liberating. I do shave armpits and legs below the knee once a week if I remember. My lady garden may be slightly overgrown but I'm nearing middle age and embracing the 'who gives a fuck' way of livingXmas Grin

Binkyridesagain · 13/12/2013 13:13

Can someone please explain to me what is wrong with having hair on your toes?

HeyLuciani · 13/12/2013 13:14

Legs and bikini, although not as drastic as you, still leave a bit of bikini behind. Grin I am probably the only woman on here who enjoys going for my appointment. Have had same person for 10 years+ and I like her so we always have a good natter. She is Russian and very funny- I always walk out of there with a smile on my face.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 13/12/2013 13:16

I have everything waxed and quite enjoy it. I certainly wouldn't do it myself though - far too painful, I'd be walking around covered in wax unable to complete the job. Grin

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 13/12/2013 13:17

Binky... Nothing. The same as nothing is wrong with having hairless toes.

Daddypigsgusset · 13/12/2013 13:21

I get almost everything Waxed. Eyebrows, underarms, full legs, hairy toes, bikini and may I be the first to lower the tone and say I have my bum waxed

Binkyridesagain · 13/12/2013 13:23

Lying that's good to know, I was wondering if I was missing something as I don't suffer with my hairy toes, they just exist at the end of my feet.

BearPear · 13/12/2013 13:26

Can I ask a question? If having a bikini wax, can you/do you wear knickers? I can't imagine having to give a beautician an eyeful of my undercarriage - she's not a gynaecologist or my GP (or my DH!). I can't imagine it would be pleasant for her either. Yes, I know it's just a human body, we've all got the same bits etc, but it's such a personal area.

Daddypigsgusset · 13/12/2013 13:28

Yes you wear knickers and just pull to the side for the bits they are doing. Just expose one flap at a time as it were

InTheBEEwitchedWinter · 13/12/2013 13:30

Binky - it turns you into a Hobbit. I have quite hairy toes and I frequently find myself speaking with a West Country dialect, smoking a pipe and having 2nd and 3rd breakfast. Xmas Grin

I just shave what is visible, and even that not very frequently as I mostly wear jeans and sandal season is over. Actually, the hairy toes are a bit of a bugger, I nick myself way too often with the razor and it takes ages to heal...

Binkyridesagain · 13/12/2013 13:33

Is that why I've started saying My precious and drooling at raw fish? Damn!

MerryChristmasyoufilthyanimal · 13/12/2013 13:34

I must be in the minority as I have the whole lot off during a bikini wax, can't be doing with a bit left behind…whats the point?

HeyLuciani · 13/12/2013 13:37

Think it depends on your therapist BearPear and also maybe how much you're having off. I keep mine on and she moves my knickers to the side. But she has lots of experience and is super quick - I am often amazed at how she has got into my nooks and crannies so discreetly Grin. I would never go to a young beautician to have it done, more experienced the better in my opinion.

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Sister77 · 13/12/2013 13:50

Yes daddypig so now I can tell you she asked me to move my lips to the side. And which lips do you think I moved? She then said not those lips the other ones.

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KingCrimson · 13/12/2013 13:52

I realise I'm terribly old, but why would you want to have all your pubic hair taken off? I don't think the pre-pubescent look is a good one, personally.

BreconBeBuggered · 13/12/2013 13:58

You move the knickers to the side?

Now I'm lost. My hair never strays beyond the knickerline and I don't fancy a baldy minge so I leave it unwaxed, along with everything else. Don't you end up with a five o'clock shadow either side?