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Beach-ready 'down there'

500 replies

mumoseven · 01/06/2016 12:38

Did I really just see an advert for some razor, where a woman was coyly telling a story about getting naked at a BBQ and was worried about being BEACH READY DOWN THERE?
WTF?

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SuffolkNWhat · 02/06/2016 10:20

72% Grin

Beach-ready 'down there'
katand2kits · 02/06/2016 10:22

Just added my vote! How bloody ridiculous - nobody is looking at my vulva on the beach anyway, I do tend to keep my swimming costume on. Anything that extends outside of a swimming costume, in my opinion, falls into the "shaving your legs" category.

As for "preparing for spontaneity", well it is not exactly spontaneous if you have to prepare for it, is it?

Anyway, am so fed up of this idea that removing pubes is now the "normal" choice. I'm keeping mine, they are nice and soft and fluffy, surely that is nicer to touch than stubble that feels like the rough side of velcro?

bananafish81 · 02/06/2016 10:24

AnyFucker - think we're in violent agreement!!

JennyOnAPlate · 02/06/2016 10:26

Added my vote too. I can't get past Onatural though...hideously fucking stupid!!!!

Suziesome1 · 02/06/2016 10:35

Wtf was the thinking behind this advert?

New ideas needed team, let's boost sales!

Em, I've an idea boss dude, lets tell women that they can't have fun and have pubes!

They HAVE to shave them all off or they will miss out on life/fun and it will be all their own fault cos they never shaved them all off constantly, just in case.... Just in case of what? Em, I dunno, a skinny dipping BBQ?

Brilliant idea! Let's go with it...

Feckin arseholes..... Voted, now 72% Smile

faintlyoptimistic · 02/06/2016 10:41

Suzie Grin

AuntieStella · 02/06/2016 10:41

"I also need to throw out the dictionary and accept I have to prepare for spontaneity."

That made me chuckle!

HeresashatinaboxpAt · 02/06/2016 10:45

Added my vote.... Makes a scary world when men apparently want u to have no bush or a tidy one! Angry

Leggytadpole · 02/06/2016 10:46

Voted Grin
I'd love to be a fly on the wall in their next marketing campaign meeting when they look at the results of the survey!

faintlyoptimistic · 02/06/2016 10:57

Leggy Sadly I think we'll be dismissed. They'll know a bunch of 'middle aged mums' or colonels if you've read Herland (I know we're not but I doubt we'll be viewed respectfully) got together online and 'skewed' the results.

Dismissed.

Not that I'm in any way suggesting we don't shout as loud as we can of course.

SunsofAlanKey · 02/06/2016 11:01

Brilliant - just voted a few times! I hate this obsession with hair removal and that we have to do it or else! I hate the thought that my daughter will have all this ridiculous pressure on her to remove every vestige of hair - no one even mentioned it when I was younger.

KitKatCustard · 02/06/2016 11:06

Brilliant MN! I've voted. This advert makes me so very angry. Their marketing team urgently need new jobs.

BadDoGooder · 02/06/2016 11:10

73%!

I don't care if they do dismiss it, it's ruined their little poll, and shown them up for the disgusting sexist company they are.

Am seriously contemplating trying to start up a twitter campaign where we bombard their twitter feed with bodies au naturel (see Wilkinson, I cannget my pretty little head around the proper spelling Hmm!) with the hashtag #realbeachbodies or some such.

I mean, just a close up of a hairy pit, or legs, not full frontal nudity!! Grin

faintlyoptimistic · 02/06/2016 11:24

Oh don't get me wrong, I don't care either. I was just responding to the comment about looking forward to their reaction.

As for close ups of hairy pits... Count me in! I do love a hairy pit.

frick · 02/06/2016 11:29

I will proudly post (tasteful-ish) pics of my hairy bits, BadDoGooder.

ScrambledSmegs · 02/06/2016 11:47

Oh, the lengths that companies will go to to convince us that us women are utterly disgusting in our natural state, and we have to be primped, prodded and plucked like a chicken to be anything approaching presentable.

I'm totally beach-ready 'down there' all the time. Show me a beach and I'll go sit on it with my hairy chuff.

ONatural · 02/06/2016 11:50

Did somebody call for me?

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Original poster
mumoseven · 02/06/2016 11:52

God how I love you peopleGrin

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frick · 02/06/2016 11:57

I may crochet a bikini out of actual pubes.

JaneJeffer · 02/06/2016 12:00

Ha! Love this. I've voted.

DrasticAction · 02/06/2016 12:04

I just cant imagine being happy to watch so many adverts making mens insecurity into money like this?

imagine being bombarded with ads in mags and on tv about muscles, size of dick, erectile dysfunction>

JaneJeffer · 02/06/2016 12:06

Oh and Wilkinson Sword razors are shite anyway.

BadDoGooder · 02/06/2016 12:23

Woo hoo!
I have just taken a close up of my pits and legs!

Can any of you wise and cleverer (?) MNers suggest an awesome and catchy hashtag to bombard them with?

Similar enough to theirs to be brought up in searches?

I had #realbeachbodies but can anyone think of anything, um, more funny/catchy?
Or will that do?

Who else will join me in the hairy pics twitter campaign???? Come on lets be hairy and proud!! Grin

Original poster
mumoseven · 02/06/2016 12:29

#realbeachbodies is good!
Loving bushy mcbushface

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faintlyoptimistic · 02/06/2016 12:32

I'll join you! It'll need to be later though as Im about to go out and I'll have to set up a new Twitter account - mine is a work one.

I love mn!