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Intimate waxing etiquette?

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PlaitedPubes · 28/05/2008 22:35

Tomorrow I am booked in for my first ever bikini wax and was wondering what to expect.

I am going to have to get my fanjo out aren't I? Shall I take my socks off? Will I be expected to lie on my back? Will my legs be in stirrups????

Is it too late to cancel??????????

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harpomarx · 28/05/2008 22:36

depends how much you're having off pp - hey, I think there's another biking waxing thread going on right now, maybe you should crash that one!

harpomarx · 28/05/2008 22:38

anyway, I have never got my fanjo out (but I don't get the whole lot taken off). Most undignified experience I have had was having pubes trimmed and knickers pinned together with clothes pegs!

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PlaitedPubes · 28/05/2008 22:38

okay will have a look. Thankyou, I am very new to this I don't know what I doing.

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expatinscotland · 28/05/2008 22:39

for just a bikini wax they'll probably give you paper knickers and move them as necessary.

if you are going for a Brazilian, in order for the therapist to do a thorough job you really should be naked from the waist down.

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PlaitedPubes · 28/05/2008 22:40

trimmed? If I wore a skirt would she just peg my knickers and trim? like with scissors and then wax?

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PlaitedPubes · 28/05/2008 22:41

Thankyou expat it seems you are in demand tonight lol!

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harpomarx · 28/05/2008 22:41

never had paper knickers expat, is that normal?

I do get peed off with timid therapists though who don't do a proper job unless you point the sodding hairs out to them.

I mean, it's embarrassing enough lying there without having to provide directions to your pubes!

harpomarx · 28/05/2008 22:43

that was a one off, ppubes and that was in another country - have never had that here, as I said above, most therapists seem to be a bit timid.

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PlaitedPubes · 28/05/2008 22:45

OK thank you.

I am a bit nervous but more about the idea that she'll recoil in horror at my wilderness.

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harpomarx · 28/05/2008 22:47

if it really is wild pubes, I'd probably trim before I went - waxing hurts more on long hair!

expatinscotland · 28/05/2008 22:48

I've heard of people having paper knickers here for Brazilians, and, as I had all mine done by Brazilians, I was a bit shocked because it's kit off in such instances.

I mean, you want there to be NO hair that anyone can see in a thong bikini bottom.

So the tech needs to be able to see what she is doing to get it all off.

It's not for the modest.

MirandaG · 28/05/2008 22:49

I would normally trim first (myself at home) They'll ask you how much you want off so have a think about it beforehand. Go for less, then have a look and ask if you want to take a bit more off. I wouldn't get a Brazilian first time (but then I never would - far too scary) If you're getting it done to wear a bikini, then maybe wear the biking pants so you're sure enough is gone. Sometimes they tuck a tissue into your pants and ask you to hold them at the area you'd like to be waxed to, if that makes sense Take a couple of neurofen/paracetamol about half an hour before and eat some chocolate about 5 mins before - lessens the pain for me anyway! It's fine - bit painful at the time, but definitely worth it!

harpomarx · 28/05/2008 22:52

used to have mine done in Brazil expat and never had my kit off - they just seemed to work around what you were wearing. I didn't wear a thong but did wear super skimpy bottoms, don't think anything used to hang out!

expatinscotland · 28/05/2008 22:53

i had mine done in Mexico and they always made me strip off.

but i didn't mind.

because i did used to wear thong bikinis .

wouldn't DARE now!

oooo, god.

expatinscotland · 28/05/2008 22:54

i can't believe i used to wear a thong bikini!

harpomarx · 28/05/2008 22:58

know what you mean, expat, I used to wear those tiny Brazilian ones.

strangely enough I think the skimpy ones can be more flattering than the hideous big short you get here. It helps to have a killer tan of course!

pardon · 28/05/2008 23:00

poor expat - she can't have a minute without someone questioning her pubic region

expatinscotland · 28/05/2008 23:01

yeah, but harpo, we walked around on a beach almost naked and didn't think anything of it!

but yeah, i remember not wanting tan lines .

in fact, i'd forgotten about tan lines till my sister showed me these new sandals she'd bought (she's in Houston) and asked if she were wearing them to a luncheon the next day.

and she said no because then she'd get tan lines!

she said she's wait till her feet had a proper tan.

and no, she doesn't have wrinkles or freckles and she's 41.

she's quite olive, though.

harpomarx · 28/05/2008 23:01

it is now a very famous pubic region!

harpomarx · 28/05/2008 23:03

funnily enough, tan lines very popular in Brazil I seem to remember - people always wanted to see yours when you'd been on holiday!

pardon · 28/05/2008 23:05

you're right harpo - in fact i think there might be a new type of wax, the brazilian, the hollywood, the EXPAT....

expatinscotland · 28/05/2008 23:06

Lines of your feet from sandals.

I used to get lines from my skirts.

I don't have lines or wrinkles, either.

DD2 has dark skin, but DD1 is very, very fair.

expatinscotland · 28/05/2008 23:07

that Bliss stuff is a good wax and it lasts for AGES.

if you run out of the strips the ones from Sally's do the job just as well.

just straddle a mirror if you're doing it at home, but would NOT recommend this unless you've been having professional waxes for a while.

pardon · 28/05/2008 23:10

Expat you must be an expert - I could not even consider this as a home job, I had to be going to the same girl for 4 years before I took the plunge!

expatinscotland · 28/05/2008 23:12

I've been waxing since I was about 15.

I'm 37.

Actually, I think I'm going to try sugaring.

My Pakistani pal sugars.