Apr 11
Waxing Brazilian
Cats: beauty, slack woman|Women used to wax floors. Now they wax themselves.
I was thinking about this the other day as I was having my brows done.
“Waxing is a rip roarin’ good time,” I said to the esthetician. “You do the rippin’. I do the roaring.”
So she ripped. And I roared.
And that’s just brows. Think full Brazilian. Or for men, the ultimate waxing package: The Back, The Crack and The Sack. Yeeeeoooocccchhhhh!
Can it get more barbaric? I mean, applying hot wax to the skin and then ripping the hair out by its roots?
Someday we will look back on this waxing fest, and wonder what we were thinking? Just like we look back at the floor waxing of the 50s.
April 11th, 2008 at 5:53 am
The things we do to ourselves.
I tried waxing once and I had an allergic reaction. I now thread my eyebrows and stick with creams. Much simpler.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:06 am
I love being waxed…tell me, why does it hurt so much to have my moustache taken care of, but my business area? It doesn’t hurt even half as much…
And please…The Back, The Crack and The Sack? AM. DYING.OVER. HERE.
snort!
April 11th, 2008 at 9:39 am
“Twenty-five years ago people weren’t so uptight about body hair. And they still managed to be attractive and find other people to mate with.”
I love that…I might adopt it as my body-hair motto.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I might wax my blog one of these days, but never me. Anyway, if there are stray hairs coming out of any of my posts or comments, please let me know.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
This is what happens when porn stars become relevant in our entertainment industry. It’s Howard Stern’s fault.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
But how did an adult body denuded of hair become a style statement?
I believe it’s an offshoot of our pursuit of youth, to the point where we are trying to look prepubescent.
That said, I rather like having my brows done – that sting, that clean feeling, oh yeah. Hmm, maybe I should consider the Brazilian.
April 11th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Michael Johns will be on the Regis and Kelly show on Monday. I’m seriously considering giving myself a Brazilian and sneaking in. Not to the audience, but his dressing room, of course.
April 11th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
The idea of Beckeye giving HERSELF a Brazilian in the name of love has totally made my night.
But yeah, I only wax my eyebrows but I really prefer threading.
April 12th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Hey Allison, I’ve seen people with blood blisters after waxing, professional waxing.
Espanya, I did not make that it. IT is actually a waxing package for men. The imagery . ach!
Deepti, I love the fact you have a body-hair motto.
Chance, waxing blogsotic.
Beth, Howard Stern is to blame for so much but I never linked him with Brazilians. Brilliant.
BB, so adults want to look like babies in order to be sexually attractive. That would make some very interesting material for a sociologist, don’t you think.
BeckEye, your love for that man knows no bounds. Maybe you should get him to do the Brazilian.
Chelene, I snorted water through my nose when BeckEye’s comment buzzed up on my Blackberry last night.
April 12th, 2008 at 11:46 am
I don’t think it’s a passing trend, though, that’s what scares me. I think seeing a hairy poon is going to start seeming as gross to today’s generation as seeing a hairy armpit was to ours.
All pubic hair will be viewed as verboten.
I don’t think it’s going to swing back to hairy being sexy.
And yes, I blame pornography for this and for so much more.
April 12th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Jacy, love that word verboten. And something you wrote recently inspired this whole topic, so thank you
April 12th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Tognetti and I are using the same computer this weekend, I just signed in under his name. sorry
April 12th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
It’s odd for me, growing up with the references that linked chest hair with masculinity in old cartoons and of course, Burt Reynolds on the bear rug.
Yeah, that is what I want on my chest when I grow up. It’s bad enough I have to worry about my weight at the pool, now I have to get chest ‘scaped too?
April 13th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
I love a man with a hairy chest. Hairy back, no, but hairy chest? YES!
That Burt Reynolds shot was HOT! I don’t like this whole “man waxing” trend either. What is going on in the world???
April 14th, 2008 at 11:09 am
It’s all about competition. A person waxes to make themselves more youthful looking. I assume that’s why most guys shave their faces too.
So here I am with 4cm long eyebrow hairs, hairy ears, hairy nostrils, and … hairy back. :-0 and in walks the preened hairless competition and leaves with the hairless girl. If I want the hairless girl, then I must remove my hair too. It works both ways, of course.
Where it gets confusing is if the hair removal is to look more youthful, then why aren’t these women getting breast reductions too?
April 14th, 2008 at 11:38 am
WP, styles change. Like I said in the column, Elizabethans used to bleed themselves to attain that white pallor. So it is confusing.
Jacy, when I was a cup reporter I did a story with this new professional called an “esthetician” I had to ask how this was spelled and what it meant. That was some 25 years go. The rise of the esthetician explains the rise of waxing, but also the rise of porno as you said earlier.
Dick as usual you find the absurdity and drill down on it. Lumberjack!
April 14th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
In the name of love…rip more in the name of love…
Unfortunately, Reeg and Kelly alerted their security to my possible presence. So I wasn’t able to deliver Michael’s smoothie.
April 15th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Well, my motto right now is “eat, drink and be hairy”, I have now put my razor on strike in hopes of passively agressively attaining laser hair removal.
Driving down a country road at dusk on the weekend, I decided to roll up my trousers, and peel up my orange long johns, and expose my legs to my husband. I put my feet on the dashboard and stroked my ghostly white shins that looked like someone threw iron filings as well as the chisel at them. He almost fainted.
I always have to find some way to bother him, if I can avoid the wax and the razors, and attain my laser goal, it will be a double bonus.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Becks, Idol was dead dull tonight without him. Too bad you missed him with R n K.
Lisa, good luck with the lasering. The imagery of your legs is positively charming!
April 17th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
There ARE ways other than waxing to get your brows done.
Threading, for example. Hurts for some, but many women who have undergone waxing have also expressed satisfaction and relative painlessness with brow-threading.
April 19th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Jha, I’d never heard of threading before this piece. Chelene mentioned it too. I think I’ll try it.
Thanks
April 19th, 2008 at 10:40 am
I am still holding out for the laser beam. My husband is not impressed. If threading was an option for me, they would have to use some form of rope, or chain.