Monthend Randomness: Let’s Talk Hair Removal!
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Let’s discuss a more personal topic today. Hair removal. I am not limiting this discussion to certain body parts, so we can be discussing anything from head to toe, as long as we remain civil. There might be kids reading this post ;-P What are your memorable experiences in body and facial hair removal? And yes, we cover ALL areas here. Or, maybe just a simple question of, how do you remove your unwanted hair?
I will answer first. I don’t have much facial or body hair to start with so I got it easy. I tweeze and shave my brows. I don’t have any moustache so I don’t need to bleach or wax it. I have tried waxing my legs once, and I don’t want to do it again. When I was younger, I used to tweeze tiny hairs out of my armpits, but I ended up looking like a cock-eyed plucked chicken. My life definitely got much easier after I discovered the razor. I have never tried any epilators mostly because I don’t think I’d make full use of it. The weirdest thing is, I have just a few long and thick hairs on my toes. Very unsightly! So, I shave it away too.
For the more sensitive body parts, I did try it once… erm, or twice… when I was younger, out of curiosity I swear. It’s surprising how much protection hair can offer. Without it, sensitivity heightens, temperature cools down a little too 
Do you know how much it itches when the hair is growing back? Not to mention painful stubbles. I am not doing it again unless I absolutely have to. Want a bald cat? Go watch Austin Powers.
Also, it is necessary to shave before giving birth, but that might not be the case for c-sections (correct me I’m wrong because I had natural births for both children). It is so very different when someone else is doing it for you. I wanted to hide like an ostrich when the nurse told me to open wide and started shaving very quickly with a disposable razor. I reminded her a thousand times to be careful and she was obviously irritated. “Do you know how many I shave a day?” I remember her snapping. “It’s my first time doing this so spare me!” I retorted. Not a good thing when your (ahem) depends on her skills.
Anyway, enough stories for the day. Your turn. It can be a funny or a bizzare one, or maybe scary… anything is good. Oh, and if I deleted your comment, it means you’ve gone overboard by my standards. And that is REALLY overboard. LOL!
Let’s get it rolling!
xoxo Lily
i heard about the shaving before giving birth! man sounds like a torture when your life is depending on the nurses razor. maybe can get rid of them first before going into labour. better idea right…?
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Well, the problem is, we can’t see what were shaving .! Unless you’re comfortable with your husband shaving you. Hehe!
Well, ahem… One day when I was a teenager I decided to shave off the… erm… National Forest Reserve down south just for the heck of it. Well, let’s just say I got used to the feeling of smoothness there. ^.^
I don’t know, but I have this strange dislike for my own body hair, so I usually shave off my arms, legs and underarms heh heh. But I don’t find it… displeasing on others. It’s just this weird thing I have I guess.
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So the said forest is kept “clean”ever since? Interesting!
Heh heh heh. ^.^ *eyebrows go up and down*
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Shaving is a necessary evil. I seem to be more on the hirsute side (Yay for extra testosterone) so I shave. My legs and armpits, mainly, though. I’ve tried waxing, but I couldn’t live with doing it once a month or every 2 weeks as I’d still have to leave them to grow before waxing, and it makes me very self conscious!
So it’s back to shaving for me. As for down south I shave the sides and just trim… have never shaved there. Thankfully I also don’t have facial hair so no need to wax/shave/bleach, and I don’t do my brows because my Mum disallows it for a reason 
I’m quite happy with my brows though so meh!
I could only start shaving my legs after I finished high school (Mum didn’t allow it before, and she was not hairy at all so it was quite a bane especially when your hairy legs are quite noticeable and you do kind of get teased for it) but she allowed me and even taught me to shave my armpits when hair started growing there haha! But don’t get the wrong idea I’m not as hairy as men!
I’ve been recommended epilating by Sukie though so I might just try it! I’ve got a cheap Panasonic one but it didn’t work very well (Didn’t seem to remove hair properly) so I might look at the more pricey ones… but they can be quite pricey *_*
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Shaving it is! Maybe when you find a good epilator, let me know and I’ll think about it. So far, shaving is good enough for me
Hehe yes shaving it is then!
Since it’s also fast and efficient 
Sukie recommended Braun so I’m having a look at them though the cheapest Braun one I saw so far was RM 300+. Will still shop around first.
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I’m still not sure if I need an epilator. In fact, I don’t think I do, but I’ll still check out the Braun one because I’m curious. Lol!
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Ha! Great idea! Will do that
I don’t think I really need an epilator either, but if it works well I think it would be a great alternative to shaving sometimes haha! And yes I am mainly very curious too
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Curiosity kills the wallet, that’s what I say. Eeps!
I tried shaving my armpits and legs out of curiosity when I was in secondary school, and canot stop there coz hair that grow afterwards where really hay-wire, pointing at all directions >__<
Then, finally I purchased the Braun epilator after think twice and trice. Best thing ever, never regretted the purchase. It was a lil over Rm100 more than 10yrs ago. The epilator head and the shaving head both work very well. It stayed with me for more than 10yrs. The only downside is it's plug-in type and it's not waterproof.
Then, got myself a Panasonic multi direction wet/dry chargeable epilator at Rm429. Bad epilator, have to go thru the same spot many times before the hair is removed. The shaving head oso not as efficient as the Braun one when I use it b4 the time of the mth, so ended I trim that part with sciccors. ^_^
Do epilators hurt? That’s probably why I just stick to shaving. Since epilators don’t come cheap, I’m always afraid it’s a wasted investment. I suppose it’s much cheaper than Clarisonic, but I justify the purchase by using it frequently. Am I not normal that I seem to have less hair now? The more I shave, the less hair I have. I thought only waxing has that effect…
It’s not that painful to me, maybe I’m used to the feeling or maybe because I don’t have that much hair like my hubby. If I use the epilator on him I guess you can hear his scream even in Singapore… >_<
I'm not fond of shaving, to me it's more troublesome than using an epilator.
Haha! I can imagine using the epilator on my husband! But he waxed his body hair before (competitive swimming) so maybe he won’t be screaming as much