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"is that what you guys bought? the legit heat up put it on with a popsicle stick kind? what is the brand?"

I wanted to buy the new Veet ready made body wax strips, but they were sold out. So, I cheaped out and got the Sally Hansen Wax Strip Kit. You don't heat it up or anything, just warm it in your hands by rubbing. Plan on doing it Thursday, I'll post results!

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"and i believe so. free for people that have insurance, anyway. "

This is right--what I read is that it just eliminates the co-pay requirement. Which will be awesome. $15 less I have to spend a month!!

[Edited on August 2, 2011 at 9:47 PM. Reason : ]

8/2/2011 9:46:40 PM

Well I went all out and got the microwave bowl/popsicle sticks...Sally Hansen brand too. We will see!

8/2/2011 9:48:21 PM

^^ yes! those strips are similar to the eyebrow ones i have. let me know how yours work because if they work well for other body parts i will buy the ones designated for other body parts

i'm too scared to go first though hahaha.

^ please post those results as well. i am so curious now. yay bravo to you gals for being the brave ones!!

[Edited on August 2, 2011 at 9:49 PM. Reason : .]

8/2/2011 9:48:54 PM

I would recommend not waxing for the first time right before a vacation. I have had extremely icky results from waxing at times. If you do go with it, at least try a small area first and wait a day to make sure your skin does OK with it.

8/2/2011 9:50:23 PM

I've tried the hand warmed strips many times, hoping to get different results, but they don't work well for me. I am Mediterranean though.

Popsicle sticks FTW!

8/2/2011 9:51:20 PM

^^That's mostly what I was afraid of. That I'd be walking around the boat and not be able to put my arms down to my side!

[Edited on August 2, 2011 at 9:51 PM. Reason : ]

8/2/2011 9:51:45 PM

Google folliculitis. That's what waxing does to me

8/2/2011 9:53:00 PM

That's awful! Is it the same everywhere? Like if you had your brows waxed too? Definitely do not want that kind of reaction.

8/2/2011 9:54:01 PM

My eyebrows were OK but I only had them waxed like once in 7th grade.

I think I am prone to hair follicle issues for some reason though. I get ingrowns all the time.

[Edited on August 2, 2011 at 9:56 PM. Reason : .]

8/2/2011 9:55:03 PM

I normally get ingrown hairs instead

laser treatment FTW

8/2/2011 9:55:40 PM

but is it ever expensive, painful and takes forever

8/2/2011 9:58:57 PM

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"Sally Hansen Wax Strip Kit"

This is what I use. Not sure I have any before and afters, but anyone who knows me knows I have huge caterpillar eyebrows. I waxed them smaller than usual for the wedding, and I actually think I did a damn good job!

Before (and not the worst it has ever been):


Only after pic I could have:

8/2/2011 10:00:58 PM

^^Yeah, given my chosen profession, laser isn't ever going to be in my budget if I keep it real.

^Nice job!

[Edited on August 2, 2011 at 10:02 PM. Reason : ]

8/2/2011 10:01:30 PM

they have groupons for it sometimes. is that weird. to get a groupon for laser hair removal? probably.

(i realize it takes more than one treatment usually though right?)?

^^ you did do a good job! how do you shape them so well? i feel like i suck at it (i use the nads strips, same difference)

^ also you said the strips didn't work for you. but the hot wax works better? can you elaborate? haha. i have really dark hair too

[Edited on August 2, 2011 at 10:03 PM. Reason : .]

8/2/2011 10:02:17 PM

I think there are 5 hair growth cycles, so I guess it would take 5 treatments?

8/2/2011 10:03:15 PM

^^ I have thought about getting it for underarms but never have.

And you are a seriously brave soul for waxing your own eyebrows. If I did that I'd end up with awkward half-brows.

[Edited on August 2, 2011 at 10:03 PM. Reason : .]

8/2/2011 10:03:25 PM

I usually go once or twice a year and get it done professionally to get the shape right and then just clean them up by myself, but I got very brave this time and just went for it.

8/2/2011 10:05:03 PM

i have messed up waxing my own eyebrows before

LUCKILY not bad. but i did make an oops once.

8/2/2011 10:05:07 PM

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"Sally Hansen Wax Strip Kit"

Love them! I use the preshaped ones for my eyebrows with a nice result. (Given this photo was taken back when I cared. )



I also used the unshaped strips to get rid of the facial hair of doom that I had while preggo.

8/2/2011 10:06:29 PM

WHAT THERE ARE PRESHAPED ONES

where the hell have i been i always would cut the rectangle ones and probably looked like a moron with all these little pieces that i was sticking on to wax

this is the best news EVER

8/2/2011 10:08:12 PM

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"This is right--what I read is that it just eliminates the co-pay requirement. Which will be awesome. $15 less I have to spend a month!!"

Haha try $40/month for me! I cant do generic

8/2/2011 10:09:46 PM

.... it costs like 10 bucks to get your eyebrows waxed by a professional. thats what I do

8/2/2011 10:10:02 PM

OMG, YES!

http://www.amazon.com/Hair-Off-Instant-Eyebrow-Shapers/dp/B000A3V1QO

They're not Sally Hansen. DOH! But they're Hair Off and I love them.

Well for $6, I can wax my eyebrows 18 times.

[Edited on August 2, 2011 at 10:11 PM. Reason : ddk]

[Edited on August 2, 2011 at 10:15 PM. Reason : or is it 9? 18 sets. whatever that means.]

8/2/2011 10:10:21 PM

^^ REALLY? how often do you have to go. i might as well just do that and then try to fix them myself like elise (like the upkeep). i feel like i need to just grown them all out and start from scratch

i've actually been trying to do that for like 7 years

but i have this thing with stray hairs. it is almost an OCD thing. cannot handle. so once a hair grows back that is out of place i'm like *PLUCK*

^ yea that is true the $6 have lotsa strips in there. i am totally going to get the preshaped ones now THANK YOU. my eyebrows mostly thank you hahaha. esp the one i accidentally ripped too much off of that one time



[Edited on August 2, 2011 at 10:12 PM. Reason : .]

8/2/2011 10:11:13 PM

it costs 6 bucks for a box of strips that last me 10 waxings. so 100 bucks v. 6 bucks and a little time and effort?

8/2/2011 10:11:22 PM

A friend of mine has been getting her chin and stache done (lasered) forever...way more than five trips...or maybe that was electrolysis? Which is the one for people with more olive complexions?

khcadwal, I can never get the strips warm enough, and they don't get even close to all the hair, and they leave a sticky residue on me. Hot wax comes off clean and gets way more hair, but not all of it, and it is hard (for me) to get the angle/direction right.

[Edited on August 2, 2011 at 10:14 PM. Reason : ]

8/2/2011 10:14:00 PM

I have zero trouble getting the sally strips warm enough, I actually sometimes warm too much and the wax squeezes out a little.

8/2/2011 10:16:03 PM

I have a friend that works in a salon...when I need a wax I just walk over to her house and she will do my legs and eye brows all for the cost of the cloth strips.

8/2/2011 10:17:38 PM

well I only get them waxed a couple times a year and then just tweeze in between. I definitely do not spend 100 some dollars on waxing my eyebrows. and I mean if you can wax your eyebrows more power to you but........ i just feel like i would fuck mine up royally. like wax one WAY too thin on accident or something. 10 bucks is worth it for me

8/2/2011 10:18:36 PM

^^^AHA, I have been accused of laziness many times in my life.

So it's definitely possible I'm giving up to soon.

8/2/2011 10:19:52 PM

I have to wax every 6 weeks

8/2/2011 10:20:21 PM

i have to wax way more frequently than that

i think (and i know i'm always coming up with diseases but this is legit) i might have a hormone imbalance

because this rapid hairgrowth (TMI i know) has only started in the last year and it is growing places it never really grew before AND it grows back in like a week

i should prob ask my doctor about it huh. its starting to get really irritating.

and no i am not nor have i ever been preggars (obligatory tww disclaimer)

[Edited on August 2, 2011 at 10:26 PM. Reason : .]

8/2/2011 10:25:07 PM

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"I am Mediterranean though."

really?? I always pictured you looking like Angela from The Office

8/2/2011 10:34:54 PM

AHA, no, I'm an ample-waisted Spanish woman with booze face and a moustache!

Not really, but somewhat.

8/2/2011 11:06:53 PM

I don't have enough eyebrows to justify waxing them ... I think

8/2/2011 11:07:41 PM

"I don't get to put hot wax on my face and use it to rip the hairs out from the root" does not seem like it would inspire a to me

8/2/2011 11:09:58 PM

that would be a much better use of hot wax to me

8/2/2011 11:19:30 PM

I can think of better uses

8/2/2011 11:24:10 PM

good call Skwink

YAY HARDLY ANY EYEBROWS

[Edited on August 2, 2011 at 11:25 PM. Reason : although I used to have a lot]

8/2/2011 11:24:35 PM

^^

8/2/2011 11:28:58 PM

that better?

8/2/2011 11:29:51 PM

8/2/2011 11:31:14 PM

you guys need to stop that. -.-

8/2/2011 11:31:40 PM

that one of your turn-ons?

8/2/2011 11:32:33 PM

that looks fun

8/2/2011 11:33:10 PM

maybe



but I don't want to think about turn ons because it's the beginning of a dry spell for a few weeks

8/2/2011 11:33:21 PM

I wish my "dry spell" was only a few weeks

8/2/2011 11:33:52 PM

I always liked how pouring hot wax on skin makes it all smooth after (plus I liked peeling it off)

and I mean that statement in a totally nonsexual way -- sometimes I get bored and just drip wax on my hands

8/2/2011 11:35:35 PM

i went to a local "sexpo" a few months ago and looked for skin-safe candles but i didn't find any.



does someone have a lead?

8/2/2011 11:35:44 PM

The Glade candles are apparently good for skin for a cheapo normal candle. That's what strippers bring when they do house calls, anyway.

8/2/2011 11:39:45 PM