minerva Report post Posted June 27, 2006 This is funny! CAUTION: Be prepared to laugh out loud...I laughed till I almost cried as I could just see this happening! All hair removal methods have tricked women with their promises of easy, painless removal - The epilady, scissors, razors, Nair and now...the wax. My night began as any other normal weeknight. Come home, fix dinner, play with the kids. I then had the thought that would ring painfully in my mind for the next few hours: Maybe I should pull the waxing kit out of the medicine cabinet. " So I headed to the site of my demise: the bathroom. It was one of those "cold wax" kits. No melting a clump of hot wax, you just rub the strips together in your hand, they get warm and you peel them apart and press them to your leg (or wherever else) and you pull the hair right off. No muss, no fuss. How hard can it be? I mean, I'm not a genius, but I am mechanically inclined enough to figure this out. (YA THINK!?!) So I pull one of the thin strips out. Its two strips facing each other stuck together. Instead of rubbing them together, my genius kicks in so I get out the hair dryer and heat it to 1000 degrees. ("Cold wax," yeah...right!) I lay the strip across my thigh. Hold the skin around it tight and pull. It works! OK, so it wasn't the best feeling, but it wasn't too bad. I can do this! Hair removal no longer eludes me! I am She-rah, fighter of all wayward body hair and maker of smooth skin extraordinaire. With my next wax strip I move north. After checking on the kids, I sneak back into the bathroom, for the ultimate hair fighting championship. I drop my panties and place one foot on the toilet. Using the same procedure, I apply the one strip across the right side of my bikini line, covering the right half of my *hoo-hoo* and stretching down to the inside of my butt cheek (Yes, it was a long strip) I inhale deeply and brace myself....RRRRIIIPPP!!!! I'm blind!!! Blinded from pain!!!!....OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!! Vision returning, I notice that I've only managed to pull off half the strip. ######!!! Another deep breath and RRIIPP!! Everything is swirly and spotted. I think I may pass out...must stay conscious...Do I hear crashing drumsHuh Breathe, breathe...OK, back to normal. I want to see my trophy - a wax covered strip, the one that has caused me so much pain, with my hairy pelt sticking to it. I want to revel in the glory that is my triumph over body hair. I hold up the strip! There's no hair on it. Where is the hairHuh WHERE IS THE WAXHuh Slowly I ease my head down, foot still perched on the toilet. I see the hair. The hair that should be on the strip. I touch. I am touching wax. ######! I run my fingers over the most sensitive part of my body, which is now covered in cold wax and matted hair. Then I make the next BIG mistake...remember my foot is still propped up on the toilet? I know I need to do something. So I put my foot down. d**n!!!!!!!! I hear the slamming of a cell door. *hoo-hoo*? Sealed shut! Butt?? Sealed shut! I penguin walk around the bathroom trying to figure out what to do and think to myself "Please don't let me get the urge to poop. My head may pop off!" What can I do to melt the wax? Hot water!! Hot water melts wax!!! I'll run the hottest water I can stand into the bathtub, get in, immerse the wax-covered bits and the wax should melt and I can gently wipe it off, rightHuh WRONG!!!!!!! I get in the tub - the water is slightly hotter than that used to torture prisoners of war or sterilize surgical equipment - I sit. Now, the only thing worse than having your nether regions glued together is having them glued together and then glued to the bottom of the tub...in scalding hot water. Which, by the way, doesn't melt cold wax. So, now I'm stuck to the bottom of the tub as though I had cement-epoxied myself to the porcelain!! God bless the man who had convinced me a few months ago to have a phone put in the bathroom!!!!! I call my friend, thinking surely she has waxed before and has some secret of how to get me undone. It's a very good conversation starter. "So, my butt and who-ha are glued together to the bottom of the tub!" There is a slight pause. She doesn't know any secret tricks for removal but she does try to hide her laughter from me. She wants to know exactly where the wax is located, "Are we talking cheeks or who-ha?" She's laughing out loud by now...I can hear her. I give her the rundown and she suggests I call the number on the side of the box. YEAH!!!!! Right!! I should be the joke of someone else's night. While we go through various solutions. I resort to scraping the wax off with a razor. Nothing feels better then to have your girlie goodies covered in hot wax, glued shut, stuck to the tub in super hot water and then dry-shaving the sticky wax off!! By now the brain is not working, dignity has taken a major hike and I'm pretty sure I'm going to need Post-Traumatic Stress counseling for this event. My friend is still talking with me when I finally see my saving grace.... the lotion they give you to remove the excess wax. What do I really have to lose at this point? I rub some on and OH MY GOD!!!!!!! The scream probably woke the kids and scared the thingyens out of my friend. It's sooo painful, I but I really don't care. "IT WORKS!! It works!!" I get a hearty congratulation from my friend and she hangs up. I successfully remove the remainder of the wax and then notice to my grief and despair....THE HAIR IS STILL THERE.......ALL OF IT!!!!!!!!!! So I recklessly shave it off. Heck, I'm numb by now. Nothing hurts. I could have amputated my own leg at this point. Next week I'm going to try hair color...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justamom Report post Posted June 27, 2006 Thats made my day!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LittleRae Report post Posted June 27, 2006 OMG - I'm choking here!!! I will forward my doctor's bills..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
minerva Report post Posted June 27, 2006 OMG - I'm choking here!!! I will forward my doctor's bills..... lol keep em, laughter is the best medicine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted June 27, 2006 .............oh I,m cringing for you..............I bet that hurt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zemanski Report post Posted June 27, 2006 never quite got that gummed up but only ever tried it once Z Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
big mamma Report post Posted June 27, 2006 I've often wondered why us poor females resort to such tortuous methods to be hair-free. sometimes I think it would be easier to move somewhere like Germany where they let their womenfolk roam hairy asyou like !! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aro Report post Posted June 27, 2006 ah the best laugh in a long time! Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marshmallow Report post Posted June 27, 2006 Ouch!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss Report post Posted June 27, 2006 Took me 20 years to pluck up the courage to have a tattoo.......would absolutely never wax.......i'm a wuss Don't do my bikini line till my knees look hairy Thanks again Minerva Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UltraMum Report post Posted June 27, 2006 Thanks for the laugh! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paula Report post Posted June 28, 2006 Theres al these fancy methods for de fuzzing but ive found yer cant beat the trusty razor yer just have to be carefull round certaine areas. I cannot stand any bodily haire anywhere on a women other than her head.Ive had to master the technique over the years luckily i never nic me self Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisann Report post Posted June 28, 2006 Hubby and me where rolling god that is so funny I could actually she myself doing that. Lisa x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carol Report post Posted July 4, 2006 Oh I laughed my head off at this - till the tears ran down lol ouch, ouch, ouch - thanks for sharing. Carol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites