A Slightly Hairy Poll
There are certain things I'm not all that comfortable talking about in person, being a fairly reserved and shy person. Thankfully we have the Internet! Due to a recent experience you can read all about below the cut, I'd like to know how other people deal with the ever reappearing problem of leg hair. :D So, join me for a little poll and hopefully some fun. ;)
I'll admit I was never one who truly got the hang of hair removal, be it shaving, depilitory creams, whatever. I've always sucked at it and ended up with razor bumps, minor chemical burns, and yes, always stubble. Such is the story of my life.
But recently I was looking for some crossdressing photorefs (you probably didn't need to know that...) and saw an ad for a different sort of hair removal for men, and I thought, "If it works for men, then surely it could work for me as well."
And of course, it cost $20 plus shipping, which was ridiculous, so I looked at the ingredients, and lo and behold, what do I find? It's just sugar plus a few fancy botanicals.
I then did a little researching, and found a sugaring recipe I could make on my own. Unfortunately my lemon juice disappeared *suspects roommate* so I used her pink lemonade instead. The mixture certainly smelled nice.
Anyway, so I got everything ready, and I knew what to expect. I may not be a beauty expert, or anyone who's all that interested in it in the first place, but I understood the principle: sticky substance on leg + strip of cloth removed very quickly = not a picnic.
But damn. I'm really happy my sister and roommate weren't there when I first tried it. I definitely would've given my grandmother a heart attack with my colorful language. Even I didn't know I could use the work "fuck" and "douche bag" in so many variations.
I know what you're expecting, that after one or two tries I gave up to settle with legs that looked like Steve Carell's chest in 40 year old Virgin. But my stubbornness shone through and I got the lower half of a leg done with little patches I couldn't bear to go back and remove. So I tried it again today and fixed up most of that leg and did the other, much to my pride with less swearing and missed patches.
One of the things which frustrated me the most while going through the process was reminescing about the RL/SS/HP series "Lacy Things", (which btw, read if you haven't) where Severus likes to crossdress, and of course makes a sort of depilitory potion which is painless, works flawlessly in seconds, and doesn't smell of harsh chemicals. Reading about him trying waxing didn't nearly abate the injustice I felt as I worked up the courage to pull off each strip. *cries at impossibility of living in fanfic world*
I won't turn this post into a rant about how ridiculous the beauty market is (no matter how fun that might be) and turn from my hopefully entertaining anecdote to my original purpose: to find out how dedicated to hairless legs my flist is. :D
Which is why I put together this little poll. Hee.
Poll Leg hair removal 101
I'll admit I was never one who truly got the hang of hair removal, be it shaving, depilitory creams, whatever. I've always sucked at it and ended up with razor bumps, minor chemical burns, and yes, always stubble. Such is the story of my life.
But recently I was looking for some crossdressing photorefs (you probably didn't need to know that...) and saw an ad for a different sort of hair removal for men, and I thought, "If it works for men, then surely it could work for me as well."
And of course, it cost $20 plus shipping, which was ridiculous, so I looked at the ingredients, and lo and behold, what do I find? It's just sugar plus a few fancy botanicals.
I then did a little researching, and found a sugaring recipe I could make on my own. Unfortunately my lemon juice disappeared *suspects roommate* so I used her pink lemonade instead. The mixture certainly smelled nice.
Anyway, so I got everything ready, and I knew what to expect. I may not be a beauty expert, or anyone who's all that interested in it in the first place, but I understood the principle: sticky substance on leg + strip of cloth removed very quickly = not a picnic.
But damn. I'm really happy my sister and roommate weren't there when I first tried it. I definitely would've given my grandmother a heart attack with my colorful language. Even I didn't know I could use the work "fuck" and "douche bag" in so many variations.
I know what you're expecting, that after one or two tries I gave up to settle with legs that looked like Steve Carell's chest in 40 year old Virgin. But my stubbornness shone through and I got the lower half of a leg done with little patches I couldn't bear to go back and remove. So I tried it again today and fixed up most of that leg and did the other, much to my pride with less swearing and missed patches.
One of the things which frustrated me the most while going through the process was reminescing about the RL/SS/HP series "Lacy Things", (which btw, read if you haven't) where Severus likes to crossdress, and of course makes a sort of depilitory potion which is painless, works flawlessly in seconds, and doesn't smell of harsh chemicals. Reading about him trying waxing didn't nearly abate the injustice I felt as I worked up the courage to pull off each strip. *cries at impossibility of living in fanfic world*
I won't turn this post into a rant about how ridiculous the beauty market is (no matter how fun that might be) and turn from my hopefully entertaining anecdote to my original purpose: to find out how dedicated to hairless legs my flist is. :D
Which is why I put together this little poll. Hee.
Poll Leg hair removal 101