Imagine a group of women gathering together for a fun afternoon of waxing, wine and wild laughter.
Mandy hair removal recently launched a campaign to assist the women of Cape Town to still look and feel sexy even though they are currently restricted to a 2 minute shower.
Now if any of you have tried to shave in 2 seconds and succeeded I applaude you.
I for one can not.
Shaving with a bucket of water is just as uninspiring as dry shaving and mostly we’ve just been hiding our hairy legs under some trendy yoga pants.
So when Mandys offered us a free trial we eagerly jumped at the option to once again run a hand over a smooth leg.
Most of us hadn’t tried waxing before and were a little apprehensive after the horror tales of how painful waxing can be.
My experience
I bravely grabbed a wax strip, rubbed it in my hands to heat it and after pulling the sticky mass apart , I plopped a piece under first one arm and then another.
Rub in the same movement as the hair growth and pull upwards.
Ouch !
Nothing….
I think my hairs were too short. So I braved my moustache.
Yes, even us fabulous forty ladies have unwanted hairs growing on our faces. I personally do not bring this issue up often and like to dispose of all follicles before my secret is out.
I chose a pink sensitive strip. Of course I also chose not to do a strip test. I mean does anyone actually do these?
Warm strip, pull the pretty pink wax apart and apply.
Simple! Right!?!
I smoothed it over and pulled it against the hair growth.
Again nothing…
Except
A huge pink line of sticky wax .
Again not reading the instructions ….I tried to wash it off with water and then toothpaste ( because toothpaste removes anything Right? ) only making the wax residue stickier.
20 minutes later I finally wiped all sticky pink marks off and had a small burn on my face.
Well that will teach me to skip the steps that insist on reading the lable and doing a strip test.
Determined that I was removing hair regardless, I grabbed the wax strips once more.
I let out a sigh and started the process once again….
Slap! I plastered the wax on my legs, rubbed downwards and pulled up .
I was ready to yell in pain when I realised there I stood , wax strip boasting my leg hairs and no pain.
I hadn’t shaved my legs in 2 weeks so there was enough growth, in fact I’m sure I could have actually plated my leg hairs into a fancy updo.
I took about 15 minutes to complete both legs and I was quite impressed at the lack of mess, no residue and how little wax I actually used. I expected to use alot more.
It was a bit tricky navigating the forced hair removal over my knees but I suppose practice makes perfect.
So in conclusion:
- I need to always read the instructions and do strip tests . ( no more pink wax moustaches for this blogger)
- I chickened out of a bikini wax …I was not that brave.
- I do not have the makings of a beauty blogger… to all those beauty bloggers out there I have an instant new respect for what you do.
- Waxing is not for everyone and whilst I think I’ll stick to a hair removal cream for my facial hairs , I’m very happy to wax my legs . Who knows if I grow my armpit hairs longer I may even switch to waxing them aswell.
- The Mandy hair removal waxing products are easy to use and not at all as sticky or as painful as I thought they would be.
