https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:46:46 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/3#post-616532 Thu, 10 May 2012 08:37:18 +0000 HeleenH 616532@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>IK, you are soooo funny! Hope DD just doesn't notice I do get questions like 'why do grown ups have hair in those area's' so I can just imagine the questions you would get. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/3#post-616465 Thu, 10 May 2012 04:38:56 +0000 MsMary 616465@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Naked Nancy!"</p> <p>I die!!!!</p> <p>BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/3#post-616329 Thu, 10 May 2012 01:27:37 +0000 Anonymous 616329@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YOU ARE HILARIOUS. hahahahaha.<br /> I am really sorry the haircut did not work out! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/3#post-616326 Thu, 10 May 2012 01:25:53 +0000 ironkurtin 616326@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just want to state for the record that it is weird having a naked nancy. I have no idea what to tell my daughter when/if she notices. I really don't need "Mama got a haircut - DOWNTHERE" circulating on the playground. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/3#post-616319 Thu, 10 May 2012 01:23:48 +0000 Sara L. 616319@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, this thread is hilarious! I can't believe it took me this long to read it. I've never had a brazilian but I used to get my bikini line waxed before vacations. Then I had my bikini line lasered off last year (I found a groupon that made it extremely affordable) and it's so convenient. No waxing or shaving any more. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/3#post-616288 Thu, 10 May 2012 01:04:04 +0000 Kari 616288@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On that note, it always cracks me up how the sugaring spas attest to the purity/natural quality of their product by saying "you could eat it right out of the jar!" I mean yeah, that's true, because it's sugar, lemon juice, and water basically; however, it always makes me picture having to eat the after-product coated in tiny stubbly hairs. Not so appealing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/3#post-616200 Wed, 09 May 2012 23:09:52 +0000 Isabel 616200@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Manidipa, this just took a twist I am not prepared for...the analogy to making jam and candy and syrups !!! LOL ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/3#post-615781 Wed, 09 May 2012 08:26:38 +0000 ManidipaM 615781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kari, er, dunno what recipe you got given, but around here we use it as barely tepid, almost cold wax. The consistency needs to be right at *room temperature*, which translates to golden syrup consistency when you sit the 'wax' container in a bath of hot water to get it lukewarm, and then a few seconds for it to set to spun-honey consistency on the skin. DO NOT heat the damn syrup directly, ever! Hot caramel burns are NOT! FUNNY! </p> <p>I *will* admit that I inadvertently made it sound easier than any novice will find it, just as with making jam or candy. We make all sorts of syrups for traditional sweets and chutneys at home all the time, so it doesn't seem a stretch to me. But if you can learn to make tarte tatin, you can learn to sugar at home! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/3#post-615664 Wed, 09 May 2012 03:55:13 +0000 bella 615664@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol :)<br /> Like Manidipa, I was struck by Kari's comment on sugaring. It is fascinating that in the US, sugaring is considered a relatively new method compared to waxing. It has been used for millenia in Persia, Mesopotamia, North Africa, Egypt and Greece. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/3#post-615662 Wed, 09 May 2012 03:48:52 +0000 MNsara 615662@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, you guys are TOO much!! I can barely read this without alternately blushing and crying til the tears come!</p> <p>All I can think of is that I'm so glad I came of age in the '70s!!</p> <p>IK, maybe for the next DH occasion , instead, you could opt for a "landing strip", or a "Metro ticket" as I heard it from A Femme d'Un Certain Age? ;-)<br /> <a href="http://afemmeduncertainage.blogspot.com/2011/08/mentioning-unmentionable.html" rel="nofollow">http://afemmeduncertainage.blo.....nable.html</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/3#post-615657 Wed, 09 May 2012 03:42:46 +0000 Kari 615657@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ManidipaM, I tried to sugar at home exactly once. Over a period of hours and following a couple different recipes with YouTube videos exactly, I could not get a passable wax that did anything more than remove a couple stray hairs, though I did manage to get a heck of a big blister on my finger when I tested it out before it had cooled enough. I'm not brave enough to go there again! (I'd planned to sugar my legs, not my nether bits.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/3#post-615656 Wed, 09 May 2012 03:34:29 +0000 ManidipaM 615656@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh goodness, IK! This thread is just priceless. I sad down to it with my morning cuppa, and having steadily giggled into it for 10 minutes, now have bubble tea of a whole new order!</p> <p>On the subject of manscaping (TMI and oversharing ALERT!), this is possibly quite weird of me in that I *cannot* figure out the why of it --- and it is gender-loaded, even if a matter of personal preference, so I really *have* tried to sort it out in my head --- but I prefer boys bare but girls *not* in the market for a merkin. Me, I've tried the 'all gone' a couple of times --- razor only, TYVM! (Depilatories drive my skin nuts and NO PULLING OFF MY HAIR, PLEASE!) The SO is happy to reciprocate (hell, he even *anticipates*!); but I've neither enjoyed the results nor the awful itchy regrowth. </p> <p>Kari makes an excellent point about sugaring vs waxing, by the way. In India, what you call waxing is a very new thing; yet 'waxing' is the most common mode of hair removal (10 years ago, buying a girly razor was like hunting down the right jeans, they were that rare; epilators arrived about 15 years ago, on the other hand). So our 'waxing' has always really been sugaring. I only tried real waxing a few months ago for the first time --- straight on my poor 'tache, with no patch test! What was I thinking?! Ouch! And also, yikes! Skinned and blistered from whatever the 'wax' contains. Now sugaring doesn't really work for me either --- v brittle hair and keratosis pilaris means I get stubble the very next day anyway, so a razor's as good or better. BUT I can promise you sugaring is a whole lot kinder on the skin. In my experience, it also takes fewer passes than waxing and you can just sponge off any residue with water. Plus, easier to DIY, when all you need is sugar and lemons. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/3#post-615641 Wed, 09 May 2012 03:11:20 +0000 AJ 615641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm flinching and sore just from reading this thread!! All I got to say is that those of you who tweeze, wax, or sugar the fun zone are WARRIORS!! ACK!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/2#post-615632 Wed, 09 May 2012 02:57:54 +0000 Kari 615632@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>BTW: since you asked for funny things today anyway, and it's on topic for this thread, one of my friends sent this video to me: <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjxo4b_mrs-brown-gets-a-bikini-wax_shortfilms" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymotion.com/vid.....shortfilms</a><br /> Be warned, it's rather crass. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/2#post-615622 Wed, 09 May 2012 02:33:10 +0000 catgirl 615622@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, I finally braved this thread! And now I can't breathe! I am another au naturel gal - nothing at all for me, except a razor when I need to be in a swimsuit. One benefit to living n a cold climate. I tell my husband my girl junk needs to stay warm.</p> <p>And now, the worst pun ever: my friend refers to her down-there styling as a "topi-hairy".</p> <p>*slinks off* </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/2#post-615563 Wed, 09 May 2012 01:32:23 +0000 Sarah A 615563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>just caught up and OMG I needed this laugh. I second some manscaping, balance in the world is a good thing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/2#post-615562 Wed, 09 May 2012 01:29:34 +0000 Kari 615562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh my goodness, I gave myself a coughing fit from laughing so hard while reading this thread.</p> <p>I've had it done several times, not because of a significant other's preference, but because I personally dislike how body hair feels on myself. My experiences weren't bad, but let's just say we quickly discovered that I'm *very* flinchy. Ouch! I can't even imagine how women can bear to do it themselves at home... Next time I'm going to have a couple glasses of wine first, and have someone drive me.</p> <p>FWIW, if you ever dare again: I found that traditional waxing made me feel quite sore afterwards. When I tried sugaring, it hurt more *during* the procedure, but I felt fine 30 minutes afterwards (not sore at all - actually I had it done shortly before a trip to Las Vegas where I was walking up and down the strip for hours, which was probably not the smartest decision just in case I'd been sensitive/sore, but I didn't have any issues at all.) Sugaring supposedly grabs on to the actual hair more so than the skin, which is why you usually don't need the hair to be as long before a sugaring procedure, and I found that it didn't leave my skin so sensitive and inflamed as traditional waxing did.</p> <p>I tweeze between appointments too, and honestly it's a *lot* easier - kind of like tweezing my eyebrows, after doing so frequently for years, the hair follicle is a lot looser and resists less the more often it's done.</p> <p>There, that's my TMI for the day! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/2#post-615543 Wed, 09 May 2012 01:15:08 +0000 Isis 615543@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I learned a new vocabulary word today, merkin. Can't wait to use it.....</p> <p>And yowie, Isabel. Yowie. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/2#post-615537 Wed, 09 May 2012 01:12:26 +0000 ironkurtin 615537@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dang, Isabel! You're making me happy I picked the person with the most glowing possible reviews, instead of my corner shop. That is awful! Your poor girl parts! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/2#post-615506 Wed, 09 May 2012 00:56:14 +0000 Isabel 615506@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, ok, I will tell my story...</p> <p>I consider myself rather tough skinned - pun intened . BUT, when I tried it, it was a disaster ! Rachylou called it. It ripped off a huge part of my skin top layer. Part of the "wound" became infected and I couldn't wear underwear. There. I have told someone. It has been my secret ( except for DH ) for years !!! I was walking funny and was commando . How do you explain THAT so someone who asks, " are you limping" ?</p> <p>Not so funny now, huh ???? LOL ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/2#post-615494 Wed, 09 May 2012 00:48:27 +0000 D'Ellen 615494@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This has to win the prize for the funniest thread ever!!! LOL! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/2#post-615350 Tue, 08 May 2012 21:42:19 +0000 Meredith1953 615350@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just HAD to check back in and see how the thread was progressing! It just keeps getting better and better! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/2#post-615346 Tue, 08 May 2012 21:39:37 +0000 Fruitful 615346@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol at Michelangelo, and Sona, that's a bit creepy of them... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/2#post-615343 Tue, 08 May 2012 21:34:57 +0000 Sona 615343@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>&lt; also oversharing&gt;</p> <p>sometimes patients tell me they had it done especially for me.</p> <p>and I'm like " Uh, what??????????".</p> <p>(LIKE REALLY NOT NECESSARY. I DON'T CARE. I JUST WANT TO DO YOUR PAP SMEAR AND NOT THROW THE SPECIMEN OUT BY MISTAKE OR THE SWAB ON THE GROUND AND HAVE TO MAKE YOU HAVE TO COME BACK TO HAVE IT DONE AGAIN.)</p> <p>Personally, I'm a nair girl too. no shaving or tweezing. (Ouch!!). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/2#post-615338 Tue, 08 May 2012 21:27:37 +0000 ironkurtin 615338@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh god. Manscaping. You know, even Michaelangelo, who loved men, hid their dangly bits for a reason... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/2#post-615334 Tue, 08 May 2012 21:23:38 +0000 Fruitful 615334@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I missed this IK I got it done a couple of times before I had kids and DH was definitely NOT INTERESTED. I was so mad!</p> <p>DId you know some pregnant women get it done for labour :S</p> <p>Ice is good afterwards; I'd suggest painkillers and wine before.</p> <p>Also, guys should get some manscaping done so it's not an imbalanced situation. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/2#post-615274 Tue, 08 May 2012 20:19:07 +0000 morethanbeige 615274@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG, this is hilarious! Having a hard day, so this belly laugh was just what I needed. Thank you! Oh, and on a positive note for you young-ins, another *perk* to getting older...less hair! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/2#post-615269 Tue, 08 May 2012 20:16:22 +0000 Transcona Shannon 615269@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>HA HA HA Angie!!!</p> <p>I finally caught up with this thread and have been laughing steadily for the last 15 minutes! You all are CRACKING ME UP! YLF has just gone to a whole OTHER LEVEL for me!!!</p> <p>DH asked me one time when hair became the enemy (lol)! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/2#post-615264 Tue, 08 May 2012 20:12:31 +0000 rachylou 615264@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ROFL, IK.</p> <p>I say: Epilady. Electric-powered tweezing. Tweezing just pulls at the hair. Waxings pulls the skin also - you can rip the layers of your skin apart, under the surface. Yuck. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-and-not-for-the-sensitive-brazilians/page/2#post-615262 Tue, 08 May 2012 20:08:22 +0000 Angie 615262@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>People can be resistant to change. I vote give hubs some time - with extra apple pie. </p>