Have You Ever Waxed Your Own Face or Body?
At some point in your beauty life you’ve decided to take your hairy situations into your own hands. That means you probably tried or attempted or even failed at waxing your own face or body! So, have you waxed your own face or body or even your brows?
Any horror stories to share?
I totally attempted waxing myself once or twice. I still remember those Nad’s infomercial from the 90’s, Sue’s soothing Australian accent telling me how easy waxing was, how pain-free it was, how I’d be hair-free and smooth within moments of using it. Needless to say the day I saw Nad’s pop up at my local CVS I grabbed that big jar and ran home with it. I was probably 16-ish at the time?
Needless to say it was probably the worst mistake of my life because I did not have the success of those people in the commercial. It was painful, difficult, and it turned out rather patchy. Thankfully I was smart enough not to go to down on my bikini area as my mum would have had to drive me to the emegency room or something equally embarrassing. But I did attempt it on my legs and I found the process incredibly difficult. It put me off trying to wax anything by myself for many years.
Many, many years later I attempted it again but wasn’t successful. I just found waxing oneself very difficult. I struggling pulling the skin taunt enough, applying the wax, ripping it in the right direction, etc…it’s a very messy experience. I never tried it on my brows but have attempted my upper lip and again, it’s just hard to do it correctly and I end up with patchy results.
Thankfully, I have no horror stories to tell although, I do remember when I was 12 one of my friend’s came to school one day with a penciled in eye brow. Apparently, she had attempted at home waxing and ripped off half her brow in the process. Thankfully, I was never dumb enough to try it out on my brows! Just my legs.
How about you?
Do you wax at home?
Are you good at it?
As for me, I have it professionally done. It’s just not worth the mess or horror show of doing it myself!