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thread: Wax or Shave?

  1. #1
    Registered User

    Feb 2004
    Melbourne
    11,171

    Wax or Shave?

    Legs & underarms, do you wax or shave?

    I'm a shaver purely for the cost!! I've tried to wax myself & it was a disaster. I had my legs waxed professionally before Zander was born & loved it, but it's too expensive ongoing.

  2. #2
    BellyBelly Life Member

    Jul 2004
    House of the crazy cat ladies...
    3,793

    Shaver here.... can't afford waxing... and can't stand the pain!!
    Shaving is a real pain though... I have to shave legs & underarms every day... hairy genes here

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Feb 2004
    Melbourne
    11,171

    I get sooo lazy in winter!! Been 2 weeks since I bothered

    ETA: That's with legs only, underarms get every second day otherwise it feels gross!

  4. #4
    Matryoshka Guest

    Shave - quicker, cheaper, painless but if i could afford to wax and had the time i would as feels nicer.

    For smaller areas i also use a little hair removal machine which pulls the hair out like waxing but takes forever to do legs etc.

  5. #5
    Registered User

    Mar 2007
    6,900

    Shave.
    I had my legs eyebrows, bikini line waxed b4 my wedding. OUCH!! Legs were the worst, do not want that again!!

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Dec 2005
    In Bankworld with Barbara
    14,222

    Shave - even when I had my legs waxed I was never brave enough to do the 'pits.

  7. #7
    Registered User

    Oct 2006
    in my teeny tiny house
    483

    self waxer here.. or emjoi....prolly countthe number of times i have shaved my legs on my fingers....

  8. #8
    Registered User

    Apr 2007
    melbourne
    359

    shave the legs,arm pits and bikini but have my eye brows waxed!!

  9. #9
    Registered User

    Jan 2007
    Melbourne
    225

    I love a wax ... even the pain (perverse! I know!). Because of cost, I wax my own underarms, which isn't that messy or hard really (I use a veet wax) but do the emjoi thing on my legs. I get my bikini professionally done though. Now that I am 33w pg I have recently done the legs and think that I may have to get those done before birth professionally as it does get a bit much with all that bending over!

  10. #10
    Registered User

    Jun 2007
    Dandenong Ranges, Melbourne.
    5,673

    shave, shave, shave !!

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    BellyBelly Member

    Jun 2005
    Sydney
    2,121

    1/2 ...1/2.....i wax underarms....shave legs.
    I bought a proper wax heater about 2 years ago. I got 6 tubs (tablets there called) of wax.....im up to my 4th one. Yes, waxing hurts, but i can let my underarms go 5 weeks and only then do i see a slight shadow. Too expensive and time consuming to do my legs. Im not a hairy gal when it comes to legs anyway.
    No pain no gain ladies.

  12. #12
    Registered User

    Aug 2005
    1,226

    wax..wax...wax


    i am to lazy to shave... and its ahrd to shave when i share most of my showers with DD & DS..

    i am very overdue for a wax at the moment! will need to make an appointment!

  13. #13
    Registered User

    Mar 2007
    6,979

    I shave my armpits and my legs for sure.... never had them waxed don't see the point to be honest... i wax my face thats enough pain!!!!!

  14. #14
    Registered User

    Jan 2007
    with my dearest ones
    291

    I LOVE a wax...underarms & legs. But I have to say I'm not hairy at all anyway When I first started, about 5 years ago, the waxer thought I'd been having it done for years, because there was so little to take off. I always have it done professionally. I tried myself but it was a disaster! This way it's a bit of "me time" every couple of months. I don't need to have it done often...legs a bit more often in the summer, that's all.

  15. #15
    BellyBelly Member

    Jun 2005
    Sydney
    2,121

    never had them waxed don't see the point to be honest...
    Renstar it will retard the growth of your hair follices over time when waxing....i suppose thats the main advantage over shaving.....no *****ly bits .
    Last edited by mbear; July 10th, 2007 at 08:33 PM. : spelling

  16. #16
    Registered User

    Jun 2006
    Apparently in about 7 months I will be a qualified midwife - yikes!
    1,248

    I am a waxer for everything but the armpits!

    I haven't always been that way, I am a wos with pain!

  17. #17

    Mar 2004
    Sparta
    12,662

    A bit of both - wax by preferance but I'll get the razor out if I need a quick touch-up or I'm feeling povo.

  18. #18
    Registered User

    Nov 2005
    Queensland
    557

    Shave legs... Shave underarms... Get my bikini line waxed!!

    I tried to wax my bikini myself once but got stuck ripping it off.... the pain is incredible!! Worse than childbirth I'd say!!

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