Which is Better? Shaving or Waxing?

Answer 1

I'd go for shaving.... or even laser hair removal.
Waxing doesn't sound the least bit enticing.... especially after reading this email from my friend.
Here it is..
lol



Waxing your legs.

All hair removal methods have tricked women with their promises of easy, painless removal- The epilady, scissors, razors, Nair and now... the wax.

My night began as any other normal weeknight. Come home, fix dinner, play with the kids. I then had the thought that would ring painfully in my mind for the next few hours: "Maybe I should pull the waxing kit out of the medicine cabinet." So I headed to the sight of my demise: the bathroom.

It was one of those "cold wax" kits. No melting a clump of hot wax, you just rub the strips together in your hand, they get warm and you peel them apart and press them to your leg (or wherever else) and you pull the hair right off. No muss, no fuss. How hard can it be? I mean, I'm not a genius, but I am mechanically inclined enough to figure this out. (YA THINK!?!?!?)

So I pull one of the thin strips out. It's two strips facing each other stuck together. Instead of rubbing them together, my genius kicks in so I get out the hair dryer and heat it to 1,000 degrees. (Cold wax, yeah right!) I lay a strip across my thigh. Hold the skin around it tight and pull. It works! Ok, so it wasn't the best feeling, but it wasn't too bad. I can do this! Hair removal no longer eludes me! I am She rah, fighter of all wayward hair and maker of smooth skin extraordinaire!

With my next strip I move north. After checking on the kids, I sneak back into the bathroom, for the ultimate hair fighting championship. I drop my panties and place one foot on the toilet. Using the same procedure, I apply a wax strip across the right side of my bikini line, covering the right half of my "who-ha" and stretching down to the inside of my butt cheek (yes, it was a long strip) I inhale deeply and brace myself...RRRIIIPPP!!!

I'm blind! Blind from the pain! OH MY!!! Vision returning, I notice that I've only managed to pull off half the strip. CRAP!! Another deep breath and RRIIPP!! Everything is swirly and spotted. I think I am going to pass out... must stay conscious... Do I hear crashing drums?? Breathe, breathe... OK, back to normal. I want to see my trophy-- a wax covered strip, the one that caused me so much pain, with my hair pelt sticking to it. I want to revel in the glory that is my triumph over body hair. I hold up the strip! There is no hair on it. Where is the hair??? WHERE IS THE WAX?? Slowly I ease my head down, foot still perched on the toilet. I see the hair that should be on the strip. I touch. I am touching wax. CRAP! I run my fingers over the most sensitive part of my body, which is now covered in cold wax and matted hair. Then I make a BIG mistake... remember my foot is still propped up on the toilet? I know I need to do something. So I put my foot down. CRAP!!! I hear the slamming of a cell door.

Who-ha? Sealed shut.
Butt? Sealed shut.

I penguin walk around the bathroom trying to figure out what to do and think to myself, "Please don't let me get the urge to poop. My head may pop off!" What can I do to melt the wax? Hot water!! How water melts wax!! I'll run the hottest water I can stand into the bathtub, get in, immerse the wax-covered bits and the wax should melt and I can gently wipe it off, right??? WRONG!!!

I get in the tub-- the water is slightly hotter than that used to torture prisoners of war or sterilize surgical instruments. I sit. Now, the only thing worse than having your nether region glued together is having them glued together and glued to the bottom of the tub... in scalding water. Which, by the way, does not melt cold wax. So, now I'm stuck to the bottom of the tub as thought I had cement-epoxy myself to the porcelain!!

God bless the man who had convinced me a few months ago to have a phone put in the bathroom! I call my friend, thinking surely she had waxed before and had some secret of how to get me undone. It's a very good conversation starter: "So my butt and who-ha are glued together to the bottom of the tub!" I calmly tell her.

There is a slight pause. She doesn't know any secret tricks for removal but she does try to hide her laughter from me. She wants to know exactly where the wax is located, "Are we talking a hold or who-ha?" She's laughing out loud by now. I can hear her. I give her the rundown and she suggest I call the number on the side of the box. YEAH RIGHT!!! I should be the joke of someone else's night.

While we go through various solutions, I resort to scraping the wax off with a razor. Nothing feels better than having your girlie goodies covered in hot wax, glued shut, stuck to the tub in super hot water and then dry shaving the sticky wax off!!!

By now the brain is not working. Dignity has taken a major hike and I'm pretty sure I'm going to need Post Traumatic counseling for this event.

My friend is still talking with me when I finally see my saving grace.. the lotion they give you to remove excess was. What do I really have to lose at this point? I rub some on and OH MY!!! The scream probably woke the kids and scared the dickens out of my friend. It's soooo painful, but I really don't care. "IT WORKS!! It works!!" I get a hearty congratulations from my friend and she hangs up. I successfully remove the remainder of the wad and then notice to my grief and despair... THE HAIR IS STILL THERE... ALL OF IT!!!! SO I recklessly shave it off. Heck, I'm numb by now. Nothing hurts. I could have amputated my own leg at this point.

Next week, I'm going to try to color my hair.....

Answer 2

Waxing

Answer 3

Either shave and kind of hurt or wax go through tremendous pain all at once and not have to worry about it for a couple days. I shave but it doesn't hurt as bad when you use a kind of expensive razor. You could try veet mouse. It supposedly is a foam that gets rid of hair just by sitting there. Then you wipe it off.

Answer 4

Well i am not a girl but i must say that waxing is better than shaving for a girl.though it may hurt.
Reasons..
(1)Shaving may make your skin look rough.you would'nt like that.
(2)The hair follicle does'nt get plucked out.
(3)If you shave now you will have to shave again and again because the root of the hair will not be removed.
(4)Where as if you wax you will get a shiny look.And its better.
(5)You should bear pains to be beautiful..

Answer 5

Waxing is best for a woman, shaving makes stubble making you look and feel like a man or a drag queen. I wax in Arlington Salons by Jc 817-784-1316. Shaving stimulates more hair growth

Answer 6

I think Shaving waxing hurt to much

Answer 7

it depends on what part of the body u need to remove hair from. For my eyebrows i get them waxed, it always looks better, and lasts longer. My legs I shave them. For the bikini line I use the european hair remover Veet. Shaving causes bikini line bumps. The Veet works really well and does not irritate me like nair did. Ive also used the veet on my legs, and it looked better and lasted longer, but I dont have time to put the cream all over my legs.

Answer 8

Nair is a lot better way. Waxing only last up to two weeks. Or less if your hair grows fast. So what is the point. Shaving you can cut yourself. Nair makes you skin smooth.

Answer 9

with waxing you dont all the hair the first time and have to keep going over the same spot a few times it is messy and hard to do alone not to mention a bit painful if you dont mind shaving every couple of days i would go with shaving

Answer 10

I would say waxing because the wax pulls the hair from the root. However it depends on what area your doing.And when you shave hair stubs begin to grow back and the area gets itchy.

Answer 11

Waxing it is faster and you do not risk those ugly cuts and nicks from shaving. Also when you shave it can itch like mad when it growd back Waxing is better and the smooth results last longer