adventures in home beauty treatments

[sistawendy]

For the first time I waxed my own legs this morning. Well, I waxed about the bottom three quarters of my legs. It's not as if I've got any hot dates planned, so I didn't feel any pressure to achieve maximum smoothness. The results? Pretty decent; I got a few stray hairs with my razor. And it's hard to beat the price - $10 for more than I need for a full leg wax - and convenience. I think I may go this route for the duration of COVID-19.

I spent last night and the night before unclogging sinks in my apartment. I'm hoping that now that I've run out of sinks, I'll get a break this evening. Don't even think about my toilet & bathtub. I mostly love my adorable late '50s apartment, with its built-ins of doom, flesh-colored tile, and vintage range & toilet, but the plumbing leaves something to be desired.

Comments

[sara]

I have tried waxing but it has always been a fairly awful experience, including the time I volunteered to be waxed as my kid's final project at cosmetology class at the voc-tech school one summer. Little did I realize she was failing the course at the time.

[sistawendy]

That’s... hilariously terrible.

[sara]

I have a high pain tolerance and I rarely cry in public, but in that case I made an exception.

[leenerella]

For whatever it's worth, I make my own wax out of 2 cups of sugar, 1/4 cup water and 1/4 cup lemon juice, simmer for 20 minutes until golden brown. Use at room temperature. Powder skin. Apply against the direction of growth, pull with direction of growth.

It's less burny, water-soluble, and tastes great. :D

[sistawendy]

Noted! This is definitely worth a try.

[tylik]

This is pretty much what I do (the recipe is, um, less exact). Sticks better to hair, less well to skin, is water soluble, and people have been doing it this way for at least 4000 years! (Okay, I think some of the oldest ones involved concentrating honey?)