Fashion + Beauty
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Have You Heard Of The “Hollywood”?
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I was reading Daily Mail columnist Liz Jones’ latest
crazy rant (today the subject is unwanted body hair) and it was
just as bats**t and entertaining as usual, until I came across the
following description in regards to a cousin of the Brazilian
bikini wax:
“Then there is its more extreme stablemate the Hollywood, which
takes away everything, leaving the bearer distastefully childlike.
My waxing specialist in London now does ‘seven or eight Hollywoods
a day’ - a 70 per cent increase on this time last year. Completely
Bare, the American chain of spas dedicated to hair removal, has
seen requests for a Hollywood quadruple in the past 12 months.”
How did I miss out on this terminology? Was I absent that day
during beauty school? Now don’t get me wrong. I understand that
some women are going completely bald down there, but I had no idea
just how many of them were and that it was even called that. And
I’ve even visited Completely Bare, the spa Jones is referring to
(though not for that). What I need to know immediately is
this: Are you getting this (presumably extremely painful) procedure
done? And did you know it was called a “Hollywood”? Oh and dudes,
are you like, into this or find it totally disturbing? [The
Daily Mail]--The
Frisky
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Posted by Rachel Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:02pm PDT
I have never heard of the "hollywood" but I was under the impression that the brazilian removed all of the hair down there. And no I do not wax my bikini but I do completly shave everything! Its sooo much cleaner!
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Posted by Mar Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:07pm PDT
In my experience, men 35 and older seem to dislike the completely bare trend. At 27, I'm dating someone almost 20 years older than me and he requested I leave some hair. He says all of his friends feel the same way about women and are sorta grossed out by the Brazilian trend, which makes them feel like pedophiles. This definitely makes things a little easier on me. I don't have to worry about being a mammal. LOL.
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Posted by Nicole Milano Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:35pm PDT
i dont do the hollywood, i guess, cause i shave it all instead of waxing((ouch)) but i feel so much cleaner. My BF loves it because he is also very CLEANED out down there. Just like me he feels cleaner and doesnt like seeing "bush" or "twigs" down there on me :)
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Posted by Tristan Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:39pm PDT
I've hate a completely bare area, it looks very disturbing. My husband agrees. The dislike has only intensified since we had a daughter. Make that VERY creepy indeed.
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Posted by Toni Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:32pm PDT
I have never heard of the Hollywood, but I do agree that bare is better. I feel unclean with hair down there and have been shaving it off since I was around 15. It is all personal preference I guess.
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Posted by vlvolove Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:02pm PDT
Ya think it's called the "hollywood" because of it's preference in the PORN film industry?This is just re-hashing an old argument...
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Posted by BetsyB Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:54am PDT
I always thought this kind of wax was called a "sphynx."
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Posted by Liz Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:26pm PDT
I have always gone bare..but that's just me.. :)
..I don't think it's anything new.
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Posted by Veronica Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:15am PDT
Yeah what is a Brazilian then? I thought it was being bare period?
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