The Essential Hair Removal Guide

I have no idea what to do when the skin starts to darken because of shaving; in particular, my under arm is my biggest concern. The other thing is, I can't wax because my private area is super sensitive, and i can't shave it because of the bumps that come up. What do I do?

I can't bring myself to have a professional wax on my bikini area. I don't care how professional they are, no one is getting THAT close to an area that sensitive with wax!

I actually love Sally Hanson's new shower-off hair removal spray. No smell, no burning (even if you get it on the REALLY sensitive skin) and after about five minutes, you just hose off the spray and all of the hair goes with it! My ladyparts have never been so smooth!

Yank the brows? I don't think so. You pull gently in the direction the brow is growing. Here's a good tip to avoid pain while tweezing. Apply Lidocaine (available over the counter) wait 10 minutes wipe off and tweeze the numb area.

Everyone should watch the episode on"The Doctors" regarding waxing.You can probably find it online.

for me shaving is a faster method but it doesnt take to long for your hair growing 2 or 3 day your hair growing back you need to shaved again not like placking your hair it takes 4-5 day before it grows and even thier are starting to grow you can pull them up easly..

I love the Venus Embrace razor... and I will have to try shaving in the first 10 minutes.. But I draw the line at spending a ton for shaving cream.. :/

I agree with Jill R., I've been epilating for a long time. I would not recommend the braun epilator with the light, that one is awful- really yanks out the hair, and it hurts like mad. Epilating can be uncomfortable at first, but I've noticed a huge difference as far as the amount of hair that grows back. I have spots on my legs where nothing grows at all now, and I can go a few weeks without epilating or doing anything, because the hair comes out so light that it's barely noticeable. I would check out Pursebuzz's youtube channel for more info on epilators, she had some great reviews.

I get my legs and bikini waxed, it hurts- but only for a second. And when i shave my hair grows back in like 2 hours, waxing lasts a lot longer.

i tweeze and wax.. there is a pink wax that works and its ideal for sensative skin you can find it at your local CVS and there are some tweezers that are really good they are avon and you have to order them through the phone and they are a little pricey but i have had them for over a year and they still work like new!!!!

Ok, ladies, here's a question. Does anyone know how to make underarms lighter? I mean, I can shave, but they still look really bad cause the skin is darker. I hate it. Any advice?

i wanna get laser hair remover for my armpits

I always pluck my brows, they come out just right. Not too skinny and not too well...how they normally are. Also the upper lip thing is useful for me =). Shaving legs and underarms is just annoying sometimes, the only annoying thing is my hair grows super fast and then when you get cold and you get the goosebumps the little hairs itch.

I have my brows threaded also...love it! It's fast clean and I think alot less painfull than plucking. And thanks for the tip on the Sally Hansen Shower-off spray. Because just like you, nobody is comming near my fem-parts with hot wax!

Hair growing out of the skin is necessary for proper skin respiration (health): if one is a little hairy or a considerable amount more (a lot)... The genetic (geographical) heritage of an individual largely determines how much or little hair is grown: a person has to be self-confident enough to not be tricked into (like Samson by
Dehlila) constant attempts to remove body hair.
The body hair: forces out (and off) dead epidermal cells, it stops the pores from becoming clogged or induces oxygenation. Body hair prevents dirt (dust or external and unrelated carbon particles) from building
or accumulating in the pores...
If the skin cannot properly respirate (and cool down from sweating out pores opened and maintained as functioning by growing hairs), the skin
starts to fail (wrinkle, loose oxygenation, sag: weakens) as the number on protective (immediate) defense and a person starts to suffer atrophy or decomposition...
As if body hairs were the trees of the forest: if stripping a forest area of all the trees, erosion and failure of the soil (like skin)
is inevitable. This means: it is dangerous and detrimental to one's health and future health to attempt constant removal of mass
quantities of body hair...

I WAX MY EYEBROWS SHAVE MY LEGS AND UNDERARMS. AND HATE TO DO BOTH.

I am all into waxing, i highly dislike razors. I only tweeze my brows but I don't have that much hair to remove

I would actually say waxing is ideal for most brows, especially if you have a lot of strays under the natural brow line (like I do). It's a lot faster and it gets all the unwanted hair at once. Plucking is really tedious/time consuming for a lot of women.

They should have mentioned threading, you could do it yourself and all you need is thread. I learned from watching a tutorial on youtube and I use it on my upper lip, at first I won't lie it hurt so bad it was a bit swollen for a couple of days I calmed it down with ice but after that my skin just gets red for a while and then it goes away and the hair doens't grow back hard and it takes a while to grow back. I also thread my eyebrows. It's a big money saver.

You didn't say a single word about threading. I used to tweeze my brows, but my hear is so light and fine that it's impossible to get a clean looking brow that way. So I switched to waxing my brows. Except my skin is so sensitive that my eye lids and forehead would blister regardless of how cool the wax was, the quality of the wax or experience of the waxist. So I switched to threading my brows. I get a nice clean looking brow, it's as quick as waxing, and I don't look like a freak with red angrly looking skin around my eyes for 2 to 3 weeks. I higly recomend it.

$25 for tweezers? really? I use Avons, and it was like $1. And I would not pay $24 for shaving cream.

I epilate - underarms, legs, bikini area. No razor stubble, no "5:00 shadow" under your arms and the hair grows back looking lighter because it's not stubble growing back so it's less noticeable if you have to wait a day or two (and it doesn't all grow back at the same time.) The Emjoi Optima seems to work best for this - it's made so that the hair doesn't have to be too long before it's plucked out. In terms of pain, it may be uncomfortable the first time you use it, but afterward you're in maintenance mode so you're not plucking all that many hairs. And if you exfoliate a couple of times a week, you avoid ingrown hairs. Best thing since sliced bread, sez I!