THE WAX!

haydee

Cathlete
STORY:

My night began as any other normal weeknight. Come home, fix dinner, and 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." Soooo I headed to the site 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. Its 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 1000 degrees. ("Cold wax," yeah right!) I lay the 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 body hair and maker of smooth skin extraordinaire!!!

With my next wax 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 the one strip across the right side of my bikini line, covering the right half of my *hoo-hoo* and stretching down to the inside of my butt cheek (Yes, it was a long strip) I inhale deeply and brace myself. RRRRIIIPPP!!!! I'm blind!!! Blinded from pain!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!! 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 may 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 has caused me so much pain, with my hairy pelt sticking to it. I want to revel in the glory that is my triumph over body hair.

I hold up the strip! There's 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. 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 the next 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. DANG!!!!!!!! I hear the slamming of a cell door. *hoo-hoo*? Sealed shut! Butt?? Sealed shut! I penguin walk around the bathroom trying to figure out what to do and think to myself. "Pleeeeeeease don't let me get the urge to poop. My head may pop off!"

What can I do to melt the wax? Hot water!! Hot 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 equipment - I sit. Now, the only thing worse than having your nether regions glued together is having them glued together and then glued to the bottom of the tub in scalding hot water. (Which, by the way, doesn't melt cold wax.) So, NOW I'm stuck to the bottom of the tub as though I had cement-epoxied 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 has waxed before and has some secret of how to get me undone. It's a very good conversation starter - "Soooooo, my butt and who-ha are glued together to the bottom of the tub!" 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 cheeks or who-ha?" She's laughing out loud by now. I can hear her. I give her the rundown and she suggests 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 then to have 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 Stress 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 the excess wax. What do I really have to lose at this point?

I rub some on and OH MY GOD!!!!!!! The scream probably woke the kids and scared the dickens out of my friend. It's sooo painful, but I really don't care. "IT WORKS!! It works!!" I get a hearty congratulation from my friend and she hangs up. I successfully remove the remainder of the wax 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 hair color. Now that's funny. NOTTTTTTTT!!!!!!

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Haydee
 
OMG Haydee. I thought I had a bad week--- but cripes, you take the cake!!!!

Thanks for making my decision for me... I paid to have it professionally done before Hawaii... and will be going back!! I looked at those strips and just thought, No Way.

Genius hair dryer idea, btw.

Shudder, shudder, shudder. Your story makes me want to curl into the fetal position. Shudder, shudder, shudder.
 
This is why I leave my waxing to the professionals. I swear I've had the same experience when I try to wax myself.

Kristy

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good
 
Hahahaha!!! What a story; sooooo funny. I can just picture it.

I was hoping you were going to give a successful waxing story. I moved from Miami (wax capital of the world I think) to Vermont. Can't find anyone to do a wax. Too chicken to try it myself.
 
Haydee, I'm laughing so hard there are tears running down my cheeks. Girl, you should have your own byline. You are quite the raconteur.

Michele
 
I don't even know how to respond...I know you don't want to hear this but that was the funniest thing I've read in a long time :7 :7 :7 :7 . Trust me I completely feel for you but you described it in a brilliantly funny way. I think the lesson learned here should be that some things are just better left to the professionals:D :D :D . I can't even imagine the panic that would have set in had it been me in that predicament!!

Deni

PS are you a writer??? You should be if you aren't...that was great!!
 
ROFLMAO!

I tried wax once---never again! (I couldn't get to the part where you rip it off, so ended up with a half-ripped-off strip hanging from me, then had to figure out how to get the res of the wax off).
 
It's very hard to laugh silently, so as to not disturb my co-workers, with something this hilarious. But I managed. And I got the tears wiped away before anyone noticed. Thanks, Haydee!
 
Haydee,

Thank you for sharing - this will be one of those great "girl stories" I will always remember - and while I am sorry for the pain and panic you went through - it will probably make me giggle.

I can't wait to hear your hair color story! LOL!!!

jooge

Sorry Haydee - just looked back at the top and saw STORY! Glad it did not happen to you! Sorry for not paying attention! Thanks for the laugh!
 
Haydee, that was SO WELL DONE!

I wax myself, but I use Surgi Wax, which has not strips and you microwave it. Let's just say, like you, it took me a while to get the hang of it. A glass of wine is not out of line for this project.

Pain redefined!

Now I am a pro. And it is worth it.

My girlfriend and I call it "the ongoing landscaping project" and will call each other with landscape capers.
Melissa

Keep your head in line. Your butt will follow.

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OMG that is sooo funny! I have tried to wax but it was not a pretty sight. I shave. I don't know if I could stand to have someone do it for me or not. LOL!

Thanks for the laugh Haydee!! :D
 
No wax and no shaving for me ....way too much trouble. I had laser;)

Robin:)

ETA: I would be way too dangerous with hot wax!!!
 
I almost didn't read this post, but look at what I would've missed. This was a great laugh, and haydee you have a way with words:7
 
Good one Haydee.
They make lotions called wax off.
When you are doing bikini line you have to pull the skin tight or it will bruise your skin and the hair will still be there.
If you lightly powder the area to be waxed it will help the wax adhere to the hair better(takes off any oils).

Waxing has techniques. It is not as easy as it looks.
Bikini line can be painful!!!!
I do mine in the summer. Arm pits worse.
Wish i would have known you were attempting this????
Anne
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=8227804&uid=3969941
 
She didn't attempt this, this is just a story. I have received this as an e-mail a few times throughout the year from different friends.
It is still funny though.

Toni
 

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