“From the way I’m acting, you’d think I was pulling out my hair by the roots,” I told my sister Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
She only laughed.<\/p>\n
Because, actually, that’s exactly what I was doing.<\/p>\n
After a month of not shaving my legs, my hair was the requisite 1\/4″ to 1\/2″ long–and I was ready to wax.<\/p>\n
I’ve waxed before, using Nair’s roll-on wax. But at six dollars or so per bottle and needing at LEAST two bottles (I’ve got very long, very hairy legs), Nair can get expensive quickly.<\/p>\n
So this time, I decided to sugar instead. I made my own sugaring mix using 2 cups of sugar to 1\/8 cup of water and 1\/8 cup of lemon juice. I heat it all up on the stove until everything was dissolved and then let it cool down so it wouldn’t burn my skin.<\/p>\n
The waxing process is simple, but time consuming. Spread the wax evenly on your skin, in the direction of hair growth, with a wooden popsicle stick. Press a strip of fabric over top the wax (I used ripped strips from an old sheet I got through Freecycle.) Then, grab hold of the strip and rip it off–this time in the direction OPPOSITE hair growth.<\/p>\n
And try not to scream.<\/p>\n
That’s the hard part.<\/p>\n
Why do I do it? Why does anyone do it?<\/p>\n
The disadvantages are many, the advantages few. But somehow, I do it anyway. It takes forever, it’s painful, often it leaves little micro-bruises all over. But the lure of being hairless for weeks is enough to keep me trying. And now that I’m making my own sugaring solution, it’s cheap too.<\/p>\n
Pain is a small price when beauty’s the gain.<\/p>\n
What are some of the most ridiculous sacrifices YOU’VE made in the pursuit of beauty?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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