Waxing at home - advice/help needed =)

[Gabes_mommy]

So my DH wants to try waxing his torso for the first time. We have never waxed at home before so I don't know what brands of wax are good, etc.

I know lots of people successfully wax at home all the time - please post your tips here.

Thanks so much!!!

 

[Inigo]

So my DH wants to try waxing his torso for the first time. We have never waxed at home before so I don't know what brands of wax are good, etc.

I know lots of people successfully wax at home all the time - please post your tips here.

Thanks so much!!!

Well, if it were my husband getting waxed, I'd say a video camera would be very important.

 

[DrCavin]

Rent 40 year old Virgin, that should end any desire to wax.

 

[tinatark]

Gigi wax, from a beauty supply store. The kind you don't use fabric strips with.

 

[Gabes_mommy]

Gigi wax, from a beauty supply store. The kind you don't use fabric strips with.

Cool! What do you use with it? Any supplies I need to pick up?

 

[Gabes_mommy]

Well, if it were my husband getting waxed, I'd say a video camera would be very important.

Unforunately for sheer entertainment value, my DH has a very high pain threshhold. He once extracted his own wisdom tooth....in our bathroom....with tweezers. He's lucky it didn't get infected. Waxing should be nothing after that.

Rent 40 year old Virgin, that should end any desire to wax.

Great movie!

 

[Cindyluwho]

I believe that for the first time, he should go to a professional to see exactly how it's done. Which direction to put on the wax, the strip, pull it off, etc. It will also be easier to do follow up waxes, when the hair is shorter, the first time is pretty messy. The hair will probably need to be trimmed to between 1/4 and 1/2 inch long.
Pay the $20 for the first time, then do it at home after. Messing up with waxing is NOT pretty, you can tear skin, etc.

 

[merryweather20]

I like Nad's and Alexandria. They both have a green "sugar" wax. It spreads on like wax, but you can rinse it off with hot water. This is nice because you'll get some stray wax (when doing it out of a salon), and its much easier to just shower than to try to pick it all off, along with whatever lint you might have picked up.

These both use fabric strips though. I like them, I'm not sure what the previous poster's experience was. My skin is dry so "preloaded" strips get pretty expensive. They say you can use them more than once but, thats a no go for dry skin or if the person is particularly hairy.

Anything without heating should be doable though

Check out your local salons, some have a cheap rate for "virgin" hair that hasn't been waxed before.

 

[asta]

Just a thought but why not try one of the machines that pull hair out by the root? I use the Braun Silk-epil on my legs and think that it is easier than waxing. Both procedures work by pulling hair out by the root. I have tried waxing before and think that the epil machine is easier and less messy. After an initial sting with the first few hairs pulled out, my body just seems to adjust and I don't notice that much discomfort with the rest of the hair that is pulled out. It would probably be good to trim the hair the first time so that it doesn't get wound up in the head of the epil.

 

[Gabes_mommy]

Just a thought but why not try one of the machines that pull hair out by the root? I use the Braun Silk-epil on my legs and think that it is easier than waxing. Both procedures work by pulling hair out by the root. I have tried waxing before and think that the epil machine is easier and less messy. After an initial sting with the first few hairs pulled out, my body just seems to adjust and I don't notice that much discomfort with the rest of the hair that is pulled out. It would probably be good to trim the hair the first time so that it doesn't get wound up in the head of the epil.

I'll look into that - thanks!

Also I wanted to mention that it's not a huge amount of hair we will be trying to remove - we are leaving DH's chest alone - just going for a few hairs on the shoulders and upper arms - that type of thing.

 

[Gabes_mommy]

I like Nad's and Alexandria. They both have a green "sugar" wax. It spreads on like wax, but you can rinse it off with hot water. This is nice because you'll get some stray wax (when doing it out of a salon), and its much easier to just shower than to try to pick it all off, along with whatever lint you might have picked up.

These both use fabric strips though. I like them, I'm not sure what the previous poster's experience was. My skin is dry so "preloaded" strips get pretty expensive. They say you can use them more than once but, thats a no go for dry skin or if the person is particularly hairy.

Anything without heating should be doable though

Check out your local salons, some have a cheap rate for "virgin" hair that hasn't been waxed before.

Thanks for all the tips! I think I may even some have Nads I got to try once - I'll have to check my bathroom closet and see if it's still there - that place is like the black hole of toiletries.

 

[tinatark]

Cool! What do you use with it? Any supplies I need to pick up?

Nope, you buy it as a "package" - it has a little spatula - it's microwavable.

You don't have to use the spatula (it's plastic, a bit of a pain) - use a popsicle stick and/or toothpick.

 

[mscoachung]

I wouldn't wax or the Epilady. Try Magic Powder. It's at the drug store. You mix it with water. It made for black men's beards so they don't get ingrown hairs. 1 $2.98 can will do an entire body. Last about 5-6 weeks.