Trying to do a Brazilian Wax at home?

kassiebby1124

I wanted to..ahem, "clean up" per se. Now, I've waxed my legs before. It..hurt like hell, but I've done it (I bought some Nair for the legs ;P). How do I properly do the Brazilian? I'm talking all the nooks and crannies. If someone could describe (IN DETAIL) or post a link to a video, I'd greatly appreciate it!

Thanks,
Kassie

kassiebby1124

x: No one?

KatieMae75

I STRONGLY ADVISE AGAINST DOING IT YOURSELF. Unless of course, you can bend yourself in half to reach in areas you've never seen before, and can force yourself to pull that cloth that you know is going to make it feel like you just set your crotch on fire. However, if you insist on doing it anyway, my suggestions:

Deleted my suggestions. I thought it would be a good idea to give some "safety" tips in case you went ahead and tried it, but it seemed more like endorsing the idea. I can't bring myself to endorse home self-torture. Potentially dangerous home self-torture at that.

cobracars

Or just let the hedges grow the way nature intended

sz8soon

Don't do it!

The embarrassment you might be nervous about that would occur from getting it done professionally is going to be significantly less than the embarrassment you would get in the ER or @the doctors trying to explain what the heck you were doing should anything go wrong.

The possibilities of injury on that part of your body should be reason enough to not try that yourself.

GoldenGirl1979

PLEASE go to a professional :noway:

KatieMae75

Don't do it!

The embarrassment you might be nervous about that would occur from getting it done professionally is going to be significantly less than the embarrassment you would get in the ER or @the doctors trying to explain what the heck you were doing should anything go wrong.

The possibilities of injury on that part of your body should be reason enough to not try that yourself.

^This.

Jersey_Devil

not a good idea. yikes!

jran3

sun33082

Just shave or use nair Be careful with the nair though because chemical burns suck in that area lol

knk1553

European Wax Center if they have one near you, you're first one is only $22. I could NEVER wax my own brazillian, its a whole new type of pain and I would definitely never be able to do it to myself. Just save up the money and go get one professionally.

pastryari

Oh, hell no. Go to a professional! It hurts like b*tch as it is, you're just asking for more pain and possible damage.

merrillfoster

I read this somewhere and thought I'd share:
WAX is NOT your friend

All hair removal methods have tricked women with their promises of easy, painless removal- The epilady, scissors, razors, Nair, and now... The wax.

My night began as any other normal weeknight. Come home, fix dinner, 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." So 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.

(Y A 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 me 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 t he 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 breathe 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, wh ich I s 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 "Please 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 th ing worse than having your nether regions glued together is having them glued together a n d 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 moths 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- "So, 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. YE AH! RIGHT! ! I should be the joke of someone else's night.

While we go through various sol ut ions. 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 the 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 ens out of my friend.

It's so painful, but I really don't care.

"IT WORKS! It works!"

I get a hearty congratulations from my friend and she hangs up.

I successfully remove the remainder of the wax and then notice t o my grief and despair... THE HAIR IS STILL THERE... ALL OF IT!

So I recklessly sh ave it off. Heck, I'm numb by now. Nothing hurts.

I could have amputated my own leg at this point.

DeckerDoll

Okay...honestly, it's not that bad. Hard wax works better IMO, it doesn't require the cloth strips. Sit on the floor or on edge of tub. Use a mirror. Follow directions of wax manufacturer.

jenkidney

I gotta agree with the others...this just sounds like a poor life choice.

kassiebby1124

I would go, I just can't afford it...

Laura_Suzie

This sounds like a HORRIBLE idea. Don't do it!

pestica02

Trust me, you don't have enough hands to do it yourself. Even the pros have me use BOTH my hands to hold the skin taunt.

Find a groupon, they usually offer them for super cheap.

captawesome

Oh. Hell. No!!! DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!! (This should be the standard disclaimer for brazillians!!)

Seriously, fork out the extra for a professional, the rest you can do at home. If things are tight, are any of your friends doing beauty courses? Or any that have had it done before that you would trust? Doing it yourself would probably equal the same amount of anguish as trying to cut off your own foot...

Shannon2714

I'd wax over any other option. I've never had any problems with it at all. I did try the Brazilian on my own...I suggest having a helper...seriously. When it got to the more "sensitive" areas, it was a B!TCH!!!

Good luck!

pastryari

I would go, I just can't afford it...

Then I highly doubt you'll be able to afford the ER visit if something goes wrong.