The Brazilian Wax
A cult of pain has swept the Western World over the last
few years. It's led by women in white coats waving hot spatulas
of wax unsettlingly close to those bits your mother might not
have told you about.
If you're wearing mascara, you might want
to close this page down immediately as it may cause the eyes to
water.
The Brazilian wax was introduced to New
Yorkers in 1987 when seven Brazilian sisters, Jocely, Jonice,
Joyce, Janea, Jussara, Juracy, and Judseia Padilha opened J. Sisters
International Salon in midtown Manhattan. And women's bikini lines
were changed forever!
The Brazilian bikini wax (also called
the thong wax or Playbox wax) is a must-get-done for women who
can endure excruciating fashion pain. Gwyneth's done it, so has
Naomi. It is now so popular that BW salons have sprouted right
around the world.
The Brazilian involves the spreading of
hot wax on to the buttocks. A cloth is patted over the wax, then
rrrrip. That's nothing compared to the next bit. Wax is smeared
onto the mons, the cloth is pressed into place...then they turn
the music up loud...rrripppp. It's quite normal for the waxer
to throw your legs over their shoulder, or ask you to moon them
so they can get the strays. The waxer then goes over your red
bits with a pair of tweezers to pluck out recalcitrant strands.
Only a small exclamation mark of hair
is left to curtain-off the labia.
The youngest J Sister Jonice Padilha told
Salon.com: "It makes you sexy. Makes you fashion. When I
don't have my bikini wax, I don't feel to have sex with my husband.
I feel dirty. And even himself say, 'Try a bikini wax!' I feel
free. I feel clean. I feel sensuous even when I take a shower.
I feel like I've been taken care of."
And if you think the BBW is about as much
pain as one could possibly bear, you ain't seen the Full Bikini
Wax. Everything off. I said EVERYTHING.
Corporate Entertainment consultant Felicity
Ridgeway decided to have the FBW. "I saw some pictures of
naked women with no pubic hair and I thought they looked very
sexy." She adds: "The three rips were very painful but
not long lasting." They say that about childbirth.
But gay men have been getting full body
waxes for a long time. Men's "body smoothing" salons
like Melbourne's Heavenly Solutions do big business around Mardi
Gras time. And I'm tipping men's tackle would require some very
delicate spatula work!
Waxing lasts for around one to two months
before stubble appears, unlike shaving which will have you scratching
like a brown dog within 2 hours. You may get the itches and ingrown
hairs, but generally it's a fairly safe procedure.
So would Felicity Ridgeway get ripped
again? "Absolutely. It feels sexier and I will have it done
again!"
But don't be tempted to do the FBW at
home. Spend the money and get a professional waxer to do it.
- Kerryn Marlow
http://www.bodytalkmagazine.com
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