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Re: Waxing -- Techniques? Good Products?
From: Kristy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:18:19 -0500 (CDT)
I have been using 'Nad's' for quite some time, and it works wonderful.
The more you use it, the thinner and lighter your hair grows back. The
only bad thing is, is that you have to let your hair grow out a bit
before it will work. It has to be long enough to be able for the wax to
grab hold of the hair. Make sure that you apply it in the direction of
the hair growth and rip the strip off in the opposite direction of the
hair growth, as with any kind of wax. 'Nad's' is an all natural product
from Australia, with no heating required, and VERY easy clean up. You
can buy it in almost any drug store, most commonly Wallgreens and Rite
aid...I hope this helps you.
At Sun, 21 Apr 2002, MB wrote:
>
>My beard is getting ahead of my ability to keep plucking and shaving is
>driving me nuts. It irritates my skin even with good shaving cream and
>a quality man's razor -- I break out afterwards no matter what. So I've
>been trying waxing but am not sure if I am doing it correctly.
>
>I tried a sugaring type wax from Nair that was supposed to be heated in
>the microwave and rolleon. It was about useless for me.
>
>I am now trying some wax strips from Sally Hansen that seem to work much
>better, but still leave 10-20% of the hair behind. Is this normal or
>could I improve my technique? I've been washing my face first then
>swabbing the area with rubbing alcohol to remove the grease and prevent
>infection. I'm pulling the strips against the direction of hair growth
>as the directions say.
>
>The particularly difficult places are the two coarsest spots to either
>side of the point of my chin. The wax leaves much less behind on the
>mustache and the neck.
>
>In case it matters, I am a dark strawberry blonde going grey and my
>beard is a mix of white and red. (I laughed when I first saw the hair
>color on the wax strip -- it looks blonde on my face. Every man in my
>father's family regardless of hair color has a red beard =:-o LOL).
>
>Any other advice? I did a search in the archives and saw a bunch of
>stuff about lasers but that's utterly out of the question financially.
>Same for the hormone cream stuff my doctor was willing to prescribe but
>my insurance company wouldn't cover. $5-10 for a wax kit beats a $20
>co-pay even if they did cover it.
>
>--
>MB
>
--
Krisy - in Ohio
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