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My first waxing experience was done myself using an at-home wax kit. :P It's easy to wax yourself. You're just a little more prepared for what's to come I think.
This summer I had my first professional waxing experience, just the lower legs waxed. Good gosh it hurt like hell! I was ovulating at the time, stupid me. I realized it half-way through when my eyes wouldn't stop watering, and each strip on one leg hurt more than the other. I had a pedicure with paraffin wax that same day, same happened with the wax. I could not put my foot in that damn bag of paraffin wax without being the biggest wuss! Hehe. Lesson learned there.
I haven't gone back since to have anything waxed. Aside from my stupidity, it was a pleasant experience, far far better than I could ever do. Plus, I'm too lazy to get a truly hair-less finish.
I've waxed my lower leg, upper leg, and bikini zone. I'm pretty light haired, so I can get away with hair sometimes.
I have a question: I have that annoying hair follicle problem where the hair likes to fold in half or curl up and give me nasty ingrowns, or those red bumps or red dots on my skin. I exfoliate my problem areas (elbows and backs of forearms close to elbow, knees, upper and lower legs) several times a week, which helps a lot, but I've had no luck reducing the amount of problem ingrowns I get. I get no fewer with all the attention I put on them. It's likely I get more! *grumble*
My big frustration are the back of my forearms: those hairs, once exfoliated, are a darker colour than the rest of the hairs on my arm. It looks ridiculous. I've considered bleaching, but I'm curious if waxing will lighten up the hairs. Any suggestions?
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