by Jenn Higginbotham

Created on: June 09, 2009

Hair Today....Hair Not So Gone Tomorrow

Brazilian Wax.These two,very small inert words paired together can strike fear into the most warrior like woman. It is a pride less experience but so worth the pain. I had had one of these "fabulous" experiences in my lifetime,when I had an epiphany! If you know me,these epiphanies never bode well for anyone,mostly myself included.I thought to myself,"How hard can it be?"

I thought I would do my husband proud by saving our family budget $100.00 and do it myself.Eyebrows,moustache and bikini area included. I went to the beauty supply,purchased my supplies and stood proudly at the counter while the salesgirl asked me if I was a professional. Smugly I replied that no I wasn't a professional, that I'm just a do it myself kind of girl. She just raised her eyebrows.First clue that I had no business even taking these products home!

Take two.I rush in and get all of my children to bed and lay out all of my gleaming supplies,all $125.00 of them,justifying I can get many waxes out of it and pay off my investment.Let me interject here that I bought what is called hard wax.You need no strips and the wax hardens all on it's own,then you just SIMPLY peel the wax off.

AT this point my husband is curious and comes to see what I am up to.I inform him proudly of how much money I am saving him,and ask him to leave as it is not a visual you would ever want a loved one to have of you ingrained in their brain.On the way out the door Tom yells around the corner,"Hey Babe,just remember how much money you had to spend to get your hair dyed back every time you tried to save money by dying it red yourself.Remember when it turned purple and you had to pick the kids up from school and they acted like they didn't know you?"My response was something Helium does not allow on their website.

Finally peace and quiet! I start with my eyebrows and they come out ok and I don't think anyone will notice one is tiny bit shorterthan the other.Moving on to my upper lip, The first half comes out great,but the second half was a bit on the painful side.As I look closer,I realize I am missing half my skin!I now look like I have half of Charlie Chaplin's little stash.Oh man!It is so going to look worse when it scabs.Do I stop there?NOOOOOOO!I'm going for broke here ladies,so I soldier on to the "area".

We will call this area Australia,because it is down under.Australia definitely needs some serious attention.Hmmm...Where do I start?Back to front I think,I may

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