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If you haven’t gone for a brazilian before (gasp!), or if you’re already a huge fan of Pink Parlour, hike up your skirts tomorrow, as Pink Parlour celebrates it’s 4th Anniversary this coming Saturday (21 November 2009). Be prepared to purrrrrr like a kitten cause Pink Parlour promises fantastic waxing treats of only $8! $8 ladies!!! Sex up that kitty in you! Guys you’re welcome too (underarms & leg waxing)!

Am gonna grab the Caron Tea Tree Soothing Lotion + Bump Eraser Triple Action Lotion for only $78 (UP$106)! I’ll see you there!

Waxing is more popular than ever among women as it is clean allows the wearing of revealing under garments without the embarrassment and is considered sensuous by both men and women.

Let’s look at exactly what it involves, the advantages and the disadvantages.

Many famous people today have had the Brazilian wax and this has made it a fashion statement that more and more women are trying, but it’s not new and it’s not just a fashion statement- there are many advantages to the Brazilian Wax.

While Brazilian waxing is popular today and has grown in popularity since the late eighties it is not new.

Women were waxing thousands of years ago in the ancient civilizations of India, Greece and Persia.

What is it?

The term ‘Brazilian Waxing’ refers to partial genital hair removal which leaving a strip of hair or landing strip but also refers to total genital hair removal.

Advantages

The advantages are that you can:

1. Wear revealing clothes without embarrassment.

2. You feel clean and it’s very hygienic.

3. Many people the look is extremely sensuous. Men Love it and women often say oral sex is more satisfying.

4. It only takes around 30 minutes to do

5. As it is now so popular as a beauty treatment the cost is relatively cheap

So are there any disadvantages?

Firstly like doing your nails you will have to go back regularly every month or so. The major perceived disadvantages are the embarrassment and the pain.

Embarrassing?

Not really, your waxer has seen it all before it’s really like seeing your doctor.

While you do have the your hair removed by wax the pain is no where nearly as bad as most women think it will be and as you have further treatments the pain diminishes.

If you are worried about having a Brazilian wax, try and have the less severe Bikini wax first and see how you feel.

Make sure that you pick a reputable therapist and get some testimonials.

Brazilian waxing is more popular than ever and women today are finding out what women knew thousands of years ago there are great advantages to waxing Brazilian.

I received an email from my stranger yesterday afternoon. She says she’s not doing lunch, she skips lunch and was on her way out for a waxing appointment, the Brazilian kind. She’s a teaser isn’t she? haha.

Well I admit I wasn’t too sure what the variant Brazilian meant, till Mariana got online and explained it to me. I searched further on the net and found out this is so damn interesting.

Here’s to all the not-so-well-informed guys like me, that they may be informed of what men and women do these days to enhance their outlook.

The terms ‘Brazilian Waxing’ and ‘Hollywood Waxing’ are often used interchangeably to refer to hair removal in the genital area.
Specifically the term ‘Brazilian Waxing’ refers to partial genital hair removal, often leaving a strip of hair, whereas ‘Hollywood Waxing’ refers to total genital hair removal.
The term ‘Brazilian Waxing’ as used in this article refers to either total or partial genital hair removal.
Genital hair removal includes hair removal around the anus, perineum and vagina. Prices at beauty salons may range anywhere from $25 to $100 (USD) or more.
Many have all the hair removed. Some prefer to leave a tiny strip of closely-shorn hair in the front. It is now common for men as well as women to ask for Brazilian Waxing.
Tips When Visiting a Salon for Brazilian Waxing
1) After underwear is removed a beautician asks the client to lie down and raise the legs. Talc may be sprinkled all over the bottom, anus and vagina areas. Hot wax is then spread over all these areas and then ripped off with cotton strips.
2) A good way of finding a professional in Brazilian waxing is to ask through friends or at your local beauty parlor. It is better not to just take ‘pot luck’ by checking out the yellow pages.
3) Aestheticians who do Brazilian waxing see every part of you and many feel much less embarrassed with a professional.
4) Professionals will minimize the number of repeat applications over the same spot. Those not so skilled will go over and over the same area thus prolonging the pain or discomfort.
5) An experienced aesthetician will pull off the wax in a clean, fast movement. A less experienced one may hesitate causing more pain.
6) As the client is asked to spread their legs in various embarrassing positions, acting in a matter of fact way, treating it as normal, will help a person feel a little less self-conscious. Remember, that’s how the aesthetician views it.
7) Check out the salon that does Brazilian waxing beforehand to make sure it is hygienic and that the aesthetician is licensed. The license is normally displayed.
Check that fresh bed covering is used for each client and that the waxing supplies are sanitized and disposed of in a hygienic way after use.
9) Make sure your appointment is at least one week after a period so the skin is not so sensitive.
10) Make sure the hair is trimmed to about 1/8th of an inch. It should be free from oils and lotion to make hair removal easier.
11) Don’t rush the appointment. Allow plenty of time, at least one hour.
12) The pain can be reduced by using an antiseptic preparation in advance. Also, following up with a soothing lotion containing Aloe Vera or Calamine Lotion can reduce the itching and discomfort.
Why Is Brazilian Waxing So Popular?
Many just enjoy the clean feeling that comes with being hairless. Some who did it just to wear a bikini now keep it up because “it just feels great”!
Source: http://www.healthguidance.org/authors/519/Mike-Jones

Oh, here’s some additonal updates from her. After the waxing was done, she felt so smooth. It cost her 70 bucks to wax off a tiny area that took about 15 mins max! But she said “I don’t really feel comfortable now because I should be wearing something loose and cottony after waxing, tapi since I forgot that I’m having my appointment, I’m wearing jeans today” haha.

The waxing originated in Brazil for women wanting to wear the then-new thong bikinis, which was not widely popular inside the United States or Europe at the time. Only down in Brazil I suppose.

Arguably the coolest male singer on earth, Michael Franks.

Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums Elizabeth Wurtzel was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster.

Waxing is a deeply personal grooming decision, with extremes of opinion on both sides: It infantilizes women and makes them pay with money and pain for the privilege of adhering to an arbitrary standard of beauty! Umm… sorry, I guess I really got nothing on the “pro” side. So you can probably tell where I stand on the issue. I mean, I keep it neat, but I’m not going to rip it out by the roots. But I don’t argue with women who are pro-waxing, because arguing over pubic hair trends seems kind of silly. Besides, we all know the biggest obstacle to a matriarchal utopia is nipple tint.

So how can we dumb up the issue even more? I know, let’s ask Elizabeth Wurtzel her opinion! To sum up: Hair is “icky” (Why? Just cuz!); you’re not a “real” woman unless you fritter away precious time and money on the admittedly grim drudgery of pointless beauty routines and waste your sanity attempting to reach an unreachable ideal of beauty; men have always* and will always** like bald beavers, and we should always do whatever men want, apparently!

Why are still caring what Elizabeth Wurtzel has to say about anything? It’s been 15 years since Prozac Nation and the only thing of note she’s done since is fail the bar exam like a dozen times. Although that hasn’t stopped her from calling herself a lawyer. She’s even worse at passing it than she is at committing suicide!

*You sure about that, Lizzie?

**If Elizabeth Wurtzel has access to a time machine, why hasn’t she killed Hitler yet??

I was browsing at the topic of Brazilian Waxing(BW) at Flowerpod yesterday. The regularly mentioned names, other than the popular commercial Stripz and Honeypot, were 3 names who are home-based, namely Lynn(CCK-HDB), Kerry from GoldDust(Eunos-private property) and Randy.

Other than developing interest with Lynn who was situated near me at CCK, I was very very surprised that Randy, a male therapist was also enjoying the same favoritism by the girls, if not more. There were raves about how good, how patient he is, and get this, he does it free for 1st trial. Yeah yeah, I can see many eyes gleaming. And the more bizarre thing is that, for subsequent services, he doesnt have a specific charge too, just give any token sum will do.

\(=o=)/!!!!

Why like that one?!?!

That’s perhaps 1 of the reasons he’s so popular in the thread because some girls can go for FULL BODY WAXING and give a $30. Ah duhz~ Okie I know everyone loves freebies but for me, I draw the line at letting a male stranger sees my body this way, especially not important parts and definitely not parts which are hairy. Muahahahaha.

Those girls are so daring. Remember it’s home-based? Dont they worry at all about their safety
and “you know, thattt sortha things?” It’s like, you’re conveniently placing yourself at a super vulnerable position by being naked down there, lying on a bed in his home and ta-dah, spreading your legs a-p-a-r-t. *look skywards and tries to imagine*

*SHUDDERS*

No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no

I think even if the most unfortunate happens, for e.g, a rape, the victim might not win the lawsuit
because it will be a hard time for the lawyer to justify it’s not a willing party case, even when the victim is always in favor. Tough fight I guess.

There were debates about letting a male therapist do BW for females. Some said it’s certainly bizarre that Randy is not charging anything for his services, and will it be possible that he has some fetish or whatever while some jumped in to defend that he’s professional in his work and is just like any other doctors and gynecologists.

I’m not judging Randy or anything BUT I merely feel we’re definitely talking about 2 different matters here and it’s not a fair comparison.

For starters, out of 100%, 90% of doctors/gynaes are males. So it’s certainly a norm to have a male doc/gynae servicing for you because when it’s your health or baby at sake, you wont and CANT be that particular anymore. Especially when it’s medically necessary.

But for BW, it’s merely a part of grooming, at most you can argue, for hygiene purposes. It’s not medically necessary, not urgent(you wont die okie..) and out of 100% of BW therapists, only 1% are males(I’ve only heard about Randy all this while). So it buzzes me if a girl specially go to a male therapist when so many female therapists are readily available and just as good. Yeah, the fee. But like I said, for that free service or meager fee, if you have to subject yourself to such high risk, it simply dont not equate to me.

Again, that’s only my point of view.
If you really have a tight budget, yearns a clean pussy that much and dont mind the risk, Randy’s email is waxingworld@yahoo.com.sg.

Lynn’s hp is 94318234. 1st trial is $42

As for Kerry from Golddust(also advertised on Facebook), I last heard her services became not so good from a particular podder, perhaps after excessive business via much advertisement. She charges pretty high for a home-based salon too. It’s your choice. $46, but only for 21years and above.

Brazilian Waxing are just like hair-cutting. Different therapists and stylists do it in their own style.
So once you find the right one, just stick to it like glue.

(Disclaimer: I haven tried ANY of the therapists above, yet. Above are only my personal opinions with credits from Flowerpod. No responsibility will be taken for any assumptions made from this entry.)

Dear Alicia, our heartiest congratulations for your wedding today! Wish you and hubby have a wonderful wedding and an even more blissful marriage thereafter!

Love,
Adran & Fion

Here at Pearl Beauty Salon, Dublin 2, our new partnership with Lotus Beauty Salon is already beginning to bear fruit. We are now able to offer a full range of waxing options, including Brazilian, Hollywood, and just about anything else you can imagine for waxing! Male waxing also available.

Using only experienced waxing technicians, and our highly rated Australian Tea Tree wax products, we can guarantee the smoothest and longest lastest finish, and with a range of after care products to help maintain that silky smooth feeling, you can be assured of maximum self confidence and comfort after your visit to our city centre salon.

Prices for specialist waxing are currently subject to a 20% discount, making the price for a full Brazilian or Hollywood only €40! Call us now on 01 679 0625 to book your appointment.

Check out our other special offers and treatments by following the links.

by: stephen hall

If the bride has round face, then by adding height on the top of the head and adding extra fullness across the forehead with the sides close to the head or behind the ears can look good. You can flaunt some small hair casually hanging besides your ears. Face with diamond shape can also try this out as round face cutting and diamond face cutting match with each other. Heart shaped face can be complimentary with a hair do, which is full at the jaw line, and the hair should be done slightly off centre. Please remember your check bones and chins determine your hairstyle. To make it a hit it’s very important.

If anyone has long shaped face then she can opt for an updo. It should not be big, elaborate like old Hindi movie heroine but simple and fresh. Updo hairstyle is a hit hairstyle today as it can be adorned with flowers and jewelry and Indian brides are liking it. Wear an updo and loosen some hair around your face and your forehead.

If any one has oval face then it is very easy to apply any kind of style because she can wear any style. For looking fresh and flaunting your long hair you may keep your hair down but on your wedding day please make sure your hair is extra voluminous and wide. So, it is advisable that try bun, updo surrounded by flowers, pearls or ribbon. A lower Bun can add extra softness to your face on your wedding bash. You can be creative with this style, which is traditional as well as new. Lower bun or soft or messy bun are very much popular now. Fresh and colorful orchids, roses or frangipanis can be used instead of jasmine or rajnigandha. To add glamour to your wedding bun hairstyle, you can use a tiaras or veils to complement the wedding hairstyle. The wedding hairstyle can include decorative beads and jewels that match with the color scheme of the dress. Notice that the look emphasizes simplicity – the wedding hairstyle is not weighed down with too much jewelry adornments.

The professional hair straightener, straightener and hair straighteners find out here with free shipping service.

For more information, contact Bree at:

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Sesungguhnya aku senang malah bahagia banget setiap kali secara sambil lalu kamu katakan di SMS dan BBM bahwa aku masih cantik dan sexy di usiaku sekarang ini. Pernah kamu katakan lebih dari sekali aku masih langsing, lenganku masih kencang, bau ketiakku masih enak (wow!), dan payudaraku masih sehat mempesona (ihhhh). Tapi seperti biasa aku pura-pura cuek nggak nanggepin padahal setelah itu aku ngaca apalagi setelah mandi mau tidur. Aku angkat lenganku, aku nikmati bayang diriku di cermin, aku kagumi dan syukuri payudaraku (duh kenapa kalau lagi begitu bisa mengeras pucuk susuku?) yang membuatmu kagum, aku sibak pelan lembah bawah berselimut rumput lembut yang kamu larang untuk aku trim karena katamu natural banget… Padahal aku mau coba brazilian waxing @ Sency itu!

Waxing is more popular than ever among women as it is clean allows the wearing of revealing under garments without the embarrassment and is considered sensuous by both men and women.

Let’s look at exactly what it involves, the advantages and the disadvantages.

Many famous people today have had the Brazilian wax and this has made it a fashion statement that more and more women are trying, but it’s not new and it’s not just a fashion statement- there are many advantages to the Brazilian Wax.

While Brazilian waxing is popular today and has grown in popularity since the late eighties it is not new.

Women were waxing thousands of years ago in the ancient civilizations of India, Greece and Persia.

What is it?

The term ‘Brazilian Waxing’ refers to partial genital hair removal which leaving a strip of hair or landing strip but also refers to total genital hair removal.

Advantages

The advantages are that you can:

1. Wear revealing clothes without embarrassment.

2. You feel clean and it’s very hygienic.

3. Many people the look is extremely sensuous. Men Love it and women often say oral sex is more satisfying.

4. It only takes around 30 minutes to do

5. As it is now so popular as a beauty treatment the cost is relatively cheap

So are there any disadvantages?

Firstly like doing your nails you will have to go back regularly every month or so. The major perceived disadvantages are the embarrassment and the pain.

Embarrassing?

Not really, your waxer has seen it all before it’s really like seeing your doctor.

While you do have the your hair removed by wax the pain is no where nearly as bad as most women think it will be and as you have further treatments the pain diminishes.

If you are worried about having a Brazilian wax, try and have the less severe Bikini wax first and see how you feel.

Make sure that you pick a reputable therapist and get some testimonials.

Brazilian waxing is more popular than ever and women today are finding out what women knew thousands of years ago there are great advantages to waxing Brazilian.

The Akasha Spa and Salon was recently profiled in Wasatch Woman magazine, here is an excerpt from the article

Online Feature: Attachment Therapy
Spa business in the family
by Emily Rodriguez-Vargas

Can you picture yourself working with your mom, every day, for years? Together with their mom, Pamela Manka, the sisters Breelynn Bailey and Shannaleigh Huish, own the Akasha Day Spa & Salon. And they have a party. They say it’s like working with your best friend.

Breelynn and Pamela, Akasha Spa and Salon

Before starting the Akasha Spa seven years ago, Breelynn and Pamela managed a construction business together. When Shannaleigh got her training in esthetics in L.A., they decided to get into the beauty and wellness business themselves and start their own spa. “The second time around,” laughs Breelynn, “you learn.”

In this business group, cooperating and sharing responsibilities are vital. Before moving to North Carolina, Shannaleigh had overseen skin care at Akasha. Breelynn specializes in massage therapy and nails, and Pam oversees and entertains the employees and clients. Together, they are a team.

Surprisingly, Akasha’s location on 331 East 400 South wasn’t always a center for wellness. Before the family purchased the building, it was actually used as a tire shop. A lot of remodeling later, the shop was transformed.

Now, unique corridors with stones leading the way, cozy pedicure seats, candle-lit and scented massage rooms, sauna and steam room occupy the space. In their boutique, one can find anything from stylish and funky accessories to spa products and make-up. On warmer days, the former garage door to the hair salon is opened, letting clients enjoy the sunlight and fresh air.

Continue reading this article at this link.

I was having my daily dose of Ellen on Channel 5 yesterday and life was all good.

Ellen was doing her usual opening act which would, as we all know, eventually lead to her dance routine.

I was mildly enjoying her remarks on the approaching summer, and the inevitable bikini waxing that follows.

Then Bam!

It jumps right to the audience. Clapping and cheering dutifully as they always do.

Oddly enough, I felt so violated! I say oddly ’cause it’s not as if it’s the first time I’ve come across censorship in Singapore, but I couldn’t wrap my head around what could have been so crude or harmful that it deserved a cut.

So like any dutiful resident of Singapore would do, I passionately expressed my disbelief and disgruntlement in the safety of my room and proceeded to search the uncut version on the internet.

It get’s even more ridiculous as I watch the uncersensored version.

All she talks about is what a brazilian wax is. And not even in any kind of graphic detail.

From about 3′00” to 3′20” is cut and this is what she says word for word.

“A brazilian wax, in case you’re wondering what that is, they wax everything from your belly button  to your knees, and from your lower back tattoo to your to the back of your knees. The entire area.”

Then Ellen makes some vague sweeping motions with her hands which succeeds to delight the audience. That’s all!

Seriously.

What is up MediaCorp?

How is that any more censor-worthy than your broadcast on primetime news about the oldest Japanese porn star a few days ago?

The news report of the heroic porn star even featured the movie set with a backshot of the man himself in nothing but what I now remember as a red sumo-wrestler underwear looking piece of clothing as well as the lady who was apparently the chosen one for that day. (additional fact, our 74-year-old movie star has been featured in over 200 films with women ranging from 20-year-olds to some in their 70’s as his partner)

I’m not arguing that this piece of information shouldn’t have been shared via TV, cause frankly I found it highly amusing.

My problem is the weird, and not to mention unreasonable, criteria that is used for censorship here in Singapore.

I mean, if I were given a choice to ‘protect’ my child from either the definition of brazilian waxing and Japanese porn for the elderly, it would definitely be the latter. Hands down.

Is it just me?

Am I overreacting just because my show was a victim?

You tell me.

NEW JERSEY CONSIDERS BAN ON GENITAL WAXING!

New Jersey knows best:

Carpet should match the curtains

Big hair everywhere.

infected hoo ha?

welcome to big bush country!

only in jersey

*** NJ Has Come to Its senses.  Pull down your panties, girls.  Waxing stays legal. 

… one more reason to dislike New Jersey. A ban on Brazilian waxing? Say it ain’t so! [via Bad Advice]

No doubt they’re sick, but how many of the 400-plus diners now claiming to have been poisoned by the Fat Duck restaurant are suffering from a different, and more pernicious, malaise: mass hysteria? Anyone familiar with the sorts of restaurants that snare three Michelin stars knows either to pass up on at least a third of the petite but monstrously rich courses and amuses gueules or to expect, ahem, consequences. But the crowd attracted by Heston Blumenthal’s telly-burnished celebrity are what Manhattanites call “bridge and tunnel”, overexcited suburbanites determined to wring every drop out of the experience, even if that means eating and drinking themselves close to death. No wonder when these over-satisfied customers hear rumours of food poisoning they flash back to their self-inflicted discomfort and decide that they too have fallen victim. They were anyway secretly disappointed with the experience; they had such high expectations of their outing that the reality couldn’t possibly measure up.

I’ve never been to the Fat Duck, though an admirer once took me to the Waterside Inn, the other Michelin-starred restaurant in the same village. The meal was memorable. Nothing about him was, not even his name at this point. Although he had a convertible. 

Cooking is for people who don’t have lives, but eating, well, that can be almost as good as sex, better than sex with my date would have been and better than sex with Graham ever was. On the other hand, sex and eating are terrible in combination. I’ve never understood the idea that there’s something appetising about licking sauces or chocolate off another body. That’s just a recipe for getting hair in your food.

Which is almost as bad as getting food in your hair. Poor Peter. Not only was M’Lord Mandelson slimed by a climate protester, but she chose to colour the custard she flung at him a symbolic green. Thing is, she’s probably too young and too focused on her single issue to realise that she’d invoked a completely different symbolism from the one she intended, not eco-green, but guacamole-green. I don’t think Peter ever did mistake mushy peas for avocado dip, but the story so perfectly encapsulated the culture clash between the dapper would-be MP and his target constituency of Hartlepool that it had a truth all of its own.

As I write, I find the sliming incident funny. At the time it happened yesterday morning I felt close to suicidal. I don’t use the word lightly, in the way men say they’ve got the flu when they’re sniffling. I mean that only the seemingly enormous effort involved in figuring out how to extinguish myself and then getting up to do it, or indeed getting up to switch off Sky News, which was running the Mandelson footage on a permanent loop, stopped me from taking action. I don’t know how I got dressed or made it to work, except that misery is more effective than any alarm clock and I actually arrived at the office earlier than usual. But once installed behind my desk I couldn’t move or do anything other than to stare at the screen and try not to think about his hand on the nape of her neck.

On Thursday I saw him coming out of the empty office that he and I have now used for several of our wildest encounters. It’s off a long corridor and I had already started to hurry towards him when she emerged. I don’t know her name, but I recognise her. She’s one of those academics the government uses to produce reports that recommend courses of action spookily close to those already set out in green papers. 

As Nick made to walk away she said something, and he turned and touched her briefly. Then just as quickly he pulled back and strode away with that jaunty gait of his, heading towards the stairwell at the far end. She just stood there, and I could see she was crying. 

So was I. There wasn’t any doubt in my mind about what I’d witnessed. I felt – I guess stricken is the best word for the horror and wordless pain – but also angry. Strangely what bothered me most was how bovine this woman was, chunky and heavy-jowelled. No comfort to be drawn from that. This was the worst moment of my life and it elided into the worst 18 hours, 18 hours of desolation and fury as I re-ran the past for clues. It’s one thing to share your lover with his wife, especially if divorce could destroy his career, but another to suspect a pattern of betrayal. But that’s what I believed I’d uncovered, seemingly incontrovertible proof that he had another relationship, and with that revelation came doubts about his love for me and his honesty, and that in turn called into question everything I’ve been doing and hoping for since Nick and I spent that first extraordinary afternoon together.

When finally he returned my calls yesterday, and that was only after I breached our rules and left a message with his secretary, I could hardly speak for weeping. Immediately he switched from stern (“Yes? What do you want?”) to solicitious (“Little cabbage, what’s the matter?”). “I know,” I told him. “I know about you.” Silence on the other end of the line. So I filled it, telling him what I’d seen. Another silence. And then laughter. At that moment, I knew I’d been wrong. If I’d caught him in a lie, he’d have blustered, probably raged at me. His laugh was utterly genuine, relaxed, and so was his explanation. He didn’t hesitate or over-elaborate like liars do. They’d been in a meeting, he said, with another minister and a gaggle of advisers including a rival academic and there’d been an argument that got out of hand. Insults were exchanged, cow-woman got upset, and Nick took her aside to calm her down. “What better place to go than our room?” he asked. “But I did find it hard to concentrate on her, thinking about how many ways I’d fucked you in there.”

So there you go. Like a novice at fine dining, I’d mistaken my own self-indulgence for poisoning. Nick is innocent, as Blumenthal will probably prove to be. I wonder if the chef is as forgiving as Nick, who says all I have to do to atone is to get a Brazilian and a pair of crotchless knickers.

Bush.

Talk about a loaded word.

This could go so many ways… the fires in Victoria… that one guy who lived in the White House for a few years taking up space and choking on his own vocabulary… or, yes, you may have guessed the direction I am heading. Down. There. That bush.

Completely inappropriate, I know. And now that you are aware of the focus, feel free to forgo the rest of this tome. And for all you Pervy McPervisons out there, there are no photos.

It started out like this: I am in front of my locker at the yoga studio…and, like how people always do, all of us sort of use basically the same lockers everyday, or at least the same vicinity. As I am one of maybe three gweilos that go to this Planet Yoga, there is not a lot of conversation in general (cordiality for sure… and I am hoping to improve my Cantonese through auditory osmosis) but we generally just sort of coexist. And so I am there getting dressed. As I am half way to standing up there is a huge, and I mean HUGE bush right in front of me. This gives me pause for several reasons. First of all, most of the women at my yoga studio are modest to the point of waiting to change in one of three little dressing rooms. Secondly, this woman is tiny. But – Oh. My. God. The hair! Oddly, she has a towel wrapped around her chest. I am suddenly harshly thrown back to the horror, (the horror!) of the Edison Chen scandal that simply rocked Hong Kong. The locals were absolutely horrified by the girl’s behavior (some took issue with Ed as well, offering HK$50,000 to cut off one of his hands) but most people I knew were more shocked by the insane amount of bush. One of my male friends said he was not aware that hair even grew in the places that the photos depicted. I know, I am being gross. You were warned.

As soon as I could right myself and get out of the bush, it got me wondering. This is a subject that comes up far more than you might imagine in conversation; the whole ‘personal grooming’ debate. Actually, the frequency is a bit freakish. Waxing and manscaping have taken up quite a bit of discussion time in my book group, for example. And it works itself into lots of other discussions in strange ways. However, I feel comforted to know that we are not alone in this pubic fascination (okay, that may be overstating it, but you know I am prone to hyperbole.) Just a few weeks ago, the illustrious Jenny McCarthy said, “I only really read Playboy now to see what a pussy should look like. I need to know what kind of grooming patterns are popular nowadays.”

Some of the other ways this has worked its way into conversation? Take a look:

Talking about Burning Man an old friend told me his buddy had a stall shaving bush on the playa. I laughed and shared this story with another friend in Hong Kong who was asking me about Burning Man and she laughed too, and then said, “Wait, who even has bush anymore?”

Another time I was sitting with a friend who was telling me she had made an appointment with her wax specialist because her boyfriend was coming to see her. She was trying a new place and so the next time I saw her I asked her how it had gone and she said, “Great… when XXX saw it he clicked his heels and said, ‘Heil Hitler!’”

Another time a friend of mine who works at a spa was sharing a story of some drama associated with doing a laser Hollywood (that would be permanent removal of all pubic hair by laser, for those of you not in the know) and I said “Laser? Why would she want that?” To which my friend replied, “Why would you want pubic hair?” I replied, “It just seems  like a big commitment. I mean what if the bush comes back? The Afro did.”

In a conversation with one of my manscaping male friends I was describing a date I had gone on. At which point he asked directly, “Does he manscape?” For a moment I had no words. So I ate some of my Thai beef salad and ruminated.

In my book group when we were discussing a particularly poor piece of literature the discussion made its way around to waxing versus shaving. To be fair, I have no recollection how it came up… but there we were making the one guy present a little squeamish. One comment was “My daughter wouldn’t dream of having hair down there. None, nothing.” The corresponding rejoinder was, “Seems a little weird to me, like trying to be a child.” Someone else said, “Do guys like it?” At which point all eyes turned to our one representative of said gender. In an (un)related note, he has not been back to the ‘book’group since.

When another revered friend of mine said “Why do I want to look like a plucked chicken?” on the suggestion of just giving it a try, a second friend said, “she just doesn’t understand.”

And you know all the topiary-like designs have names. As I already mentioned there is the ‘Hollywood’ – that’s taking it all off. Then there is the ‘Brazilian’ – leaving whatever shape you like in that one little spot.  I am wondering what the other ’styles’ I have seen at the gym should be called. I have some ideas. I will keep them to myself.

I suppose like everything else, it is a cultural thing. For those of you who have come over to the regionally-identified waxing procedures, you are aware of the level of intimacy involved… So perhaps some people just aren’t gonna go all the way for their aesthetician. That’s cool, I think I am just gonna have to find a new way to orient myself when I get dressed after yoga… because you know me, I am certainly not going to actually move my locker location, and I have to say, after the last eight years, I am way over bush.

Sorry if I got “Let it snow” stuck in your head for the rest of the day. Oops It’s an absolutely frigid day here in New York and we’re expecting an inch or so of snow later on. So let it snow AND let it grow!

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Say ‘farewell’ to Bush 20% off brazilian wax special at the spas. Did you book your appointment yet? Waxing is a way of life, ladies! Once you wax you’ll never go back. Why on earth would you want to shave every day (or whenever you so choose! I don’t judge….) when you could take it all off and not have to think about it for a few weeks? If you’ve never gotten waxed, there’s no time like the present!

My first waxing experience was my brows. I wasn’t planning on it, but I went for a facial at Bliss Spa. The wonderful and uber-talented Margarita at Bliss 57 suggested I try waxing to get rid of all the teeny tiny hairs that I would never get if I plucked. I was a die hard plucker since Junior High (and before the plucking days I had a major case of muppet eyebrow).

Yup, there’s me on the right. ANYWAY, those days are long gone. And, once Margarita got her paws on my brows, I retired my tweezers. Tweezerman, we had a long courtship, but you are just not meeting my needs anymore. I found something better. His name is Poetic. He’s low heat, stripless, and he doesn’t irritate me.

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I went for my first waxing experience in HK at Nude this evening and I’m glad to report that it didn’t turn out too bad. In fact, I was quite impressed. The therapists speak impeccable English, they have the latest international women’s magazines to entertain waiting customers and I love the cosy interiors and lounge music they play.

I signed up for a buy-2-get-1-free package so that costs me S$50 for each treatment. Pretty good! Given how its closest rival, Sense of Touch costs about S$80 per treatment! I’ll try Sense of Touch next time just to have a comparison.

In terms of the pain factor, it’s the same as Strip in Singapore where no matter how used to waxing I am, it still hurts for that moment when they stripped off the wax strip. However, my benchmark for the ultimate no-pain salon is Honeypot in Singapore.

I’ve been to Honeypot twice and honestly, it surprises me how painless it is every single time. At Strip, I would have to ask the therapists to remind me when I need to breathe in and out but at Honeypot, I would be like “just do it!”

I was chatting to my therapist, Bingo (O_o), and she said hardly any local goes to them as the Hong Kongers don’t have a waxing culture. I told her it’s just a matter of education as Singaporeans didn’t know the hygiene of waxing as well. At the back of my mind, I thought the whole Edison’s sex videos would scare the local women into waxing after seeing how scary what’s-her-name’s bush was.

Anyhow, Nude is at:

• 17/F Soho Square, 21 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central (this is the one I went to)
• 9/F Vic House, 4-6 On Lan Street, Central (this one is very new, only 2-week-old!)