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AnneofAlamo

AnneofAlamo

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Legs. Razor.
Face, yep those hairs on my chiney chin chin. I used to tweeze, then cream... but life is too short, for ten years I have just swisher my razor across that little area. Done....Hahaha hasn't gotten worse, is gray now.
I made my hubby promise if I was incapacitated he would whoosh it off me daily with a razor.
One of my real life besties has never shaved her legs...blonde almost clear hair on legs.
And a funny with age...My legs are balding, for deals, think that is so way cool.
 
Lol! I love your topics Anne! Lol! I HATE shaving my legs, but I do it. We have a little square stand up shower so it's rather interesting to balance on one leg in there and not have the soap/shaving cream all rinsed off before you're done shaving. In the winter months however... the shaving frequency definitely decreases. :giggle And darn those chin hairs! Definitely finding more and more of those to tweeze too. I'd love to have laser zapping on my legs at the very least to never have to shave those again. Oh and don't get me started on the jungle that is my eyebrows! :gigggle LOTS of tweezing going on around there!
 
I was scared of razors when I was little so the first time I got rid of leg hair and under my armpits, I used cream. But the smell was sooooo bad that I switched for the razor after that. I am thankful to live in a country that has seasons though, because I definitely don't keep my legs perfectly hairless throughout the year.
 
eyebrows - tweezers
upper lip- wax
legs & underarm razor, which I do this every shower as I have to and I wear my jeans cuffed up a lot.
 
Legs/Underarms, razor.. maybe every 2 weeks or so for my legs... winter is less! I have very pale hair. Underarms are more often, and quite random.

Eyebrows, tweezing and a razor... yes, I know, shouldn't use a razor on your face... but it takes too long, and my eyebrows are pale. I actually color them when i color my hair. Plus, there's always make up to fix them, but I rarely worry about them. Though... it's a big thing right now. I just keep them neat.
 
I loathe shaving my legs. I usually decide just not to do it and wear jeans... or capris at home because I just don't care. On the positive, I buy less razors this way :giggle I do regularly shave underarms, because I wear a lot of tank tops.
I gave up on keeping up with tweezing my Eyebrows (I go to a place and have it waxed on occasion), never started on my upper lip (for fear of making that worse).
 
Well....since my husband is in Korea for the next year....I'll let you guess how often I'm making the effort to shave my legs. I get my eyebrows done whenever I visit the hair stylist, which is not very often these days either. I'm going to be a walking mess by the time he gets home!
 
My volunteer test dummy time while working in dermatology has taken care of my underarms & the corners of my upper lip. Yep, lasers. My eyebrows are naturally very arched, so I only tweeze when I know my picture will be taken. My legs are another thing entirely. Some hair is brown & some is very pale red. The red ones refuse to be shaved. So, I'll spend all this time shaving my legs, only to find out when I'm in the sun, that all these fine golden red hairs have stayed behind. Drives me nuts. Before kids I used hair remover. After kids, I try to keep chemicals to a minimum. Whatever.
 
AnneofAlamo said:
I made my hubby promise if I was incapacitated he would whoosh it off me daily with a razor.
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I have a husband who made this promise to me back when we got married in 2001. Now, he can barely see them. Having a female friend make the promise is a much better idea! and yes, disappearing leg hair is one of those aging blessings!
 
I haaaaaate tweezing. Ugh ugh ugh. I seriously squirm and grimace and tear up when the eyebrow lady is finishing up with the tweezers.

I wish I could be dipped in a vat of wax (well, with something to cover my hair & eyebrows, I suppose!) to get rid of it all in one fell swoop.
 
no eye tweezing - razor under arms and legs (they really don't have much hair so maybe once a month if I think about it).
 
Razors for legs and armpits, etc. I have really bushy eyebrows so I have to either tweeze/shave or go get them waxed. I wish I could get whole-body hair removal for everywhere there shouldn't be hair. Why does beauty have to be so hard for us girls?
 
Eyebrows - I get them waxed whenever I get a hair cut - about every 5 - 6 weeks
Legs - I shave every day - I just purchased Kiss My Face Shaving Cream (yes, for legs ... crazy name) from Amazon and LOVE it! It's creamy and smells divine! A little goes a long ways too!!
Underarms - every couple of days with the Kiss My Face cream
I don't have chinny chin hairs (yet?) - my mom did and they always drove her crazy!!
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Oh I'll have to try that cream Jill. I used KMF hand? body? lotion years ago and it really was good. I'd forgotten about it.

I gave up on those smelly 'remove the hair' lotions 1. cause I don't want to wait ten minutes or whatever naked and cold 2. the hair never seemed to come off totally. My granddaughters use those lotions because they have both been on swim teams for years. I should ask them for hints!
 
Anne, you are so funny. How do you think of this stuff? :eyeroll

To answer, I'm not that hairy of a person, thankfully. Hair only grows on my legs below my knees, and its pretty fine. ( although I get a few spares on my big toe now and again... like a hobbit I guess.

I usually wax or shave, but like you, as I age I think my legs are going bald, or at least the hair is getting so light and fine - its almost not there. (or maybe I'm just going blind...)

The hair on my arms has always been so fine no one can even detect its there. Armpits I just swipe at with a razor in the shower.

Now, my sore spot is my chin. I had my chin and the space between my eyebrows lazered and the unibrow never grew back, but I have two spots on either side of my chin and just under which drive me crazy. They just seem to sprout overnight. Shaving it leaves stubble - I pluck. Something I said I'd never do when I watched my mom's nightly vigil on her chin and the magnified mirror. But I caught my sister performing the same ritual one day so - I guess it is what it is.
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I barely shave my legs once a week in the summer time. Now that it's October, probably not going to shave till March. :giggle My underarms I tweeze though, I tried a razor when I was younger and got so many bumps. Also I'm scared of nicks.

I tweeze my eyebrows on a regular basis. I get them waxed for spcial occasions but it hurts! And I've taken a razor to my upper lip on occasion.
 
Legs, girly parts and armpits I shave almost daily.. I am a hairy hairy person.. seriously dark .. fuzzy.. i would look like Neelix if I did not shave almost daily!

Face.. i wax or thread when I can but seriously it gets expensive and I break out horrible from both.. so I tend to run the razor over it more than I should..

I have tried creams but they just don't seem to work on my thick dark hair.. and just smell and make me break out
 
I wax the brows and upper lip about every 4 weeks or so. I shave the pits and legs when I see it growing. In general, all of it is much lighter and there is less of it then when I was younger. That is good.

Another bad thing about getting old - losing that up-close vision. I can't see my armpit hair anymore and have to guess if I am getting it all. Reading glasses don't help, I have tried. Guess I could use a hand mirror, maybe.
 
BevG said:
I can't see my armpit hair anymore and have to guess if I am getting it all.
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So true so true...I have to stand in front of the bathroom mirror after I think I'm done and check and maybe go back into the shower. I need a personal groomer!
 
Personal benefit to lymph node removal and chemotherapy -- my armpits are bald (or one has a few that have to be shaved occasionally) and legs are partially bare -- so on the rare times I have to do anything it's usually razor
 
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