6 comments:

Angela Brown said...

Hair removal. The woman's everlasting foe. LOL!

I was introduced to shaving as an idea but didn't do it myself when I was a teen. I didn't understand what my friends were talking about when they complained of "nicking their calf" while shaving in the shower.

I've gotten older - much older - and tried a few things like shaving (didn't like the nicks), Nair and Veet. I have found Veet to be my preferred hair removal product for my body parts below my neck. However, I still arch my brows with a brow razor. I fear the day is coming soon that I will have to go have my upper lip waxed because the idea of shaving off a peach-fuzz mustache just gives me the willies lol!

I have yet to date a man who was so hairy that I demanded he shave or wax...but I don't know what I'd do if I were in that position of dating Chewey's second cousin.

October 6, 2012 at 9:44 AM

Vamp Bard said...

Like Nima, I have sensitive skin. If I got my brows waxed, I'd be hiding behind huge sunglasses in stores and spend the weeke d at home...after carefully scheduling the appointment for Friday evening or early Saturday morning. I was giddy the first time I had my brows threaded! Nima had been talking about this artform for ages...but I live in BFE... we dont get threading until it's almost uncool.

I have a friend who was embarassed to remove his shirt in public even tho he was of average build and had nothing of which he should be ashamed. Except for the fact that Smoky the Bear had nothing on him for fur... His wife got him a gift certificate for electolysis down the road from their house. The 'fur'time sidnt bother her, but it undermined his confidence in himself. Mine Hellren doesnt have a lot of body hair... but does appropriately manage what he has. He required no instruction for that, either. I think that It'd be more of a turn-off if Chewie's second cousin didnt realize he needed to tame the undergrowth or that he was being pet like a dog and needed to defur.

Hairless hotties with naughty bodies? Eh. It's ok. I see body hair as a sign of virility on a man, I guess... On a woman, yeah. Women have a double standard to uphold. Smooth and sleek are the societal expectation. I'm ok with that!

October 6, 2012 at 10:25 AM

Vamp Bard said...

PS: Thank you for the eye candy!

October 6, 2012 at 10:27 AM

B. said...

Body hair. Grrrr. My skin's fairly sensitive, too, so I've always avoided Nair and creams with chemicals to dissolve the hair from my body. That they even exist kind of creeps me out. But, I prefer one of those rotating tweezer disc medieval torture devices, which really isn't so bad for the payoff of more time between removal).
http://www.emjoi.com/imagesEdp/p99369b.jpg
Meh. You get used to it.

The Spouse isn't very furry at all, so that's not really something I think about much, either.

The constant perfection of literary characters is astounding, though, when considered in such an all encompassing way. Darn them all!! The only time I've ever read about a woman even shaving is when the hero was helping her out by shaving her legs for her (and how smexy is THAT?!?! Good boy!!). Curse their perfect follicles.

(Nice pix, Nima! The last one scared me, though!)

October 6, 2012 at 11:43 AM

Jules said...

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October 7, 2012 at 12:15 PM

Jules said...

B you're right, the idea of a Daniel Craig type shaving my legs is totally hot...so long as you don't stop to think about the free floating hair in the bath water. When put under the spotlight, pretty much everything to do with grooming is a libido killer. I am always mildly amused when authors do their best to write about it in a way that builds tension. Lora Leigh bravely took on the opposite tack and made her Breeds covered in a fine pelt that appeals to the sensuality of soft, fine fur. I recently read a book where the hero had a mink blanket on his bed. His lover was practically climaxing before he ever touched her while she rolled around and luxuriated on the fur. Why are Singh's panthers and wolves sensual, but Smoky the Bear is rough and ultimately not sexy? It just reinforces the knokwlesge that I would rather live inside a book.

October 7, 2012 at 12:22 PM