Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/beauty/s/2eZJeKl4cp
To give a quick recap (go to the original post if you want to the full derails): A while ago I posted on this sub because I attempted to give myself a Brazilian wax for the first time at home. It went horribly wrong and I ended up having to book with a professional the next day to fix the mess. I was using soft wax and I didnāt know what I was doing. I had previously only done my legs and thought āhow hard could it be?ā I swore to everyone that I would never attempt to do it myself ever again, that it was a hard lesson learned.
However, I refused to give up. Iāve had quite a few Brazilians done professionally and the waxer always left hairs on me.. $100 + tip is a lot of money to spend for an incomplete job. One time the waxer even bruised my leg. Why am I paying all this money to someone to wax me who canāt even do it right? When I could do it myself at home for FREE?
Thatās when I discovered what hard wax was. A non strip wax that doesnāt adhere to skin, is FAR less painful (in my experience), and even grabs all those stubborn tiny baby hairs so I donāt have to tweeze anymore???
So I bought myself a bag of cirepil wax off amazon, watched some demonstration videosā¦tried it on my legs a few times, and said screw it. I am not going back to the salon and paying over $100 just to find little hairs left on me the next time I go use the bathroom.
So I sat down with my mirror, took a deep breath, and anxiously applied a first strip to the bikini area, trying my best to replicate the same kind of application that the professionals used in their videos. It wasnāt a perfect application, but it was good enough. I used the stick to flick up a little piece so I could rip off the strip, counted to 3 and closed my eyes before quickly ripping it off and bracing myself for the worstā¦.only for me to barely feel any pain. I opened my eyes thinking I applied it wrong and hadnāt pulled up any hairs, only to see that my bikini line was BALD and that strip was FULL of hair.
My flabbers were gasted! I couldnāt believe it. The bikini line was by far the most painful area with my previous at home waxes with soft wax. After staring at the strip in disbeliefā¦I anxiously applied another strip. And another and another, closing my eyes and bracing myself for the worst each time. Only each time I was surprised at how well I tolerated it and how unpainful it was.
I have since been doing my at home Brazilians with hard wax for about 7 months now! So, in short, I did not learn my lesson LOL. Iāve improved with every wax Iāve done on myself and I havenāt touched my soft wax pot since. No more salon trips for $100+ just to go home and still have hair left :) it might take awhile and be really awkward having to get in all those odd positions..but I get the job done.
TLDR: tried a Brazilian on myself with soft wax once, went horribly, discovered hard wax and never looked back.