h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

See, it´s painful and about beauty and therefore has to be blamed on men, how typical. But I thought they had invented some methods of removing hair semi-permanent. Whatever happened to those?

No, reread it! I almost-but-not-quite blamed it on a man. I think the blame eventually landed with a woman or women unknown. I do enjoy being waxed, and I think it lasts well. As far as semi-permanent hair-remover: I know nothing, so I can't comment.

Fenny

I thought waxing was semi-permanent... shows how much I know.
I think half the unpleasant beauty treatments were thought up by women, since we also in the past came up with 'one must suffer to be beautiful'. We still do stupid things, although they're optional now- eyebrow plucking. Is this really necessary? It's something men never mention, so it's obviously not important to them that women should have pencilly eyebrows. I think that, subconsciously, some women who think they're paragons of beauty like to compell other women to suffer so they think you have to work at it. How can you be beautiful if you've got a face like a radish?

I really found that offensive :D Your gross may be my beautiful, and it so happens that Radishes are the epitome of attractiveness. Did I mention that Pretty-toes has a face like a radish?

Fenny

That :D was meant to be

Oh, well...

Fenny

When I think of radish-faces, Tamara bloody Beckwith springs immediately to mind. She is also the reason why eyebrows should not be plucked.
What makes his toes pretty?

Pretty toes? His feet are long and elegant, well-arched, and so on. Someone once called him Pretty-toes when he was a kid, and he's decided that his feet are his best feature. (Obviously, when I decided he was "my man" I was studying him from head to pretty-toe through his socks, with x-ray vision!)

x x Fenny

I don't know about eyebrow-plucking! Just thinking about that makes my eyes water. Funny that I can have my legs, underarms, and etc. waxed, but the thought of a pair of tweezers has my head hiding in horror!

x x Fenny

Remember that Seinfeld episode where Elaine is trying to fix George up with a friend?
"She has nice eyebrows"
"Who cares about eyebrows?"
"Women would kill for eyebrows like that!"

I also can´t remember ever having heard a guy express amazement over what nice brows a woman had. But I suppose that´s cos we look a bit lower down than the eyes

I had my eyebrows waxed once Somehow, without the furry caterpillars, it didn't look like my face
Had a lover that didn't like bodily hair at all so I ended up waxing things like forearms and toes as well as all the usual.

I agree that hot wax on the legs can be quite nice in the winter but surely you can't seriously enjoy underarms and bikini line Fenny?

I agree with your boyfriend I want a sign that says "Women, please keep your body hair within the designated areas."

About semi-permanent. I meant more semi-permanent, not just semi-semi-permanent I thought they had found some way of using electrolysis to kill the hair cells.

Waxing is not good done by self, It would probably be ok done by someone else. I just can't stand inflicting pain on myself, funny that

Also the growback, how can you stand it! Models etc don't wax because they can't afford to have hairy legs for 2 weeks!

On men, nice butts, I ignore feet, I can't stand them, a strong back is good too, I can't stand to look at a blokes back and not see any definition! Toned but not bulging!

Mel

I wouldn't like to have mass body hair out of control, but in the winter I can't really be bothered to do owt about it unless it's a special occasion. Long skirts, trews and tights take care of the aesthetics. However, if I was with someone who found it hideous, I wouldn't mind having to shave out of season- it's not like it's that much of a chore.
Backs- and indeed, all the other bits- definition is good, but muscles should definately stay where they belong- safely beneath the skin. What about those really huge protruding ones where you can see the veins?

Then clearly you would not wish to meet my brother. The man's a rippling obscenity.

And what's more, his muscles are so large and protruding that he can't even reach behing his back any more. The tit.

And to think that one of the last century's most powerful people was a skinny China-man. Arnold Scwarzenegger has a lot to answer for.

I'm very very lazy when it comes to shaving. That's why waxing makes a pleasant difference (in summer, as well as in winter, as I freeze whatever the weather). Mel, it doesn't hurt much, honestly Actually, the first time was just before my wedding, and I was hysterical anyway (it did hurt, a bit, but only as much as scratching with sharp nails!)

I would have it done a lot more often, if it weren't for two things: First, that it's almost criminally expensive (about £30-40); and Second, that it doesn't seem worth it without the bikini wax, and most of the Local Lady Salons have a problem with that in a way that the London Salons apparently don't.

Eyebrows waxed? Feet and toes? Don't think so! But there's no definition of precisely how far I'll go in the name of beauty to enjoy my man!

With reference to Pretty-Toes and his muscles... It appears I may have mislead! He doesn't have bulgy muscles, he has strong arms and legs. Nothing shows, but his limbs are firm to the touch where my dad's are just bone - there's a definite improvement!

x x Fenny

I could never pluck my eyebrows. Too much of a coward.
But waxing wasn't too bad.
Don't think I'd do it again tho

Just do the lip and chin now (Who would want to be a bearded lady)

Muscles are SO horrible when they can't straighten their arms because they bulge so much and have to walk with thembent like a gorilla's
And they think they look good

A lot of blokes to training to make up for the fact that they are short, they just over do it though

Mel

And the strong-women are just WRONG.

I always wondered, where do bodybuilders keep their wallets? It doesn´t seem they can really reach any of their pockets.