[auralpoison]

Oh, crap. Sorry, Koffee. The search can be wonky if you don't know how to work it. If you do the search from this thread, only two threads come up: this one & the small boobie thread. Nads straight from the Lounge, well, we've had a few trolls over the years that were CBT enthusiasts, so that's where a lot of the 'nad abuse stuff comes from!

And yup, it was short for Nadine!

I had one of those crazy hair "buffers". It did work, but I felt kinda creeped out sitting in a drift of dead skin & hair. I mean, I set out newspaper & stuff to catch it all, but still.

nads was the first non-shaving hair remover (well, besides nair, probably) that i ever tried. the original product was basically a sugaring kit. it was nice in that it dissolved in water, unlike wax. a lot of people say that sugaring is gentler than waxing, too. i'm not sure if i have found that to be true.

It's all about pain tolerance. CH has her cookie sugared & stands by it.

[enfermera]

nads was the first non-shaving hair remover (well, besides nair, probably) that i ever tried. the original product was basically a sugaring kit. it was nice in that it dissolved in water, unlike wax. a lot of people say that sugaring is gentler than waxing, too. i'm not sure if i have found that to be true. i WILL say that if i buy the prepared strips, the ones with the "sugar" stuff do a much crummier job of removing hair than the ones with wax. i think this is why it was originally advertised as painless--as it was the first time i'd ever ripped out my leg hair by the roots, it was not painless at all.

oh, interesting aside: the original infomercials for nads told this back story wherein the creator developed the product as a gentle, all-natural hair remover for her 5-YEAR-OLD-DAUGHTER (nads was short for...nadine, i think?), who had such dark hair on her arms that, although she had never complained about it, her mother knew she must be ashamed. yeesh.

when it came out, i was unfamiliar with the slang term for male genitalia, and thus embarrassed myself once or twice in conversation.

[crinoline]

On NADS - My friend and I tried it together. She has thick, coarse hair, and I have fine, thin hair.

It didn't work at all for me, it just couldn't grab the hair. It DID however, cause some unsightly bruising where it managed to adhere to my skin.
It didn't work for my friend because, although it got some of the hair, it also ripped up little pieces of skin, resulting in bleeding AND bruising.

We followed the instructions exactly, so I would say that we would NOT recommend it. Except maybe as revenge ... on our worst enemy.

ETA: We tried the No-heat original gel, which is really more of a sugaring product.

Has anyone tried the famous Seiko Cleancut? I'm thinking of getting the Cleancut ES412, I found it on Amazon for like $35.

I'm interested in it's well-touted use for the pubic region, but I really also want to use it on my legs, for the aforementioned fine, thin hair.

Any advice shaving ladies?


Also - epilators scare the ever-lovin' crap outta me! Those little insect-like pincers crawling down your skin ... ewwwww! Props to you ladies brave enough to use 'em!

[koffeewitch]

What's funny is that when you do a "nads" search in the Lounge, you come up with "kicked him in the nads" and the like.

I did come across a couple posts that both seemed to agree that Nads is the pits. "Horrible" and "painful" were the operative words. *sigh* So much for bullshit info-mercials. I'll be keeping my hairy legs and pits.

[auralpoison]

Yes, but does it work? Of course their website will tell me it's the greatest thing since heroin...I was looking for something a bit less biased before I plunk down $20.

Yes, I know. But, see now, this is the thing: there are several different methods of hair removal under the Nads banner (gel, wax, depilatory cream, a wand, etc) & most people don't try every single product they have. You actually knowing a bit more about *which* product you *might* want to use might help Busties' give you better information, no?

Also, there are several pages of archives you might want to look through to find your answer. I typed Nads into the search for this forum & it highlighted several different mentions of said product.

[koffeewitch]

Yes, but does it work? Of course their website will tell me it's the greatest thing since heroin...I was looking for something a bit less biased before I plunk down $20.

[auralpoison]

It's called Nads because that is the name of the woman that invented it's daughter. Everything you ever wanted to know about Nads is on their website.

[koffeewitch]

So what's with that "Nad's" shit or whatever it's called...the shit with all the info-commercials that's *supposed* to be painless? Anybody use Nad's? What's the skinny?

[dayglowpink]

angie- read back through the thread. There are some posts from those of us who have tried laser. I had a bad experience but there was someone else who I think had a pretty good one. Let me know if you have other questions.

[enfermera]

totally true, ap. totally....true. it also makes you red for longer, even on your eyebrows.

[auralpoison]

This may be a legend, but I swear I remember that they advised women to not use their epilators right before & during their periods. That the hormone fluctuations actually made it hurt worse? Does that sound crazy or am I remembering correctly?

[angie_21]

Well I waxed my legs at home 2 weeks ago, and by now there are definitely many stragglers growing back, so I searched through the storage room and brought the ugly old epi machine out for a test. A friend recently recommended making sure you only use it when the hair is really short, so I just let it grow for a couple days after shaving. With the small amount of short hair, it actually did just tickle, although very uncomfortably. I even used it on the outer bikini line without it hurting too much. I'm thinking if I ctach regrowth once every week, maybe it won't be all that bad to keep using it! (it sure was easy, and since I bought it 5 years ago, it's also the only hair removal I can do completely for free)

Mine is plastic, but with metal tweezer things attached. My mom had one that was far more efficient but very painful, it was kind of a metal coil, with little hinges that would catch the hair. The coil was wrapped 3 or 4 times around the head of the machine and it spun really fast, so that it pulled hair in every direction. Terrifying.

I am going to be travelling a lot this summer, and thinking about trying laser on my pits. I could get in 2 sessions before travelling, I think... And pits are relatively cheap.... But I am very skeptical. Anyone with information? Thoughts?

[enfermera]

angie, i think mine is the same as yours. my mom has an emjoi optima, and it is a little higher quality tool; all of the pieces that grip the hairs are metal, whereas half of the braun ones are plastic. it might work a little better, but it's been a long time since i tried it.

i will say that i've noticed that the hair on my left leg has thinned out quite a bit. i think this is because sometimes i will start waxing or epilating, and then because of time or getting frustrated or just needing a break, i'll quit after doing just one leg--usually the left. as for pain tolerance, mine gets better if i do it regularly, but every time i let it slide for a couple of months, i'm right back to being a wincing, sweating baby.

i'm giving shaving one more try. i'm trying to be diligent about exfoliating, and then using moisturizer with a few drops of tea tree oil mixed in (i think that was a good tip, culture!). i've also stopped wearing the knee socks i love, in case they are encouraging hairs to get ingrown. and since i'm not seeing anyone, i don't have to hear whining about my razor-sharp stubble.

the guy i used to fool around with, who was No Good for me, but i couldn't stay away from, loved every manifestation of my body hair, from totally bald to fully grown-out, and everything in between. he thought it was all sexy. i think that spoiled me a little.

[angie_21]

I don't know if this has been addressed in the past, but what brand of epilator do you use, and has anyone tested enough to know if some are better than others? I have a Silk Epil Eversoft by Braun. It has this dumb "skin massager" that doesn't really do much other than slow down how much hair you rip out at once, making it less painful but it also lasts longer. I'm going to try it on my recently waxed legs now that the hair has thinned out (it's been almost 5 years since I last used it because even the sound it makes causes me to get all tense and scared because I know it hurts so damn much. Waxing is so much easier, but I get all itchy and bumpy for a week afterwards so I never get to enjoy the smoothness.

I've never noticed a huge amount of hair thinning *sigh* but my pain tolerance does go up every time.

[luleey]

like nbdx just scrolled thru the thread out of interest...i hated shaving for years and resisted it, but my hair is really dark and coarse and i didn't like the look of it all grown in, either. so yes...i got an epilator and have been usin' and lovin' it for years!! all my friends are horrified but seriously, you get used to it, and i only use it once a month. even on some of my girly parts! it's kind of like waxing, where you have to pull the skin taut and make sure the hair is a good length but not crazy long. and epilating, like waxing, totally thins out the hair over time. you have to get your skin used to it and go slowly sometimes, though.

nothing like not having to shave every week anymore and havng constant black stubble!

[nbdx0645]

I've spent some time catching up on this forum topic...I'm intrigued by it. I never really questioned why I shave; it simply became habit. I let my leg hair grow out significantly (I'd say 2-3 months of not shaving. Hooray for winter!) and I liked that I didn't have to deal with shaving, but I didn't like how my hair made me use significantly more product to moisturize my dry skin. I took a bladed razor to my legs, and even though I shaved with the direction of hair growth the results were catastrophic...

I tried Veet, but it takes sooooo long, and the results are not as satisfactory as wet shaving with a bladed razor. It didn't dry my skin out terribly, but it left a bizarre film on my legs. I ended up buying an electric razor off Amazon. I don't like shaving in the shower, does anyone else feel that way? I'd rather sit on the floor and shave while I'm watching TV. I've used an electric bikini trimmer for my muff for years; I just sit on the toilet and shave to the desired length no more residual hair in the tub!

I don't really care for 'silky smooth results' (if I achieve that, the next day I'll be prickly, bumpy, and irritated) so I've been pleased with my purchase. Does anyone else electric shave?

Though, as a final note, I must say...I stand in awe of the women here who wax their snatch at home. I don't have the guts to do it.

[enfermera]

yeah, i'm not too worried about the hair on my cooch; i keep it trimmed with the shaver attachment on my epilator. nobody sees it but me for the time being, and i like it with some hair, but neat. as for my legs....ugh, i don't know. i just feel fed up. i've tried exfoliating--with just a scrubby cloth, which doesn't seem enough, and with an exfoliating scrub with salicylic acid, which made my skin all ashy and flaky. i also have to be at work super-early and am baaaaad about making myself get up in time to do anything beyond the bare minimum to get myself out the door, so i often end up skipping things like exfoliating. meh. this winter i've been using veet depilatory cream about once a month just for minimum maintenance, but it's leading to some ingrowns too. and this new bottle i bought freakin burned me in little patches, which it hasn't done before!

and, yeah, i'm a nurse, so i realize that things like waxing are totally not personal for the person doing them, and i'm sure i'd get over it quickly. heck, i see so many naked people so frequently it barely even registers now when i see them on tv. i guess i just feel like complaining! i think i really just want to live in a society that reveres hairy-legged women, so i don't have to do anything about it thanks for the tips, ladies, y'all are the best!

[culturehandy]

I go for sugaring and as part of the aftercare, to avoid in growns I use either Aloe vera gel or tea tree oil lotion.

And like AP said exfoliate, exfoliate, exfoliate!!! My sugarer takes great care in my cooch and knows all about how to deal with my piercings. She's really lovely.

[auralpoison]

Enfermera, my pit/Britney hair grows mad weird. Thick, curly & it is not unusual to have anywhere from two to five hairs growing from a single follicle. I said fuck it on the pits, but I used to keep the field cleared for play until I was requested to stop doing so (Now I just trim to keep things neat). It's winter & boots are in style, so I am sporting my spotty winter leg pelt.

I used to occasionally use SoftSheen Magic Powder depilatory. It's designed specifically for black men's beards since those little curly hairs get ingrown/bumpy very easily. Smelled like ass, but it kept things neat as a pin. And it did have the upshot of *really* keeping the bumps/ingrowns away.

On the keeping the ingrowns at bay tip: 1) I seriously exfoliated the area very well every time I showered. I had a special pussy only BufPuf & 2) I applied unscented roll-on deoderant to the area after every shower.

The first time I had my cooch waxed, I felt really weird about it. I was letting somebody that wasn't a doctor or a lover have a gander at my nethers, y'know? Some strange, angry little Korean lady. As lay there having her apply hot wax to my snatch I realized that this is what she did all day, every day. Deforest pussy, deforest pussy, deforest pussy, deforest pussy, lunch, deforest pussy, deforest pussy, deforest pussy, deforest pussy, quitting time. It was impersonal to her, therefore it became impersonal to me.

[enfermera]

in spite of the fact that i'm blond and fair-skinned, my leg (and armpit and pubic) hair is very coarse, thick, and dark. the leg hair grows heavily along the entire length of my inner thighs, among other areas. on top of that, my skin is sensitive, and shaving yields red, irritated follicles, that are for some reason very prone to becoming ingrown and infected, giving my legs an alluring chicken pox look. i've done various home waxing jobs, with varied results, but in the end don't really have the stamina and pain tolerance to do it too often--i'll get a leg done and be so sweaty and frustrated that it's hard to do that next leg! getting it all lasered off sounds so great, but then i wonder if it'll all come back the next time my hormones change (if i, for example, get pregnant, or get on hormonal birth control). so your experiences are appreciated! i guess i should also consider getting professional waxes, but it just sounds so personal and expensive. eh, need to investigate, i guess. thanks for your responses!