I Finally Got My First Eyebrow Wax... And My First Eyebrow Wax Rash
One of my proudest achievements, next to having a rather uncanny ability to guess celebrity lookalikes, was the fact that I had never gotten my eyebrows waxed. It was my ice-breaker at cocktail parties...
View ArticleI Got Waxed By A Trainee Because It Was Free
I guess I've always been a bit of a masochist, minus the self-loathing. My brand of masochism is rooted in stubbornness and pride. I was the kind of kid who would hold her breath at dinner instead of...
View Article7 Coachella Beauty Tips Other Websites Aren’t Going To Tell You
It’s time to change up some of my usual products to ones for desert living, because COACHELLA IS THIS WEEKEND! And also NEXT WEEKEND! Yes, I’ll be gathering up a group of some of my most favorite...
View ArticleI Love Hair Removal, And I'm Not Sorry
I’d say I’m the hairiest woman in the world, but from the stories my waxer tells me, I know that’s not the case. I’ll settle for being one of the hairiest women in the world. I blame it on my Indian...
View ArticleI Don't Want My Fingers To Be Hairy When My Boyfriend Proposes
My boyfriend of over seven years and I have finally decided to give into societal pressures, also known as my mother. (JK, Mom, I love you!) But seriously, my mom’s pressuring has finally taken its...
View ArticleI'm OK With The Fuzz Above My Lip (But I Still Wax It Now And Then)
As I’ve mentioned before, I sprouted a little lady mustache as a tween. My mild case of facial pilosity developed around the same time as the hairier 12- and 13-year old boys at my school were...
View ArticleSo, I Finally Got My First Brazilian...
I’m going on vacation next week and just wanted less “stuff” to worry about. I feel like everyone has been getting Brazilians since Carrie Bradshaw accidently had her nether regions completely sheared...
View ArticleI Have A Medical Condition That Gives Me A Goatee
I have a secret. It's not a fun, sexy secret like, “I don't wear panties at the gym!" (Is that even sexy?) No, this is an embarrassing and decidedly unsexy secret, a secret I’ve (mostly) kept for about...
View Article7 Movies That Make Beauty Products And Treatments Incredibly Unappealing
I will defend my--and your--right to love beauty products to the death. OK, maybe not to the death; but if anyone tries to pooh-pooh my enthusiasm, I can't stay quiet. Even through...
View Article10 Guinness Beauty Records You Should Totally Try To Break
Have you ever wanted to be sort-of-famous for something kind of pointless and beauty-related? Guinness World Records can help! "One of the world's best-known brands with 98% prompted recall in the...
View ArticleBrazilians And STIs: Yeah, There's A Link
Did you guys read Emily's article on xoJane yesterday? It's called "Why I'm Done Talking About Whether Or Not It's OK To Shave My Vagina," and to summarize... well, I'll let Emily summarize:I have...
View ArticleThe Best Beauty Spots In Minneapolis, According To Me
I moved to Minneapolis for college in 2006, and despite its godawful cold weather and streets that get so teeny from snow piles you can barely wedge a car in them, it wormed its way into my heart. It's...
View ArticleWhy I Let My 12-Year-Old Daughter Get A Keratin Hair-Straightening Treatment
As a curly-haired Jewish woman who came of age Brooklyn/Manhattan/New Jersey-style in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, I know what it’s like to have hair that frizzes when the humidity exceeds two...
View ArticleI Got A Bumkini Wax, And I'll Explain What That Is If You Haven't Already...
My first and only experience with waxing came courtesy of my mother when I was 14-years-old. For some reason, my aunt had given her a box of waxing strips and I, being the grown woman I thought I was,...
View ArticleI’m Almost 24 And I Just Lost My Brazilian Virginity
A few weeks ago, with my 24th birthday rapidly approaching, I decided it was time to book my very first Brazilian wax. I’m not a big fan of the totally hairless look, but in the summer I get really...
View ArticleEverything You Need To Know About Epilation
Ah, hair removal. Is there a more inconvenient beauty ritual? Probably not. Most of winter, you can find me lounging around with gorilla-esque legs. Come summer, though, I like to be hair-free...
View ArticleThere's a Right Way to Shave Your Bikini Area, and This Is It
Oh god. I can’t believe I’m writing about my bikini line on the Internet, but here I am. I promise you, I won’t go into unnecessary detail, and I also promise you that I probably am 5000 shades of red...
View ArticleOne YouTube Beauty Expert Comes Out and One Slips Down
A few weeks ago, we posted a Danica McKellar quote to the xoVain Instagram account that, while not exactly the kind of cute little quip so many find Instagram-able, really resonates with a lot of...
View Article10 Beauty Rituals and Tools I Find Downright Terrifying
Most of the time it's great being a girl (or a guy who enjoys the finer, more feminine aspects of life—hi Tynan!). You can play with makeup and hair, change your look all the time, and enjoy lots of...
View ArticleI'm Waxing My Own Upper Lip for the First Time and Posting Close-Ups on the...
Two of my mother’s personal care aversions that rubbed off on me growing up are tampons and waxing. While the tampon discomfort was overcome by the lure of hot tubs with boys as a teenager, it has...
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