Another (and much better!) brazilian bikini wax

I think this cat has just had a bad brazilian :) 

Long time, no see. I know, I owe you this review or a long time already, but due to unexpected circumstances I had to postpone both the wax and the review for some time. But here it is.

The cat's picture I stole from here.

For my second brazilian bikini wax I went to a salon called Kamibi. It is a somewhat funny African themed beauty salon in Tallinn. A piece of the interior looks like this:

This picture I stole from here.

This time I didn't prepare myself much, as I knew it's not so bad. I was mentally ready for some pain and discomfort though.

When I got to the salon, I was led to the procedure room accompanied by the waxer Kadri.

To be honest, the room looked a bit shabby and bare, with an artificial palm for hanging your overclothes and a big giraffe painting on the wall. The waxer locked the door and started to wash her hands and prepare the tools.

It felt somewhat uncomfortable to undress in front of the waxer, but what the hell. I was given no disposable thong either, I had to climb to the waxing table butt naked. While doing this, I noticed that the towel the table was covered with looked not so clean and new and there was no disposable paper cover on the table. Hmm.

I don't care much about the disposable thong, it doesn't give you any real coverage as the waxer has to pull and tug it away all the time anyway. It is more of a disturbance to the waxer's work than a protection to your modesty. But I feel I deserve a clean bed and a clean towel.

Kadri covered me with another towel, asked me to bend one leg to the side, sprayed some Cutasept and talcum powder on me and began. She used Sukar products.

Guess what? The whole thing was over in about 20 minutes. I couldn't believe it at first.

Kadri was really quick and skillful with the whole thing and while I felt some minor discomfort and a startling feeling when she was doing the most sensitive spots, I can't say I felt any real pain. She didn't ask me to pull my skin with my own hands either and did it all by herself, shifting the towel and occasionally asking me to change positions.

She was very thorough and achieved a really clean and nice result with barely any redness and swelling and no sticky feeling afterwards. It even made me grin, when she was eyeing my bikini design like an artist would look at the painting to make sure it was all perfect.

On the other hand, she was not wearing any rubber gloves during the procedure. That made me a little uncomfortable too, because there is a possibility of some nasty diseases spreading. I'm not completely sure spraying Cutasept to the hands and the client's privates helps. I think I shall ask about it next time.

It is really true what has been said many times about the bikini waxes: the first time is the worst and it gets only better every next time. And as I found out on my own, khm, skin, the experienced waxer is very important as well. Kadri said she has been in the body waxing business for 16 years and doing the brazilians for 10 years. That's some experience, right? She was really astonished to hear that my first bikini wax took 1,5 painful hours!

While I'm still on the fence about all the hygiene requirements being followed completely in Kamibi salon, I think it was still a good waxing experience. In fact, with the clean towels and gloves it would have been nearly perfect. I would not recommend Ingli Roos salon for bikini waxes any more  (see my previous review here), although the salon looked a bit fancier.

I think the morals of this story are: be very careful about choosing the beauty salon. I think it goes for the Estonian salon scene in general, not only for brazilians.

The brazilian at Kamibi costs 27 euros, I got it for half price, as I had a pre-paid voucher. If you think about the clean feeling, the comfort of being virtually hair free for weeks and the cost of good razors nowadays, even the full price it's not that expensive.

No pictures this time either :P If you wonder, what design did I get, it's called the Landing Strip (see here).

Sincerely Yours,

Tolmu Rull

For my lovely Estonian ladies:

Teist korda käisin brasiilia vahatamist tegemas salongis Kamibi. Seekordne kogemus oli eelmisest palju parem – kõik oli valmis ligikaudu 20 minutiga, valus polnud peaaegu üldse ja erilist punetust pärast protseduuri ka mitte. Seega supertöö Kadrilt, kes oma sõnutsi on tavalist vahatamist teinud kuusteist ja brasiilia soenguid juba kümme aastat!

Samas ei saa öelda, et kõik oleks olnud perfektne. Olen selle salongi suhtes kahtleval seisukohal, sest ruumike, kus protseduur läbi viidi, polnud just kõige hubasem, käterätik protseduurilaual polnud ka just kõige puhtam ja vahataja ei kandnud kummikindaid. Tunnistan, et ma päris täpselt ei pannud tähele, kas ta laotas selle rätiku lauale minu jaoks või see juba oli seal enne. Kahtlustan siiski viimast, sest pärast protseduuri silus ta räti taas sirgeks, mitte ei võtnud kohe ära ega visanud pesukorvi. Ma saan aru, et vautšerikampaania oli ja kliente on palju, aga ikkagi...

Minu jaoks on see paras mõttekoht, sest mingeid haigusi ilusalongist ma küll saada ei taha. Kuidas teie arvate, kas tasuks vaatamata neile kitsaskohtadele uuesti minna?

Ingli Roosi salongi ma vahatamiseks küll enam ei soovita, sealne kosmeetik oli Kadriga võrreldes tõeline kobakäpp. Teen täpsustuse ka oma eelmisesse arvustusse.

Brasiilia vahatamise hind on Kamibis 27 euri (suht sama, mis mujal salongides), mina sain vautšeriga poole odavamalt.

Siiralt Teie,

Tolmu Rull

My first brazilian

 

So I finally did it! I have been planning to get a professional bikini wax (or should I say sugaring? ) for ages, but never had enough courage to go and get one. I know, I know, this is a sensitive subject, so I try to be completely honest and not to be too graphic, I promise. Or not :)

So far, I had removed my bikini hair with a hair removal cream (messy and didn't work well), shaving (needs to be done often and the result is less than exellent), with an epilator (needs a ballerina's bend to reach all areas and is quite painful). I wasn't satisfied with any of these methods and needed a completely new one.

As brazilian waxes are quite costly, I bought a 50 % off voucher from a coupon site and booked myself an appointment. I also figured that forewarned means forearmed and read Rowena's memoirs (here) and (here ) and some Estonian journalist's experience ( here).

A few nights before the appointment I had complete nightmares on the subject and even considered cancelling the appointment. My husband's constant teasing on the subject didn't help of course :)

Preparing myself for the treatment I let my pubic hair grow for about 5 or 6 weeks, so I was really bushy. The 70's porno star bushy I mean. Not a good feeling, no no, especially when it's bikini wearing season here in cold north.

My other preparations for the wax involved taking 400mg-s of Ibuprofen to tame the pain and gulping down a big glass of wine to work up the courage.

When I got to the salon Ingliroos (here), I felt my suspicions grow, because it is located in a hotel near the port and I felt that the salon was meant for Finnish seniors who get only back massages and blow dries, not Estonian ladies planning to beautify their most intimate parts. It didn't help that the salon was completely empty when I got there and nobody came for ten painstakingly long minutes.

Finally the beauticians came from their lunch, chewing the last bits of their salad, and I was told that they haven't really pencilled down my appointment :S

Fortunately, they could fit me in (I hope you can sense the irony here) and off we went with a Russian lady to the beautician's den, where I was asked to lie down, remove my undergarments and put on some disposable thongs that didn't cover much anyhow. I felt really awkward and vulnerable lying there!

Then the beautician came, heated up her sugar wax, got some wooden spatulas and paper strips and began to work. She asked me to bend one leg to the side, shift away the paper thong, stretch my down-there skin with my hands, appilied the wax, smoothed on some paper and ...pulled away.

Not so painful, but startling.

Really startling. I literally jumped at every pull. Couldn't control myself. The beautician tried to soothe me in words and with her hands but it didn't help. I clearly understood that I was not in so much pain, but the sharp pulling effect got the better of me every time.

Eventually, we agreed that I was going to get it all off, because my hair down there were too long to leave the “landing strip”. The waxer even had to chop some off with the scissors as they interfered with the waxing. She told me that she used the sugar method that was said to be less painful for the client and more comfortable for the waxer, as it is possible to do the same area more than once.

After a fair amount of applying the wax and pulling I was asked to lie on my stomach and a roll of towels was put under my lower body so that my butt was literally in the air. Yes, you guessed, she was going for my butt crack hair. Fortunately, I don't have a lot, but the concept of a brazilian means that you have to get it ALL off.

Surprisngly, I didn't feel embarrassed at all. The beauticians manners were really sweet and discreet, I could see that she had to do a lot of work with my bush but she still felt embarrassed for the pain she caused me and tried to comfort me that next time the procedure will feel much better and easier.

The truth was that I had expected the wax to be much more painful than it really was. In fact, at some point it felt even relaxing like a massage. I even tried to comfort the beautician that she needn't be worried about the pain.

It took about an hour and a half altogether, so at the end of it my back was completely tired and at the end I was bored to death with staring the ceiling and saying an occasional “Ouch!” when the waxer reached some sensitive spot.

After the wax the whole area felt really-really sticky, but not achy or swollen. After I'd had a shower at home, I really couldn't believe how soft my lady parts felt. It was quite hard to refrain from touching them from time to time (khm, I just did NOT say this!).

Oh, and just FYI, the sex did feel different and better afterwards. And some of my girlfriends actually asked to SEE the result :S

I stole the picture from here. About the picture – you didn't really expect to see the result, did you?

So, ladies just GO and DO it! It might be the beginning of a new addiction. I have booked my new appointment already.

What's up next, the vajazzling ? A pubic piercing perhaps?

Sincerely Yours,
Tolmu Rull

For Estonian beauties:

Sain viimaks tehtud oma elu esimesed “brasiilia bikiinid”. Kirjutan niivõrd intiimsest protseduurist pikalt-laialt seepärast, et kindlasti on teisigi, kes tahaks olla “sealt alt” mõnusalt pehmed ja karvavabad, aga pelgavad. Ka mina pabistasin enne päris palju, aga tegelikult polnud üldse nii hull kui kuulujutud räägivad. Vahatamine sai teoks juunikuus Tallinna ilusalongis Ingliroos. Ah et miks seal? Eks ikka seetõttu, et Cherry.ee-s olid müügil selle salongi vautšerid 50 % allahindlusega, seega sain kulmude kitkumise ja värvimise ning brasiilia vahatamise suhkruvahaga kokku 20 eur eest.

Algul kohale minnes tundus küll, et tegu on soome penskaritele mõeldud salongikesega, sest see asub hotellis Domina Ilmarine. (Olen alati imestanud, et miks küll on selle hotelli nimeks pandud teatud tüüpi seksmängudele viitav Domina, aga see selleks.) Kui see välja arvata, et mu telefonitsi tehtud broneering oli salongis kirja panemata, sujus kõik kenasti. Kosmeetik leidis minu jaoks aega, polnud üldse nii valus ega piinlik kui ma ette kujutasin ja tulemus oli superpehme ja mõnus! Ainsa miinusena läheb kirja asjaolu, et aega läks tervelt poolteist tundi. Venelannast kosmeetik oli minu suhtes väga-väga kaastundlik ja pärast anti salongist tasuta kaasa ka karvade sissekasvamise vastu mõeldud kreemituubike. Ja pärast tundus mu bikiinipiirkond nii-nii pehme! Imepehme! Seda soovitan küll, et bikiinivahatamise ootuses ei ole mõtet poolteist kuud karvu kasvatada, nagu mina tegin. Siis kasvavad need liiga pikaks ja kosmeetikul on keerulisem oma tööd teha. Ja sul endal on veidi valusam ja ebamugavam. Aga muidu – minge ja tehke ära!

Kas ma soovitaksin salongi Ingliroos teistelegi? Jah, miks mitte. Kas ma läheksin uuesti brasiilia vahatamist tegema? Mul on järgmiseks nädalaks aeg kinni pandud :) Siis jagan muljeid salongist Kamibi.


Siiralt teie,
Tolmu Rull