A while back, I saw a post by Alphabitch about how to wax your legs with duct tape. I read that and thought, “Damn, that is crazy… I think I’ll give it a try.” So last week, I got everything ready for the duct tape experiment. I let some hair grow on my calves for a few days. And then I got out the duct tape. Looking at the duct tape and then at my legs, I decided I couldn’t handle this experiment in a sober state. After a couple of glasses of wine, I was ready to go. So I slapped some duct tape on my leg and used Alphabitch’s technique…. and nothing happened. I tried a few more times just to be sure, but no hair ended up on the duct tape, dammit.
Perhaps a have super-strong leg hair, or I need to use stickier duct tape. Either way, I don’t think I’ll try that again any time soon. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to remove some leg hair in a more civilized fashion… with hot wax.
You know, I just don’t have the patience to get my legs waxed. I get my bikini area waxed quite often, though, go figure.
I’ve tried an Epilady once. That was enough.
This reminds me of one of my favorite movies…only you need a cigarette hanging out of your mouth and Meridith Brooke’s ‘Bitch’ playing in the background and some electrocution to follow…
You know, I think you have to let it grow longer for it to work because in high school the senior boys were always trying to get the freshman to try it on their faces instead of shaving….or maybe it was to pull the hair out to make mustaches, I can’t remember now. Only one very gullible boy ever believed them and tried it but it took off some skin with it so I think the best advice I can give is “do not try this at home, you crazy girl:)”
Career consultants advise their clients to lead with their strengths when writing a resume, because resumes are typically reviewed in 30 seconds. So I think you’re making a giant mistake if “I have super-strong leg hair” is not right at the top of your summary section.
I am so bummed to hear that it didn’t work for you. You’re the first volunteer, as far as I know.
It does require some substantial hair growth, yeah.
And if you have never waxed before, you’re probably right that your leg hair’s super strength could be the problem. Over time, the follicles do in fact weaken. Which is why it hurts less every time you do it (true of standard waxing as well). But it sounds like (?) you’ve waxed before, so that might not be the problem.
Also, I tried to emphasize in my instructions, but the pictures don’t show it adequately: you have to press very firmly while rolling it up your leg fairly quickly. Doesn’t work if you just yank it off the way you do with wax.
Further, the quality of duct tape does matter, and I don’t think I said enough about this in my post. The stuff you buy at the grocery store that says “duck tape” and has a cartoony duck on the package? Inadequate. You need the genuine high-end gaffer’s tape or contractor’s duct tape like you’d use for sheet metal. Costs more, yeah, but totally worth it.
ITchickie – what movie is that?
Chris – Ha! From now on, the opening line on my resume will be, “My super-strong leg hair will cut out the competition.”
Alphabitch – Bad duct tape… that’s what the problem was. I was thinking it wasn’t really sticky enough. I’ll buy some industrial strength tape and let you know how experiment #2 goes for me. Thanks for the tips.
Thank God I don’t have to fiddle around with that shit. Oh, wait, I need to run the razor across my face every other day or so. I’m not ballsy enough to try the tape.
Well, good for you pushing that waxing/hair removal frontier! I remember my first decision to do a leg wax and being a total cheapo bought a home kit and after burning half my leg and getting off about 1/4 of the hair where the wax was, I gave in and paid the money to be “professionally” ripped. I can’t exactly say, “best money ever spent” but still did the job. Look on the bright side, you still have a lot of duct tape and I hear it has a few practical uses around the house (like convincing your friends to wax their legs this way and then watching them while drinking wine)
I’ll try that on my balls.
That sounds like a good idea.
I can’t talk much about hair removal (two stories, both bad, not sharing) but I do love me some duct tape!
In the last month I have used duct tape as a band-aid, to patch a can off Mountain Dew with a pinhole leak, and to fix the plunger mechanism on my bathroom sink. OK, the last one’s a lie, but I INTEND to do it soon. That’s not to mention what I have seen duct tape used for at parties buahahaha…
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