Hot Mamas Know- April

Welcome to the April edition of Hot Mamas Know! Where real women share their best secrets for looking and feeling our finest. (catch up on the full details here).

Here’s my tip of the month…

Hallelujah Wax

Let’s talk about hair. And no, I don’t mean the luscious, flowing, toss-over-your shoulder, Pantene kind of hair. No, I’m referring to the course, wiry, unsightly stuff that pops up everywhere from your armpits to your upper lip to… well… “france.”

(If there are any men that read this blog, this is your cue to STOP READING.)

As I grow older I seem to get MORE and MORE hair.

Is it punishment for living? do I really deserve one more thing to deal with?

I hate it. I abhor it. I wish it would just GO AWAY.

But making it GO AWAY turns out to be a bit of a nightmare, resulting in redness, swelling, rashes, pimples and every other unsightly skin flaw known to woman-kind.

Finally, in all my aged wisdom, I’ve found a product that works better than anything else I’ve tried (and believe me, I’ve tried a lot!)

The Sally Hansen All-Over Smart Wax hair Removal kit.

(I call it Hallelujah wax because the first time I tried it I cried out HALLELUJAH! Seriously… it works that well)

It smells good, it’s easy to use, and it WORKS.

Be warned, if you’ve never experimented with waxing before, it hurts. Like BAD. But you get used to it. (sort of) And I haven’t found anything else that works as well.

A couple key tips for waxing-

1) It hurts, so brace yourself. But, like with a band-aid, fast and hard is the only way to go.
2) Exfoliate before waxing to minimize ingrown hairs and pimples.
3) Apply tea tree oil to waxed area immediately after waxing (I prefer this to the oil that you typically get with waxing kits). Its natural antiseptic quality helps minimize white heads and pimples, and it soothes your skin (and helps you rub off the excess wax).
4) It’s better to do small areas at a time, especially when you’re new to waxing. Cut up the cloth strips to smaller sizes that work for you.
5) Read and follow all directions, even the ones that seem silly (I learned this the hard way).

Now I want to hear YOUR tips & tricks! Write your own Hot Mamas Know post on your blog, then come back and add a link to it here using the fields below. (get code for the graphic and more details on entering this event here).

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