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One more reason to Wax it

The popular wax bar, WAXIT recently opened their first Cape Town flagship store, and we paid them a visit. If you’ve been considering having hair stripped from your body, this could be a sign.

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Getting a wax is quite an intimate experience so you can only imagine how I felt when I arrived at the WAXIT bar in Table Bay. This, after much deliberation with self…

I’m at a point in my life where I’m open to trying different things and seemingly on this Thursday morning, waxing is one of them. As a teenager, I used shaving cream but my skin would react so I figured, I’d just use a razor. Quick and easy right? (minus the random painful cuts). I became aware of waxing in varsity when one of my peers would mention that they went for a Brazilian. Huh? The reaction from the group would be giggles and high fives, which was always confusing to me. So I started Googling and to my horror, it’s not at all what I expected. Honestly, I don’t even know what I was expecting.

I’m chuckling as I browse the pamphlet when I finally arrive at the wax bar. With the formalities out of the way, Nolundi, the friendly beauty therapist politely asks which treatments I’d like. To which I smile…it’s my first time, I say, so maybe let’s just do the face today. “Are you sure?” she asks, “You could also try the legs…” and jokingly suggests the Hollywood. I browse the pamphlet again to make sure I heard her correctly, There’s just no way! Before I know it, I’m on the warm bed, the ambience is great and the conversation is flowing.

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My face already feels smoother after having my brows, lip, chin and cheeks done. So I ask her to move to my legs, it’s starting to feel like a massage until she starts waxing the back of my legs. Ouch! I exclaim but it’s the kind of pain that doesn’t linger so I find comfort in this. And this gives me the courage to tell her I’m happy to try the Hollywood. “You’re brave!” she says. I laugh it off until it gets real again. I enjoy the warm liquid on my skin but the room temperature changes every time she peels it off.

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At this moment, I’m wondering what I agreed to, I’m almost tempted to ask her to stop. “Take a deep breath and exhale,” she says. I practice deep breathing as I try with every fiber of my being to keep calm. Also, Nolundi’s laid-back demeanor makes it easy to look past the awkwardness, and it’s honestly not as painful as I thought it would be.

We continue chatting again like old friends with a few glitches as I take a moment to acknowledge the pain. I keep looking at my skin and besides the fresh feeling; I can already see a difference. “Do you think you’ll come back again?” she asks inquisitively, oh absolutely! It’s an easy yes because I see how this could be part of my self-care routine. It also helps that at the beginning of the session, she mentioned that unlike shaving, the hair takes a while to grow back. So I’ll be seeing this awesome beauty therapist in six weeks. I look forward to our next girl chat, I mean, session.

So if you’ve been wondering if you should wax it or not, I say do it! It wouldn’t hurt to try or would it?

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About WAXIT

A popular wax bar defined as a refuge of removal, a haven of hairlessness, a sanctuary of smooth. They have so cleverly created a place where men and women alike can go to wax it expertly and discreetly, free from the intrusions that come with visiting full-service salons.

For more information, visit www.waxit.co.za

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