Friday Hair Poll

[slemslempike]

Okay, I have created A Poll of Great Importance. It is about hair, and the lengths thereof. It is open to everyone, but the answers are private, because of the last question, to which, in case anyone wants to know, my answer is "yes", and I don't mean the small fine hairs like on the back of my hands, oh no. I wish to know if I am a freak. (I am using my birthday icon from coconutswirl because of the pigtails. It's a theme.)

ETA: Oh, damn. Where it says "less than usual, more, more than usual", the middle option is meant to be "the same".

[Poll #501596]

Comments

[yiskah.livejournal.com]

I always have to expand on my poll answers, don't I? Re. head hair, it's between chin and shoulder length, and none of the answers really fit because I swing wildly between short and long hair - I'll grow it and grow it until it gets to about bra strap length, and I'll like it for a few months, and then I'll snap and cut it all off to about ear length (with variations in style), and then I'll love that for a few months and then decide to grow it again. I am right in the in-betweeny stage at the moment, which I loathe and will have to suffer through for another few months, but I want it to be plaitable by the time I go to Sudan. In short, I have no 'usual'.

For the armpit and leg hair questions, I answered as of right this moment. In general, I am hairy in winter but I shave in summer.

For the pubes, they generally remain untrimmed and unshaved, though I have had a Brazilian in the past.

I don't have bum hair, but I do have other little weird patches of hair on my body - on my chin, my neck, my boobs, etc., so I certainly don't think you're a freak (and for all I know, I could have bum hair but I've never noticed it and Mark's too polite to mention it). Basically, I have all those troublesome hairs that women are supposed to get when they're menopausal, so I dread to think what will happen when I am menopausal myself.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I have just realised that it's getting a bit summery, and that I might think about going back to less hair for that. If I want to wear a skirt to work, I should probably shave my legs, although I bought some pumice mittens from the discount shop just because I really don't think that they will work. We shall see. But my leg hair got really long this year, and I'm entranced by it. Maybe I will just wear trousers until I have to be a bridesmaid.

[yiskah.livejournal.com]

I've used pumice mittens before (when I first wanted to dehair my legs I was about 11, and my mum didn't want me to use a razor because I'm so clumsy, so she bought me the pumice things instead), and as I remember they worked really well. Where did you get yours? I didn't think they were around any more.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

QUality Save! One of those shops where they have some end of line items, and name brands that are cheap because they're close to sell-by date. They were about 50p for a pack of three. If you don't have Halfpriceorless.com shop or Quality Save, I can get some for you.

[sam-t.livejournal.com]

I discovered this week that Pepys shaved with pumice, so maybe it does work. I don't really think I want to do that to my skin, though, it's uppity enough as it is.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Interesting! I'm going to have a go anyway, but I shall have buckets of moisturiser standing by for repairing the damage.

[yiskah.livejournal.com]

It didn't damage my skin at all, and, as I remember, was actually quite good for exfoliating - the skin on my legs is always quite dry.

[sam-t.livejournal.com]

I might look into it when the eczema clears up, then. At the moment I'm either not shaving them at all or shaving very very gingerly.

[sam-t.livejournal.com]

The things you learn on LiveJournal...

http://www.livejournal.com/users/pepysdiary/232008.html

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I agree with him about this:

"the hereditary curse of child-bearing, which seemed a pretty strange expression."

I shall try the pumice stone and report back!

[zoje-george.livejournal.com]

Wait, wait! There is such a thing as rubbing all the hair off your legs with a pumice stone instead of shaving?! Really?

Oh I would like that so much more.

[sam-t.livejournal.com]

We're all waiting for a report! Go and try it NOW! (Did that work? Am I scary?)

[zoje-george.livejournal.com]

Well I have a nice pumice stone, but... does one use with loads of shower gel? Soap? Plain water?!

Oh hell, I should just go try it in the shower, shouldn't I?

[sam-t.livejournal.com]

Oops, sorry, I didn't mean to give orders to you! I meant slemslempike, as she was going to try it anyway.

[zoje-george.livejournal.com]

I got that, it's okay.

Heh.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

The instructions on the back of my thing said to use them on dry legs, and then have a damp towel for afterwards. Apparently the white powder is perfectly natural.

On the mittens, it says to do small circles at a time, and do four clockwise rotations, followed by four anticlockwise rotations.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

It is very scary, the more so since I can't do anything until I get home on Monday! I may well try it though.