Smooth Like a Dolphin
August 15th, 2008 @ 3:37 pm by Mrs. Gummi Bear
There is no way to say this delicately, but it has to be said.
I wanted to have all my hair ripped off pre-wedding. Yes, all of it. I wanted to be smooth and aerodynamic, so that should I need to fly or swim faster than someone else, I would have an edge.
if challenged to a slip ’n slide contest, I’d totally rock you
I’ve mentioned this before, but I’m a pierced freak. I have holes in places that don’t belong, and probably ones that you can’t even imagine. I needed to find someone who was comfortable working… around… them. And someone who made me feel comfortable, because let’s face it, you don’t want anyone near your “bathing-suit-area” that has bad bedside manner. I just didn’t need a horrified face looking at my robo-crotch reminding me of exactly all the things I probably should never have done.
This is how I found my hair-removing goddess. She spoke to me on the phone about being comfortable around piercings, that I could come in and we’d just work around them and then make a decision about how to deal with them in the future. She was so comforting and so gentle, and as it turns out I have a high tolerance for pain, that we just went for it on the first day!
It doesn’t hurt that she’s basically across the street from me. Even if you’re not a special needs freak and you’re just looking for someone to trust with a good brow wax… or perhaps the wedding is the excuse you needed to get your future husband’s “fur vest” removed, Ellen Olson is your girl.
Don’t look at me like that, I know you’ve thought about waxing the man! C’mon, even the uni-brow he’s sporting? Maybe just that stray brow hair that you’re dying to pluck out, but he’s too light of a sleeper for you to do it without him noticing? Call it a “couples bonding” event.
Ellen Olson Esthetics
580 Grand Avenue
Suite 213
Oakland, CA 94610
510.268.9500
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14 Responses to “Smooth Like a Dolphin”
I do wax FI’s brow! He actually requests it. For the manscaping I totally recommend the Sally Hanson wax strips. The small ones are the perfect size for in between brows. One rip and he is good for weeks!
That’s right in my neighborhood too! Awesome!
Thats awesome that you found someone you like! I LOOOVED the chick that did my first wax. She was cool and collected and made me feel as comfortable as I possibly could have been. She even had me laughing with stories from a waxing convention she had been to! Unfortunately, I moved, and have yet to find anyone here I like. For whatever reason, its pretty rare in this town. But Im moving out to Cali this winter so I figure I’ll have some options.
BRILLIANT idea in talking to her first about being careful around piercings! Especially since that has the potential to go so terribly wrong.
omg gummibear, you are too hilarious. lol. “robo-crotch” . you made me choke on my diet dr. pepper @ work. We should write a joint post lol
Mr. CP just had his eyebrows waxed for the first time and it was SO handsome.
Also, piercings are hawt. I have some controversial ones too. High five!
“robo-crotch” nearly made me pee myself!
Well played gummi bear, well played.
Ah, I also manscape!
Also, I was confused about your post at first. We actually GOT a Slip n’ Slide at our wedding shower!
My husband has exactly 2 chest hairs and I find them totally hilarious, but he gets all freaked out whenever I start playing with them because he knows I want to yank them out! I am terrible at impulse control sometimes. One time, I had my bare foot near his leg hair and I wondered what would happen if I curled my toes. he screamed and felt so guilty!
All of you who have men (or are men!) who do hair removal, I’m jealous. And Pedicures?!?! If you had a photo of Mr. GB’s feet, you’d SWEAR it was a photo of a hobbit foot. That’s how bad things are… anyone want to help me knock him out and take him to a salon?
Robo-crotch is only one of many fond nicknames I have been given!
FI wanted to know why there was a slip and slide picture on my wedding blog, so came over to read the post when I went in the other room. Then he followed me and mock-yelled indignantly, “You are not getting anywhere near the hairs on my body while I sleep! I’d end up having to hit you (ie wouldn’t be able to help it as I startle him awake) and then I’d feel bad!” It made for much laughter, thank you!
Mrs. Gummi Bear, San Francisco
Age and Occupation: 25, Japanese Importer/Illustrator
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Game Developer/Programmer
Engagement Date: April 15, 2006
Wedding Date: October 13, 2007
Blogging Since: June 19, 2007
Venue: Organic farm an hour from San Francisco
About Me: I live for anthropologie, design blogs, sweets, japanese zakka, and vintage goods. We just bought our first home together and live with our two puppies and cat - it's a strange mixture of vintage, high-tech (we have 7 computers and 21 video game systems in all), and a whole lot of fur. Our wedding tries to embody the Japanese idea of "slow life", which is truly taking the time to enjoy food, company, and your environment!
I LOVE YOU for broaching this subject! We all need some landscaping once in a while, and sometimes it is best just to get a clean start, if you know what I mean…. and I think ya do
Meanwhile, I love my man because he’ll get his eyebrows waxed semi-regularly and isn’t afraid to get a pedicure with his woman. That’s a real man, man!
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