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Hairy Arms
Since summer is about to start, I want to get rid of the hair on my arms. I usually wax them- which is highly painful, but I've been looking into possibly using something like nair. I was just wondering if those ACTUALLY worked well. I have pretty dark hair on light skin. Does nair work? or do you have any other suggestions for getting rid of hair less painfully...I know any method is gonna be somewhat painful...and have it last for a long time?
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Mmm to be honest...Nair is a PAIN IN THE ARSE. I use it on my legs and I think its alright, but the hair grows back fairly quickly. And it comes back darker and thicker..so if you want to nair your arms every so often, go for it. But there is a much less painful option. Now, I'm not sure how fast arm hair grows but I know that I have never shaved mine and it doesn't look out of control. So, hair bleaching. Lots of girls do it, ESPECIALLY to their arms because shaving and nair can get ugly, quick. I think you can buy hair bleach at walmart (same section you find nair in). Or if the thought of doing it yourself scares you..and you have hair on your arms like mine (mentioned earlier) you can spend a few extra bucks and get a salon to do it. It doesn't hurt you (unless you leave it on too long i guess, but that can happen with nair) and it makes the hairs blonde so you cant really see them. And since your skin is light..it shouldnt look weird. But if you just cant do it, nair works fine. It's just alot of hassle is all. Nair doesn't hurt and as far as I know, neither does hair bleaching. Nair lasts about as long as shaving, and you have to wait a bit for it to grow out long enough to be dissolved. Hair bleaching I would assume lasts as long as you have the hair on your body and since arm hair doesnt grow too quickly, it should last you a long time. However, over bleaching can be a problem. Especially if you get a tan. Then the bleach blonde hairs on your arms might become noticable as your arms darken. So it's up to you. Just to let you know, I've never bleached any hair on my body so I can't promise that everything I said is true. I don't know why it wouldn't be. So if you like the hair bleach idea, feel free to look into it a bit more. If you need anything, drop me a line in my inbox! I'll be glad to help!
Goodluck!
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Nair does work, but it's a bit tempremental. You have to put it on thickly and wait about 5 minutes (even though the bottle says three) and you have to scrub the stuff off, not just wash it, or the hairs wont get pulled out. And it doesn't work that well on stubble, so you have to wait for the hair to grow out again to use it. It's actually a bit more work then shaving, and lasts as long, but shaving your arms would be difficult, I imagine. I recommend nair-ing before showering, because it smells disgusting and you'll need to scrub it off.
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my friend has really dark hair on really light skin. she used nair and it worked really well. i think she has to do it about every week or so though. but keep in mind that in the summer your skin will get darker at the same time your hair will get lighter from the sun, so the hair might not be so noticable.
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