do NOT try this at home.

at lot of my friends wonder what i do on my days off at home. i think this is a prime example of the chaos that occurs when i try things on my own.
i'm starting this whole "saving money" thing ever since my hours got cut this year. so when i was about to book a waxing appointment for today, i realized, hey i have wax at home and i have alot of time before Ellen comes on tv. so i decided to wax my legs by myself. this was the first mistake.

i heated the wax in the microwave, all the while setting up a little station at the kitchen table. i put the wax on and was impressed with myself; i actually believed this would work out well. the minute i pulled the waxing paper back, it completely dissintegrated on my leg. half was in my hand and the other was condensed into the wax. i tried several and they did the same. so now i was stuck with hot wax/paper stuck to my leg and hands. i was frantic to get it off, so i decided to use magazine paper. second mistake. it did the exact same thing. not to mention as i was moving around, hot wax dripped onto the chair(which is material), forever ruined and beyond salvation.

i decided to try plastic sheets that come in another kit of wax. they worked. so i was able to complete my legs and remove most of the paper stuck on (probably the most painful thing imaginable). but now i was stuck with all the wax on my hands and legs. ASSUMING wax was water soluble, i decided to take a shower. third mistake.

this wax was not water soluble. what resulted was my hands sticking to my hair when i tried to use shampoo to get it off. at this point i was near tears based on how incredibly annoying this situation was. i get out of the shower with soap on my head and wax on my hand and read the box. this wax was oil soluble, and comes with a tiny capsule of oil. i emptied the whole thing onto my hands trying to get this stuff off. as it started to, i realized everything i touched since then was sticky (door knob, shower head, my clothes, the sink).

it took me about an hour to remove the greater part of wax from my house and self.

in conclusion, my legs were waxed in the most painful method, my chair is ruined, i lost a lot of head hair in the process, and i wasted an afternoon and patience.

ill spend the 60$ next time.