We waxed my leg last night. I say “we” because A was the one doing the actual yanking, and I say “leg” because we only managed to do my right leg and only below the knee. Now, I’ve been getting waxed for about six years. I detest shaving so much, and I’m so bad at it, that it’s been worth it for me to spend the money to have it done professionally in a way that will last longer. But for some reason I decided I wanted to try it at home, and A agreed to help me. It was much stickier than we realized; she had to wash her hands afterward with mineral oil. The wax was also purple, which was weird - in salons the wax is usually honey-colored, but theoretically this had lavender in it, so they made it purple. I also had to take it back down to the microwave twice during the process, so next time we’ll probably just do it in the kitchen and keep the wax on heat by putting it in a pan of hot water. It took about as long to do that one part of my leg as it would have for a professional to do all of both legs, but it didn’t hurt any worse than getting it done in a salon.

Anyway, I got my usual hive reaction when we were done, and it’s still there almost 24 hours later. For some reason I felt like taking pictures of it, so now you can all see too.