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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1982)
Waxing away that unwanted hair OK gals, what's the only thing worse than kissing a man with five o'clock shadow? Making love to a man when you have the nubs You know — down there “Some women have a lot of hair around here and they want to get rid of it," says Jacqueline Joseph, indicating her upper thighs. "We call it the bikini area You can imagine how painful it would be making love with whiskers down there For get it.” But there is an alternative Joseph says she is the only professional hair-removal specialist in Eugene using the new “non-conventional" tech nique of removing hair with wax False images could easily leap to mind of those uninitiated to the finer points of depilatory wax — a leather-heavy lady hovering sinisterly over a semi willing victim, gleefully dripping hot wax from a candle onto various nether regions Sorry folks, this isn't a rehash of the Bloomingdale palimony trial The technique of removing hair with wax has been around quite a while and has gained considerably more respect than the aforementioned scenario In addition, Joseph believes than the new method she uses reduces the pain factor to almost nil for many people The advantage of removing hair by wax is that, ideally, it pulls the hair out by the root, which is based well beneath the surface of the skin It takes the hair a few weeks to grow back again, so legs, un derarms and bikini areas stay smooth considerably longer than when shaved And when the hair does break the surface, says Joseph, it is not as coarse or as thick as shaven hair "Freedom from razors,” is the biggest advantage, says Jo seph "It's great "No more irritated skin, no more nubs Once they start with Jacqueline Joseph uses a new technique to remove hair "less painfully," although the level of pain depends on the person me, they never go back to razors,” she notes Previously, Joseph removed hair by the ‘‘conventional'’ method, which involved pasting the hot wax onto the skin with a wooden spatula, adhering a fi brous tape onto the wax and then lifting the wax and pre sumably the hair from the surface of the skin Ouch The ‘‘unconventional” procedure, which was released onto the general market last February by a California-based company, first rolls the wax onto a polypropylene band of tape It is then applied to the skin and immediately pulled off "The advantage is that we re able to put the wax on so fast that it stays hot, and the warmth keeps the hair shaft open," says Joseph "The hair moves out easier, and that's why it's less painful." Just how painful is "less painful?" "On a scale of one to ten7 That's hard to say," Joseph re plies. "Every person has a dif ferent threshold of pain Most of the people I've worked with say it has no rating Others say five, or maybe eight But some peo ple are babies " In fact, one of the most com mon questions prospective clients ask Joseph is how much it hurts “All I can say is that I've tried all the methods, and this is the least painful. It just depends on the person,'' she says The most common request is for hair removal below the knees, which costs $20 and takes from 20 to 40 minutes Defoliating the armpits runs $8. and the bikini area job goes for $10 She has various other packages available, but does not remove hair above the seventh vertebra That work must be performed by a licensed cosmetologist Joseph, who also performs nail-manicuring services, is located above the Attic Dresser at 350 East 11 th Avenue She stresses that she takes customers by appointment only, and that all sessions are private A full-body hair-removal job would run about $250, Joseph guesses, but she doesn't provide that service for a simple reason "Honey," she mildly scolds a reporter, "have you ever seen a lady in Eugene that hairy?" By Sean Meyers Photo by Mark Pynes Today Wednesday, September 29 v BANANA SPLIT SALE Buy one at the regular price, Dairii Queen get the second one for lc 13th and Hilyard U of O Bookstore, Inc. Board of Directors Position Available Attn: Graduate Students Due to the early graduation of Bobbie Weidner, there is an immediate opening for the University of Oregon Bookstore's Board of Directors. The position is open to graduate students only. (For purposes of membership on the board, a graduate student is defined as a fully accredited student in the graduate school, with a Baccalaureate degree. Graduate student members must carry and maintain a course load of not less than 9 units) Term of office runs through May, 1983. Position Is nol paid. ’Application forms and information sheets are available at the main office of the Bookstore; nominations should also be made at the main office. Anyone having questions regarding the duties of the postion should contact Jim Williams, the Bookstore's General Manager, Applications will be taken through Friday, October 1st. Interviews will he given Wednesday, October 8th. University of Oregon Uookslore, Inc. A Nonprofit Corporation 686-4331
